boot shopping & music

okay so the o' cleats have given up on me. well not completely, but everytime i tried to fill the gap between the outsole and the shank with glue, it only made the gap even larger. i guess its life's coming to an end, after all it's been a year already. most boots of mine last about half a year.

so out of necessity i had to go to queensway to shop for some spanking new boots. i was pretty shocked by their outdated inventory. and it's not just a couple of the shops, the problem seemed universal to all the shops there. most of them are still stocked to the brim with last season's stuff. new boots that came out at the end of last year were pretty rare sights.

i was equally shocked to see weston stocking predator rugby's and almost the entire range of adidas rugby boots. i was so tempted to just grab a pair of predator rugby's and head home. but i just couldn't stand the styling of the new predator powerswerve, it's gotta be one of the ghastliest looking incarnations in the entire history of predators. the bloke who designed this horrendous looking thing must have lost his marbles.

so i settled for a pair of adiPure's. not for the faint hearted. in fact i think most people would think it looks really "dated". well it was supposed to have modern performance with classic looks, i just wanted something comfortable, low key and relatively cheap. besides i'm getting sick of predators, been wearing them since i could remember so it's about time for a change.


also, i haven't been playing music for a while and tomorrow there's gonna be the first real jam since last year if i remember correctly. i just hope that i haven't lost all my chops. all i have been doing lately is just strumming aimlessly and trying to come up with something musical.

anyways i doubt there will be anything inspiring tomorrow. the setlist speaks of different kinds of music from what i'm into normally. i shall just go with an open mind.


and er a little fashion tip to the old uncle i saw on the bus with bleached hair (dressed in black n' white striped top and maroon corduroy pants, sporting a purple velvet belt with a gold buckle): next time best leave the maroon cords and purple velvet at home. it makes you look kinda... erm transie?


+listening to: evacuation by pearl jam

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Revelation!

what's the big revelation? one might ask. it's the book! SLASH! finally laid my grubby meathooks on it today. i was so tempted to get the hardcover version, but the 20 dollar premium on 2 pieces of cardboard hardly seems to justify any rational reasoning. so i got the paperback version. same difference. good read nontheless. it's really one of the best things that's happened to me in recent days, reading about your childhood hero, coz slash has been THE penultimate, real guitar hero there will ever be. he's style and playing speaks to me. and he is the reason i started playing guitar in the first place. plus he's a cool dude! just watch the interview with conan o'brian, it's hilarious

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the excitement finally dies down

earning your first dollars really gives you something of a feeling. it's the feeling of getting paid for what you have done or been doing before. i guess it has something to do with knowing subconsciously that somehow you are on your way to independence, that washes away the guilt that comes with asking for allowance.

after the excitement has finally died down, like now, it's time to move on to the next step - find more students! yes and try to save as much as i can to at least go somewhere in asia, maybe korea or japan or something. i really wanna go skiing.

and i have decided to spend my hard earned money i earned from my first lesson on a book.


a very insightful read if you are even slightly into guns n' roses or velvet revolver or just wanna have a glimpse of a rock legend's life. it's just pure sex, drugs, and fucking rock n roll.

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New Love

Totally random occurrences, called coincidences, happen all the time. today was one such occasion.

I have always seen the record in record stores just lying around there, gathering dust. no one seems to bother to even look at it. maybe it's because it looks spartan, unpretentious, austere and unobtrusive. it's just a cardboard sleeve with some less than interesting words in colour.


My god was i so wrong before about it. this has got to be the BEST record i have heard in a long long time. it jus gets u thinking about tonnes of things, stirs ur emotions, gives u goosebumps, makes u wanna puke after u're done thinking about everything. the song "another kind of green" and "wait until tomorrow" just are absolutely stunning and keeps playing in my head, i can't seem to get them out. and the tone is just BLISS, the chimey fender-ish clean that just gives u a serene sense of existence. and when mayer goes into a solo, it's just mind boggling - the sweetest overdriven mudhoney-butterscotch-caramel-suger-rush blackface breakup you've ever heard, and his playing is spot on. damn i'm gonna be listening to it over and over again for a while...

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i feel alive again

absconded future redux

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music makes me loose control

ok it's not exactly old news, but as i've mentioned before i've gone on a shopping spree this last week and feel pretty guilty about it. and i still haven't started on my EVH sneakers project yet... damn.
anyways, since i've got my camera up and running, i've decided to take some shots of the new acquisitions that have come into my possession, here you go, eye candy time:

don't ask me how much i spent on these. it's 17 cds in one go, my most stunning record yet. well it's all worth it. that's half a year worth of ear candy material sitting right there. hoho and some pretty rare ones like the one on top. Jordan Rudess's Rhythm of Time, try looking for a copy in cd shops. i suspect it's the only copy in singapore. hmm...

and the sony MDR-71SLP earbuds of course, awesome awesome quality, what more can i say. i'm really doing my ears a favour.

Ok, i think that's enough showing off for one day. i really hate myself for being such a spending whore, aite peace

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Holy!

came across a very scary picture today. look closely at the headstock folks, and count the number to pegs that holds the string. 1, 2, 3... that's right, JESUS H. CHRIIIST! 8 stringer. how about that. well it's a custom 1 off job by ibanez for meshuggah, sweet dude...

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