and yes, i'm embracing the life. the life of a nsmen, which also means that i have "so little things, so much time" once again. i ORD on the 8th Feb 2010, which was just this monday. never felt so relieved to step out of camp, in fact i actually didnt mind the 1km walk to the bus-stop in the scorching sun. i know it would be such injustice trying to sum up my entire ns experience in this short post but hey, i think its really a invaluable experience that thought me skills, both tangible and intangible. not saying its all a positive experience though, but you know, if you don't make those mistakes the lessons learnt wouldnt be as significant.

and my boss was nice enough to give me a book with his personal message to me in it. makes up for the fact that i still had to work till 3.30pm on my ORD day and have $15 worth of cab fare that i cant claim! Ah oh well. feels so good not to have to wake up at lame hours just to make the hour journey to camp. but hey, what's ns man? feel so out of touch already haha.

and it was NPD(New Pedal Day) for me on tuesday. guess what was in my post all the way from the states.



a Budda Bud Wah!! yeah u heard me right. makes a fine little collection on my pedalboard. im not gonna give a review on the wah since its not the intention of this post but love how it deals with cleans really well. only issue is that it kinda engages the switch on full sweep, but i certainly can live with that. so yes, let's welcome the newest member to the pedal family.

SPEAKING OF WHICH, I STAINED MY FENDER EJ STRAT WHILE PLAYING IT YESTERDAY!!!! all thanks to my retarded boardshorts. yes i know who plays a guitar in boardshorts but thats not the point!! it stained the lacquer finish and it wouldnt come off, till i had to risk using water to vigorously swipe the patch, only then did it start to fade off. but the imprint is still there... aarghh!

then the unthinkable happened, while i was cleaning it with the cloth after i was done, my finger slipped out and SWEPT ACROSS the guitar body. and now there's a BIG FAT SCRATCH across it thanks to my fingernail!!! aahhhh!!! that's like, $200 depreciation for the patch and a $80 scratch right there.

and rooney has been growing on my once again. check them out if you havent already years ago!!