Australia Dreaming!

I woke up this morning with just a little over four hours of sleep!
And as I proceeded to do my daily ritual, there it was as I looked at the headline on my browser, I was blown away, and I doubt there is anyone left! Of the people that I know whom I have just continually overstated over and over again my desire to move to Australia it has always been a long desire and dream of mine to do so. And today here it is the opportunity of a lifetime. The perfect trip not just to make the trip to Australia but to get to live there for six awesome months and get paid while your there wow! Since I read the column I have just gone crazy and have been trying to get on the page to file my application but the link is getting hammered with hits and all I get is a error message why am I not surprised can you imagine millions all around the world that are applying! Well pray for me this would truly be one experience of a lifetime and a great vacation. What an opportunity and a great challenge this would be. Just this week I have been working on an acronym that would define the way I will approach this New Year.

Australia offers 'best job in world' on paradise island

Queensland Tourism Board, Bird's eye view of Hamilton Island

SYDNEY (AFP) – An Australian state is offering internationally what it calls "the best job in the world" -- earning a top salary for lazing around a beautiful tropical island for six months.

The job pays 150,000 Australian dollars (105,000 US dollars) and includes free airfares from the winner's home country to Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland's state government announced on Tuesday.

In return, the "island caretaker" will be expected to stroll the white sands, snorkel the reef, take care of "a few minor tasks" -- and report to a global audience via weekly blogs, photo diaries and video updates.

The successful applicant, who will stay rent-free in a three-bedroom beach home complete with plunge pool and golf buggy, must be a good swimmer, excellent communicator and be able to speak and write English.

"They'll also have to talk to media from time to time about what they're doing so they can't be too shy and they'll have to love the sea, the sun, the outdoors," said acting state Premier Paul Lucas.

"The fact that they will be paid to explore the islands of the Great Barrier Reef, swim, snorkel and generally live the Queensland lifestyle makes this undoubtedly the best job in the world."

Lucas said the campaign was part of a drive to protect the state's 18 billion Australian dollar a year tourism industry during the tough economic climate caused by the global financial meltdown.

"Traditional tourism advertising just doesn't cut it sometimes and we are thinking outside the box by launching this campaign."

Queensland Tourism Minister Desley Boyle said some people might question whether it was risky to let an unknown person become an unofficial tourism spokesperson for the state.

"I think the biggest risk will be that the successful candidate won't want to go home at the end of the six months," she said.

"This is a legitimate job which is open to anyone and everyone."

Applications are open until February 22. Eleven shortlisted candidates will be flown to Hamilton Island in early May for the final selection process and the six month contract will commence on July 1.

Job-seekers can apply on .

Islandreefjob.com

Marcelia Aguilar Perez

Remembering a Great Woman
It is no secret to anyone that knew my Great Grandma Marcelina of how Precious a person she was a true Diamond in the rough, Her Love for God and her never fading Faith and trust in her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was truly the biggest testament to all of us and still to this day I miss her and frequently I catch my self going back on a memory trail, remembering the days at her home in Mexico, the summers were unforgettable, from the early break of day until sundown she made every moment count she was always the first one up and the last one to bed her delight in taking care of those she loved was clearly evident and all she ever asked in return was that we respected her home her rules and everyone there, she had the biggest collection of animals her own private zoo you could say there was never a stray or a stranger that she refused shelter or a warm meal, if only you knew how hard it is for me to hold back my tears at this point as I think back at everything that she did truly she was part of a generation that has slowly been coming to a end, a time when you took care not just of your family but anyone in need truly the total opposite of what we see today. I miss her stories and her gentle way.




In Loving Memory of Marcelina Aguilar Perez
June 2 1901 - January 6 2000

Like the stars that shine both night and day they are always there I just have to open up my eyes, neither life nor death will ever turn my sight away, today your missed my life you changed your love with me like stars it burns night and day it never fades away one day will reunite until that day I want to say your Gone But Never Forgotten

By, Felipe






Here is a Picture of Mother and Daughter, on the left my Grandma Guadalupe my mom's mother holding my sister Felicitas son Mateo and to the right is my Great Grandma Marcelina holding my sister's oldest daughter son Angel

The Chivas Effect!

The Big "50"

iPhone Pro and iPhone Elite Concepts Hit the Web…

In case you haven’t seen it yet, the above concept image is the ‘iPhone Pro’ whipped up by the folks at Gizmodo in response to an ‘iPhone Elite’ concept image created by fellow blogger Mat Brady. The new device would have 60GB of storage, a front-facing 1MP camera for iChat PLUS a higher quality camera for regular shots. There would be a real 16:9 aspect ratio, video capability built-in… and perhaps the most notable feature of this concept… The slide-out keyboard.

Now, I can hear all of the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) die-hards out there saying that an iPhone ’slider’ will never happen… and honestly, I’m there with you. I have a hard time seeing how Apple could ‘go back’ to an actual physical keyboard after having set the scene for virtual touchscreen inputs. However… If you think about it from a different angle, maybe it’s not so bad?

Perhaps the biggest appeal the BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) has over the iPhone in the business world is it’s physical, tactile keyboard. Most Berry users swear by it, and can’t stand the form or function of the virtual touchscreen text input found on the current iPhone 3G. What if Apple combined the best of both worlds, providing the same, slick touchscreen interface and OS with a new physical QWERTY keyboard in a slider form for the business folk to use? Don’t you think that type of device would take a bigger chunk of the business user market in comparison to the current iPhone 3G setup? I think it would. Perhaps Apple should/could even brand the new device as the ‘iPhone Business’ or something along those lines. For those that just have to have the Berry-ish keyboard to punch out those quick emails on the go.

Whether or not this actually becomes a reality is yet to be seen, but thankfully time will tell us the answer. It always does. I have a feeling that we will NOT see anything like this for some time, at least not until Apple can iron out production costs on such a unit until prices for the device would reach a reasonable point that business users (and others) would be able to swallow.

The concept is certainly something to think about. I wonder what is going on at Apple’s 1 Infinate Loop address in Cupertino… Where are those new iPhone plans Apple? Want to shoot them over this way!?

Happy New Year