Still Muddling Through

Before getting to Canberra, you'll have to get a Certificate of Enrollment Health insurance Student visa The first will be sent to you once you've been given a place in the university of your choice. It acts as an official document of acceptance and is needed to apply for the next 2 documents. I got it through my course coordinator (Melissa) in NUS and it's really fuss free. I can't help much with the application process though, since most of it is done by Melissa. Next, the OSHC health insurance. It's not so much of an insurance to me.. From what I've gathered, Oz provides free healthcare and by buying this insurance, you're entitling yourself to the free visits as well. It's a must for every student to buy it since they have to prevent freeriders from ruining the system. It's a pretty neat procedure that will cost you less than 10 min here The monetary cost was be higher at around 800 Aus (1000 SGD) for my 2 year course. The visa will end once the...

The blog title is inspired by ... the word of the day here . The previous title was pretty lame so I sought after a new one. Word of the day was just there and Idoneous was pretty.. idoneous.

Hello there! I'm a 20 year old Singaporean who is about to set on a 2 year journey in Australia. Specifically, I'll be going to ANU in Canberra for 2 years to complete my bachelor in Actuarial Science. This is a joint collaboration with the National University of Singpore (NUS) where I had read Economics in for the past 3 semester. I'll be travelling to Canberra (actually Darwin and Sydney first) on the 11th Feb and that's just a month away. I'm pretty excited and have done a far bit of research on the country. This blog was created so that her reader can get a understanding of life in Canberra and what to expect/do/not do. Personally, I had to google everything and visit different websites/forums/blogs to gather information about my life to be. I hope to share all these information and that this blog will be useful for future students of ANU/Canberra/Actuarial Science/B&G. Granted, the posts won't be too objective because it is, after all, documenting my l...