You Will Be Utterly, Sincerely Missed

Aside from Pagong, I have never felt a connection unlike my bracelet. It had been in my possession for more than 10 years now.

I got it from a silver shop called Ansor's Silver in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. They have the finest silver jewelry in Asia. Craftmanship was superb and the designs were absolutely out of this world. I wasn't fond of jewelry or silver that time (I was in Grade 6) but as I laid my eyes on it, I fell in love. The swirl of silver around 2 mother of pearl ellipses were simple yet stunning.

Since then, I wore it everyday for the next 10 years. It was pliant and flexible. It matches anything from jeans to evening dresses.

Last week, I noticed it was starting to break in the middle. I was hoping that it can be fixed by just melting it and then forming it again, at least just to mold it back together. I went to a renowned jeweler in Makati, confident that the best can fix this. I had it appraised/inspected (?) and was saddened to know that the material itself had weakened, causing it to crack.

They told me that they can solder it back but they can not assure that it will be what it used to be. 2,000 pesos was very steep for me, coupled with the fact that anytime, it can crack and break again... If they can fix it back for 2,000 pesos, I would gladly pay 5,000 pesos for that.

Sadness... T_T