thoughts like the fall of atoms
My ex-jewellery company started off doing bespoke orders for private clients and only branched into ready-to-wear some time later. Anyway, a few months ago Boss (or Ex-boss :P) announced that our sales from ready-to-wear had outstripped sales from bespoke orders. And on my last day, she said that sales from ready-to-wear had increased tremendously since I joined the company. :D
One last look at our jewellery placed at our stockists!
Spent the afternoon at all four of our stockists, taking photos of our jewellery and saying my final farewells.
Attended Jade + Kueh + Tea = Party! held two Sundays ago (5 Sept) at this Somerset condo owned by one of Boss’ best friends.
Went to this jeweller’s at Lucky Plaza last Friday afternoon to pick up some jewellery I had sent for replating. They look as good as new! :)
They also happen to sell replicas of Chanel interlocking C‘s jewellery so I asked them how much the pair of interlocking C‘s ear studs cost. The replica studs are about half the size of the genuine Chanel studs (JJ bought a pair some time ago), but cost $350, $150 more than the Chanel ones. This is because the replicas are made of gold and diamonds, whereas the Chanel ones are made of a cheaper metal and crystals.
I was pondering this and suddenly realized: the real shop sells fakes, and the fake shop sells reals! Which amused me greatly.
正所谓：
Today was a bad day to go down to town! Most, if not all, schools had half day, so the streets were full of little children running amok.
Hui Lin wanted to borrow a purse from me for a friend’s wedding, so I asked her to meet me at Tangs Orchard as I was working there.
When she saw what I had clipped onto my top, she exclaimed, ‘You have a supplier’s pass! How cool!’ :P
At the end of the day, I went to Lucky Plaza to check out this jeweller who does repairs. Was leaving the building when I caught sight of a couple of pearl necklaces at Taka Jewellery.
Asked a sales assistant for the price of the one with the largest pearls. He opened the display cabinet and told me the price. I thanked him and started walking off. He immediately went to a calculator and informed me that the price was before discount. And after discount? More than $2000.
I said okay, and wanted to make a move, but he asked me, ‘给你自己戴的？’ And I answered, ‘For fun!’ He immediately said, ‘For fun你应该买这种!’ and showed me some necklaces which were made of considerably smaller pearls and cost about $10 each (I think).
I replied, ‘But so small……’
‘如果是我，for fun我会买这样的，戴了可以丢掉！’
‘我没有看过男人戴pearls的！’
‘如果我是女孩子的话……’
‘Too small lar……’
‘我们的standard不一样！’
Very amusing really. Anyhow I’m not a person who would spend $10 on a throwaway accessory. :P
After the pre-grad party last Friday, I hung around a bit in school cos it was raining heavily, before bussing (traffic jam!) and MRTing down to Tangs in Orchard.
The event, Back to Nature, was supposed to start at 7 pm, but I reached Tangs only at 7.30 pm. When I got to the area where event was being held, I was amazed to see a queue in front of the entrance, and there were already tons of people inside!
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