there's only 1 coach service from heathrow to Nottingham, it's national express. unless you want to use the train (which no recommend for newbies). yes, you can always get at the counter. i think for adult it's £39 one-way. but i think if you ask for coach card( for those for 16-26 years old, £10 for 1 year), it will be more cheaper.

unfortunately, there's no megabus service to nottingham. it's bit crap, but i prefer take national express coz if you get buy ticket on the spots for national express with the same price or if you miss your coach (from heathrow), they will let you take the next coach by telling them your flight got delay.. but i think now they have change the rules... damn, i hate they change the rules that not letting you take the next service for free when you missed your coach although you buy standard ticket.


hmm.. i think now the market is starting to recover, but depends on what company again.. some of the company still controlling head-count and limit taking fresh graduates.. but there's quite a lot temporary jobs around. if i were you, since you hv psw, why don't you come to uk and work as temporary work at the mean time apply & submit your application to the company. at least you can get some extra money.. hunting for job in UK need some times. and some working experience... if you don't hv eee working experience, others working experience(which not your field) also will be counted.

there's quite a lot temporary job, for example data entry, waitress etc.. there's quite a lot recruitment agency and you can try register under them. when they have any temporary position and call you for that, probably few days or few weeks. coz sometimes some ppl will have few days/weeks holidays.. so the company doesn't want to delay their progress, they will hire some temporary worker from recruitment agency. where are you? i guess outside london should have quite a lot temporary job. you just need to google around, local paper or your student union website. manchester and birmingham are big city, i'm sure there will have a lot temporary job in those 2 city. sometimes the recruitment agency will post some temporary job advertisement over the student union website. and you just submit your cv and if they want you, they will call you for the job. once you have work with them for the 1st time (better have a good record after your 1st temp job), they will try to sell you to their customer for those temp job. oh, now it's the best chance to get temporary job coz christmas is coming. so there will be a lot of the temp job laying around.

well, cambridge isn't that expensive as london. for your information, there's a lot ppl work in london but stay in cambridge. coz the rent in cambridge is more cheaper than london. cambridge is a peaceful, beautiful and small place. london has more entertainment compare to cambridge. if i have to choose between london and cambridge, i would take cambridge.

C-Note. well, if you are going oversea for study, mostly is you need to cook (unless you are very rich). crappy or not, is depends on your budget. weather? what do you expect from UK? UK is famous with crap weather for 4-6 months. i not sure about the assuie. i guess assuie and hong kong should be the same, have winter, autumn, summer and spring. shouldn't have much different from UK.

do you know what cash funds means? it means that you can access the amount money anytime you want and the value of the money won't drop. the reason bond, share and investment they are not accepting because there's duration access (bond) and the value of the money will drop (for example share/investment). did you ask the reason why got 1 years while your friends got 2 years with the officer? if i'm not mistaken, (in condition everything (document & money) are the same with your friends), you fail to get your visa/duration is different, you can get a good explanation from the vfs. i agree with Optiplex330, FD should be alright for funding maintenance. because you can access the money anytime you want and the value remain the same, you only will lose the interest.
however, always call the vfs and double check with them.

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Added on November 14, 2009, 5:40 ami don't think this is a good idea for newbies. coz they are not use to correct way to deal with those cheeky landlord. there's a lot things need to worry, especially when you are renting private accommodation.. university accommodation is always the best for newbies... probably it's bit expensive, but the safety and less hassle will be good for those newbies.

This post has been edited by liew_jls: Nov 14 2009, 05:40 AM

well, i don't know about you GoldenRain. I did apply PSW (in malaysia) last year and student visa (few year ago) using FD and everything worked fine for me (i did get 2 years for my student visa). I did include a letter from the bank and stated the amount money has been deposit for how long and can be withdraw at anytime. besides, i did include monthly statements and all shit thing related to the FD with my application.

what i understand FD is under cash fund categories. maybe i'm wrong, but i never heard before FD can't be withdraw for specific of duration. not even in uk and malaysia. from my understanding, those can't withdraw isn't called fixed deposit, i think that is called bond. (sorry, i'm not quite good in all this term)..

oh, this very important for those who are going to submit FD.. remember MUST update your FD/submit your monthly statement to show the lastest amount of your FD. so that to let them know the FD is most current. coz (from my exprience) when i submitted one of the FD without any updated amount, if i remember correctly what the vfs officer said, he said this FD is old, can't be prove. (but lucky i attached bank letter - specify the actual amount for each of the FD).

now only plan? wow, it is going to be very expensive.

rm1000 for return? you are joking me. the cheapest i ever heard is rm2500 for return.

anyway you can always subscribe mas, airasia, klm etc newsletter, when there's any promotion, they will send the newsletter to you via email.

probably you can try this service shippingtomalaysia. but i think you need to wait them to come to your place and collect, sometimes you need to wait for few weeks for that. worth to check it out.

sorry then. i tot you are going back for good or something like that. probably you can try royalmail. of coz depends on how big is your parcel.

are you guys talking about applying provisional license? if yes, you are wrong, you still need someone to sign on your picture when you sending your application form to DVLA. even though, you are sending passport to DVLA for the provisional license application. I would like to advise is using online application, it's more easier and less hassle. you doesn't need to fill in any paperwork. just print out the page of confirmation and sign on it. send them with your passport and picture. then everything sorted.

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Added on February 26, 2010, 5:58 pmnot during winter time especially after heavy snow...

This post has been edited by liew_jls: Feb 26 2010, 05:58 PM

oh, i think i did miss that sentence. i did apply few months ago. i got the signature on the photo and signed on the form too.

you can always check on www.lastminute.com. most of time, they will summarize all deals for all airlines. that was how i got MAS £430 deal.

but you may consider KLM, although the food is bit horrible and no private tv screen, sometimes the price is quite good, around £450++ for return. it has the shortest transit time (besides SIA) compare to others airlines.

for me, i'm not that comfortable with AA. sometimes at the end it will more expensive compare to others airlines.

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Added on March 8, 2010, 12:26 ami would say, it's time for you to keep a little bit. if you buy it and put into saving account for few months, you can get a little bit interest for that (although the interest rate is very low over here). but i think you can find some good deal for a fixed period of time.

This post has been edited by liew_jls: Mar 8 2010, 12:26 AM

you can get a job after you graduate if the company will do a working permit otherwise sorry for you case. as the minimum requirement (if i'm not mistaken) is your course duration need to be at least 12 months. and you are saying 6-9 months, so i don't think you are qualified for Post-Study Work Visa. correct me if i'm wrong.

party every weekend, yes, it's good if you come from a rich family. wait till you come, you will know how the taste of staying in the room whole week for rushing assignment/winter time it's too cold to go out.

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Added on March 20, 2010, 5:44 amof coz the course 1st... got own lab so what? the course is suck, there's no point. the important is what will you learn when you study, of coz equipment is important but in my opinion, course is more important.

This post has been edited by liew_jls: Mar 20 2010, 05:44 AM

UK student visa used to isn't that complex in the past few years. We didn't do any biometric data collection, when we applied in 2006. as u said, tourist/student disappear in uk and working in uk. especially when the recession hits the UK economy very badly in 2008, the jobless percentage in these few years is very high. that's is the reason they tighten the rules for student visa, graduate visa etc... as they wanted to protect their own citizen and ensure all job opportunity is reserve to their citizen.