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Over breakfast, you accidently took the piece of cake that your wife selected. She got annoyed and you felt the full brunt of her irritation. "Why are you always like that! I have already wanted to take the smallest piece and you took it, what's wrong with you?" In your heart you felt the bewilderment and frustration, "Not again" you said to yourself while the frustration overcomes you. Thankfully, you were able to hold your cool, finished your breakfast and walk away.  Rather than focusing on that issue, why not overcome frustration with good? There's a saying, it's more blessed...

  (left to right) 11.18ct Turquoise e110, 10.54ct Turquoise e998 and 5 cent coin. (left to right) 11.18ct Turquoise e110, 10.54ct Turquoise e998 and 5 cent coin. (Above) 10.54ct e998 Turquoise on a 5 cent coin (coin measures 16.8mm)   (Above) 11.18ct e110 Turquoise on a 5 cent coin (coin measures 16.8mm) (left to right) 11.18ct Turquoise e110, 10.54ct Turquoise e998    Although the 11.18ct turquoise is heavier than the 10.54ct. In terms of size, the 11.18ct looks smaller than the 10.54ct due to a higher dome. Colour, the 11.18ct has an intense turquoise colour, the 10.54ct has a light turquoise colour,...

  So which piece of jewellery I think is a good buy for you? 1. 18k Emerald and Ruby Ring. I remembered I re-designed a ruby necklace for you and I don't remember seeing any emeralds. Here is a design we designed, combining a beautiful ruby and an emerald together coupled with some high quality diamonds. The emerald is part of the collection handled to me by my parents. It has a beautiful vivid green colour but the heart shape was a little off, so I sent it to Israel to have it re-shaped and re-polished. Turned out better than...

Covid-19 has become a pandemic (WHO) and is affecting the whole world. It is a global health crisis. In the course being in this gemstones business. I have heard many stories of how people overcame crisis with gemstones and jewellery. Here are some stories which I heard Before the world world 2, there was this Jewish man, he had heard news that an impending war was coming. So he sold everything he had (it amounted to us$200,000) and bought an emerald pendant. To cut the story short, he survived the war. What do you think was the first thing he...