Roberto Live!

There you go, your loyalty to this blog pays back, today was a double-post day.

Yesterday I came back from Queensland. I visited Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast and even I managed to visit the Glasshouse mountains and Moreton Island. Later stories and pictures.

In case you haven’t noticed it, I haven’t posted too much recently, and the reason is my Twitter. It’s just quite attractive because they’re very short messages which usually I update from the phone on the train. So that’s it, if you want to know what I’m doing up to the minute, follow me. As some of you know from time to time I put cryptic phrases or messages meant to be read by someone specifically, therefore don’t try to figure it out.

Now it’s official. Just in case you didn’t know it I applied for a visa to work in the UK! Yeah I know, it’s exciting especially for the financial institutions crashing over there, but hell, if things are too easy where’s the fun? So, the plan is to get a Tier 1 visa, leave Australia in maybe two or three months and get a good job in London that allow me to travel in Europe.

Also I’m applying for Skilled Independent Visa in Australia, which allow me to come back. Like my plan?, so do I, the beauty it’s in the perfect timing of all these things happening.

Now I have a job for you my faithful reader: get me a job or a contact in the UK and I’ll send you cookies!

My dad commented the other night that he was about to watch the match between the Mexico and Australia in the World Baseball Classic which is taking place now (this is real World Series, not like the American World Series in which only two countries, but for unknown reasons has that name). Amusing, since Australians barely know what baseball is. However, to my dismay next day I found that Australia won!! But that wasn’t the worst part, it won 17 to 7. How’s that possible? The bloody Aussies has never ever won in baseball in history. Man, 17? And that wasn’t even mentioned in the news here in Sydney.

Something is utterly wrong in this world.

I went to the Powerhouse Museum with Catherine, James and Brendan the day after my birthday. That museum is awesome, and it was even more awesome that there Star Wars exhibition was in there (follow the link for pictures), which was an excellent post-birthday gift.

Walking on Pitt Street in my way to the meeting of the ACS and having 30 minutes free I just passed by JB Hi-Fi. What a surprise when I found a shelf  with the new CD of U2: No Line on the Horizon, just in there, and with a discount: $18.99!! I immediately went after the disc to make sure it wasn’t the single or something, but no it was the shiny new album of U2. I grabbed my credit card and I’m listening the album right now.

The album was supposed to be released first in Ireland tomorrow 27th of February (on my birthday) and worldwide the 3rd of March. What a great birthday present!

Today finally I heard what many people waited for years, the train line from Chatswood to Epping passing by Macquarie Uni was working. Unfortunately I don’t go to Uni anymore, but now I have an extra option to go home, which is surprinsingly quite fast and convenient. Catherine took good pictures of the station. I just wish all the stations were so modern and shiny like those new ones. I’m to show you later pictures of Town Hall station at 6pm: it’s as crowded as any Mexico City metro station, it just looks older.

Because you were good today: double post!

A good Mexican friend who I met here in Australia, just started a small consultancy company. Considering she’s quite smart and has a shiny new MBA from Macquarie University and a good amount of experience I have no doubt she’ll succeed very soon. Right now she’s in Singapore and the innovative part of her business is that the service can be hired online, very convenient for the clients. And very convenient for my friend, I can already picture her working on a laptop overlooking Singapore skyline and having a cocktail. The perfect job.

Then, good luck Maria Jose and remember to hire me for securing your information systems.