This
is it my long term boyfriend and I are finally tying the knot this coming March
21, 2015. There are so many things to do and arrangement to accomplish.
I am channeling my anxieties and pressure that is building up within me in
this Blog to prevent my Inner OC Bridezilla from coming out. You know don’t
want to scare me Groom off teheehee…
Worst
comes to worse! Breath in breath out nostrils flare and smoke comes out
hahahah! (must’ve been my self-image upon hearing the news) 1 week and a month
before our awaited wedding my hubby’s aunt who was supposed to shoulder our
wedding ring, informed us that she could not make it to the Philippines by our
wedding which is March 21st, due to some Health issues.
Poof! There go
our free wedding Bands. Now the problem would be is that we did not allocate a
budget for the wedding rings. As the idiom goes “Magtiis mamaluktot habang
maiksi ang kumot” Of course the the wedding rings is a very important part of
the ceremony of the exchange of vows we have to make a budget to buy these
promise rings.
Breath
in Breath out and get over it! There is no use crying over spilt milk (that’s supposed
to be 20-30 thousand pesos of value were talking about here). I decide to wipe
the remnants of “panghihinayang” in my mind. We,
o
My H2B and I decided to opt for a simple
but not too shabby pair of wedding bands;
o
A pair that would fall within 9-15
thousand pesos only.
o
Preferably white gold or two tone (for
the reason that we don’t want it to be too “takaw tingin”(you know sooo… many
bad guys lurking out there nowadays).
Armed
with these in mind we started researching on possible ring supplier. Google and
I spent a whole of a lot of time together. We became BFF’s. I discovered the
following things:
o
There are a lot of jewellery makers in
Bulacan.
o
There are stores over in the internet
that offers to do any design of gold and silver jewellery.
®
Contact online store or person
®
Give design, measurements and give down
payment
®
Wait for order to be finished, give last
instalment
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Meet-up or shipment for finished product
o
Ongpin has a lot of jewellery stores
where
you can also haggle with their set prices. (you just have to beware of
shady stores that sells fake or below karat jewelries).
Hmmmm….
We have to make Decisions Decisions Decisions. With, a Bevy of information, we
narrowed down our choices to two using the consideration of Price-range and
location. We scratched Bulacan because it’s too far and when I inquired from a
few shops the quotation they gave me was above our prescribed budget. We also scratched
online sellers because we were afraid of being scammed. We found this two:
o
DIAMOND FIRE MANILA – Physical store MAKATI
o
YTY JEWELRY – Physical store ONGPIN
We
actually found them online Diamond fire has a Facebook page and that was where
we saw the designs and price range. They had an album of 14+ thousand pesos and
below set of wedding bands. The designs looked decent enough, best of all it
fits our budget. Yty jewelry I discovered via OLX. Then, later on I found out
that they also had a Facebook page and from there I saw that they had a website.
This website has a wide variety of Jewelry. They had Rings, Earrings, and
Necklaces and more, they even do made to order jewelry. My H2B and I Chose
different designs from both stores, We compared prices, weight, make of the
rings. We saw a certain design from Diamond fire that was also available from
YTY and it was cheaper from YTY. Voila there you go! I meant we found it. We found
the store where we are going to buy our wedding bands.
YTY
wins by KNOCKOUT! Boom! Get Get Awwww!
My
Hubby and I Settled for a Day/Date. We went to Ongpin Feb. 15, 2015. The Store
was easy to find, it was just at the far end of ongpin if you’re coming from
Minor Basilica of San Lorenzo Luiz. (That was the road we took, But if you
happen to know another way going to Ongpin that’s greatJ).
This
is their address and contact number from their website: https://www.ytyjewelry.com.ph/home.php
Stall#H
China City Gold Center
1071
Ongpin Street, Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines, 1014
(Across
Sta. Cruz Plaza / Church along Ongpin Street)
(Easily
accessible from Carriedo LRT station)
+63917-777-7104
We
have already decided on a certain design before going there but we were still
open for changes if ever we found a better design or did not like what we chose
upon seeing it in its actual self. Upon arriving in Ongpin we were bedazzled by
so many stores that sell Jewellery in all sizes, colours and designs. That was
the most number of Gold I’ve seen in my lifetime. Nonetheless, we still headed
to YTY and decided not to ask other stores to avoid confusion in our part. In
my mind I just prayed that YTY was not of those shady stores that the internet
warned buyers to be wary of.
YTY
Here we come!
YTY
was just a small stall. We have easily identified the ring of our choice from
the glass shelf. My hubby and I Instantly liked it. It was Gorj. Simple yet not
too shabby 2 tone white gold with trimmings. The best part is my hubby with his
haggling skills (The one I did not know he possessed – truth to you would now
know a person fully until you live with him/her in one house – but were not yet
living together, I’m just saying that you will discover more of each other as
time passes ♥). We (But basically just HE-Haggled) got it lower that our set
Budget and lower than the price advertised in the website. Im not going to
disclose the actual price but it’s lower than 10k that’s all im going to say. (The
Lady Store owner might hate me if I do “baka dumugin sya ng mga barat isumpa pa
niya kame, Knock on wood! LOL!”)
With
a winning smile we left YTY! “Wagi”
To
Cap off our day, We had our merienda at Benavidez St. We Ate at LAMIEN it’s a shop
that specializes in noodles. They make it on the spot. Fresh dough being stretched
and pounded can be seen over their counter near the kichen.
We
were in the mood for dry noodles so we ordered
- Lamien guisado with spareribs (good for 2-3) php180
- Steamed dumplings (15pcs/order) php 160
- calamansi jusice @ 30 Ea.
The
Lamien guisado had a generous serving there were 4 big chunks of ribs. My H2B
and me were so full we could not even finish off the dumplings and had it for
take-out.
Hope
you will enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed writing this blog entry… love love
and toodles lovelies and gents.
To those who would choose a way I cannot walk, whilst I may not choose to add my power and my energy to this way, I will never deny you the gift of love that God has bestowed within me, for all creation. As I love you, so I shall be loved. As I sow, so shall I reap.