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An extract of a recent “conversation” with Steve Irwin from the Afterlife. Full text on Phil G’s “famous spirits” page.

(words in brackets are Phil’s thoughts or questions)

I’m in a motel in Melb 30th Nov, 2009, laying down, ready to go to sleep, felt like someone was with me, wanting to talk. An image of Bindi, all the attention, the criticism for pushing her too hard, pops into my head.

“You’ve all got the wrong idea. We always made things larger than life. That’s what she was so good at doing. Making things larger than life (Terri). We were already working on making Bindii larger than life. If you’re going to do anything that causes change, if you’re going to take millions of people and change their thinking to saving the world, the animals, if you have a cause, the only way you can take action, the only way you can achieve action, is by grabbing people’s attention.

“You have to make things larger than life, and one of the ways of doing that is to take an extroverted child who loves the attention and put her right up there. She’s not afraid. She’s going to be a tough warrior. When she’s older, she’ll take on the critics and she’ll nail them, nice as anything, but she’ll nail them. You have to be. Have to be tough working with the media.

“No different to working with animals. (Laugh) You were going to say (type) ‘dangerous animals’ then! They’re not dangerous animals. They’re creatures. And you have to treat them with respect. You wouldn’t like someone poking you around. Invading your home. What would you do? Try to defend yourself. You might even attack them. Are you being mean, vicious? No. you’re just defending what’s yours. They’re trying to defend what’s theirs.

(I was thinking of the accident…)

“It was just one of those things.

(Did you know it was the end?)

“Oh I knew the instant it happened. I knew. It was all over.

(Could you have avoided it?)

“Well I should have.

(What were you doing?)

“I was just looking. In my own way, I was just loving it (the stingray). I guess I just invaded it’s space too much but I was just being ‘one’ with it. I wasn’t really doing it for the show (camera), I was just enjoying being part of it’s life. I must have scared it.

(Could you have avoided it?)

“Well, it’s easy now you look back, but at the time, no. Done it before. You know yourself. You have a pet dog, and you know what you can and can’t do with it, and one day, out of the blue, it does something unexpected, and it has a go at you. Doesn’t mean you’re going to put the dog, down, it’s just one of those things.

(So are you happy with how she’s taking care of things, (Terri) of how it’s going?)

“I’m happy with how she’s taking care of the family, but she’s not really in control of the farm.

(The zoo? Why did you call it a farm?)

“A zoo is what people call it, a zoo is where you stick animals in – a freak show. This is like a farm to me, all my animals around me, and I look after them and love them. You grow them. Wasn’t a zoo to me, never was. But you have to call it a zoo, people wouldn’t come to a farm! …..

(So what of the future?)

“Well, I think Bindii needs to have a bit more growing up time. I think it’s right if she takes things a little easier, grows and enjoys growing, comes out the other end as this beautiful teenager that’s strong and tough, passionate and has a cause, is afraid of no one. Do great things.

“That’s where I see this going. There’s lot of things happening, lots of projects. Terri’s got the right idea just to shield her a little bit. I think that’s right.

(Steve, you first came to me and didn’t want me to share anything publicly, as in specifically, when I was writing my first book, you didn’t want anything in it about your visit. I tried to get that message to Terri. You must know what I’m doing now. Are you okay with me sharing these details?)

“Yes. I’ve seen how you work, and I’ve seen how you’ve treated both people in the spirit world, and people who are in a position of fame in the physical world, and I can see the respect and dignity you carry your work out with, so I am happy, and I trust you to share this appropriately.

(There must be a lot of other people around the world who are passionate about a cause.)

“That’s true and maybe it’s not animals, but if someone’s passionate about what they want to say, then you need to try and say it.

(So for me, and anyone else, with a cause, you’re saying “just keep going”?)

“Yes. I looked for the avenues to get ahead, but I wasn’t obsessed by them. It was the reason for my day. I just kept trying to get my message across: that it’s worth trying to save the animals. And the planet.

(So what do you think about all this carbon trading scheme?)

“That’s a hard one. I think the Australian politicians, or at least the ones trying to push the emission’s thing – their heart is in the right spot. They really are trying to do the right thing, and this meeting in Copenhagen, to be honest, all hell is going to break loose. There will be a lot of talk, and sadly, not quite as much action as some people would like. Defer things, but that’s what always happens.

“Go back to the days of the industrial revolution, and think of England, and all the buildings were black from the soot, and it was even depicted in films and Walt Disney films, That wasn’t just for ten years. That was decades. It was very obvious to so many people that they needed to change things. But how? They were using what was the most efficient method to produce energy (then), and the fact that it was polluting, and probably not making people terribly well, was secondary. I’m sure that had it’s fair share of affecting the greenhouse gasses. But it takes a long time to change. If you go back in history, you’ll see that took a long time to change. It took a lot of voices before action finally occurred.

