Shoes Blog June Archive

The Shoe Shine Boy

By Michael Shoemaker at 06/17/08 04:41

In every part of the world, there are poor people who hardly eat everyday. To support their everyday needs - food, shelter, clothes and school for kids, parents must do strenuous work and these works are really physically tiring. But in some cases, it's not the parents who work for their family, especially if they are not capable of doing work due to illnesses. It's their kids who work for them, and they do it at a very young age.

Meet Surj, a very young lad who needs to shine shoes to earn something for his family. His parents are both blind therefore they cannot go to work and instead, its their young son who does it for them.

Read more: The Shoe Shine Boy [click]

Getting Ready For The Heavy Showers

There's always a time in every year that you have to take those rubber shoes and those low cut school shoes off. And about the same time, the rain shoes and rain boots will again reign the streets.

Rainy days are here again. Well, it has been raining for almost a month now, but it is the time where the 'tingling' starts. Its time for heavy rains and storms are saying hello.

Because here in Asia where school starts almost about the same time as the rain starts to fall, the kids are still sitting pretty and worry not about school. In many countries, with Indonesia and Philippines in particular, the first few weeks of school is actually called the 'Irregular Days'. It's because these weeks are the most visited by storms making it dangerous for young students to go to school.

But for some reason, college students are mostly exempted from school cut offs. Maybe the head of the government thinks college students are old enough to take care of themselves in the middle of heavy pouring rains. IN that case, students are forced to put their rain boots and shoes on, even if it means ruining their 'sense of fashion'.

When I was in college, I used to wear rain boots during the rainy months. I'm really not the type of person who cares much for how I looked like. I mean, I don't care if I wore boots, the important thing is I can go to school safe from the slide-y roads and not wet.

Though nowadays, I'm seeing a lot of stylish woven boots and 'fashionista' rainy shoes being sold in every shopping malls.

Aside from the protection it could give your feet from the high rain waters, rainy boots and shoes are actually a safeguard against comon rain diseases such as 'cold feet-cold stomach' and the 'eeewww' leprosy from the urine of animals specifically rats that goes with rain waters.

So next time you see the cloud preparing to shower you with heavy joys of love, do not hesitate to bring or wear boots. It's good for you. Believe me.

Wide Fit Shoes Interview

Name of your website?

Wide Fit Shoes

Your name?

Jesol

Your Location (city, etc)

London

Please give us a short summary of your website?

Specialist in wide fitting shoes for wide feet, flat feet, extra wide feet, and problem feet.

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Millennium Professional Footgears Interview

Name of your website?

Millennium Professional Footgears

Your name?

Muneer Ahmed

Your Location (city, etc)

Bangalore,kanpur,delhi,chennai

Please give us a short summary of your website?

PU injected Safety work shoes for industrial purpose for varied industries with the following features as per need of the buyer : Impact resistant toe caps,Pierce resistant mid soles,Anti-static soles,sole resistance to heat,Resistance to cold,Water resistance,Resistance to fuel oil,Resistance to chemicals,Slip resistant sole properties,Composite safety toes –non metallic safety shoes,Uniform shoes for work,Schools, Offices, factories.

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How To Make Shoes

This video shows a man how to make wooden shoes.

YouTube Video

Well, wooden shoes are not really for your everyday use. It is actually the first time I saw a production of wooden shoes that are literally use for the feet. I mean, I know wooden shoes used as a mold for making stitched rubber or leather shoes but not wooden shoes. Wouldn't that hurt?

Well, maybe it is only made for short time wearing, but hey, I'm no Pinnochio and I cannot stand long with a wooden shoe!

Maybe you can, but not me, I sweat a lot and my feet is like a waterfalls when it started to feel heat that's why I stil prefer shoes that are comfortable and actually absorbs or prevent my feet from sweating haha. I know it sounds disgusting, but my feet is really like that. :d It's not smelly though. I don't have smelly feet haha.

So I think that wooden shoe will only be good for me as a collector's item. :D It will not do good when I wear it for sure.

Wallace Finally Rested

This week had been tough. I witnessed a lot of goodbye-scenes this week. My dog died. A famous actor in my country died. A neighbor's granny died. And one of my favorite shoes finally came to his end.

I told you before about my rubber shoes that has holes in the sole. At the moment that shoes is currently resting in my shoe rack. This time, it's my official traveling shoes, Wallace, that finally gave up.

It's normal for me to give names to everything I own. And about two years ago, I saw a W-Brown rubber-leather stitched shoes on sale on the department store. I love sales and discounts so I immediately bought it. A regular price for W-Brown is $30 above, but I got the shoes for only $20 that time. I named it Wallace for the W in w-brown that is unknown to me. Hehe.

I own a number of shoe pairs. I use different shoes for different purposes. I own a running shoes, combat sports shoes, hiking shoes, rubber shoes for every day and traveling shoes for long day travels. This past few months, I have been busy traveling in many different locations. That is why Wallace is always the one being use among my other shoes.

I love using Wallace because he is comfortable even if I am already wearing him for the whole day. Sometimes I would stand on the bus and the floor is too hot. If I wear my rubber shoes, I will certainly feel the heat coming to my body. But whenever I wore that W-Brown, there's not even a sense of hotness from the floor.

However, 2 days ago, my dear traveling shoes finally came to his end. The soles were rift apart. It also has small holes. It can be repaired, but I chose not to have it repaired. It has served me long enough and I'm happy with it. That $20 shoes gave me the best quality a traveling shoes can give.

Well, I guess I have to replace Wallace with something new. Can you suggest a good brand of shoes for traveling?

ShoesJunky.com Interview

What is the name of your Blog?

ShoesJunky.com

What is your name?

Felix Leshno

What is your current age or age range?

Chesterbrook, PA, US

Read more: ShoesJunky.com Interview [click]

BuyAndWalk.com Interview

Name of your website? BuyAndWalk.com Your name? Carlos Federico Muñoa Gimenez Your Location (city, etc) Encino Online shoe retail company providing footwear solutions for men, women and children. Read more: BuyAndWalk.com Interview [click] Tags: womens shoes • mens shoes • kids shoes • web interview • 0 Comments. - Permalink

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