Shoes Problem (1) In the morning I was heading for the nearest station from my house. It usually takes approximately 15 minutes on foot. When I got close to the station, a sole came off the bottom of my left shoes all of sudden! There was no way to fix it. So, I picked it up from the road and put it into my briefcase. Although I usually put on brown leather shoes, I choose black shoes out of three pairs of black shoes by chance. It seems that the choice brought me the unpleasant situation. It was weird to walk with uneven pairs of shoes. I actually tried to walk naturally as if I wore normal shoes without any problem. However, it was hard and didn't work well. I'm sure people around me easily realized my dumb situation. Anyway, I got on a commuting train and opened a book. I said to myself, "Don't think about it too much. That’s nothing. All the people around me are a stranger to me. I don't need to embarrass myself." The title of the book was "1Q84" written by Haruki Murakami, one of my favorite novel authors. I tried to focus on reading it and succeeded in the attempt somehow. I was in the story for around an hour. (to be continued)