Blast from the Past

Funny how things happen to me on 31st Aug and how that makes 31st Aug a special for me when memories - both sweet and sour visit me. I look forward to each of their visits as they are parts of me no matter how deep they are buried in my mind, for I'm sure they will resurface, and this time around, I'll put them down in writing!

That's right! No more hide and seek now. Hah!
**ahem** Of cuz, the more personal ones will be kept in a safe place after all, everyone has their own dirty lil secrets ;)

31st Aug 2009.
Blast from the past number 1: Lat
I grew up with these dude! Long long time ago, I used to dream of becoming a cartoonist or an artist of some sort. Things changed but I'm still very much into creative/art kinda business. Back when I was in primary school, two of my favorite reads were Lat's Kampung Boy and Town Boy. Wonder if they are still hiding in my house somewhere... hmmm...

Anyways, this was actually triggered after reading my sister's blog. Didn't know that Lat has an exhibition and TODAY IS THE LAST DAY! Lucky I still manage to drop by.

Blast from the past number 2: Bata Badminton Master.
Lately I've developed a fond interest in old school sports shoes. Think Converse, cept that, the ones I'm fond of are those from China. Namely HuiLi (Warrior in English) and FeiYue. Both shoes are making a comeback (at least that's what I feel laaa) especially FeiYue which has caused quite a stir in European fashion - even Orlando Bloom was spotted wearing them.
One of my primary objective in my recent trip to China was to get myself a pair of FeiYue and HuiLi. Unfotunately, I only managed HuiLi and that was after visiting like over 30 shoe stalls/shops! Maybe because both brands originated from ShangHai and I was in ShenZhen.

Back to the main topic - Badminton Master! I stumbled upon http://www.badmintonmaster.com.my/ while looking around for old school sports shoes and boy I was hyped! Despite all the online contest I've came across as well as those I've conceived, this is the one that I really wanted to enter! Unforutnately, I found out bout this one ONE YEAR after the contest has ended.

That didn't stop me from going to the nearest Bata shop to check it out. In my hands, it's still the ugly pair of shoes which I refused to pick while I was in primary/secondary school. This time around however, they look nice being as ugly as I remembered :p

Reluctantly, I put it down and walked off cuz I've simply got far too many pair of new shoes which I've bought and has not worn. I've got shoes that can fight with girls so dun mess! Besides, I don't think it's appropriate wearing something that ugly to work (or play). If it's a pair of BM2000 Turbo (my fav in primary school days) it would probably be a very much different story!

Other blast from the past are too personal to put up here.

I'm proud. Not bad for a first post to my brand new blog huh? :)