The B@nk had organized a quarterly update cum party at M0S in March this year. I was with C@thleen and being early, we went to the nearby Central to take a walk. Seeing that there was a sale, we walked into Goldheart, which we found the salespeople were quite pushy and not too service-oriented. To cut the story short, we later made our way to S00 Kee.
Adrian was the salesperson to serve us that day and was patient with our enquiries. In fact, the two of us were just shopping, without the intention to buy anything. But we did left the store impressed.
A couple of days later, I called Adrian and told him I wanted to view his collections and told him to prepare diam0nds valued about $5-6k. That was all I was prepared to pay.
It was raining heavily that day but I hurried to his store, as I had to meet Gerrie a couple of hours later. I made my selection, a 0.7 carat, and told Adrian that I would be bringing Gerrie in later and he was to pretend he didn't even knew me. He agreed.
That evening, I picked Gerrie up from work and we went back to Central for a walk. After purchasing a top from GG5, we made our way to S00 Kee. H@nquan and Jess later appeared. Adrian showed some pieces to Gerrie and by doing so, had measured her finger size.
Along the way, there was a little ding-dong here and there. Even after I had made my purchase, I continued to look at other pieces from other S00 Kee stores, like Suntec, Marina Square, IMM and Bugis. All these while, Adrian had to request the stones from those stores for me to view.
And I have been changing my decision. From the 0.7 carat, to a 0.46 Brilliant Rose, and finally to a 0.63 Brilliant Rose. Btw, the 0.46 carat came in D colour and has an amazing brilliance. Perfect, but I guess Gerrie would find it too small. So each time I changed my decision, I have to upgrade the rock and the prices kept increasing. Never did I dreamt of paying a five-figure sum for a rock.
But end of the day, I would like to have a ring that would be memorable for us for many, many, many years to come.
