neglected shoes
By jazel_juan
@jazel_juan (15747)
Philippines
September 24, 2012 10:34pm CST
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/prized-pairs-of-shoe-lover-imelda-in-danger.html - not a referral link, i found this link on yahoo news. We all know that Imelda Marcos has a notorious shoe collection, it was show cased in the National Museum..good right? for everyone to enjoy her vanity of shoes.but then on the other hand sad because the shoes are all ROTTING! Neglected! Why would the national museum let this happen? we all know that leather will rot in time if not properly taken cared of right? since it is in their property, they should have taken care of it well....
or should have given it away to those who are in need or auction or something before when it was still usable.
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12 responses
@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
25 Sep 12
now i feel embarrassed lol because i have very big feet compared to yours Simplyd! lol..
well you are right, they should have sold it and put the money to good use.
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
25 Sep 12
So what's it with big feet ladies? we men don't love women ladies because of their feet
, we love our women for what they are
, we love our women for what they are1 person likes this
@visavis (5934)
• Philippines
25 Sep 12
Actually I seen in the news at TFC yesterday night about that controversial shoes. Why national museum neglected such thing they don't know that through that shoes Philippines known over the world and I think included in the Guiness Book of Records. May be the management of museum neglected because they think no money can corrupt from that shoes... should file a complaint against them. Although some of the comfescated asset from Marcoses have been lapidated and neglected around Philippines - I don't know why?
@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
27 Sep 12
Well.. just that, they do not find it important. probably that is the reason.
@jeanneyvonne (5501)
• Philippines
26 Sep 12
I don't know but history isn't really our strong suit. And perhaps, it's a bit of payback for tho shoes' owner. It doesn't matter of she wore at a historic event, they still cost more than anybody's shoe collection in their day. I agree that we should just auction them off while retaining the really valuable shoes. Also, any duplicates should be rid off. I mean, who needs 5 pairs of the same shoe design nowadays?
@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
27 Sep 12
Yes it is just pure vanity. She said that those were just given but then if these were given and she could not use them all, why not just give it right? or sell them and make profit out of it.
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
25 Sep 12
Those shoes symbolize 2 types of people in Government, first the one who corrupts and makes lots of money and the second is the negligent and uncaring who leaves assets we already have to rot and waste, I won't wonder why we are still like this up to now long after we gained freedom from the first EDSA revolution
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@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
27 Sep 12
That i do not know, some says it has something to do with the mentality but when i look around us, i see a lot of hard working people. People who still go to work even tho the salaries are low, people who still stand up even tho we were flooded and all sorts of calamities passed by. I guess it has something to do with who are handling the whole country..
@watchamacallitz (1171)
• Philippines
26 Sep 12
They should have taken extra care on those shoes. Those were somehow part of our history. Instead of letting those shoes rot, they should have just put it in auction and us the money for some projects for the street-children or something that would be of help to the Filipinos.
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@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
27 Sep 12
yup auctioning some and leaving some very nices ones for display. but well it is too late now.
@mrsuniega (786)
• Philippines
26 Sep 12
i had heard this news and had read it on the net. it just saddened me that it is rotten and broken. they say that they will find a way to restore it, but i doubt if they can do this. this is an example to our government. just like what had happened to the National Museum. There are a lot of important things in the museum that are not properly taken care. Its really a bad publicity to our country as this may attract many tourism.how sad.
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@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
27 Sep 12
Restoring them would mean more money. They should just have taken cared of it in the first place.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
25 Sep 12
How neglectful these people could be. Just imagine, leaking ceiling! How could they not even maintain the building? How busy are they that they allow the ceiling to leak and destroy things inside? Is not part of their duty to look after the good condition of everything inside the museum? I don't think they are being paid just to sit down all day. Who heads the National Museum? He or she needs to be kicked out. I bet there are more things rotting inside that museum.It has to be examined furthermore
@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
25 Sep 12
yes and to think museums should be preserving them and not letting them to rot. no wonder our culture is diminishing.. i wonder what is the status of other artifacts in that place.
@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
25 Sep 12
yup you are right this is not the first time they neglected something.
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
25 Sep 12
Uh uh..
If they have it for sale,maybe the proceed can help a few people...
So, what are they gonna do with these rotten shoes- does blaming/showing these collection helps us grow?- pity those immature politicians who only knows blaming/flaming and what else....!!!
@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
27 Sep 12
yes the proceeds can indeed help other people..that is it is managed well by the "right people"
@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
25 Sep 12
Hi sids! been quite awhile since you appeared. 
how are you?
well yes i hope they do appear...(and hope not to arrest me or something lol)
how are you?
well yes i hope they do appear...(and hope not to arrest me or something lol)
@rog0322 (2829)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
25 Sep 12
Hi,
The pairs of shoes symbolizes greed at its highest level. Who could wear all of them in one's lifetime, it is at least 10,000 pairs by last count? I find no word to express my dismay over the extravagance while the rest of us lived on almost nothing day in and day out. And yet, the owner of it all is still occupying a high position in the government, earning people's money every month while us honest citizens are crawling at below standard rate of salary for a full day's work.
Stupid system, this is. The shoes are best left to rot if they cannot be sold to fill up some corrupt official's pocket, at least they serve as warning to those who live an excessive life.
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@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
25 Sep 12
i could not agree more to this, she is indeed greedy, apart from the shoes..there were jewelries and extravagant gowns! 
@igatiful_badass (1222)
• Philippines
25 Sep 12
I saw that last night news on TV sad to think that it was not preserve. They give a boring reasons why it happen like that. It was actually kinda negligence on there part. Hope it is an open eye on them to be more carefull for some property to take care.
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