malaysian wins best job in the world!
Well, not quite.. yet 
But there’s still hope!
Remember that hoo-hah about the best job in the world? You guys should know — I received lots and lots of forwarded e-mails about it. Basically it was a nifty move by Tourism Queensland to boost their, uh tourism. They are looking for an island caretaker to promote their islands through a blog; if I remember correctly there are some conservation stuff to be promoted as well. Location = Great Barrier Reef’s Hamilton Island. Duration of position = 6 months. Salary = $150,000.
The money’s not really the point. I mean, give me food, shelter and a broadband connection, I’d quit my job and head over there to drink myself silly while basking in the sunshine, surrounded by soft sands and gentle waves care for the islands. But alas! I’m one of the millions who read such forwarded e-mails, daydream about it for a bit then snap back to reality without having done so much as flick my hair to try to get the job.
Besides, no bikini in the world would flatter my… uh, figure 
But a lot of people did apply. Jackie Miao from Sabah made a video, submitted it and voila! out of the 34,000+ applicants, she was the SOLE MALAYSIAN who was shortlisted to be in the Top 50! This alone is more inspirational than the longest poh piah or kuih kapit.
At the moment, Jackie’s position on the Wild Card Leaderboard is #26. What’s that? Let me explain…
- Tourism Queensland will shortlist another 10 candidates out of the 50
- An #11 will also be chosen, based on the number of votes received via their website
- All 11 chosen applicants will travel to the island for an interview, at which point the ball is in their court
A couple of people e-mailed me asking if I could publicise this on my blog. Sure thing; I mean, I hardly think I’d make a dent to the number of votes, but sure I’d love to spread the word. Besides, though I don’t personally know Jackie, I kind of want to see the headlines in the papers as per my blog post title.
Here’s how you can help out a fellow Malaysian:
- Go to www.islandreefjob.com/jackie
- Enter your e-mail address to vote for Jackie
- A confirmation e-mail will be sent to your Inbox. Click on the confirmation link to make your vote count
- Go to the same URL after 24 hours to vote again
The Wild Card voting ends on 24th March, 2009. That’s about 5 or 6 votes per person until then. Please help 
You can also keep up with Jackie’s progress at her blog here.
Good luck Jackie!
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Very hard to win. Apparently the taiwan chick is the most voted the last I check.
I wish her success in having probably the first cyber-outsourced job in Aussie.
But WTF; only 1 Indonesian and 1 Indian in the shortlist, and NO Bangladeshis
Good luck to her I say.
Lol i would not even try to get such a job, but if she wants it I hope for her that she gets it
there would be way too much hassle to get a job like that
I don’t know much about the competition in general, but I keep wondering, wouldn’t it make more sense to have an Aussie give a tour of one of Australia’s national treasures? o_O Oh well, I’m sure the publicity generated is the main intent anyway, haha.
SF: can try mah
Azmeen: hmm i only saw lots of caucasian faces there, heh
ST: indeed
shadowking: what do you mean by hassle ? leaving everything behind for half a year?
mell: haha you have to admit; their advertisement was a big do
her video is cool and I think she does have a nice personality! I also wanna give up chocolates to live on an island!
suanie: yeah pretty much that
I could kick this bad world’s ass if I could just get on my feet!
Hehe… I voted for Jackie! Once again, Malaysia Boleh if she is in… well, best of luck!
I don’t mind leaving everything behind and go for this job…
Delightful girl! good luck to her.
Voted already – seems like one could vote many times with different emails too
Good luck Jackie!
Just voted for her, hope she gets the job and probably do Malaysians proud?
now everyone know the island.