Truffle and mustard combo

Would you stay here?
Originally uploaded by mrlederhosen

It appears I have already posted that photo with the two-face in September of 2006, whoops! To make up for it, here's a photo of a hotel sign. Yes yes, it's predictable graffitti and it's probably been done 72,000 times before, but it raised a smile when I saw it yesterday.

I was in Mundaring for the annual Mundaring Truffle Festival, hehe, what a cool reason for a festival, everyone spending big money on brown smelly fungus things that look like dog poo! Well, I finally got to taste a truffle. It's a subtle taste, but really good. The place was full of poncy society types in their ridiculous $100,000 BMW status 4wd's, and it did cost $5 for a peice of bread with brie and truffle spread, but I thought it was a pretty cool day out anyway. Anle and I hooned around Mundaring listening to cruisy driving tunes. It sure was good to get out of the city for a change. I don't think i've left the city for months! Nothing like a trip to the hills and some forests and fresh air to get me pepped up. On the way back to the city we stopped at Jenn and Chris' new Kalamunda pad to say hi, they live accross the road from a forest. How cool!
Wowsers, I can't believe they have to drive for an hour just to get to the city. I'd much rather live in the city any day!

Winter

two-face
Originally uploaded by mrlederhosen

It's been a couple of months since I've really added anything of interest to this blog, I guess I've been busy doing regular type things, it seems I haven't been up to anything of particular interest to be writing about here. But things will be changing soon, as I commence a new job in a couple of weeks. It's at the same corporation, just in a different area. As soon as I start, they'll be flying me up to Broome to get trained in what I need to know. How cool, i've never been to Broome before!
We've just had a perfect weather weekend. It was raining and all crapola cold n' stuff for all of last week, and then out came the sun for two glorious days, until last night when it started raining again. This way most Perthites are happy - my city finally gets that rain that it desperately needs, and all the 9-5'ers get a chance to worship the sun when it comes out. Living in Perth, we are so used to endless sunshine with all year sunny conditions and clear skies, that we take it for granted. Most people here, except for those skin-roasting European travellers (and a few teeny emo's who want it to be winter for longer) get so used to the sun that we actually look forward to rainy weather. When we have endless rainy weeks like last week, Perth folk finally understand what it feels like when the sun comes out after not seeing it for a while. I spent my Saturday morning eating breakfast outdoors, lying in the overgrown grass and getting some rays on my pasty winter-white skin.

Aaah, it felt SO good!

Oh yeah and that pic was a time-lapse photo that I took of a couple who were lounging at the table next to us at the Ark Bar in Koh Samui from when I was there last year. I had simply rested the camera on the table and hit the button, I had no idea it would turn out so well!

Things I'll be rambling about online soon:

1) Continuing my travel adventures. I have only written up to the second month of my travels, I still have nine more months of silliness to write about! ..yes I keep saying i'll do this i know..
2) RTR shennanigans, and the upcoming radiothon that starts next week.
3) Updates on the crazy tunes i've been listening to lately,
4) Political rants and why everyone is wrong except for me