Both cars have been neglected lately (due to me getting the bike bug) so I got my S2000 a face lift today with newer model AP2 headlights and taillights. She’s lovin it.

I’m always on the hunt for new ideas, new directions, especially when it comes to work and money. Recently, at a JDMST meet, an old client of mine turned up (knowing that I would be there). He wanted to say thanks for all the hard work I put in on his job/start-up a few years back, and that he’d just raked in $7 million last financial year. It hit me like a 2 tonne heavy thing that I did all that hard work for peanuts, and that none of that $7 million dollars was mine. If only I’d done design/marketing work in exchange for a small percentage, even if it was only 3% I’d be laughing.

So whilst I’m still doing freelance design work this year, this year has been about futures and looking for something a little more invested. I’ll soon reveal what projects I’m involved in. More on the topic soon.

Went for a freezing cold midnight ride with Felix and Jing last night. I’m supper happy with the 16 tooth cog on the rear of the single speed. It’s perfect. I do spin out at 30km/hr but I’m fine with that. Funny, but I’ve never bunny hopped over a gutter before, on our way down Maroubra road I tried it over an island and it just felt natural so I’m happy with that too. I’m still unable to do long wheelies/manuals though. Something I’ll nail soon with more practise I’m sure. The pic above was taken by Felix, he’s got an awesome camera set-up (he took pics of my old Mitsubishi EVO TME too). Check Felix’s site here and a very high res version of the image above here.

Niiiiice.

Just as the Kuwahara Apollo came and went, so too did the Giant STP2 (which was also Christina’s B’day pressie). I decided it’s not the best bike for her, and will look for something more suitable soon. It’s a bit embarassing to give my suga a pressie, then take it back off her but it’s bought me more time and I’ll be sure to get it right next go.

I’ll be speaking at this event next week. Looking forward to it! I love public speaking :)

Going down! New chain came in the mail today. It’s a KMC SuperLite X9SL which weighs in at 211g (old one was 290g).

Not sure why, but we ended up at Fox Studios again the other night. Hilarious as it made pub crawling damn easy :) Fox and Lion for dinner and beers, the Bavarian Cafe for Lowen Brau’s and shots, then the Strike bar for some drunken bowling. Highlight of the night was when Suga beat everyone on the breath test machine with a .182 reading (lol).