Hidemi's Rambling No.472A few days after the orientation day, I officially started junior high at the privileged private Catholic school. The first day at school was an entrance ceremony. I put on the school uniform and the uniform leather shoes for the first time. My mother complained repeatedly about the leather shoes. Because she thought it was crazy to make kids wear such a heavy, stiff pair like leather shoes everyday, she said “What a weird school!” over and over. It would have become her regular remark about everything at school until I graduated. The school uniform bag was also heavy, made of leather, looking like a business briefcase. As a supplementary bag, a light vinyl uniform bag was provided too. I didn’t have much to bring to school on the first day since it was an entrance ceremony. But my parents and I figured that I should go with the primary leather bag, as it was a formal occasion. - to be continued -