Assalamualaikum and hey yalls,
So for this second part of this post (click here if you haven't read the first part), I'll be talking about stuff that I brought, or that I recommend you to bring and stuff that aren't necessarily important to bring. I had a lot of this questions before coming here and I sure you have to. So let's just get to this post.
STUFF TO BRING
1. Money
So to some this is a pretty sensitive topic, but we need to set the numbers straight, because first of all, you'll be living alone, far from you family, and you need to take control of you own life and manage yourself. You're also going to buy a lot of necessities stuff here, textbooks, appliances, groceries, necessities, so you would need to prepare quite an amount of money beforehand.
I would recommend bringing RM5k+ amount of cash with you. It seems a lot, but you would use it for the first 2-4 months here because your family wouldn't be able to transfer money to your account here as it takes around 1-2 months time for you to activate your bank account here. So just keep that in mind. I would also advise you to change all of the money into Indian Rps before going to India, because it would be easier for you and you wouldn't have to rush to the money changer if you're suddenly out of Indian Rps. It would also be better if you exchange your money to at least a 500 rps change, because they also have a 2000 rps bill. It doesn't matter much, but it would be a problem when you buy stuff and they don't have change for you.
2. Clothes
So I definitely can't tell you how many clothes to bring or etc because every people packs differently. But I can say that please only bring clothes that you are really going to wear. Ironless clothes is the best, at least prepare 2-3 ironless clothes for your lazy days. Take note, I'll be writing this in a woman's POV, and I can't give much advice for guys because I really don't know.
I would also like to advise you guys to bring 2-3 'pretty' dresses or anything proper or nice for a dinner, as we would have a few events here and there. If you're the type to dress up a bit for those, please do so. If you're the type to not care much about those kind of stuff, you do you boo. Or, you can just buy sarees or Indian clothing here for a change. It's all up to you. I came here without bringing any 'dinner' proper clothes so yeah I had to go find myself one, and just bought a simple kurti.
As for shoes and stuff, well I brought a pair of flats for class, 2 pair of non-sport shoes (idk what you call them), a pair of nice flats which I rarely use, and a pair of sandals. Probably brought a little too much, but I'm pretty sure there are some that brought more. I did need to buy sport shoes here to jog and play sports, (not that I play sports a lot) because I didn't have one. I bought my shoes online and shopping online here is pretty easy because most of the stuff have a 'pay on delivery' option. So even if you don't have a bank account yet, you can still shop online.
OH and make sure you bring towels for yourself too, and pack it in the bag that you're going to carry and not carried by the lorry as you would have trouble taking shower without one later.
3. Pillows, bedsheet etc
So I brought my own pillow, and a blanket and you'd probably think how would I fit it inside the luggage? So I just bought a vacuum plastic bag from shopee (click for the link) and compressed it and problem solved. Stupidly enough, I forgot to pack bedsheets with me so the night that I arrived, I just covered the mattress with kain batik that I brought, and it be like that for a few days until I get my bedsheets. If you don't want to bring any pillows or stuff, no issues, you can just buy them all here.
4. Skincare
As a woman prone to breakouts, I brought a year worth of stock of my skincares and I really didn't regret it. If you use skincares like Loreal, Simple, Garnier or other normal drugstore products or famous skincares, you can certainly get them here, but because mine is not available here, I had to stock up. AND GIRLS, please don't abandon your sunscreen or sunblock here, the sun might not feel that hot, but the next thing you know is that you are a shade darker. If you want to see whether or not your skincare is available here or not, you can visit this website (click here), which is kind of like Malaysia's Watsons or Guardian.
5. Stationeries
If you're the type to be particular about your stationeries, please bring your own supplies because they might not have the same one that you're using. If you write notes on paper, you might need to bring a lot of pens because oh boy, it's a lot of writing. You can also use iPads or tablets in class to write down notes, which would actually make your life easier too. But again. it all depends on your preferences.
6. Electrical appliances
For the cases of electrical appliances, you can buy everything here, no issues, some are a bit pricier but if you didn't bring it and need it, you have to buy them anyways. I brought my own iron because I know need it the most, and I brought a Malaysian extension plug so that I can use my chargers without using an adapter.
For adapters, if you want to buy one, make sure it's the type like I show in the picture below (the white one) Because if you use the universal one (the pink one), it might not be that well fitted with the plugs, but you still can use it. I bought the adapter here, and you can easily find those in most shops here, Some of my friends even brought rice cookers, kettles with them from home, but again, it all depends on you. If you can fit it, have extra space, then bring it. It'll save money. Or else, just buy everything here. If you have a chance to buy from seniors, please do so, because they sell it with a much more cheaper price. Anything actually that the seniors sell, if you think you need it, just buy it, but please make sure it works fine before paying to the seniors.
