Me and my Bubby have just finished all five seasons of the Supernatural series..and I can’t wait to watch season six! Five seasons aren’t enough because I can’t get enough of the Winchester Brothers. Yes, fighting evil and Lucifer is too fictitious, but heck, I love a little bit of fiction in my all too real life. So, I hope that there IS a season six because I can’t seem to find it anywhere.. And I would really like to keep watching their adventures. Yes, I admit. This has become an addiction. More addicting than Facebook, in fact! LOL!

Don’t they look absolutely gorgeous? *sigh*

“No pain, no gain” is a very common phrase we hear all the time. For my great grandma who was raised in China, pain is a part of her life. I remember she only had 2 pairs of shoes. This is because no regular-sized  shoe would fit her tiny feet. How tiny are her feet for me to say that no regular-sized shoe would fit her? Well, her feet are only 3 inches long. Or in Chinese, “golden lotus feet”. Back in her days, it was custom among those from high society to have bound feet. Or if a girl isn’t from high society, having “golden lotus feet” is the only way her family can marry her off to a man with good standing in society. This is extremely painful, because the feet’s bones arch. I don’t have any picture of my great grandma’s feet, but for the benefit of those who haven’t seen what bound feet look like, here’s an image from Google:

And this is the only type of shoe that fit those with bound feet:

FYI: Footbinding has been banned since 1912.