DOnt mind, melbourne Q

• Vampool

  30 Nov 07, 16:06

  hi there i am 24 yrs old this year.
  
  I am going to melbourbe to do a degree...can anyone tell me abt life there?. Thanks.
  
  Dont mind i post here as some of u are above 30 and expereinced.
  I am still young boy...
• Demonight

  30 Nov 07, 16:15

  life here in Melbourne is not bad..much better if you know people from other countries as well as Australians
• elindra

  30 Nov 07, 16:19

  Originally posted by Vampool:

  hi there i am 24 yrs old this year.
  
  I am going to melbourbe to do a degree...can anyone tell me abt life there?. Thanks.
  
  Dont mind i post here as some of u are above 30 and expereinced.
  I am still young boy...

  Erhmm the Melbourne experts are not around at the moment
  And at 24, you are no longer a young boy
• Vampool

  30 Nov 07, 16:26

  i dunno, but i feel like a young boy...i just ORD 8 months ago...
  
  i thought i can ask some nice elder bro and sis who are 30+
• breytonhartge

  30 Nov 07, 20:44

  melbourne can be a lot of things, what do you want it to be for you? IT is fairly cultural, so take the time while you are there to enjoy the scene. Also, it has plenty to offer in terms of food and entertainment, just don't get too caught up with it, remember what you are in melbourne for. Will you be staying near campus? Cars are cheap, but the traffic is almost as bad as Sg...
  
  Where are you going to study?
• Meia Gisborn

  30 Nov 07, 21:03

  Originally posted by Vampool:

  hi there i am 24 yrs old this year.
  
  I am going to melbourbe to do a degree...can anyone tell me abt life there?. Thanks.
  
  Dont mind i post here as some of u are above 30 and expereinced.
  I am still young boy...

  Vampool,
  
  You might be able to elicit additional responses to your query if you post it over at the Singaporeans Overseas forum.
• Gackt247

  30 Nov 07, 21:05

  melbourne is a beautiful place.. except for the infestation of flies in the summer.
• sbst275

  30 Nov 07, 21:05

  Originally posted by elindra:

  Erhmm the Melbourne experts are not around at the moment
  And at 24, you are no longer a young boy

  Some things cannot be done there
  
  like drinking in public
• True_Xerion

  30 Nov 07, 21:07

  lotsa club 30 aunties and uncles are based in Melbourne lol ...
  
  some post some don't and some just ... lurk around lol.
  
  But from personal experience, it's a wonderful city. vibrant, culturally diverse and pretty safe (as long as you're sensible).
  
  most importantly, food there is pretty decent too and ps. eat me a souvlaki kthxbye
  
  TX
• the Bear

  1 Dec 07, 07:16

  you are NOT young anymore..
  
  go there.. remember.. being away in a foreign land is an education in itself, which is very very different from the "education" you are going there to obtain...
  
  go there with an open mind which is filtered... there are many new ideas, views and all there... go live like the locals, learn about the culture there... that's the most important bits which is different from what you will get here at home..
  
  expand your horizons and your views of the world, learn how they live, how they are.. and remember the lessons learnt when you get back, if you come back...
  
  this should be a life-altering experience.. embrace it.. do not fight it...
  
  and if you can and can afford to, go on trips to see the continent.. make friends, take hugeass road trips... do not forget to look up into the sky at night when you are out there with just wilderness around you... lie back and take in the universe... contemplate..
  
  in other words, do more than go there and study...
  
  you'll have the time of your life
• Gedanken

  1 Dec 07, 09:10

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  Some things cannot be done there
  
  like drinking in public

  Somebody forget to tell me that Melbourne became an Islamic state?!
  
  TX, who you calling uncle?
  
  TS, is there anything in particular you wish to know about Melbourne? The more specific you are, the more useful information we can provide.
• Ferret

  1 Dec 07, 13:07

  Originally posted by True_Xerion:

  lotsa club 30 aunties and uncles are based in Melbourne lol ...
  
  some post some don't and some just ... lurk around lol.
  
  But from personal experience, it's a wonderful city. vibrant, culturally diverse and pretty safe (as long as you're sensible).
  
  most importantly, food there is pretty decent too and ps. eat me a souvlaki kthxbye
  
  TX

  
• skeujin

  1 Dec 07, 13:11

  Originally posted by True_Xerion:

  lotsa club 30 aunties and uncles are based in Melbourne lol ...
  
  some post some don't and some just ... lurk around lol.
  
  But from personal experience, it's a wonderful city. vibrant, culturally diverse and pretty safe (as long as you're sensible).
  
  most importantly, food there is pretty decent too and ps. eat me a souvlaki kthxbye
  
  TX

  im from teens planet..
• Vampool

  1 Dec 07, 23:18

  Hi , thanks for yr replies..
  
  what u mean by "different" education?
  Isit harder or easier than here?
  
• the Bear

  1 Dec 07, 23:22

  i'm not talking about paper qualifications..
  
  i'm talking about being in another country, in another culture and learning from it..
  
  share, be part of it.. and you will grow..
  
  i saw a lot of foreign students who do not do anything other than study or keep within a little clique of their countrymen..
  
  they have squandered a chance few get to immerse themselves in another culture...
  
  i had a few roommates who were australian and they shared with me what it was like to be a local... i went on camping trips, a hippy festival, huge rock concerts, drinks, impromptu road trips, visited their hometown farms, went on huge trips...
  
  it broadens your horizons... gives you a view much more than those narrow-minded idiots infesting speakers' corner...
  
  like i wrote.. it is a life-altering experience..
  
  go there.. make friends with the local people.. and see a whole new world open up to you
  
  p.s. that kind of education is not paper qualifications.. it is something which makes you grow more than paper qualifications can
  
  btw.. if you're there next year around F1GP time, i'll go visit you and we can share a souvlaki or three
  
  

  Originally posted by Vampool:

  Hi , thanks for yr replies..
  
  what u mean by "different" education?
  Isit harder or easier than here?
  

• Vampool

  2 Dec 07, 00:14

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  i'm not talking about paper qualifications..
  
  i'm talking about being in another country, in another culture and learning from it..
  
  share, be part of it.. and you will grow..
  
  i saw a lot of foreign students who do not do anything other than study or keep within a little clique of their countrymen..
  
  they have squandered a chance few get to immerse themselves in another culture...
  
  i had a few roommates who were australian and they shared with me what it was like to be a local... i went on camping trips, a hippy festival, huge rock concerts, drinks, impromptu road trips, visited their hometown farms, went on huge trips...
  
  it broadens your horizons... gives you a view much more than those narrow-minded idiots infesting speakers' corner...
  
  like i wrote.. it is a life-altering experience..
  
  go there.. make friends with the local people.. and see a whole new world open up to you
  
  p.s. that kind of education is not paper qualifications.. it is something which makes you grow more than paper qualifications can
  
  btw.. if you're there next year around F1GP time, i'll go visit you and we can share a souvlaki or three
  
  

  haha..cliques? same here right...china student here only keep to himself, india student the same..sux!
  
  share a souvlaki?,,,, will report here...hehe!
  
  i like to know if there are any study loans available over there for people with student visa
• the Bear

  2 Dec 07, 00:15

  that one, i dunno.. graduated in 1995