thanks for the advise I will try to plan towards this direction, worse come to worse I just give up attending the convo

yalor, but that's too exp, so most probably I will give up attending the graduation

hehe, thanks every1, I will try my effort to see what I do with the graduation , worse come to worse I will postpone the it

This post has been edited by Raining: Nov 13 2008, 05:07 AM

Received an email today which ask us not to download torrent, then at the same night the student accommodation's broadband's speed suddenly boost up 6 times faster than normal

wonder how the people here survive without torrent

This post has been edited by Raining: Nov 21 2008, 06:07 AM

My friend from india successfully register as voter at the City Council,

according to him, resident from Commonwealth country are eligible to register as voter

I haven't tried, not sure this works for Malaysian or not

any1 here try before?

This post has been edited by Raining: Nov 28 2008, 05:19 PM

How you guys normally keep your feet warm? with thermal socks? or there is other option? because I wrap my whole body when I go out, but my feet is freezing

This post has been edited by Raining: Dec 4 2008, 02:06 AM

Hi all,

thanks for all the suggestion, I will try all of them

I went to register as a voter today, following is what I basically do:

1) I print and fill in the registration form I got from the local city council website

2) Bring the document which can prove my nationality and prove of my accommodation.
(I show them my Malaysia passport and student status letter received from the university)

3) I went to the city council's registration office which is written in their website
(there many city council office in the same region, make sure u go to the correct 1, or you just ask them where you should go)

4) The staff there will make some photostat of the document they need

5) I was ask to wait for confirmation letter which will be send to my place.

p/s: I not sure whether this procedures applied to the city council in different region or not, but this is what I have gone through in Glasgow.

oh...I never tot of this, I will try from today onwards

This post has been edited by Raining: Dec 5 2008, 10:50 PM

the heater at my flat will only be on for a while when it is really too cold, it is off most of the time because my flatmate from Pakistan cannot afford to pay for the bill.

This post has been edited by Raining: Dec 7 2008, 03:55 AM

hehe, I can't believe how I survive until today also maybe Glasgow is still warmer compare with other place.
(I went to Edinburgh last week, it is beautiful, but it is damn cold. my shirt + thermal pants is totally useless in keeping me warm.)

my flat uses gas for heater and hot water, so it is hard to tell how to divide the bill even the radiator in his room is off. It is getting cold these few days, so the Pakistan flatmate keep silent when we turn the heater on with low volume. In addition, I will boil some hot water in my room and use the steam to warm up my room sometimes.

But I will get another nice fury jacket tmr, if not the hair on my hand will be getting thicker and longer (it's ugly =p )

It can last only for a short while before it turn to ice water . Even I put the hot water in the flask, it won't be able to last for more than 6 hrs. Hence, the effect of the heater is still the best

I was told that the gas and electric is cheaper during certain off-peak period. I think is 12am~7.30am, maybe you can turn the heater's volume higher during that period

reminder: Toxins found in Ireland pork product, don't buy those pork product if possible

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/...d-pork-products

This post has been edited by Raining: Dec 9 2008, 07:22 AM

The street here is empty during Christmas, I tot it will be crowded like in Malaysia =X

Went to the shoe store just now, the price tag before Christmas is 49.99gbp,

but on boxing day they put before discount 89.99gbp, after discount 49.99gbp

This post has been edited by Raining: Dec 26 2008, 09:44 PM

Sorry everyone,

I have a question. For NHS dental treatment, I just walk-in to the clinic which accept new NHS patient and fill-in some form to get exempted from paying 20% of the fees? I have the medical card after register with the doctor, do I still need to make additional registration for the dentist?

erm...I don't think so

I also tried to apply for few things, but because I am non-UK resident, hence I am not eligible...

For example when I try to apply for share dealing account, this is what I get

Still studying how come u manage to open the HSBC investDirect account?

I went to a Chinese shop for haircut, cost me 10 pounds....I saw the price tag of the normal British barber in Glasgow cost around 5~6 pounds...

I was told that it only cost 1 pound if we go to certain hairdressing university as "model" for the hairdressing students...[my housemate tried this near my place, it seems good, going to try next time ^^]

some of my friend make the hair cut themselves.

This post has been edited by Raining: Jan 23 2009, 02:43 AM

he assume that GBP100k is for the entire course, not for 1 year...but the tuition fees and living cost various from the place you stay and the course you enrolled.

to save $$, most of the people either:
1) Do their undergraduate in Malaysia, then take a MSc in UK
2) Do a twinning program
3) Do those (3+0) or (4+0) courses

This post has been edited by Raining: Jan 30 2009, 06:34 AM

1) I was told by Malaysia's HSBC last year that I can open a UK HSBC account from Malaysia, but they will charge me about GBP 200 (I can't really remember the exact price)...
(you can call up HSBC for confirmation)

2) HSBC Passport account charge GBP 6 per month for the duration of 1 year. (so GBP 72 in total)

3) Someone told me that it is free of charge if I open a HSBC account after I reach UK...but I'm not sure about this...

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Added on June 19, 2009, 1:04 amDifferent bank has different interest rate, you can check their websites for more information.

This post has been edited by Raining: Jun 19 2009, 04:04 PM

For school fees, you can get the bank draft which is payable to your university (you must confirm the name with your university) from your bank in Malaysia before you depart. Eg. GBP 10,000 payable to University of XXX.

In this case, you do not need to worry about when your bank account will be ready and you can prove to the Entry Clearance Officer that you are here to study on your arrival.

But please make sure that you DO NOT DO this until you get your student visa on hand.

This post has been edited by Raining: Jun 24 2009, 12:36 AM

Just buy a "wear-able" one from Malaysia, you could get a much better one with the same price in UK