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A shining example
Here's another that might knock the socks from you using its patent truth. My spouse is universally recognised to be patient, gentle, and tolerant, as well as in our home she is frequently acclaimed as a result, with loud shouts of acclamation,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], particularly when she stands behind me peering over my shoulder when i write my column on the pc. So tolerant is she - do place the fork away,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], darling - so tolerant is she that they didn't bat an eyelid when she saw the number of tins of shoe polish I was bringing back to Kuala Lumpur for the Chinese New Year holidays. She merely started calling me "Abang Shoeshine," a reputation which, although possessed of the certain loving musicality, may well have had a subtext that escaped me. Frankly, I did not think I had been bringing that much. My carefully edited travelling choice of shoe maintenance systems consisted of three 100ml jars of Saphir Medaille d'Or Beeswax-Based Reviving Cream, four 50ml tins of los angeles Cordonnerie Anglaise Beeswax Shoe Polish, two 50ml tubes of Collonil Classic Ultra Cream With Lanolin, and my pride and joy, a red oblong 4.5 ounce tin of Goddard's Saddlers Wax, a truly wondrous paste that tragically continues to be discontinued by its makers, J. Goddard Sons Ltd., Frimley Green, Surrey, England (Established 1839), and is as a consequence very scarce and far sought after by people much like me who care about a great shoeshine, but who are, I must stress, by no means obsessive. (I hear you ask, "But exactly what does Goddard's Saddlers Wax really do?" I'll tell you what it really does: celebrate life worth living.) Now, I was only bringing a couple of pairs of actual shoes with me Body black and something dark brown, if you have to know,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], to obtain me with the various events of my favorite friend's wedding, that was to occur soon after Chinese Year - so you must realise the creams and polishes were not primarily for my benefit, however for those of my buddies and family. I was likely to shine their shoes, forcibly if necessary. I can't stand dull, neglected shoes. The view of them makes me profoundly uncomfortable. They drive me nuts. Completely nuts. We are, after all, the sum not in our beliefs but of our irrational prejudices. Among my very own deepest held prejudices - a cornerstone of my whole worldview - would be that the state of the man's shoes isn't a pleasing issue, but a moral one. No matter how humble or ancient, a leather dress shoe that's been cared for and buffed to some deep shine indicates virtue. A guy who looks after his shoes is symbolically taking care of the foundations of his life, as well as in my books is worth a certain measure of trust and esteem, or at best the advantage of the doubt. Beware the man who showcases his expensive clothes but who can not be bothered to keep his shoes clean. There's some fundamental dishonesty at work there,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], deficiencies in integrity and discipline that suggests he really should not be marrying your sister, whether or not you've one. Character aside, it's profoundly satisfying to sit down and shine your shoes, or those of your family members. Celebrate a good ritual for any Monday night or perhaps a Sunday morning, something that anchors a few days and renews one's sense of purpose. On the biological level, the human brain is hardwired to find gleaming things attractive (for example, diamonds, gold,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], silk, and Angelina Jolie's teeth), and polishing shoes, like polishing motorcycles or cars, allows men to consider pleasure in the way light bounces off a beautifully-crafted object. It had been my father who taught me the standard spit-shine polishing technique after i was a kid. He would put some newspaper on the floor, set out two pairs of shoes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], remove their laces, and dust off any obvious dirt having a shoe brush along with a rag. Then he would open up a tin of black Kiwi polish (he instinctively accustomed to avoid the instant shoeshine tubes with their dubious "applicator tips"; I subsequently found that the silicone during these products can provide a quick shine, however it looks cheap and plasticky, and could eventually cause the shoe to dry out and crack). If the polish had hardened, he'd give a little water towards the tin to melt it, and using a classic decommissioned singlet he would start to apply the polish sparingly towards the shoe, working a thin layer in with small circular movements. At this point, there would be considered a kind of intermission, during which tea would be made, and the polish would be allowed to take a seat on the shoes as the tea was drunk. He would then seize another old T-shirt and begin to buff the shoes with great vigour,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], wiping away any traces of excess polish and bringing out the shine. I'd usually make admiring noises at this point, but I knew that the best benefit was yet to come. My father would sprinkle several drops of water about the shoe, inside a decorous alternative to the traditional method of spitting on your footwear, and then again start buffing the shoes with the cloth, even more energetically,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], until,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], through some glorious masculine alchemy, one shine would start to emerge. "Can the thing is your reflection?" Dad would ask. I could see not only my reflection in those gleaming back toecaps, I'd like to think, but an entire way of looking at the world: one based on care, discipline, and focus on detail. 2 decades later, I enjoy polishing my Dad's shoes, though I am not sure he thinks I do it properly with my poncy French shoe polishes that cost 4 times what he's accustomed to paying. This Chinese Year, back in your own home, I asked him, "Got any shoes you want polished?" He took five pairs out from the cupboard. I organized my tins and jars, and opened them up, and smelt that strong shoe polish smell, a feeling memory that ties together my past,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], my present, and, God willing, my future. Huzir Sulaiman writes for theatre, television, and film. 'Eight Plays', a collection of his works for happens, is published by Silverfish Books.
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