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It should be known that right here in the Philippines, different people recognize different status symbols, and some of them are just absurd. One of my friends, for instance, thinks that owning a computer, or two television sets, or an air conditioner means that you’re rich. One of my other friends thinks that owning fancy game machines like Xbox, or PSP, or Nintendo Wii are the status symbols.

I’m guessing that they’re weighing their decisions based on the prices of these appliances and their functionalities, but it’s not universally true. We own most of the things mentioned above, but I can assure you, while laughing out loud about it, that we are not rich. As a matter of fact, as of this minute my current purse won’t even buy me two Big Mac Meals. Oh yeah.

But back to status symbols, I have one that is enormously absurd that I can’t even begin to think why people are actually going loco over it. And I’m talking about those expensive flip flops. I hate people wearing one-thousand-peso rubber slippers for goodness’ sake. I know they’re going to justify it as being very comfortable—as opposed to very uncomfortable local rubber slippers? Come on! Hmm—and very durable, but come on, they’re still made of rubber, and they’re only slippers.

My curiosity and pursuit of the truth led me to actually see the difference between the "Fake" and "Original" Havaianas Slippers. I went to all Flip-flops and bought a pair of glow-in-the-dark havaianas slippers (as I really have trouble finding which slipper is mine at night) then I challenged the lady that I'll buy another pair if she can tell me the differences of the ordinary slipper to theirs. She stated facts:
+ Havaianas slippers can be bent without "breaking".
+ Their Slippers are made of 100% rubber.
+ Their slippers are very "durable"

Or, were they facts?
I went home and experimented. Myth number 1: The ordinary slipper can't get overly bent without breaking. Quite frankly, my old rubber slipper got bent and didnt break. In fact, it can even be balled up to play old-school games. Myth numbah one: BUSTED

Myth numero dos: Ordinary Slippers aren't made of pure rubber. hmmm. I don't need to test it. It's damn common sense that RUBBER SLIPPERS ARE OF COURSE ENTIRELY MADE OF RUBBER. Here's why: Rubber is cheaper than plastic and metal. So why have other expensive substances mixed?

Myth Finale: Their slippers are durable. I tested a bit of havaianas rubber and a bit of ordinary rubber. durability is all about maintaining shape and rubber maintains its shape through one thing: Temperature. So, I laid them right underneath the sun and... turns out... there's no significant difference. Both pieces of rubber expanded and after contact with ice, neither of them broke down.

This post isn’t really about the price comparison (as we all know by both my test and common sense that quality is the same). What I find most interesting is how people act when they know they’re wearing Havaianas. They look like snobs. For girls, it’s acceptable, because girls will always have a reason for being a snob anyway. But guys? When they wear a pair of Havaianas with their feet all cleaned up and their nails pedicured (I suppose it’s a sin to wear expensive flip flops when you have dirty feet and nails), they look like morons with their heads up high, literally looking down on people while looking at other people’s footwear. It’s absurd, really.

I’ve noticed quite often about how people act when they’re wearing something they’re aware are good brands or expensive, and I don’t have anything against them most of the time. I believe it has something to do with psychology. Wearing certain types of clothes or brands somehow adds up to our confidence and makes us feel more pretty or attractive, but it shouldn’t eat at us and build up our ego. Because when we let that happen, all that we’re ever going to be are a bunch of superficial idiots.

But Crocs? Haha... Buy those. They're definitely worth your money (they're comfortable enough that when i walk around all day with those and my feet never hurt).