u/Agreeable-Ebb1892

For context i live in the Philippines and am only starting to learn, i also have found one that seems like my current best bet. The rookie artistics which are from the uk brand Rookie, i heard that they gained a bit of popularity back then but got discontinued and only recently got back into producing the artistics. Im also not getting them directly from their store since there isn’t an option to be able to ship over here, so im getting them from an online shop called loco skates (which seem to be trustworthy from videos ive seen)

Im also a teenager so I’ll just be asking my family for my birthday, but that is still a few months away so i still have the time to look into any other possible options. So what i am looking for is any durable artistic skates that can last me about a few years of learning so that I’ll at least be at a point where i have my own money to upgrade.

The budget i got is somewhere around ~10k PHP (equivalent to 162 USD or 121 GBP after I checked conversion rates) and if there is anything you recommend id love to hear the details or if you have anything to say about my current choice 🫶

Recently i’ve become interested in owning more physical media, so i thought of getting a cd player with some cool cds i saw, (and some tapes too) but then i started considering maybe getting cassettes instead cause i wanna be able to listen to music out and about

Im not the most careful person so i got a bit concerned for the cds, but i also want to make my own cds/mixtapes using playlists but i dont have a computer (or really know how to use one that much lol) to burn them. And for cassettes i liked how you could just record on them but their problem for me is that decks/recorders are a tad pricey, as well as hearing that there aren’t many actually good ones nowadays

Im a teen in the philippines so it’s the reason some things are way more expensive and harder to get for me cause im only asking for either as gift from my family

Also, i dont really care that much for the audio quality as much as the convenience ig? I like the idea of being able to walk around freely with cassette but i dont think id mind just staring at the cd spin in the player as i listen to the song. With that said im not completely sure what im even looking for? I suppose it would be which has easier reach to where i am at a reasonable price (to my family’s perspective) or i might just flip a coin tbh