in memory of

I've had a pair of Havaianas even before they became a "hit" here in the Philippines. And god was I so proud when only a few weeks after my friends and I started strutting around the campus every Saturday wearing our stylish, comfy Havaianas, more "kulasas" started wearing them too! Screw Ms. Manila and her "no-slippers-inside-the-campus" policy. :P

My first pair was a Floral Bubblegum. I got them a week after I saw 99.5 HitFM's (DWRT then) Special Projects Director wearing a pair of the Light Blue ones. She's so much of a fashionista so she's like always ahead of everyone when it comes to "what's in." But anyways, that wasn't the reason why I bought a pair. After all, there can only be one Cheska in the group, right Nhe? :P I bought a pair because they looked so comfy! And I'm really a flip-flops girl! I wear flip-flops anywhere! Screw dress (or in this case, shoes) codes! :P But sadly, I lost that first pair a couple of years ago when I was swimming at the gorgeous beaches of Bohol. Lost it when they stopped making those designs. Sobs. But it was good 2 years with that pair, really.

And now. My second pair. A Chocolate Brown Top Havaianas.

(took photos straight from the shower)

I was in the shower and it came loose. :( Few minutes before I was just admiring how it looked perfectly on my feet, how much it complimented my skin tone (and my pussy red nail polish too!). Then just like that, without warning - it came off.

I rushed to the room with my poor broken Havaianas and showed it to Pau: "look what happened! This is my second pair! I've had this for years, I cannot even remember when!" I swear I almost cried! He offered his sympathy and was like, "why are you wearing it in the shower anyways? It can only handle the pressure of the water for so long! Or maybe, it's just that old."

Oh poor old Chocolate Brown Top Havaianas. I wear him EVERY DAY. It was my bedroom, living room, garage, shower, whatever-room, all-around slippers. :( I regret I stopped taking him to the shopping centre or anywhere fancy. I didn't know his time would be this short! Huhu.

My dear friend I'll miss you. Sure I can buy a new pair. Pau even promised he'd buy me a new one. But your comfort is one of a kind. :(

R.I.P. my most loved Chocolate Brown Top Havaianas. Sometime in 2004-February 25, 2008.

2 down, 2 to go.