Chatter Of The Squirrel

Turning 33

November 27, 2009 on 11:31 pm | In Me! | No Comments

It’s odd that I was spending the remaining few weeks of being 32, listening to the tracks from Avenue Q over and over on my HP. It’s always amusing, but it also constantly reminded me that I was turning 33.

When the clock actually ticked over, I was in PutraJaya taking pics of the night scenes with Por and a whole bunch of other photogs.

I think I got a couple of good ones. Didn’t have a sweet wide-angle to get creative with the architecture / bridges. But my sweet-ass DA 50-135mm lens still took some killer pics.

Would love to share them here, but Streamyx is being a b****. [Probably cos I'm downloading Grim Fandango and Psychonauts]. And my LightRoom to Picasa plugin is missing.

So I was pretty much up all night.

And I had to wake up really early in the morning. To pack my bike and gear to meet up with Moses to go riding at Sg Dua.

Prepared everything. Calories. Tire pump. Inner tubes. Wrenches. Chain breaker. Hex wrenches. 3L of H2O. Print-out of the track with GPS coordinates programmed into my Garmin 60C.

We found the start of the trail alright. Geared up. Headed down the narrow tarmac road and just got past the Orang Asli settlement when my tire exploded.

Wasn’t just the inner-tube. But the outer tire itself gave way with a loud pop and a hiss. Been using this set of Panaracer tires for close to 7yrs now I believe. Although it was most untimely, I guess I can’t fault it for giving way.

Tried to patch the inner tube, but knew it would be pointless. With that tear, it just can’t hold in the air-pressure.

Had to give up the biking. The flat happened right next to a trail going down to a waterfall, so it wasn’t a COMPLETE loss.

It’s a really cool waterfall. And very private.

What made it a DEVASTATING loss though, was when I slipped. With my Nokia 6120C still in my hip pocket. And my favourite DA40mm lens took a blow on a rock, resulting in a minor dent which affected focusing smoothness, and obviously also destroyed the resale value. :’(

What a start.