translate your license (use a translator from NAATI. you can find a translator that will translate your M'sian driving license to English on the NAATI website) and it will be valid till the day your Malaysian driving license expires. say your M'sian driving license expires during your stay in Australia, you can get a new license from M'sia and do the translation all over again or just get an Australian driving license.

not too sure on how they charge. i got my driving license translated for $40 and my birth cert for $25. mind you those were two different translators that i used

i'm heading back to Bris on the 4th of March. i thought you would have gotten back to KL lol

erm last i looked MH limited their hand luggage to 5kgs. the rest are all 7kgs i think

yup. not too bad myself at the moment. ouch that sucks

what he meant by "correct type" of ticket is a student ticket which is basically just an economy class ticket but has more luggage allowance

ditto. i recently took a D7 flight from OOL to KUL. they were flying the new plane and the seats were horrendous. lack of legroom, seats that doesn't recline but just slides forward (which makes things worse by reducing the already little legroom one has). if you were on the aisle seats you'd notice that the leg of the seat in front of you is smack right in the middle of the seat, thus making you dump all your hand carry on top instead of putting it just in front of you.

i'm taking a full service airline from now on.

well it was so casual at my uni to the point where no footwear seemed to be the in thing during Autumn

sent mine in in Jan. just finished uploading all the documents and am now waiting for info to come in

hell no. i'm a Mechatronic Engineering grad. took some courses together with quantum here as well

http://www.theage.com.au/national/melbourn...90318-91w6.html

yes we know that but you need not post twice about it.

i too am looking for jobs right now in Brisbane as well but you don't see me complaining about it twice now do you?

i doubt you'll be able to get the 30kg weight allowance considering its a promotion price.

but still, doesn't hurt to ask

Apparently it states on their website that they do. But I've never once used the Grads discount even though I applied for it donkey years back.

for the simple reason that after getting Grads, i took either Qantas or AirAsia back to Brissy

the reason i took Qantas was because it was cheaper than MH. the other cheap alternative full service airline would be Thai Airways. not sure on Royal Brunei Airlines prices but i'm pretty sure they're cheaper than MH.

anyhow which uni are you studying at in Brissy?

i think it has always been cheaper than MH for the past few years. note the word *think*. i got a one way ticket from MSL Travel as i didn't know whether i was heading back or not. got it for around RM 1.2k with a 20kg allowance.

UQ eh? what program are you doing? i've just graduated from UQ

i did mechatronics engineering, did quite a fair bit of electrical and electronic courses. i'm still on the lookout for jobs here

they don't fly directly to Malaysia. however ticketing agents can arrange the tickets for you.

you don't need to get the tickets separately. like i said, go to a ticketing agent and he/she will get it done in one ticket.

i did my internship in M'sia. now's a good time to find out which companies in Aus are taking students in for vac work. applications are usually open from aug onwards. check the UQ career fair website for details.

and since you're graduating at the end of next year (i assume you're doing two years cause of credit transfer?) you have to do it from Dec till Feb as you need about 60 days of working experience, 30 of which should be under the supervision of an engineer.

seriously, now's the time to find vac work. don't delay any further. plus you've got a report to write out once you head back to uni after that

you want a part time casual engineering job that counts for your industrial attachment? or just a job to get some income?

ah. then you're better off looking at the smaller engineering companies for this one, doesn't matter if they aren't in EE. as long as you work as an engineer, you should be fine. i know of a friend who's doing civil who does casual work at a small civil engineering company and gets to work under an engineer for a day or two in a week

i've no idea where he's working at sorry. well best place to find info is actually through the web. head over to the UQ career site. has tonnes of info there.