My new babies! Hehe

People are usually shocked when they find out that I play futsal. For some guys, it's simply incomprehensible that a girl should play at all. These are the sort of guys who usually give me a hard time when I play with them. To other guys, it's more because "no offence, but you don't really look like the type". No offence taken, as long as they let me join in the fun :)

The same thing happens when I walk into sports stores looking for futsal boots. I had to do this over the weekend because my beloved pair which I'd been using for more than 2 years were at the end of their useful life. After a year with these boots, I'd already decided I needed a new pair, but I had to buy an adult's (men's) size and they were a bit too big for me. I got injured a fair bit before I realised that it was because of my boots. For the competition that we eventually won in July this year, I decided to revert back to my old boots, and those babies worked their magic :D They are a kid's size, and therefore the narrower cut was better suited to my small feet.

I know they look pretty decent still, apart from the inner heel lining falling apart. Truth of the matter is, the soles were falling off, but I was so determined to wear them that even on the days of the tournament itself, I added more super glue to keep the soles on!

Back to my original point... I walked into a few stores this past weekend (and at other times in the past) asking for the kids' futsal boots range. The sales people usually think that I'm buying for a kid brother or something. Even when I try the shoes on, they don't get it. Take yesterday, for example, I tried on this pair.

Cool or what? ;)

They look pretty good for futsal boots, and good enough that they can be worn as casual shoes (if I was desperate coz really, the light coloured soles that are characteristic of futsal boots are such a dead giveaway that you are wearing casual or street shoes). The girl who was attending to me kept telling me that they looked really good, especially for ... walking around. Excuse me? I proceeded to ask her which other models had the size I wanted. And she pointed out every other shoe in the futsal range and kept saying, 'oh this one looks good, and this one is kacak too'... (kacak is Malay for handsome or generally good-looking) Since she said they looked good, I asked if they had those shoes in my size and she said no. Sighs... So why would you show them to me??? And moreover, the next column of shoes were the proper street shoes from that brand. If I wanted a street shoe, wouldn't I just have asked for those ones? Pffftt... It was beyond my understanding.

Anyway, just thought I'd share the burdens and the end-product ;)