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lucky_always24

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PRE DEPARTURE INFORMATION

Clothes:

Jeans:3-4 pairs TRY to bring atleast 1-2 old jeans. after coming here they play a major role when you go for work...
Shorts: 6-8. Get those ones, which are, long and go a 2-3 inches beyond knees.
T-shirts: 6-8
Cotton shirts: 4-5(no multicolored patterns, they are not in vogue in US). Cotton clothes are good in warmer places.
Night clothes: 2-3 pairs
Formal suit & Ties - 1-2 pairs. You rarely need them...once in a year or so on occasions like Convocation ceremony and interviews.
Undergarments...a lot of them...10-15 pairs we stress upon this because you may go to the laundry once in two weeks!!
Socks...5 to 10 pairs you can bring even more because you would be wearing shoes most of the time. Do not take nylon socks. Cotton ones are better.
Sweaters. a couple - full sleeved advisable
Get a muffler and monkey cap and woolen gloves and windcheater.
Leather jacket...1 they are rather poor protection in the north. But you may consider getting one woolen Jacket.
Handkerchiefs-1 dozen
2-3 belts one formal leather belt and others as you please. But you might want to know that one rarely tucks in the casual dresses.
Kurta-payjamas-These would be good during Cultural meets etc. If you have fancy for one, don't forget extra naadi then.
2 Turkish towels and two napkins.
Sports shoe
Leather shoe
Chappals

Personal accessories:


Hangers for clothes,
Wallet - one that has space for cards - you normally don't carry much cash with you.
Shaving kit & Blades. Brush & toothpaste.
Soap (get a couple of bars of bathing soap till you go for the first groceries in UK).
Combs & hair oil.
Small mirror (just in case even if you are not a narcicist!).
Nail cutter.
Small scissors, Safety pin bunch. Mini-sewing kit with some buttons.

1) Bedsheets 2 thick + 2 thin

2) Pillow 1 no.

3) Comb

4) Nail cutter

5) Rubber band

6) Scissors

7) Calculator

8) Pass port and stamp size snaps 36 each,

9) Medicines + first aid kit

10) Digital diary

11) Books

12) Back pack

13) Key Chains

14) Torch Alarm clock.

Utensils:

Depends on whether you guys plan to cook alone or with your housemates, since most people don't get time to cook daily, stuff is generally prepared for two days at a go - so keep this in mind when you buy vessels, etc.


Typical stuff you may want is:

2-3 plates,
Glasses
Cups and bowls
Forks (2 each)
Serving spoons
Couple of cooking vessels
Pressure cooker - 3 liters
Cooker containers and spares (rings and valves)
Non-stick frying pan with turner
Tongs and knives
Cutting board for vegetables
2-3 patella’s that fit into each other and that preferably have handles
1 pressure pan (Prestige), ask your prospective roommate to get one too
Utensils holder
Plates (2-3 steel plates, beaker size and 2-3 plastic plates of both beaker and normal size)
2-3 plastic bowls (katories)
6 spoons and a couple of steel glasses
Serrated knife.

Summarizing your Utensils list:

1) Cooker 1 no. + spares

2) Cookers Containers 2 no.(with their lids)

3) Kadai 1 no.

4) Non stick tawa 1 no.

5) Spoons 6 no.

6) Grip 1 no.

7) Chapati fork/tong 1 no.

8) Laddle for poori 1 no.

9) Spatula types used while making roti) 1 no.

10) Knife 2 no.

11) Peeler 1 no.

12) Serving spoons (for dal, curry and rice) 3 no.

13) Knife& Fork 6 no.

14) Sauce pan 2 no.

15) Steel containers to heat food 2 no. (with lid)

16) Rolling Pin/ Belan (to make rotis) 1 no.

17) Plate 1 no.

18) Katori 3 no.

19) Glass 2 no.

20) Cutting board 1 no.

21) Eating knives 2 no.

22) Coffee spoon for salt etc 3 no.

23) Small size plastic spoons for masala 1 no


Food Items:
Some of the common food items that students carry are:


Spices, Tealeaves, Masalas, Haldi, Dhania, red chilly, Instant masalas, etc.
Mustard packet.
Tamarind paste
Different dals in small quantity for initial use.
Asafoetida powder.
Indian instant coffee + Indian tea (it takes time to get used to the bristish stuff)
Elaichi, clove, cinnamon
Masalas and tea/coffee powder, if you are a regular drinker
Get a couple of bags each of haldi, red chilly powder, Garam masala, Dhania, Pickle bottles (if you have enthu, but preferably get sealed ones), rice, Moong Dal. Bring approx. 1-month supply of masalas.

