Monday, April 21, 2008

My New Shoes

The eldest Xu sister came home from China last week. She’s been gone since just after Christmas. She brought me back some awesome pencils. The girls were complaining to me before she left that the pencil designs in the U.S. are so boring and that Chinese pencils are so much cooler. Eldest sister said she would get some for me, and when she gave them to me, I realized that they’re very much like Korean pencils. In fact, one of them actually had some hangul on it, so they might even be imported from Korea. They have cute pictures, weird sayings, and funky erasers.

Eldest sister also brought me some shoes from China. The girls had told me that one of the new fads in China is shoes that look like flats, but have lifts on the inside which actually elevate you and make you look taller. You know, that way you look naturally tall.
Sort of reminds me of padded bras. heh heh.

My new shoes are very sparkly. A high school girl told me I was looking all gangsta. Yeah. So…check deez yo!





8 Comments:

Blogger Rachel said...

I think I need to put on sunglasses to see those shoes. Wow. So sweet of your students to bring you gifts.

10:28 AM  
Blogger Mama Nabi said...

COOL... Your feet do look gangsta, yo.

10:59 AM  
Blogger Daniel said...

those look neat! but I don't think I'd be brave enough to wear those shiny shoes out in public. :P

11:45 AM  
Blogger Beloved said...

daniel~~
I'm not that brave either, but the girls are insisting that I wear them. I finally wore them to school with a pair of really long pants to cut down on the glare. ;P

I thought I was pretty smart until middle sister said to me, "Oh, Beloved (she called me by my real name, of course) Teacher--you should wear those shoes with a skirt. That way you can see them better!

Eek!

5:54 PM  
Blogger ImPerceptible said...

Those are some bright shoes! I think you could pull it off with a black dress and silver jewlery. Kinda Goth Glam. :) Are they comfortable?

3:52 PM  
Blogger Beloved said...

imperceptible~~
Hmmm... How about Goth Gangsta Glam? And yes, they actually are quite comfortable!

6:35 PM  
Blogger OTRgirl said...

Yo! Sportin some fine bling, girlfriend! Bring it on!! You show those cold northeasterners how to keep it real.

4:35 PM  
Blogger asiangarden said...

Love them! lol

2:07 PM  

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