Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Hidemi's Rambling No.129

I found a tall wooden shelf discarded at a garbage dump of my apartment. It was as good as new and I carried it into my place. March is the end of both fiscal and academic year in Japan, which means it’s the season of a move. The shelf seemed to be a product of someone’s move. I cleaned it and made it my new shoe shelf. I felt so good seeing my shoes arranged beautifully on the shelves. The pitiful thing is, though, that almost all the shoes cost less than $20, mainly $10, and about half of them are worn out and have holes and cracks…