My Callused & Blistered Feet

I just did my nails.
It's like....metallic blue spotted with silver stardust.
Looks very much like the star-spangled banner colour!
Though much more chic.
And....this is my first pedicure for 2007.
I can count the times I do pedicures or manicures.
Not a big fan because it takes too much effort!
(As in, I just have to sit there..and do nothing which to me is a waste of time)

But it's a good thing once in awhile.
Once your calluses starts accumulating at your feet, it's way rough - and it feels like your feet weighs so much more than it is..
I bought the calluse scraper for RM 32. Hopefully, not ripped offf..
Meanwhile, my feet (the bottom bit) are real smooth now!
The lady scrapped off, a lot of dead skin! As in, enough to fill the palm of your hand - not to the brim, but at least half of it!

Back to the point of feet, I had five blisters today from doing pointe work during ballet.
I used the Grishko toe pads, the gel type.
It's good in a sense because you get to feel the floor, and my pointe shoe doesn't seem so - PACKED or too STUFFED.
But the bad thing is - I still got my blisters...

(This is not a photo of my feet. I got it off the net!) Heheh. Thank you to whoever who donated this photo - but yes, my feet did look quite similiar. Especially on the, fourth and fifth toe of the right leg. SIONG MAN!)

During my excursion to Sonata Dancewear at Mutiara Damansara, mainly to purchase ballet gear for Jo (Al's sis), I bought the ouch pouches and toe 'gel sticks' (those you can cut, and just put on your toes, the ones that are more prone to blisters).

It's so not cheap.
Ouch pouches (Sonata brand) = RM 59
Toe 'gel sticks' (Ouch Pouches brand) = RM 49

And the mail ordered Grishko toe pads from Singapore = RM 100 (inclusive of postage, and getting a friend to get his sister to pay it on my behalf. Thanks Nick!)

But it beats having to order it in from the US, I tried from www.discountdance.com
My transaction was ok, but when it came to delivery - they said transaction cancelled because they did not ship to this part of the world (as in Malaysia).

Malaysia's been blacklisted in terms of any online transactions,ebay because there's been too much fraud in terms of credit card scams. But I have an alternative now, a friend offered her address in US, her parents are residing there, so if they do travel back to Malaysia - they can bring my stuff for me back!

Meanwhile, there's enough on feet posting today!

ehehehe

-jade-