“But action did finally occur, it did finally happen. But if you go back to the individual people at the time, there was hardship there. You take away a fairly efficient, cheap, reasonably way of making energy with coal, and try to make it clean, it becomes expensive. And that’s what we’re going through now. Go forward 50 or 100 years, and they’ll look back at this, and wonder why we took so long deciding what to do, but they’ll forget it took money, and it impacted on peoples lives in 2009, and it’s not just about the change. It’s scary, and people have to change their thinking, their equipment, the way you do things has to change. It’s no different to the industrial revolution with coal. And we’ll get there, but there will be a lot of heartfelt debate……

(You almost sound interested in politics.)

“No, I would never want to get into politics. Couldn’t stand the Bull. But I do feel passionate about certain things, and that’s why I was never afraid to stand up and talk about things, to talk to some of these people and tell them to do something.

(So if you were alive today, would you be involved in this emission’s debate?)

“I would make my thoughts known.

(Is Terri?)

“No. No. That’s not what she’s about.

(You love her don’t you. ( I can hear it in his voice)

“With all my heart. She knows I’m around. I spend all my days with her. She hears me and she knows I’m there. She holds my hand, and I hold hers, and I put mine over the top of hers. When she hugs, she feels me there. I give a hug back.

“I miss her.

For more information on contacting family in the afterlife yourself, go to philg.net.au.

Medium Phil G shares information on how ordinary people can contact family in the Afterlife themselves, and verify it. (see philg.net.au).
He also provides ‘conversation’-style messages from the Afterlife.
From time to time, famous spirits share information with him, to share as appropriate to spread the wonderful message: Family who have passed away are still with you.

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The marriage proposal is one of the most exciting moments in any couple’s relationship.  Whether you’re asking the question, or answering ‘yes,’ your heart is racing and the butterflies in your stomach are going crazy.  Choosing to spend the rest of your life with someone is such a special decision – and that moment where the question is popped is one that you’ll never forget.

While the traditional Down-on-One-Knee approach is always a safe bet, thinking of new and exciting ways to pop the question will always lead to a wonderful surprise on that important day.  I’ve listed some of my favorite unique marriage proposals below based on great stories I’ve collected from a wedding blog or two, and stories I’ve heard through the wedding grape vine!

1)    The Urban Apartment Street View Surprise

Do you live in a city?  Do you have a street view from your apartment?  Then you’re in the perfect position to try this fun proposal technique.  Tell your bride-to-be that you’ll be working late, or are headed out of town, and not to wait up.  Then, in the early morning, head out and write, “Will You Marry Me?” in sidewalk chalk out side of the apartment.  Wake your dearest up with breakfast in bed or a hot cup of coffee and ask her to take a look out the window, just be ready for when she drops the coffee cup in surprise!

2)    The Call in Show -

If you know that your girlfriend listens to the same morning drive everyday in to work, or the same radio shows every week in the afternoons or the evenings, then this super surprising twist on popping the question is an awesome choice.  During the time that you know your lady will be listening, call in to the station and ask them to announce the question over the air waves, and ask her to call in with her answer.  To put the icing on the cake, dedicate your song to her and have it ready to play for after the proposal.

3)    The Extreme Sport Proposal -

Perfect for the thrill-seeking couple, I found this really fun proposal idea on one of my favorite wedding blogs.  “First of all, plan exactly where you want to land. You will need the aid of professional skydivers for this one. Once you have that all organized, make sure you have a friend or a relative waiting down with your ring (no sense risking the ring getting blown away while you’re in the air). Obviously, you have to take the first jump.

While waiting for your soon-to-be-spouse to jump after, you have a bit of time to sort yourself out and have the ring all ready. When your special someone finally lands, you can congratulate them on the feat, kneel on the ground and pop the question. Talk about adrenaline rush!”

4)    The storyteller -

This is an awesome proposal idea for the literary-minded out there.  Create a diary or a small book for your soon-to-be fiance that tells the story of your relationship.  Choose important dates from your relationship and lay them out in a timeline or a plot.  In your last entry, or final paragraph write about how you gave them the book and how you proposed at the same time.  When she looks up in surprise, have the ring ready and tell her that the story can’t be finished until you have an answer!  Winner every time!

5)    The Theme Park -

If you and your special someone love theme parks, and you’re excited to ask her to marry you, those two things need to be combined.  Tell her on one of the roller coasters that you want to hold hands the entire ride (you can also just take her hand if you like).  When upside down or right before going down a big hill, tell her you want her to marry you.  When you get off of the coaster, get down on one knee and present the ring!

