joie de vivre

HONG KONG

• Navy Converse low-tops
• Black Vans
• Uggs
• Beats earphones
• Tan belt from H&M that appears in the previous photo of the scarves

Shopping in Hong Kong involves being bombarded with Nike and Adidas stores. That is why I bought sneakers because normally I wouldn’t buy sneakers. They are everywhere, you cannot escape them. Where one store is, there’s another fifty scattered along the road. 

And my uggs, yet another pair of shoes that I would not normally buy or wear and I did buy them. When 80% of the female population in Hong Kong are wearing ugg boots, it’s very easy to fall victim to conformity.

Let me tell you about these earphones. They were cheap and they are fake, but I thought they would at least work for a little while. No. After we got them I was holding them and changing the piece that goes in your ear and the earphone broke. Piece of shit.

We spent 45 minutes looking for H&M and all I bought was a belt. I contemplated getting a Beatles tee, a black and gold bangle and a floppy black hat, and I left with a belt. Spare me the disappointment, I’m already incredibly ashamed of myself.