New Developments

I am well aware that I am long overdue for an update. It's like putting off a long email reply... the longer I wait the harder it is to post something. But no time like the present to update! Those of you with RSS readers, lucky you. Those without, sorry you had to keep checking back in and reading about EuroVision!

This week has been eventful. At work, I've been helping organise a Careers Fair aimed at postgrad business students, and the whole thing goes off this Thurs night (hopefully without a hitch!)

The end of the semester is near, I'm currently halfway through my last week of classes. Exams start in two weeks. The life of a student is rough- I work weeks AND WEEKENDS. Injustice. But gimme 3 weeks and I'll be a third of the way through a masters degree.

Rob is in Melbourne then Sydney today and tomorrow for interviews with the Reserve Bank and the Productivity Commission. These interviews, plus contract negotiations with Accenture, will determine the city that I'll be living in come February of next year. Needless to say I'm on the edge of my seat. It's between Sydney and Melbourne, and I can honestly say either city would suit me fine. PR work in Sydney and Melbourne will be easy to find, and unlike Perth will be focussed on consumer-based companies instead of resources and govt. Hopefully we'll know within a couple of weeks.

Off to class! Stay tuned...

EuroVision 07. I live for this.

Last night was one of the best nights in television watching. The 3 hour long EuroVision Song Contest Finale 2007. For you poor deprived souls, I'll summarize. EuroVison is a yearly contest in which the best of euro-trash bands/artists from each European country compete in the cheesiest, most horrible, glam, english-as-a-second-language-but-I'm-singing-in-it-anyway contest for best song in Europe.

Oh yeah, and hugely political. As in, if Finland doesn't give full points to Sweden there is a possibility of outbreak of war the next day. The Eastern countries vote east, the Western vote west. It's fantastic.

This year, Serbia won (c'mon, the lead singer girl could have passed for a slightly overweight 30 year old man). My vote goes to Ukraine and the man with a star on his head (runners-up).

Please watch, enjoy, and appreciate bad European trash club music at its best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awVHDMDAu0A

The gems of Perth

Last Friday night, I had a crazy night out. And there were zero bars, no drinks, and mostly wildlife involved. As a thank you, my boss Christy organised a night out for the approx 20 volunteers who hauled boxes and served lunches all day for free at the Curtin Careers Fair (god love em).

The night out was a tour called "The Seven Wonders of the East (of Perth)." Basically, a friend of hers runs mystery tours which visits all the secret spots he discovered growing up east of Perth. Mystery meaning that the secret locations are undisclosed until arrival.

These were:

Alfred's Hamburgers: a roadside dinner with an outdoor fire pit serving AMAZING burgers of strange varieties. Mine was Alfred's special: egg, bacon, cheese, burger, pickles, all served between three layers of toast.

Airport land: snuck onto airport property and stood at the end of the runway at Perth airport and watched the jets fly 100 metres overhead and come in for a landing (lets pretend this wasn't illegal and that hopefully no one working for airport security reads blogs)

Abandoned train tunnel. Exactly that- dark, abandoned, muddy, with a chance of hiding kangaroos.

Scenic overlook over Perth in Lesmurdie.

The windy road down the hills in Lesmurdie. 180 degree hairpin turns down the side of a nearly-mountain, all with a view of Perth.

Fast Eddy's: Nothing tops a night off like midnight sundaes.

So this all got me to thinking: if I organised the same sort of thing in Richmond, Va. what would the secret locations be?

I could go on and on.... Church Hill, Belle Isle, the Gutenberg Cafe, Maymont Park, Westview, the Bottom/the Slip...