6)    The Bad Tan -

If you’re thinking of proposing to your girlfriend and you want there to be some humor involved, head to the beach a day or two before proposing with your best friends.  Write “Will You Marry Me” on your stomach with a high-spf suntan lotion.  Go bake in the sun for a few hours and let the writing set in.  Later, when you’re with your special someone at a pool party or just alone, you can take off your shirt and exclaim, “man, got a really weird tan when we went to the beach the other day!”

7)    The Elaborate Scheme -

This unique proposal concept has endless possibilities.  Whether it’s setting up dominos that when knocked down end up spelling “Will You Marry Me,” or organizing a broadway style synchronized song-and-dance with seemingly random people in public to pull off the task – an elaborate scheme has the potential to make an incredible impact on your bride-to-be, and will be the most surprising.  This is one of my favorite elaborate schemes where the man organized a faux public art exhibit in order to propose to his love.

8)    The Michael Myers -

If you’re planning an autumn proposal, tell your loved one that you want to carve pumpkins for halloween.  When you get together to carve – tell her that you have a surprise and that you don’t want her to see the pumpkin until you’re done.  Carve “Marry Me” (Will You is optional) into the pumpkin and place the ring inside.

9)    The Alphabet Soup -

This idea is fairly simple, but still makes the proposal more secret and unique then the traditional approach.  You can do it in soup, with refrigerator magnets, or with game pieces – the idea is that you will spell out “will you marry me,” with some unique objects.  There’s a great picture on this wedding blog of a marriage proposal with tea lights – looks absolutely beautiful.

10)    The Word Game -

One of the simplest proposal ideas.  On a quiet evening alone with your loved one – propose to play a game of hang man.  Let her go first, and then when it’s your turn, spell out “Will You Marry Me.”  When she wins, do the knee thing, and present the ring!

Andrea is a freelance writer from Los Angeles and is the lucky owner of two pug puppies. She lives with her boyfriend in a flat close to the city.

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Mexico is not only known for it’s beautiful beaches, but also for these seven famous people from this amazing culture.

#07

15 February 1970 – Gloria Trevi, Mexico, sexy spanish vocalist (A Gatas)

Mexican pop-rock singer-songwriter. She was described as the “Supreme Diva of the Mexican Pop” by the music channel VH1 and sold over 12 million records worldwide. Born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, she left Monterrey at the age of 12 to pursue a career in Mexico City, where she met her future manager Sergio Andrade. Before that she had sung and danced on the streets for spare change, teaching aerobics and serving quesadillas at a food stand. In 1985, she was a member of a short-lived girl group named Boquitas Pintadas. After the break up of the band in 1988, Gloria Trevi approached Sergio Andrade for the production of her first solo album, “…Qué Hago Aquí?”. She is now married to Armando Gómez and has two children. She now resides in McAllen, Texas.

#06

25 August 1971 – Thalia Sodi, Mexican actress and singer Mexican singer and former actress. Her name is linked to soap operas which made her famous. Thalia began her music career at the age of 8. Her soap operas have been watched by over one billion people in 180 countries. She is a multi-platinum recording artist and married to music executive Tommy Mottola.

#05

04 January 1977 – Irán Castillo, Mexican actress

Castillo started her artistic career at the tender age of 7 years doing commercials. She took acting classes with Martha Zabaleta and Pedro Damián at the age of 12, and from that moment on began her career as an actress starring in the soap opera Ángeles Blancos in 1989.

She has acted in 15 telenovelas (soap operas) in her career, some famous are: Agujetas de color de rosa made in 1994, Retrato de familia in 1996, Confidente de secundaria in 1996, Preciosa in 1998 and Soñadoras made in 1998; she also participated in El Club de Gaby and the series Qué chavas.

She began her career as a singer in the musical group Mosquitas Muertas in 1991. She later recorded songs featured in soap operas she starred in until she finally released her first album Tiempos Nuevos and the hit single titled Yo Por El in 1997 featuring rhythmical ballads.

Tatuada en tus besos is the title of the second and last album that she released in 1999. In the same year, she had success with her performance in the musical comedy Gypsy opposite Silvia Pinal.

#04

08 Dec 1977 – Elsa Benítez, Mexican supermodel

Benítez began modeling in Mexico, the United States and Europe. She rose to prominence after featured many times in the US and Italian editions of Vogue for Meisel’s layouts.

