Yes there is Commonwealth branch; facing Princes Highway.
Optus; no. But there is small telco shop there.

I brought my 3G phone along, and i just bought a line from optus, still having trouble activating it.. lol

this help me alot! thanks! so if i'm not taking a rent from an agent, so there is no paper works or anything that gottaa be done??

well there is always some paper work. a small contract. at least. if the owner doesnt sign anything. whats stopping him from cheating you. if you can. sign a contract at a police station and have the policeman sign it. it will be a valid contract in case anything happens.

i prefer renting from an agent. because its more efficient. such as if the toilet breaks you tell the agent and they have to fix it within 2 days i think. if not you call whoever you want to fix it and send them the bill. if you renting from just the owner you might have a bit of a slow reaction on their part unless you find a really good guy. otherwise they will usually stall.

okay, i just inspect a room near the campus and so far... he seems nice and i payed the deposite already, he's following a agent as i heard from him, because i will be moving in tomorrow so i cant hesitate for anything already, hope my decisions are right..

Thanks for the concern, maybe your advice helps on the next time?

remember to get your contract.....it will state how long you are staying and the conditions of your tenancy

yeah maybe next time. if you are like me. i move house every year. heheheh. just for fun. and also kept upgrading nicer place everytime hehehe.

make sure in your first week you keep a lookout for all defects, problems, marks and all that and write them down. then you mail it to him or see him and get him to sign that to acknowledge the condition of the place. you could also take photos.

my agent before mailed me photos of the stuff in the house and i had to sign a paper then mail it back if there was no issues.

How long to be taken for my student visa after I done my medical and x-ray checked ?

3days to 1 week

n TS,pls add me up in list..will b studying at RMIT

Around 1 week,if im not wrong.

You should have it done by now.

my visa got approved quite fast
not even 24 hours got approved already

icic. I will fly to Sydney UNSW next week.
3 days alr but still didn't get the visa yet. A little bit worry about that.
24 hours? so fast?

@Cheesenium
wat is vista? assignment?
those things will let us noe after we go to the class. It's?

there is; ask the person who rent the space to you.

You don't need a policeman to witness it for it to be valid. If there isn't a proper contract, then at least confirm what you agreed it via email - commencement date, rent payable, when payable, how are bills paid, expiry date, how and when can rent be increased, termination, bond (if any).

Well that why should have use 3 man:d
optus is good but i reckon most of the uni student this days uses 3.
If u fancy an iphone than go for optus hahhaa

*back to your topic i had a friend Optus didn;t activate his mobile for almost 1 week. He straight away called in a aggressive manner say . WTF are u guys doing. Issit so hard to activate a line that take only 1 min of your time. That Operator straight away . Ok ok . we do it for you now. 30 sec later. DONE! LOL

Yeah Agreed. And also you can go to your uni ( student body and ) ask for a number in regards to answering your queries of rental, bond, unlawful termination , etc etc etc. I forget what it is called already.

This post has been edited by whojen: Feb 14 2009, 12:11 AM

question!
Australia uses merit term or cgpa term?How to convert cgpa to merit point n vice versa? thanks

do you mean CGPA and grade like high distinction, distinction, etc.?

yup yup thats the one : )
How does it work?
thanks!

et voila

HD (High Distinction) 85% and above
D (Distinction) 75-84%
Cr (Credit) 65-74%
P (Pass) 50-64%
F1 (Fail level 1) 45-49%
F2 (Fail level 2) below 45%

This post has been edited by panda-man: Feb 14 2009, 03:10 AM

Uses Grade but when you about to graduate they will list out your cgpa for u
so last year if you need to jia yu more! hahhaa

that my uni la

for my Uni, HD =7, D=6, C=5, P=4, etc.........

lets say normal subject is 2 credit hour, in 1 semester = 8 credit hour

If I got a D, 2 C, P it would be equal to (6x2 + 5x2 + 5x2 + 4x2)/2+2+2+2 = 5.0

Current gpa is 5.0

If your uni uses 4,3,2,1 its probably the same way of calculation