7. Malaysian food
Well as Malaysians, we would definitely miss our Malaysian food, so it's natural to think that we would want to bring as many local food as possible. Maggi and instant noodles would be one of our priorities but don't worry. You don't need to stock up a lot of Malaysian food when you're packing, this is because you can actually courier stuff from Malaysia and that's what most of us do.
There would be courier services like ST Express or ICS Courier that would allow your family to ship stuff to you. Normally the minimum limit would be 15kg, so you can stock up all the food you want there. Once you know your room number, you can directly give your address to your parents at home, and they can proceed to ship the stuff to you. It takes around 1-3 weeks for the courier package to arrive so at least you can bring at least one big packet of Maggi to keep you going.
8. Medicine
I cannot stress on how important it is to bring your set of meds. If you yourself have a health condition make sure to bring your meds. If you're a healthy human, then at least bring some Panadol, flu, cough, and more importantly the, diarrhea medications as you would have a high risk of getting that. When I first arrived at the college, I immediately felt a sore throat, and I was having cough, flu for the first 3 weeks. Maybe my body was just adjusting with the weather here but you really need to take good care of your health because you can't afford to miss a class if possible.
9. Sanitary pads (for women obviously)
As for me, I'm very particular of what type of sanitary pads that I use, and here they do not have our brands like Kotex or Libresse. So far I've only noticed them having Whisper and Stayfree. (guys you can skip this part if you're still reading, it won't make sense). So I did bring a generous amount of pads that would probably last me for 3 months? Then, I asked my parents to courier more pads from home and so far I still have a lot left. If you don't mind about pads, then you don't necessarily have to bring them with you. But if you are, then please do so.
STUFF YOU DON'T HAVE TO BRING
I'll list down a few things that people might think they need to bring, but for me you can actually buy them here instead of packing it with you.
So for this second part of this post (click here if you haven't read the first part), I'll be talking about stuff that I brought, or that I recommend you to bring and stuff that aren't necessarily important to bring. I had a lot of this questions before coming here and I sure you have to. So let's just get to this post.
STUFF TO BRING
1. Money
So to some this is a pretty sensitive topic, but we need to set the numbers straight, because first of all, you'll be living alone, far from you family, and you need to take control of you own life and manage yourself. You're also going to buy a lot of necessities stuff here, textbooks, appliances, groceries, necessities, so you would need to prepare quite an amount of money beforehand.
I would recommend bringing RM5k+ amount of cash with you. It seems a lot, but you would use it for the first 2-4 months here because your family wouldn't be able to transfer money to your account here as it takes around 1-2 months time for you to activate your bank account here. So just keep that in mind. I would also advise you to change all of the money into Indian Rps before going to India, because it would be easier for you and you wouldn't have to rush to the money changer if you're suddenly out of Indian Rps. It would also be better if you exchange your money to at least a 500 rps change, because they also have a 2000 rps bill. It doesn't matter much, but it would be a problem when you buy stuff and they don't have change for you.
2. Clothes
So I definitely can't tell you how many clothes to bring or etc because every people packs differently. But I can say that please only bring clothes that you are really going to wear. Ironless clothes is the best, at least prepare 2-3 ironless clothes for your lazy days. Take note, I'll be writing this in a woman's POV, and I can't give much advice for guys because I really don't know.
I would also like to advise you guys to bring 2-3 'pretty' dresses or anything proper or nice for a dinner, as we would have a few events here and there. If you're the type to dress up a bit for those, please do so. If you're the type to not care much about those kind of stuff, you do you boo. Or, you can just buy sarees or Indian clothing here for a change. It's all up to you. I came here without bringing any 'dinner' proper clothes so yeah I had to go find myself one, and just bought a simple kurti.
As for shoes and stuff, well I brought a pair of flats for class, 2 pair of non-sport shoes (idk what you call them), a pair of nice flats which I rarely use, and a pair of sandals. Probably brought a little too much, but I'm pretty sure there are some that brought more. I did need to buy sport shoes here to jog and play sports, (not that I play sports a lot) because I didn't have one. I bought my shoes online and shopping online here is pretty easy because most of the stuff have a 'pay on delivery' option. So even if you don't have a bank account yet, you can still shop online.
OH and make sure you bring towels for yourself too, and pack it in the bag that you're going to carry and not carried by the lorry as you would have trouble taking shower without one later.
