My wife and I just got today the news that our Australian Permanent Resident Visa was approved. It is a very happy moment for us. I am living in Australia since March 2004 and it was a long way for me since I first got here. As many of you my Portuguese readers might remember from my post on Perdido pelo Mundo I came here to study English for 4 months then decide to extend my visa to study IT and at the same time got a part time job in IT too.

Oh! Yeah! Last month I completed 30 years old. What a crazy thing? I don’t know why everyone, including me, make a big deal out of the 30 years. But besides of this big number, I think I have a lot of stuff to celebrate. I like to think about the fact that I crossed the world I am here surviving and very happy, of course. You can clearly see on this picture my reason to be happy, and I am not talking about the cake.

This is our nephew, little Thommy who was born on 26th April 2007. His mom and daddy has their on blog, where they shared the first adventures of Thommy boy. Gabriela and I can’t wait to see Thommy growing and to be part of this fascinating world of a little child.

Our friends Donna and Leigh will marry in October this year and they had a cool idea to help them to raise money for the wedding. They created the Make Our Wedding Happen website where you can bid on space for your ad. We wish both, Donna and Leigh, a very happy life together.

Hoje eu e a Gabi apreendemos a fazer suspiro. Foi assim, a gente tinha acabado de fazer uma Torta de Maça, receita da minha mãe, que a gente adora. No topo da torta vai um suspiro. Como havia sobrado suspiro a nós resolvemos colocá-los separados em outra forma, como pingos de suspiro. Bom conclusão, após deixa-los por 3 horas a uma temperatura baixa de 90 graus no forno, os suspiros saíram uma delícia.

Hoje eu terminei de importar o meu antigo blog Perdido pelo Mundo; para este domínio AntonioAugusto.NET. Ainda estão faltando os comentários que vou importar aos poucos pois, é um trabalho muito manual e requer muita paciência. Acredito que o AntonioAugusto.NET, meu blog, terá um mix de tudo, e além disto terá posts em inglês e em português. Quero passar a minha experiência vivendo e trabalhando na Austrália para as pessoas que estão interessadas em vir para cá seja para estudar, passear, viver ou trabalhar.