Sippers is very common in Singapore such that it has become a part of our culture. Almost everyone I know owns at least a pair of slippers. There'll be people who owns a pair of Havaianas or iPanema or Cotton On or even Billabong. It's really common. Prices of such slippers range from as cheap as $5 to $30++ and counting.
So why a love hate relationship?
I like slippers cause it's very simple and whenever you feel lazy, you can just slip on a pair of slippers and be on your way to school or to the shopping malls. When you feel like buying something from the shop downstairs or across the street from your house, you'll just slip on a pair of slippers and be on your way. You wouldn't wear a pair of Nike running shoes or those with fanciful laces cause it consumes time (and we all know time is money in Singapore). You'll like slippers cause, compared to other shoe designs like flats or platforms or heels, it's relatively cheaper (On the basis that you don't get an iPanema or a Havaianas but just a cheap pair from Cotton On) and when it rains, you don't have to worry about the slippers being ruined. It's something like water-proof. You don't have to worry about walking across the flooded walkway outdoors. Also, it's meant for beach wear cause you can remove them easily and walk along the beach. You don't have to worry about getting sand in your shoes and having that irritating and painful sensory feeling of sand in your shoes. Slippers are brilliant in their own way. You can buy different colours and mix and match them according to the feeling you are on that particular day. Say pink mix with blue. Or red mix with white on Singapore National Day.
However, just as what it's called, it's very slippery when it rains and you get a wet floor. It'll be worse if the floor tiling is those glossy type where friction is almost zero. When you're wearing a pair of slippers, most likely you'll slow to a crawl like an elderly while walking along the wet floor or you'll be having multiple heart attacks along the way as you almost slip and fall. If you ever did slip and fall, I can't even... Just take care.
Singapore has rainy season and being a tropical country, there's bound to be rain most of the time. When it rains, I'll have a hard time between choosing a normal shoe with a pair of slipper because on one hand, I don't have to get that heart attack and worry about me slipping, on the other hand, I don't wanna ruin my shoe cause of the rain water splashing and flooding on the road out of my house.
Some might say, why don't you just send in a notice to the local MPs about the flooding along the road. Yep, I believe many people did but such flooding won't be solved properly. When they amended this stretch of road to make rainwater flow better, somehow it'll cause the next stretch to flood. And in the end, they just keep amending the different stretch and the flooding didn't end. (Just admit it, there's much to improve on the draining system in Singapore. It's not the increasing amount of rainwater. It's the draining system.)
Well some might also suggest that I get a pair of Havaianas or iPanema cause somehow the friction is better and they last longer. I would if they could really last that long. So far, from the comments that I got from the friends around me, iPanema is the most highly suggested. Havaianas lose out because the strap comes off easily. There's many complains that the strap comes off countless times despite the slippers being a new pair. And for iPanema, not many of my friends own a pair but for those who does, the slippers lasted for more than a year. However, the cost of one is just too over-rated. I wouldn't spend $30++ for a pair of slippers. It's just too expensive. I rather invest more and get myself a Wellington Boot. Or some sort of boot meant for rainy season.
Some might say, why don't you just send in a notice to the local MPs about the flooding along the road. Yep, I believe many people did but such flooding won't be solved properly. When they amended this stretch of road to make rainwater flow better, somehow it'll cause the next stretch to flood. And in the end, they just keep amending the different stretch and the flooding didn't end. (Just admit it, there's much to improve on the draining system in Singapore. It's not the increasing amount of rainwater. It's the draining system.)
Well some might also suggest that I get a pair of Havaianas or iPanema cause somehow the friction is better and they last longer. I would if they could really last that long. So far, from the comments that I got from the friends around me, iPanema is the most highly suggested. Havaianas lose out because the strap comes off easily. There's many complains that the strap comes off countless times despite the slippers being a new pair. And for iPanema, not many of my friends own a pair but for those who does, the slippers lasted for more than a year. However, the cost of one is just too over-rated. I wouldn't spend $30++ for a pair of slippers. It's just too expensive. I rather invest more and get myself a Wellington Boot. Or some sort of boot meant for rainy season.
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