In the event you need one, you can get them very cheaply here.

edit: also, can I go and submit the visa application earlier than the appointment date? for example, i made the appointment on the 17th but decided to go on 16th. can or not?

so do i need to inform them to cancel the appointment?

Perhaps you can have a quick list of stuff you are bringing and we can see if there's anything you can remove?  I would avoid having too much cloth because you can buy them here and they're cheap when it's sale season.

About a trading account, you can consider HSBC Invest Direct.  They don't have any annual fees which makes life a lot easier as you are only charged per trade (£10 IIRC).  You'll have a discount as well if you go over a certain number of trades.  This account is ideal for buy to hold. 

There are accounts that charge you a lower fee for each trade but you'll need to pay for an account maintenance fee each year.  You'll need to do the math and see which one is better.

lol..bro yea read it in time in a rush before going vfs haha..they just informed me to cancel the appointment in the web.

anyway i think its best for some1 to create a guide and FAQ for students going UK. it might help alot other potential students going there too. simply lots of probs don ya think?

lol..yeah thankx yup it went well juz wondering how long it'll take. (im cutting it very close here bout 2 weeks before departure date  )

yup they were friendly that's the good thing. juz tat i didnt noe need to pay using bank draft so in the end had to go out get the bank draft come back in and queue up again    went did u apply ur visa??? got it dy? how long did it took?

btw got question bout buying handphones using a contract.

lets say....i buy a phone under contract (lets say its phone A) and then i want to see phone B and want to go for it. can i juz return phone A and go for phone B or do i have to go and wait for the contract to end? anyway ways that i can change from phone A to phone B?

another scenario i wan to ask is, lets say a phone is slated to come out soon. so i buy a contract (example: GBP35 for 12 months) without the phone and then the phone comes out and its free with a contract of GBP35 for 18 months. can i juz upgrade?

edit: anyone ever used carphone warehouse? or mobile.co.uk? are they good?

remember you will have another 5kg extra, so you able to check in with 27kg.. if you like more allowance, you try joke with the officer and smile more to make he/her happy.. lol...

http://www.msltravel.com/about_msl.php
I keeps telling people to book here. They automatically give you 30 kg on all flights for student. The only condition is you buy an international student card from them for RM20.

lol...u can carry 30kg. but u have to give ur agent (or something like that im nt sure myself) ur proof that ur going there to study. example such as ur unconditional offer letter and the passport that shows ur student visa.

for check in luggage there is a restriction. u can read here:

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...9807&sec=nation
now the visa will take 8-10 working days to process if the application is straighforward (no need interview) if need interview is 20days. check here for more info:

http://www.vfs-uk-my.com/

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Added on September 17, 2008, 10:40 pm

thankx maybe its better for me to just get the prepaid and wait for the phone i like then transfer from the prepaid to the contract if within same telco, can transfer rite? how?

Check-in baggages are all based on the weight. No specific size restrictions, unless they are seriously oversized - oversized bags are basically bags that you personally cannot carry alone (super huge ones). In my past experience, if you're flying and you have overweight luggage (or you are unsure) just go super early. If you're 3-5kgs over, the check-in officer will turn a blind eye and let you past. Women check-in officers are particularly strict on the weight issue but you might get lucky. Also if you are indeed overweight, prepare an extra bag to take out some less important items. Decide which of these are less important when packing so that you are able to remove them quickly at the check-in counter. You can then choose to carry on those items as hand carry or perhaps just forgo it altogether. Don't be afraid to chat up the check-in lady to let you through cause you might be a lucky boy.

The times written in your air ticket are in fact the local times of your destinations. For your case: you leave KUL at 0200 and arrive at DXB at 0459 (early morning - just in time to see the sunrise in Dubai). Your transit time is 3 hours and you fly from DXB at 0759 and land at GLA at 1225 (around about time to grab lunch and head off to see good ol' Scotland).

Also, as you're flying on Emirates, do remember that you have an option to use their Online Check-In facility. It saves you all the time queueing up at the check-in counter. Just go to the Emirates website 24hrs before you flight and enter your ticket number. You will need to print out a Confirmation Ticket to be presented with your Flight Ticket. All you do now is go to the Online Check-In counter to show them the two tickets, check the luggage in and be on your way. 15 mins from queueing up to sipping a coffee at the cafe.

man
i duno tht
if know earlier 1 month i think i mayb also will preparing to UK now
but anyway only can c some of u all preparing to thr
just can envy for now

take your time, you will get use to their accent sooner or later.

just dont give up and put more effort, if you think you are weaker.

tell your mum of happy story instead. take more pictures and show to them. that will help her from despair of missing you.

cheap prepay mobile phone? you can get from argos, or look for those carphonewarehouse, o2, vodafone, t-mobile, orange etc etc shop and ask for a cheap prepay phone, they are more than happy to show you one and tell you their good prepay deal.

take your time, you will get use to their accent sooner or later.

just dont give up and put more effort, if you think you are weaker.

tell your mum of happy story instead. take more pictures and show to them. that will help her from despair of missing you.

cheap prepay mobile phone? you can get from argos, or look for those carphonewarehouse, o2, vodafone, t-mobile, orange etc etc shop and ask for a cheap prepay phone, they are more than happy to show you one and tell you their good prepay deal.

Hmmm you're at Glasgow? It really rhymes with your nick as Glasgow is always raining (at least everytime i go there it cant fail to rain)

for Q1 Most mobile phone are locked to the providers unless stated as unlocked phone. So if you but T Mobile phone you can only use it with T Mobile sim. you can go to shop and ask as some shops like Vodafone have unlocking service and iinm most O2 phones are not locked (except the iPhone )

Q2 i am not sure since i am dont have HSBC acc

There is a monthly charge for Passport account. But if your parent are M'sia HSBC Premier account holder, you can open a UK Premier for free. Subjected to condition. Otherwise is GBP25 per month.

