Business acumen

haha…not bad wei…can get rm 70 for doing so…
wa…if u volunteer earlier b4 ur fren asking u…
means u can get 140????
haha….

n bout ur dillema….ya…for me i oso donno should i go overseas anot if i’m in ur shoes…
haha…have to make a big decision….
for me…i have no choice….my stupid uni have limited courses….

anyway….bout frenz….it’ll be alright if u socialise more….
haha…go n kepo here n there….then should be alright….=P

EH THE BEST PERSON TO ASK IS ME OK LET ME ANSWER IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER.
anyway i thought ur dilemma is about the calculator issue! tengok tengok nothing also chehhh

1. cost: find this out first before thinking about whether u wanna study abroad anot. are u sure the cost is really 100k? how much is the tuition only? i think u can spend less on living cost etc etc. is the tuition very much higher than now?

2. culture shock: seriously don’t ever worry about this! i’m sure you’ll be fine, after all, it’s not like you havent been to other countries before. although the way the edu system works might be different, why should that deter you from going? i spend very very little on textbooks cause we can 1. buy online 2. buy second hand form seniors 3. get from library 4. share with other ppl, the list is endless la clem. one word abt culture shock: you’ll get used to it! although that’s more than one word wtf. hmm but im not sure about melbourne cause they’re sooo many asians there, bleh.

as for the rest of your dilemmas, don’t have to worry till you get there la. the main pros for studying abroad is the experience, and u shouldnt let all the small cons deter you. i know for someone like you who love seeing new cultures and places, you’ll not regret going abroad. if cost is a burden, then just go for 6 months la still better than nthg. and dont worry about changing, i still get along very well with you guys dont i?

i’m so proud of u my jambu!

now go forth and make money!

Jess : great now everyone knows we’re having ldr

i agree with suet tho. my book costs something like 60-80 per sub and its a big pain in the ass. Im somewhat studying ‘overseas’ so sometimes it hits me about the money and all. thank god im getting the ptptn loan. i guess u should find other alternatives of money aside from ur parents too..even if it means working. or u can always take a small loan to survive and work abit for entertainment spendings. then u wont have that much of a burden when u work and study at the same time.

and on culture shock, its a bitch =). really, i hated it at here 1st but if there’s one thing i learned is that in every place there’s always one thing nice u can enjoy. here for exp is the cigs, and that gorgeous blue seas and sandy beach. try not to think too much about the negatives of a new place because so many people have enjoyed the positives before, and it is usually enough to make u get used to one place.

finally, get a fucking maxis number and jess and i can msg u more often if ur homesick

sarah: yeah man can get rm140! but haha i still need her help anyway ‘cause i can’t run the whole thing on my own.. i have mostly different classes than the rest of these students who want to buy the calcs.

haha trust me, i’ve been in a situation when i feel so damn lonely (when backpacking in satun, thailand) and that really forced me to just talk to random people on the streets. so i think socialising-wise.. should be OK i hope..

huey: kaka sure kena charged extra rm2 edi! but fair la right ‘cause the person have to take the trouble to buy in bulk from you.. then contact everyone etc not easy ok wtf (speaking from experience :D).

goddamn i don’t want so many Asians in my city loh. huhu nvm.

suet: thanks for the uber-long reply. <3

ya the rm100k i mentioned includes everything: tuition fees, average living costs, dorm rental fees, etcetc. but again not sure of the exact price ‘cause i think prices may have went up because AUD$ is strengthening a lot =.=”

true la no point worrying till i get there. i just wanted to give myself a level of expectations so i won’t be completely ‘culture shocked’ when i do fly there.

and yeah you’re still the same ol’ suet. =)

ya i definitely am gonna work part-time there. dunno whether should do waiter-ing or not haih i feel like working at those supermarket check-out counters LOL wanna diversify my working experience. :P

chris: oh my peach thank you so much wtf.

jess: keke ya can make money like this oso! even better when your lecturer gives consent to this ‘business’ or if not, obviously make sure your classmates don’t find out wtf.

that’s the thing. when i’m there on my last sem, i’m probably the only one (or few) who’s there on a ‘last sem’.. but then again no point worrying so far ahead.

haha how? skype? or talking on hp?

heng: 3-way ldr wtf.

actually i was thinking, if i can complete a lot of my subs here and arrange it so i’m only left with 3 subjects (or hopefully 2 nyahaha but then again kinda pointless with the money i’m already spending just to live there) in Australia.. that means i probably will have more time to work (and relax). i try not to take loan oso la unless really have no choice jor.

that’s really quite true. i don’t even know anything about melbourne yet but already thinking so far ahead lol. i dunno any positives about melbourne yet.. maybe can buy tons of cheap wines and drink every night wtf.

haha i really want to get a maxis number edi, but then yen said the ‘mobile number portability’ (where you can retain your current number even if u switch lines) is coming out in august.. so keeping my fingers crossed. then can msg you guys kau2 d. =)

sarah: yahor wtf nvm got skype! but dunno skype can send sms or not.

yo!

hmm means roughly 1 sem is rm25k. then living expenses plus dunno how much.. haih i think i better put it as another extra rm25k ‘cause a blogger friend just told me he had to pay AUD$180-200 per WEEK for his rentals. damn giler babi mahal lo.

70-80k 1 sem? =.=” hmm don’t really believe that la unless the fella spend like mad in just 1 sem lol.

oh i thought you know Eugene for some time edi? you guys seemed to be quite close lol. anyway i know Eugene too! but not so close to him la, just that we’re in the same Foundation batch in Metro.

haih the difference of the courses is what i’m scared about to. but if i only have 1 sem there.. just have to ‘ngai har’ 1 sem lol. but that’s for future me to think about i guess.

so kesian say until eat maggi mee everyday WTF. =.=” damn extreme weh.

ya i contacted Jack edi! getting it from him next Tues. :) thanks for your help wei!

haha have to split up the job ma, if not a bit damn hard to collect the money. the supplier keep wanting to know the exact number of orders and i scared got people ffk onli. then terpaksa use own money to pay. =.=”

don’t spread the rm100 thingy to everyone first ya. at least let them pay up sin. XD

5 weeks per month swt =..=

Ohhh is it? Hmm didn’t seem to notice this Jack fella yet.. maybe next Tuesday when I’m supposed to meet up with him lol.

hahaha icic.. yeahla sometimes we stick with certain people because of need more than anything else lol.

a snow trip! ahhh i haven’t touched or encountered real snow yet.. we only have fake snow and all that in some entertainment centres here. =.=”

oh you’ve been to melbourne? i’m a bit reluctant to jump into yet another city to live in.. esp when the standards of living are much higher in cities. :/ but ah well it’s gonna be for just 6 months or less.

yeah that closing hour of 5pm thing will be the first major culture shock i have to handle. i don’t have the luxury of time too to get a good bunch of friends in that short period of 6 months.. i guess i really have to be very very sociable for once, which is something that’s going to be a lil tough for a partial introvert like me. :P

i certainly hope so! about a year and a half more to go. =p

thanks a lot sibs – yeah i think i’ve finally made up my mind to actually go. and thanks for reassuring me with the making friends thing. =)