I broke my foot

Fourty-Five Ringgit

a hundred kilometres

six hours

all because of a broken foot..

and it's not even my foot!

If you remember the Tar College Orientation Odessey,

the klutz in me came out. and most embarassingly behind and very close behind

Weena Marcus & Soo Wincci, the judges for the Orientation....

after tripping over my camera strap and sprawling on the floor,

I picked myself up and my flash which had separated itself from my camera

Sadly this was the result of my two left feet dance

who knew finding spare parts was such a difficult endeavour?

I searched three locations...had a few communications with the manufacturers

but in the end was where I managed to purchase this little piece of plastic

and in order to save a few Ringgit, I decided that replacing it should be an easy task,

after doing the necessary research, and the necessary leg work,

I finally bought the replacement hotshoe casing from Canon Malaysia

I think that their after service is the biggest reason to stick to Canon

I've heard enough horror stories from Nikon users to stay away from the dark side as long as I can

Anyway, after gleefully carrying the plastic piece back home, I prepared to dismantle the part and easily replace the part.. Of course it was not as straightforward as that...

I soon realised that the flash had more parts to dismantle than I had been initially led to believe

but after many different sized screwdrivers, 2 hours of dismantling, and fiddling with springs

the foot was on... the only problem was I had nothing to test the flash out on..

oh well... the weekend is coming :)