Furthermore, the UK Premier can be opened BEFORE you landed in UK.

oh ya, where can i get cheap hair cutting?somewhere around uni sheffield
thanks.

lol... umbrella.. yes, you can use umbrella but like they told the wind is very strong so you don't need to get expensive umbrella..  you can go to poundland which cost you £1 per umbrella or cheap umbrella, so when ever the wind is too strong and your umbrella is koyak you can throw it away.. there's one time, i just bought my umbrella from poundland and only used for twice the next day it was in dustbin... lol... 

yes, winter sales is around end of dec (after christmas).... if you want to get cheap stuff, you can wait till last week of jan or 1st week of feb. that's time they clearing their stock.

1. get a good expensive one from mark&spencers or sort off. those lightweight made of good material (aluminium if iianm), folding umbrella. because of the strong wind, umbrella is not favourable, so get one with good flexibility, one that can easily flip back after being overturned.  or you can invest in those cheapo GBP1-2, where it breaks easily and you'll have to change them frequently.

2. yes. it is not massive, but you'll have to hunt around.

that is why investing in an expensive umbrella (gbp10-20) is well valued.

and the massive sales day would be the boxing day, 26th of december. before that, there will be on-off sales in most shops.

lol.. nope, i bought a £10++ from boots, but it's still went into dustbin after 1 or 2 weeks.. hahah...

yes, true 26th dec is the massive sales day.. but in Jan most of shop will have further discount...

Yes but most of the stock (sizes) will be gone by that time. You can imagine during boxing day (26th Dec) some ppl wake up in the early morning just to queue in front of the store.
If you are looking for a bargain go for a shop call Primark. You can get cheap clothes in there. One advise though, do not use hot water to wash the cloths as the cloths will shrink.

really. too bad. cause mine stand the strong wind quite well. M&S makes good lightweight reliable umbrella.
you can get good one on typical sales day.

i prefer to hunt for bargain clothing from better brand, primark quality is a big no-no for me. cutting wise - bad, choices for man - limited. though they are cheap, but not for long term usage.

yeah, primark is target commercial level. so quality will be low... but if you just want to wear for short term, then it's a good option...

probably TK-Max is another good shop if you like to get cheap branded cloth...

primark targets at young teenager, woman and students.

because esp. woman, they like to mix and match according to season without burning a hole in the pocket, low budget suitable for those students and young teens.

so if you are capable to spend some time to hunt for bargain, you usually can get something of same price as primark, but at better quality and cutting from a better branded shop. get a gf, she sure will be happy to be a bargain hunter at your expense.

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Added on October 2, 2008, 5:13 pmused to like tk-max. but realised those out-of-season/rejected designer brands doesnt really worth it either. in addition they have limited choices. for the same price, you can have more options from the mid-level consumer brand.

my 2 cents.

you will know when you get to experience cross wind. the bigger and stubborn it is, the harder it is to be handled. somemore you will be carried away easily with a huge umbrella.

the wind so damn strong and cold..
best is get a quality rain cloth..... like timberland...better

bath towel you mean?

2 quid towel from M&S? is that a small face towel. M&S is actually an expensive place to shop in.

you can get huge bath towel for cheap from tesco, the so called tesco value range or even asda, ikea, shaws the draper, primark etc. of course they are definitely more than 2 quid for a huge towel. and a decent to good one cost from 20 quid and above.

even a good decent bath mid priced towel in msia cost abt rm30-60.

get a good one, those abt 15 pounds at least, they are really comfy and can last you for some years.

for price reference, you can always refer to argos.co.uk their pricing are pretty standard with decent quality for uk, unlike some shops that sells for really cheap but with poor quality.

2 pounds is about RM13. can u find a bath towel cheaper than RM13 in malaysia?

raining..
which part of uk do u study?

im oso new here...arrive b4 raya..
currently undergoing my postgrad..

never realize there are such nice thread as this...would b very helpfull indeed.

how many people are sharing ur flat? and do u have a pigeon hole or a mailbox? or do they deliver all the mails to ur room?

usually room number is not important. just put flat number is enough.

and interestingly, there hardly any long addresses in the UK, unlike in malaysia. what does ur address look like? maybe we can help "shortening" it .

why not you change it to
Flat 1 Room 3
Block D
Andrew Ure Hall
1-4 Parsonage Rom
High Street

Always keep the postcode in.  There is a good chance for people to find you with your room number + postcode, better than having a few lines of address without postcode.

oops sorry...i just thought of cutting the postcode in the address field because they always have a separate space for postcode...

are the pigeon holes sorted by flat number or name?

if it's sorted by name, then u dont need flat number. just put:

Block D,
Andrew Ure Hall,
1-4 Parsonage Row,
High Street,
Glasgow
G1 1PU

some times, u dont even need to put in ur road name (high street) coz the post code is unique to the road. in malaysia, postcodes are only unique to an area.

Address

Thank you for your e-message received 08 October 2008

I confirm that I have updated the following correspondence address on our records as requested.

Block D Flat 1 Room 3
Andrew Ure Hall,
1-4 Parsonage Row,
High Street,
Glasgow,
G1 1PU.

Please confirm via this messaging service if you wish to receive all your correspondence at your new address and I shall assist you further.

Further, please note when you call our customer Telephone services you need to choose option ‘personal banking instead of ‘credit card’. Then the system will ask you to enter your sort code and your account number.

I trust this clarifies. Should you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.