Stationary list:

1) White sheets

2) Pencils

3) Erasers

4) Blade

5) Stapler

6) Stapler pins

7) Pens

8) Scribbling Pad

9) Glue stick

10) Pencil Box

11) Ruler - 12"

12) Stick on pad

13) Cello tape

14) Ink pen

15) Needle

16) Thread

17) Safety pins
 

lucky_always24

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Luggage:

Luggage is the essential thing one has to buy. This has to be done after proper planning as luggage is an expensive item and is to be retained for years, now that you will be doing lot of traveling in flight.

Bags: 2 large size suitcases

Packing:

Start your packing well in advance
But two good boxes - they should be able to withstand a lot of mishandling. They should be as large as possible within the size limitations (however most airlines are not very strict about baggage size).
Put identification marks and labels on both the inside & outside the boxes) apart from this, the airlines will also provide you with adhesive labels).
Boxes with independent top & bottom are preferable.

Things to be kept in the boxes:


Copy of all the certificates/documents (originals in hand baggage)
Important application materials (SOP, Reco, etc.)(Soft copy)
Necessary book/notebooks (some suggested books are - Clarks Tables, a good dictionary/thesaurus, a booklet for units conversion) [note: there should be no legal hassles taking Xerox copies of books - but don't flaunt them to Americans/profs]
Copy of address book/telephone book/diary
Some stationary and related items suggested (not absolutely necessary) - just for the first few weeks are: common items + rubber stamp with house address + air mail covers + few Indian razor blades for cutting work + screw driver
Medical history files

Things to be kept in hand baggage:

Some medicines (including for air-sickness)
Novel/magazines/books for in flight reading
Sweater
Original important documents (Offer letter, visa, tickets.)
Enough money (little cash, traveller's' checks)
Address book/phone book (Indian & UK)
Copies of your photos (passport size)
Enlisted steps to be followed in case of emergency (accident, theft, etc.)

Things to be kept in person:

Shorter extract of contact addresses - especially of people coming to pick you up.
Receipt got along with traveller's' checks - in case you lose the TC's.
1 handbag to carry in flight stuff with you (buy a good quality, spacious one 'cause you might have to use it for carrying clothes to the laundry later)

Money to be taken with you:

Since you have already paid your first term tuition fee and accommodation fee, you can carry $10000 cash without any problem. Above 10,000 you just need to fill extra custom form at airport . But it's advisable to bring $2000 for initial expenses like accommodation and transportation if you haven't purchased GIC from scotia bank.
 
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lucky_always24

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04-06-13, 04-11-14
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VISA ISSUED...
Approved on 11-12-2014
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Documentation:

Carry all documentation safely, and have photocopies to back you up - letter from Univ., mark sheets, etc. (the visa stuff basically). Things to get photocopied: Make three sets of the following copies, keep one set at home and take the remaining two sets with you.

Visa
Xth, Inter (10+2), Degree marks sheets, Convocation Certificate of Under graduation.
Unconditional Acceptance letter from the university.

Important things to do before you leave:

Give power of attorney (authorization letters) to your father or brother or to someone on whom you rely
Put your signature on a 10 plane papers, write you name below it, keep these at home, they may need it for any purpose like authorization to collect marks sheets, Provisional certificate, Transfer certificate, Bonafide certificate, Degree certificate, Migration certificate from the university, applying for the refund from the college etc.
Make all bank accounts joint
 
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dipta

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+1 for you. Thanks for giving so much effort in writing this huge post.
 

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OMG, it's like carrying whole supermarket mmm. Il be buying from Canada it self as I have relatives there and they have showed me many basement supermarket in my previous trip where one can buy goods at affordable prices. Like dollarama...
 
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wahaguru manu v DATE pan da moka da..
great work for posting it but it is copy paste .
 
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subakumaran

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Man thanks for your effort in llisting all these stuff. Not everyone is going to buy all these stuff but it will definitely help everyone to pick their list according to their needs !!!
 

lucky_always24

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Yaa, I found it on somewhere, and thought it's good to share it here :D

sandhuboy said:
great work for posting it but it is copy paste .
 

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navkaur said:
OMG, it's like carrying whole supermarket mmm. Il be buying from Canada it self as I have relatives there and they have showed me many basement supermarket in my previous trip where one can buy goods at affordable prices. Like dollarama...
Dollarama is not supermarket :p :p :p
 

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lucky_always24 said:
Yaa, I found it on somewhere, and thought it's good to share it here :D
lol copy paste is ok here just dont do it with ur assignments or in college/university without referencing plagiarism is very serious here......just a headsup ....but the list is very comprehensive good job
 
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Thanks for sharing these info.
 

lucky_always24

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I'm just hoping that i will find some good female friends there to prepare my assignment ;D

mead said:
lol copy paste is ok here just dont do it with ur assignments or in college/university without referencing plagiarism is very serious here......just a headsup ....but the list is very comprehensive good job
 

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lucky_always24 said:
I'm just hoping that i will find some good female friends there to prepare my assignment ;D
LOL!!!
 

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lucky_always24 said:
I'm just hoping that i will find some good female friends there to prepare my assignment ;D
lol good luck with that