Been away for a while trying to re-organize myself and my
day job. I hope I am truly done and back to blogging for good sha!
Ehen, today as usual on this blog is Throwback Thursday
where I take you back to something that trended back in the years and allow you
reminisce at how far we have all come.
Today, I want to remember the bata shoe we used to wear in
school then called Cortina. If you didn’t at least know about this shoe let
alone owned one, then you weren’t born in or before my time. That shoe was the
trending shoe for every student who wanted to look smart back in the days.
Check out polishing na! We used to polish the shoe with Kiwi
polish then, put it under the sun and then shine it afterwards to get that glow
and shine that made you appear like one ajebo when you got to school. Sometimes,
the loads of Kiwi red polish smeared on the shoe ended up painting the white
socks students wore red but no one cared so long as theirs were shining.
When the rains came, the Cortina shoes suffered the brunt. Perhaps
the shoes were not built for such a weather; but when the Cortina met water
much too often, the front of the shoe opens up like the mouth of a fish when it
is caught on a hook. Funny thing then was; some students still came to school
every day with the open-mouthed Cortina shoe and ended up having their socks
look muddy especially during the rainy season.
It’s funny how time has passed and with it disappeared the Cortina
shoes. Students and pupils transited to Kito shoes and Trekkers and now wear
whatever footwear they like to school. It could pass for school and
church-going purposes but back then, you had shoes for church and the Cortina or
basket sandals for school.
Time indeed flies!
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