3. Pillows, bedsheet etc
So I brought my own pillow, and a blanket and you'd probably think how would I fit it inside the luggage? So I just bought a vacuum plastic bag from shopee (click for the link) and compressed it and problem solved. Stupidly enough, I forgot to pack bedsheets with me so the night that I arrived, I just covered the mattress with kain batik that I brought, and it be like that for a few days until I get my bedsheets. If you don't want to bring any pillows or stuff, no issues, you can just buy them all here.
4. Skincare
As a woman prone to breakouts, I brought a year worth of stock of my skincares and I really didn't regret it. If you use skincares like Loreal, Simple, Garnier or other normal drugstore products or famous skincares, you can certainly get them here, but because mine is not available here, I had to stock up. AND GIRLS, please don't abandon your sunscreen or sunblock here, the sun might not feel that hot, but the next thing you know is that you are a shade darker. If you want to see whether or not your skincare is available here or not, you can visit this website (click here), which is kind of like Malaysia's Watsons or Guardian.
5. Stationeries
If you're the type to be particular about your stationeries, please bring your own supplies because they might not have the same one that you're using. If you write notes on paper, you might need to bring a lot of pens because oh boy, it's a lot of writing. You can also use iPads or tablets in class to write down notes, which would actually make your life easier too. But again. it all depends on your preferences.
6. Electrical appliances
For the cases of electrical appliances, you can buy everything here, no issues, some are a bit pricier but if you didn't bring it and need it, you have to buy them anyways. I brought my own iron because I know need it the most, and I brought a Malaysian extension plug so that I can use my chargers without using an adapter.
For adapters, if you want to buy one, make sure it's the type like I show in the picture below (the white one) Because if you use the universal one (the pink one), it might not be that well fitted with the plugs, but you still can use it. I bought the adapter here, and you can easily find those in most shops here, Some of my friends even brought rice cookers, kettles with them from home, but again, it all depends on you. If you can fit it, have extra space, then bring it. It'll save money. Or else, just buy everything here. If you have a chance to buy from seniors, please do so, because they sell it with a much more cheaper price. Anything actually that the seniors sell, if you think you need it, just buy it, but please make sure it works fine before paying to the seniors.
so this is the type I recommend to buy, I googled and it's called European plug adapter
this is what I brought from home, it's the universal plug adapter and I rarely ever use this one
as you can see, the universal type one doesn't look sturdy and doesn't fit perfectly to the plug
and this one looks like a perfect fit
7. Malaysian food
Well as Malaysians, we would definitely miss our Malaysian food, so it's natural to think that we would want to bring as many local food as possible. Maggi and instant noodles would be one of our priorities but don't worry. You don't need to stock up a lot of Malaysian food when you're packing, this is because you can actually courier stuff from Malaysia and that's what most of us do.
There would be courier services like ST Express or ICS Courier that would allow your family to ship stuff to you. Normally the minimum limit would be 15kg, so you can stock up all the food you want there. Once you know your room number, you can directly give your address to your parents at home, and they can proceed to ship the stuff to you. It takes around 1-3 weeks for the courier package to arrive so at least you can bring at least one big packet of Maggi to keep you going.
8. Medicine
I cannot stress on how important it is to bring your set of meds. If you yourself have a health condition make sure to bring your meds. If you're a healthy human, then at least bring some Panadol, flu, cough, and more importantly the, diarrhea medications as you would have a high risk of getting that. When I first arrived at the college, I immediately felt a sore throat, and I was having cough, flu for the first 3 weeks. Maybe my body was just adjusting with the weather here but you really need to take good care of your health because you can't afford to miss a class if possible.
9. Sanitary pads (for women obviously)
As for me, I'm very particular of what type of sanitary pads that I use, and here they do not have our brands like Kotex or Libresse. So far I've only noticed them having Whisper and Stayfree. (guys you can skip this part if you're still reading, it won't make sense). So I did bring a generous amount of pads that would probably last me for 3 months? Then, I asked my parents to courier more pads from home and so far I still have a lot left. If you don't mind about pads, then you don't necessarily have to bring them with you. But if you are, then please do so.
STUFF YOU DON'T HAVE TO BRING
I'll list down a few things that people might think they need to bring, but for me you can actually buy them here instead of packing it with you.
- Umbrella
- Dehumidifier
- Plates, mugs, spoons
- Clothing rack
- Raincoat (umbrella is sufficient, it just less than a minute walk to the academic building)
Just don't overpack with stuff that you don't actually use or need and pack early so you don't panic. And me giving this advice, is actually very funny because I packed like 2 days before my flight because I really-really DESPISE packing my stuff. I ended up just piling everything I wanted to pack in a corner of my house and paid my sister to pack the stuff into my luggages. So I did ended up forgetting my bedsheets.
That's all for this post. Happy packing !
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