and so the last day of school has come and gone. there's still a farewell assembly on monday, exams to take and prom, but whatever. at this point i barely feel any nostalgia - i think what i'm going to miss most is wearing sneakers every day. a lot of people know i have an unhealthy and absurd obsession with sneakers. and i only ever wear them to school. so what am i going to do now? red valentine dunks just look plain weird with other clothes.

i shall introduce you to my sneakers. the red adidas superstars marked the start of my love affair with sports shoes. as you can see, it is a very well worn pair, purchased when i was in sec 3. then came the DKNYs which i got on a holiday in Portugal. the chucks, aka 'emo shoes' i got when i was in sec 4 and going through the whole 'emo' thing.

during the first three months of jc, i would wear my white air force ones [not featured here] and then subsequently my superstars. anyway, i remember buying the 04 valentines day edition shoes with friends, i can't remember who. and i started wearing those to school, for a very long time before my trip to New York where i bought the Pink Ace '83s and the pearl-based Deltaforces with Red and Black detail. i laced both pairs of shoelaces through that shoe - that's why they look multi-coloured. finally, i bought the 05 Valentines Day edition at queensway. i saw it and knew that i had to buy it, despite the fact that my friends would call me mad for buying yet another pair of sneakers [i used to make bea walk around queensway with me just to look at the sneakers]. that was a few months ago, and i'm glad to say i haven't bought another pair of sneakers since.

the DM obviously didn't like my shoes, but i didn't care anyway.

I HAVE TRAVELLED TWO YEARS OF NJC WEARING EACH ONE PAIR AT LEAST ONCE FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME! TO ME, THEY ARE MORE THAN SHOES, THEY ARE AN EXPRESSION OF MY BATTLE WITH THE GREY DISEASE! i should have remembered my time in njc in chunks like these - 'red valentine period', 'pink ace83 period' etc. will i continue to buy yet more shoes now that i have stopped having to wear a uniform? i can't promise that i won't.

on hindsight, this entry shows me to be a total nutcase, but really, i will miss my sneakers.

+ posted by M @ 10:48 PM