King of the Birds, Lord of the Skies

King of the Birds, Lord of the Skies
Gather ye rose buds while ye may, old time is still a flying;
and this same rose that you see today, tomorrow will be dying.
CarpeDiem: Seize the Day!
- Dead Poets Society

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Stock Taking 2

If there is one thing I need to stop buying, this is it: Cuff Links!
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The last time I counted, I have 30 pairs of them - yeah right, one for each day! And the cost for them: Around $2000 in all. (The most expensive pieces here cost around $150).
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Okay, I must admit that my little collection is no match against some of my lady friends' accessories, whose LV bag alone can cost up to $2000 a piece already!
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For the unfamiliar ones, a cufflink is a decorative fastener for the two sides of the cuff on a shirt.
Cufflinks are designed only for use with link cuffs shirts (also known as French Cuffs), which have buttonholes on both sides but no buttons. These may be either single or double-length ("French") cuffs, and may be worn either "kissing," with the ends pinched together, or "barrel-style," with one end overlapping the other.
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And yes, I have 2 (actually 3) pairs of silk knot, which is an alternative fastener to a cufflink. They are also known as monkey's fists (although, technically speaking, the knot is a Turk's head, not a monkey's fist) . Despite having a lower cost than cufflinks, they are just as well regarded and just as formal.
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The problem with cuff links shirts is that sometimes you leave home without the links! That's kind of embarrassing and you will look quite wierd without them! So, for people like me who drive, I kept an extra pair in my car (just in case) :)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ooi SIAO GAO!!! Simi cuff link? Cuff link my backside la cuff link. Sounds more like handcuff and leather whip and all those S&M shit you like to come up with ah.

Wa, so long never visit yr site, once I come in, see so many entry all yr stock market crap. Faint ah ...

Anonymous said...

Siao kia, so nice to see you here again. Yes, these "kachung" links are for your backside one...I slot in one by one for my victims...you wanna to try some??? ha...ha...

After hearing your resurrection from the 2 mth zombie sickness, I thot I need to go buy some flowers and visit your grave. Then you jump jump up and kicking now. Steady lah. I can save the flower money and white gold liao hee...hee...