MORE DURIAN

Mmmmmmm. More Durian. Check this out. Guess durian season hasn't quite ended here yet. The smell should have given that away.

Wholly thunder/lightning storm this morning. And I should probably not (NOT!)(NOT!) be on the internet. It is incredibly dark in the house this morning, right now, it's pouring buckets of rain and in every single room in this house there's that incessant drip, drip, drip sound coming from up above, again. Just what we needed - some excitement. Nothing like a bit of excitement to start the day.

So, not like we ever make the weather map around here. CNN, BBC or the Australian Network. BUT. (actually - that's probably not quite true, I think it may have happened twice now in the last 2 years) But, this morning all you could see on the weather map, (left-hand bottom corner just below everywhere else) was a big mother of all cloud covering this whole island up. You'd think Borneo (Kalimantan) disappeared. It's going to be an all rainy day here.

...... and right about NOW, the thunder is getting louder, closer and more of it. The Gots are filling (filled) up. The electric is going off and on (a lot) .............. and it's definitely, time for me to get the heck off the internet.

Ready the buckets!

TODAY: First off - we'll just have to wait and see if the rain goes away. Or how much we actually get. Or if we totally loose electric. Or the internet. Or spring a leak. And end up with a tarp over the top of the house. Or. Or. Or.

......... might have to re-think the plan for today. It's early, and it's already shaping up for an interesting day.

Good to Go!

TEMP.

Hello everyone!

gon⋅fa⋅non – (noun) a gonfalon that hangs directly from a pole, esp. from the shaft of a lance just below the lance head.

So turns out gonfanon is a real word. Apparently it's used in the French language a lot. I had a few emails yesterday that informed me of that. (thanks) Too funny in fact. Now how was I suppose to know that? Where I come from we don't use lances. Or words like that. ........... and just so you know - it's game over and Cheater Girl lost.

The above thermometer; yes that's mine - in my past life back home I was commonly known in the office as the weather girl - I was a bit obsessed with that. I always knew what the temperature was - especially when it was cold. And I employed a rain gauge too in fact. In fact so did one of my office mates, who lived on the other side of town - and every now and then, IF it rained we'd do a comparison of that. (maybe in my next life - I should be a weather girl) (?)

Anyways - today that's where we're at. And that's pretty much the temperature here any given day. Things don't much fluctuate from that - aside from the odd degree or two. The weather is pretty simple here - it's either raining or it's not. (I think next time I go - I'll bring a rain gauge back)

Yesterday's little get together at the Beach House was great. We picked the perfect spot. If you happen to be in Balikpapan - you'd better check out this new spot. Very, very nice in fact. Too bad I forgot the camera at home, as I'd planned to post a bunch of pics for everyone to see. Guess I'm just going to have to go back. .......... I think I can do that.

TODAY: Hmmmmm. Oh heck, we'll see.

By the way, I understand guava juice - tastes like crap!

Good to Go!