Benítez was selected to be on the cover of the 2001 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. In the 2004 issue, Sports Illustrated reported Benítez’s story of nearly boarding the doomed TWA Flight 800–a Boeing 747 that exploded over the Atlantic soon after takeoff.

On July 2009, Benitez was officially announced to be the host of Mexico’s Next Top Model.

 #03

08 February 1981 – Myriam Montemayor Cruz, Mexican singer

Myriam is a Mexican Recording Artist. Her career began with the musical groups: Obsesión, Conspiración, Ébano, Liberación and Compass. But her dream didn’t come true until 2002. She was selected for the musical reality show in México “La Academia”, during each concert Myriam made the people fall in love with her beautiful and strong voice. During this reality show she sang : “Como la Flor”, “Mudanzas”, “De mi enamorate”, “Él me mintió”, and others. After 5 months, the reality show came to an end in one of the most important places in Mexico, El Auditorio Nacional, where she was announced the winner.

Immediately EMI Music call Myriam to sign with them, the contract confirmed 5 years or 5 albums, at 1 week of being the winner of “La Academia” EMI revealed her first album which was a compilation of the themes that Myriam sang in the reality show. This album sold 300,000 copies within two months, toping the Mexican charts and being the first ex student from “La Academia” to get an award (2xPlatinium plus 2xGold), at this time the album had sold more than the half of a million copies.

Her second album, Una Mujer, was led by the single “Sin Ti No Hay Nada”. This album included a song written by Soraya titled “Como Seria”, which was later recorded by the singer songwriter and released as a single. The album sold 200,000 copies and reached double platinum status. At this time, TV Azteca launched their first Desafio de Estrellas. Myriam ended up winning third place, coming behind Yahir (1sr Place) and Nadia (2nd Place). After the show was over, a special edition of her album was released with studio versions of several of the songs she performed on Desafio de Estrellas, along with two unreleased songs, including “Amor Secreto” which was later recorded by Paulina Rubio for her album, Pau Latina, this album again reached platinum status by reaching the top of the Mexican Charts.

#02

21 December 1981 – Lynda Thomas, Mexican singer

She was first discovered by producers Carlos Lara and Tino Geizer during a singing contest in 1989 . The contest was named “Fantasia Musical”. However, Lynda’s parents decided to delay the recording of an album in order to allow their daughter to concentrate on school and to grow a little bit older. So the album was not released until 1996.

In 1996 she recorded her first album titled “Lynda”. From that album sprang three songs “Gira que gira”, “Blue Jeans” and “El amor no tiene edad”. Her first album would place Lynda Thomas in the limelight almost over night. She received an award from a top selling teen magazine ERES. The award was for Best New Singer of 1996 . Her second album was released in 1997 with the title “Un grito en el corazón”. Some of the songs included in “Un grito en el corazón” became certified hits over the radio[citation needed]. Among the most popular were “Dile”, “Bang bang” and “Corazón”.

Later on, Lynda Thomas and her team went to work on what was to be her third album. For 8 months she retired from the music scene. She only made a brief comeback in early 1999 to participate with other fellow artists in the recording of the song “El Pescador”. The song was created as an homage to Pope John Paul II during his visit to Mexico in 1999 .

During her absence, Lynda Thomas decided to move to Los Angeles, California. There she took English and music lessons. “Mi Día De La Independencia” was the title of her third album. Released in mid-1999, this new musical production offered Lynda Thomas the opportunity to branch out and experiment with different genres and musical styles. At least four singles from “Mi Dia De La Independencia” became hits[citation needed]. “Maldita Timidez”, “No Quiero Verte”, “Corazón perdido” and “Mi Día de la Independencia” are the names of the songs that helped Lynda Thomas reach new levels of success in her young career.

#01

11 Aug 1992 – Allison Lozano, Mexican actress

well-known Mexican actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in the Mexican telenovela Mision S.O.S as Diana Lozano, in Rebelde as Bianca Delight, and in Al Diablo con los Guapos as Milagros Belmonte.

Allisson Lozano has 3 siblings: Chealse, Eithan, and Azul. Allisson started her career on TV with the program “Codigo Fama”. She received her first opportunity of an adult main character on Al Diablo con los Guapos which has become a popular daytime telenovela. Allisson Lozz has recently performed her song, No Me Supiste Querer,with K-Paz de la Sierra on May 4, 2008 at Premios TV y Novelas. Allisson Lozz had never had a boyfriend or kissed any guy until the telenovela Al Diablo con los Guapos. In this soap opera she kissed for the first time in her life with Eugenio Siller. She told Eugenio Siller that she did not know how to kiss when the director was about to say action. She also appeared in the music video of the song Carita Bonita by Erre XI. She stands at 5 ‘ 7.

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