Of gigs and clutchplates

Its been a good weekend, simply put. Im also very fortunate that its the same case with every other weekend...most of them at least..... just the odd not-so-nice weekend here and there but i never fail to enjoy time away from work.... :)

Aaanyway..

I managed to get my clutch replaced....FINALLY..... after about 2 months of having to drive around constantly adjusting the throttle when the clutch slips, i finally managed to get the whole clutch system replaced.... Initially i'd only intended to get the clutch plate, but after examining the cover itself, the disc part itself had heat marks and was wearing out..... SO i got the clutch plate, clutch cover, and replaced the bearing.....all for less than RM250 ... add another about RM150 to that and it sums up the total i paid for the whole replacement.....

The results? ....... priceless......
The new clutch has tremendously improved charlottes corner tackling abilities as well.... There was a lot of what seemed to be oversteer previously, which was in fact caused by the loss of traction between clutch and flywheel, and then a sudden gain of traction during corners...so there was a lot of sudden turn ins during long corners..... I also managed to balance out the braking... gave the discs a little cleaning at the workshop..... so now theres no more left swerves when i brake hard...... saved myself about 30 bucks to pay for servicing the brake pistons....
Now i cant seem to drive slow anymore.... good stuff......

The weekend was made a bit mroe interesting... Kevin had a casting session to go for of which my baby and i accompanied him. The sessions was at good ol Vic's company.... The next thing i know, my baby and i are taking pictures and having to act out short scenes for this ad. Hahahaha... well, she's been wanting to experience casting before and also she wanted to put her profile in a casting agency...so i guess it was good for her :) ..... and if for some reason we get chosen to do the ad then hell, its an income....hahahah.....

I did mention previously about an up and coming gig which was supposed to be on sunday....well, i have to say we played a good half an hour set although there werent many people who turned up and it was a rather dull atmosphere coz the event had been going on for the past 2 days already. Worse still was the hot and humid weather throughout the day which my baby had to endure whiles we were there.... sorry bb....
Highlight of the afternoon? My sister' first solo performance with me and falique backing her vocals up... She sang my immortal and im proud to say that i think she did a great job.....

I got home, feeling really tired and managed to get some exercise that night.. which im having regrets of doing...coz i feel really exhausted now, im aching all over and i wanna sleep.....

Oh yea, my grandmum's back from her operation and its good to have her home again..... she cant move much but she looks fine.... its a relief to know that shes in the comfort of her own home rather than in a hospital bed...... btw, the Assunta hospital is really high tech, theyve got flat screen TV's in the rooms, state of the art foot massagers, autopay carpark machines ala shopping mall carparks ....crazy.... but apparently the TV channels are crap.... haha...

Oh yes...and how can i forget the official meetup of my car club.... Team sublime... There was a reasonable turnout and was a good overall session...went from Projet Hulu Klang to Mcdonalds in Ampang..... got a short scare when a JPJ officers Waja drove by the petrol station....apart from that, it was great to see the guys again...

Considering the amount of things that happened throughout the weekend, i jsut noticed that i'd spent WAAAY more than i budgeted on transport expenditure a.k.a Petrol a.k.a fuel..... in 2 days i travelled about 400 km.... which set me back about RM70 something.... sigh..... gotta watch the spending from now on..... hopefully i can get my exhaust setup done to give me some better fuel consumption rates.

Its 11:30 now at work...and im feeling hungry.... it was more on the contrary this morning as i had a killer stomache ache whiles driving to work which was probably caused by the zinger burger i had for dinner last night....did i mention i love cheesy wedges with extra cheese?...thank god i had the clutch done so i managed to get to work quite fast before the "gates of hell" decided to open and give way.... hahahaha....

Guess im gonna wrap this up now.... got quite a bit of work to finish up....

Dougie signing out....