I have no better and straightforward title than "Newbie Here"

kineticboi

Hello guys! My company is sending me in our Melbourne office to train and adapt to our new business. Will be there hopefully this coming July. My apartment is located Nepean HWY, Frankston.

My questions are:

1. I know that it will be winter by the time that i set my foot in, what kind of jackets/clothes should i bring? Is trench coat okay?

2. How much is the average meal or maybe expenses a day. Im planning to go out every weekend.

3. Any fellow country men near my place?

4. Sim cards! What kind of prepaid sim that is okay/cheap to use? I want to be online always

5. Any tips you want to share?

Looking forward guys! x

JCsantos

1. Trench coat is ok, for jacket any thick jackets will do as long as it it warm enough ... depende yan sa fashion style mo , ako kasi i preferred yung parang wool on the inside

2. Average (1) meal is 8-15$ kung sa labas ka kakain

4. i would suggest Amaysin or Virgin , stay away from vodafone , you get what you pay for if you really want a good connection get a Telstra sim

5 Tips , find a good place to eat marami ito basta marunong kang maghanap ... google is your friend explore your neighborhood, best way to meet filo friends is in place of workships ( simbahan ) ito na muna wala pa akong maisip e

wizardofOz

@kineticboi

1. I would suggest you layer your clothes, rather than bringing 1 or 2 bulky jackets or coats, para at least hindi mukhang ulit ulit ang suot mo sa pic kapag mamamasyal ka hehe

2. I would suggest magluto ka na lang sa apartment and magbaon, makakamura ka na, baka mas masarap pa kasi alam mo na ang lasa.. medyo mahal kumain sa labas. Then kapag weekends or pasyal ka na lang bumawi.

4. May prepaid sim ang Optus ($30, with some preloaded credits), yun ang ginamit ko dati, oks naman mabilis ang 4G.

5. Punta ka ng Sydney

kineticboi

@JCsantos Thank you! Where is the nearest church if you don't mind me asking?

kineticboi

@wizardofOz Thank you!

1. Yes! Priority ang picture! haha
5. How do i go Sydney? I googled and said 8hrs daw travel time!!! Any suggestions on how I can work around this?

wizardofOz

@kineticboi mag-plane ka na lang papuntang Syndey bro, nasa ~USD100 lang naman ang pamasahe pwede pag-ipunan

kineticboi

@wizardofOz yay! is it something that i have to allocate some days? or day trip? sorry i really have no idea, but will try to google uli. Thank you!

wizardofOz

@kineticboi if you could only do a few days, mga 3D2N visit siguro... para makita mo lang yung City of Sydney, then beaches sa Bondi and Manly.. nga lang Winter ngayon hehe

kineticboi

Ill be flying this midnight na! Hope to see some pinoys

danyan2001us

Ill be flying this midnight na! Hope to see some pinoys

How's your Melbourne experience so far? we will be 5 years here this month and so far so good.....God is good all the time

kineticboi

@danyan2001us first time to experience winter so i am pretty much excited about everything! I like how convenient and nicely done things here, mejo hinahap ko ng slight ung chaos hehehe.

So far Im loving everything.

I like mornington

mitchiekoy

Hi guys! Newbie here.. 2mons na kme dito sa melbourne. So far naka adjust na kame sa lamig. Pero nung 1st day namen parang ayaw namen lumabas lage lang nasa haus then on ang heater.. Pero nagulat nalang ako sa mga kids ko going to school preferred na nila is shorts and shirts and sabe pa wag na daw miag jumper..

Sa work naman, thank god and hubby is 1mon nasa work nia although hindi nia line of work (he's an EE) pero sa material planner cia ngayon eh ok naman basta may work. Im also looking for a job pero until now wala pa din.. Kasi part time lang sana kasi ako pa din nag aasikaso sa mga kids.. sayang at di pa kame PR sayang din ung mga benefits..

Hoping to meet up more filos here..