australia australia!

arrived in australia at 1130pm last night because of a problem with the plane, which delayed it about an hour :( arrived at lydia's house at 1am plus, skyped with lala and showered and prepared for the next day, and then i slept at 2plus.

hur. today my sister and i went to school first to attend a getting started and accomodation session, which was useful :) i'll be finding an apartment as soon as i can, cos i wanna settle down so that we can actually shop and all.

then went around shopping in town (after the museum), and bought some essentials like lip balm and moisturizer (this place is dry and cold man!) and got myself the optus cards. the registration process is a bummer man! they asked me for a contact number when i was registering for a phone -_-

first steps

i decided that i would blog my time in australia (do hound me if i dont), and my preparation towards it. i will try my best to blog at least once a week. starting from today!

i've done quite a bit of OCD preparation for my study there, like coming up with a 'what to bring', what not to bring, a house checklist, etc.

Accomodation i will be studying in the university of queensland, so ill be renting a place (shared probably) in st lucia or dutton park, which is just one suburb outside my university. i intend to cycle to school (and lose fat!) realestate.com.au and the university's accom website gives great help in searching for apartments. i'll have to drop by my uni and see if they have a noticeboard there. budget: $150 per week fully furnished.

Transport the transport there is pretty expensive (relatively), which is the main reason why i'm staying so close to the uni. transport tickets are in single trip, off peak hours and daily tickets; the good thing though, is that buses and trains are the same company so you don't have to pay twice.

Work i've always thought that a student should be a student and not have to work part time to pay off, and also it would be better to be able to focus on studies (yeah right). but given my family's financial situation i would most likely take up a part time job. that means i have to apply for a VISA where i can work!