LUCKY Rob Jung has landed a dream job — he is paid to go around the world having fun.
Rob, 25, is one of two "Junior Lucky B******s" hired by Italian street fashion label 55DSL.
All he and his French "workmate" Jeremy Angelie, 23, have to do is write daily blogs and put video updates of their travels on the company’s website.
They are handed wads of cash to cover hotels, flights, cars, food, travel expenses and even mobile phones. And they each get PAID £350 a month.
Speaking from a beach in Bali, Rob, said: "It’s incredible. One minute I was bumming around East London trying to make ends meet — now I’ve already been half way round the world. I’m a very, very lucky man."
The 55-day global trek takes in dozens of cities, including Paris, London, Berlin, Hong Kong, New York and San Francisco. The pair have seen sumo wrestling in Japan, climbed Sydney Harbour Bridge and watched the sun set over the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
The art graduate beat 600 applicants from 123 countries to win the cushy contract. He said: "I’ve seen things I never dreamed of. I’ve crossed the States in a convertible and been in tree-tops in a rain forest." But Rob, of Thetford, Norfolk, insisted: "It’s really hard work, honestly. We edit film every day. The first few weeks we were knackered."
A spokeswoman for 55DSL in Marostica, northern Italy, said: "Every one of us has dreamt about having the perfect job.
"Their job, if you can call it that, is to travel our planet for 55 days, filming and blogging everything that catches their attention."
By JOHN COLES
September 02, 2006
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006400652,00.html

Trip to remember … route of Rob’s amazing 55-day journey
絕世筍工 收錢環遊歎世界
【明報專訊】英國一名青年獲得一份令人妒忌的絕世好工——免費環遊世界55天兼享月薪350鎊(約5200港元),其工作只需撰寫網上日誌(Blog)及攝錄所見所聞。
撰寫網上日誌 攝錄所見所聞
25歲的羅布(圖)獲意大利時裝品牌55DSL聘用,主要工作是與一名法籍男同事環遊世界,每日把旅程上載網誌,並以攝錄機拍下有趣的人和事,再把影帶上載到55DSL的網頁﹔公司會負責兩人的酒店、機票、汽車、膳食、手提電話及旅費等開支,還額外給予約5200港元月薪。
旅程歷時55天,所到城市包括香港、倫敦、巴黎、柏林、紐約及三藩市等。兩人早前已經出發,至今到過日本欣賞相撲比賽、登上悉尼大橋,以及觀賞大峽谷的日出。
羅布擊敗600名來自123個國家或地區的申請者,獲得這份「歎世界」優差。他正身處峇里一個海灘,在接受訪問時說﹕「我看到從未想像過的東西。這真是不可思議,之前我在倫敦為口奔馳,如今我已走遍半個地球,我實在很幸運,能夠駕著開篷跑車穿越美國,又爬上熱帶雨林的樹頂。」
工作無想像中輕鬆
但羅布表示﹕「這工作毫不簡單。我們每天剪輯短片,起初幾星期實在筋疲力盡。」55DSL表言人說﹕「這是一份人人夢寐以求的理想工作,唯一要做的就是環遊世界55天,把有意思的東西用短片及網絡日誌的形式記錄。」