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		<title>The first ever shoe I bought. On my own. With my own money.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was just like yesterday when my Dad took me to a nearby mall to buy me my first pair of school shoes. I can still vividly remember that shoe &#8211; it was black, made of leather, and had those noisy &#8220;strap-ons&#8221;.
I never chose that shoe. I hated it. It was common and boring. Everyone [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_479" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://blog.ianuy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/FirstShoes.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-479" title="FirstShoes" src="http://blog.ianuy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/FirstShoes-300x225.jpg" alt="Adidas Ozweego 365" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Adidas Ozweego 365</p></div>
<p>It was just like yesterday when my Dad took me to a nearby mall to buy me my first pair of school shoes. I can still vividly remember that shoe &#8211; it was black, made of leather, and had those noisy &#8220;strap-ons&#8221;.</p>
<div id="attachment_481" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://blog.ianuy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/65030_big.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-481" title="First.School.Shoe" src="http://blog.ianuy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/65030_big-300x210.jpg" alt="'twas black, made of leather and had those noisy strap-ons." width="300" height="210" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">&#39;twas black, made of leather and had those noisy &quot;strap-ons&quot;.</p></div>
<p>I never chose that shoe. I hated it. It was common and boring. Everyone in school wore the same shoe except for the cool kids. The cool kids had those shoe that will light/blink whenever you take a step. I want that shoe and I remember crying and whining all the way home when my Dad forced me to &#8220;choose&#8221; the leather one. I&#8217;ve always hated leather shoes.</p>
<div id="attachment_482" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://blog.ianuy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/CoolKidShoes.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-482" title="CoolKidShoes" src="http://blog.ianuy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/CoolKidShoes-300x210.jpg" alt="Cool Kid's Shoes -- IT BLINKS!" width="300" height="210" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Cool Kid&#39;s Shoes -- IT BLINKS!</p></div>
<p>Time flies. I&#8217;m already 20-ish, and today is the first time that I bought my own pair of <a title="THE SHOE!" href="http://www.adidas.com/campaigns/running_fw09/content/products-detail.aspx?article_id=404387" target="_blank">shoes</a>! Without my dad telling me what to like, choose or buy. I also paid it on my own. <strong>Oh, the price of independence. <img src='http://blog.ianuy.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif' alt=':lol:' class='wp-smiley' /> </strong></p>



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