import threading
import time

# This function gets called by our thread.. so it basically becomes the thread init..
def wait_for_event(e):
    while True:
        print '\tTHREAD: Waiting for task to be triggered.'
        event_is_set = e.wait()
        print '\tTHREAD:  WHOOOOOO HOOOO WE GOT A SIGNAL  : %s', event_is_set
        e.clear()

# Main code..
e = threading.Event()
t = threading.Thread(name='your_mum',
                     target=wait_for_event,
                     args=(e,))
t.start()

while True:
    print 'MAIN LOOP: still in the main loop..'
    time.sleep(4)
    print 'MAIN LOOP: I just set the flag..'
    e.set()
    print 'MAIN LOOP: now Im gonna do some processing n shi-t'
    time.sleep(4)
    print 'MAIN LOOP:  .. some more procesing im doing   yeahhhh'
    time.sleep(4)
    print 'MAIN LOOP: ok ready, soon we will repeat the loop..'
    time.sleep(2)
