Abby and Win’s Blog

Since I started collecting shoes over a decade ago, there have been only 3 pairs of shoes (not counting the pairs I already own) that I would buy in a heartbeat - in no particular order.

1. Nike Air Foamposite One: Originally released back in 1997, I would have loved a pair but $180 was insanely expensive for that time. They re-released this shoe a couple of years ago, but didn’t know until I was too late and they were sold out, again. I’m hearing rumors of another retro release and I hope this time I can get a pair.
2. Adidas Real Deal: This pair is one of the most comfortable basketball shoes I’ve ever worn, next to the Air Pippen II. I had the original white and blue color. I balled in them until they worn out and I “traded” them in. Now I wish I bought 2 pairs at that - even though it won’t fit me now.
3. Nike Air Penny II: I had the original pair back in 1996. Same thing happened as I mentioned above. I balled in them and “traded” them in. I wish I kept them even though they were worn out. Just having the original - sigh. Anyway, they released the retros a few weeks ago and I ran to the nearest store to pick them up. I have yet to wear them coz they look so nice not worn, but they look so nice when I have them on. Now I want the Orlando Magic Penny jersey to match.

I’ve been using Piclens for a couple of weeks now and it’s amazing. It takes photos from your website and turn it in to a 3D gallery for viewing. I recently got an update message for my Firefox browser. I updated the plugin and viewed the Piclens page again. This time their demo includes video. It’s pretty cool. If you want to see how it works, just install the plugin from their web site and visit Flickr, YouTube, Friendster, or any other sites they mention. I also played around with it and made this. Remember you must have the plugin installed on your browser for it to work. I still haven’t gotten it to work with Safari for OS X yet.

Ya, my birthday is the day after Christmas. I usually get only 1 present for both events but it’s okay. Here stuff I bought for myself and stuff people got me.

• cards, Homer Simpson and Plopper figurine, The Wire Season 1 DVD (Abby)
• Air Jordan 8 Retro black/red (Mommy - mom-in-law)
• lunch at Lucilles and some $$ (momma)
• Mossimo shirt and $$ (JJ)
• cards, $25 iTunes card, and a birthday song (co-workers)
• Ralph Lauren Chaps polo (Kuya Jesse and Michelle)
• Pic frame (Erwin and Shannon)
• some Wii games: Legend of Zelda Twilight Prince, Carnival Games, Redsteel (me)
• 100 pk Verbatim blank DVD-R (me)

After celebrating Christmas in Philippines for a couple of years straight, I would rather celebrate it there. It’s more festive and fun. I didn’t go this time since I’m saving up my vacation time for March 2008 for our church wedding. Anyways I may build a new PC computer and try to run Hackintosh Leopard on it but still not sure.

I still haven’t had a chance to get the new Kanye West album, Graduation. I’ll probably go and buy it on my lunch break. But anyway, I was browsing the internet and saw these…

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The top pair are from Bape (Bathing Ape) and the bottom are custom Air Max 180. I don’t know about the Air Max 180s but the Bape pair is nice looking. Wonder where I can get a pair?

I just got an email about these and my jaw just dropped when I saw the price. The black and yellow 4s (Black Thunder) are $500 and it comes with a jacket. While the yellow and black 4s (Yellow Lightning) are $250 and it comes with a t-shirt. Both are limited edition. They both look hot in my opinion but damn, I’m not gonna spend that kind of money for those. As a shoe collector, I’m appalled. Or maybe I’m just getting old. August 23 is the release date, 4pm PDT, online at Jumpman23.com and you must be a member. Wonder how many Ebayers will jump on this and how much will they sell it for? By the way, here’s the pics.