还有,这里的电话收费也有意思。我住的房子没安电话,要打电话都到外面电话亭(现在这里可是冬天噢,晚上好冷),可以用电话卡,也可以投币。一个市话收40cent,不限时间,但是打手机的话就是每半分钟扣40cent,暴贵,因为单向收费。打国内一般用长话卡,先用40CENT打到卡上,然后再从卡上打出去。这里长话卡品种远不止100种,打不同的国家用不同的卡会有不同的收费,一般我都让百货店的老板给我推荐,当然他们也经常瞎推荐。打中国一般都比较便宜,象我现在用的一种叫GOOD MORNING CHINA 的,10$可以打359分钟(差不多6小时),如果晚上12点后打还要便宜:0.5cent没分钟。这里比国内快2个钟头,12点打回去国内才10点钟,正好聊天,不过我没享受过这个优惠,因为这个时段打的人太多了难得打通。此外很多人推荐用聪明卡(SMART LINK),通话效果也很好,大唐卡再华文报纸上的广告最多,每个星期还提供一个钟头的免费通话时段,但是回音太重。
因为我是通过本地的律师办理的,所以到了这里之后就去律师那里报了到,顺便请教她关于510小时免费英语进修的事情。律师给我的解释是,如果雅思成绩低于5分的话再申请过程要交所谓的“第二部分费用”,然后才可以获得这个进修机会,但是我雅思考过了(就是说具备了funtional English),就没有这项福利政策。如果要进修英语的话只有自己交钱去读。在这里提供英文培训的有高校和TAFE(Technican And Further Education ,有点像国内的技术学校),但是高校的收费比较贵,所以她推荐我读TAFE。
Good afternoon,
Thank you for applying recently for the above position. Having now reviewed the responses to the advertisement, I am writing to inform you that your application has not been successful.
In way of feedback I would like to make some comments. I received 58 applications, of which the quality of respondents was outstanding. Of those 58, 10 were selected for short list and 4 candidates were presented to the client. All candidates were highly qualified and from strong backgrounds.
To refresh you memory we were looking for someone with a strong degree background who had been working developing commercial applications across the full software development lifecycle in VB, SQL and Oracle. We were also looking for candidates with consulting experience in their previous roles. While most of candidate met some of these requirements the successful candidate met all of them.
I would like to thank you for your interest in the position and I would be keen to remain in contact with you. Should a similar requirement arise soon, I will be approaching the pool of respondents that originally applied for this role before approaching the market place. I would like to keep your details on file for further reference, however if you would prefer not to, please let me know.
Once again thank you for your application and I look forward to talking to you in the near future. Good luck for your continuing job search.
今天是学期的最后一天,老师开了教室不准带食物的禁,我们各自带了各自国家的食品。俄罗斯老师带来一种凉拌的洋葱和蘑菇,都是生拌的,味道很呛,问我觉得如何的时候我不好说GOOD,只好说很特别;土耳其老太太带了一种卷饼;韩国人带了自己炒的洋葱椰菜炒牛肉,暴好吃;日本人带了寿司,薯条,薯片,锅巴,雪糕;泰国人带了蛋糕;法国人带了姜汁啤酒;我带了速冻烧卖,上学的时候冻在CAFE当冰箱里,课间才拿去微波炉蒸,几个日本女孩子看来很喜欢烧卖,SACHIYO高兴的大喊I love ShaoMai。吃完了纷纷拍照片,我没有带相机是很遗憾的,因为这个班马上就散了(土耳其和泰国留在LEVEL2,日本人上高中去,剩下的人上LEVEL3,我可能也要离开了),以后大概没有机会再看到松岛菜菜子(NASUMI)了。快散伙的时候ASUKA问我,是不是很喜欢松岛菜菜子,我说是阿,她说那你也很喜欢NASUMI的脸蛋了,我说是啊,她们几个女孩子就暴笑,只有NASUMI埋着头。后来我才隐约觉得NASUMI可能和Daniel有点什么猫腻,我不知道是不是说错了话了。