Where to buy.... (Come in & help me please!)

• Detached

  3 Mar 09, 00:13

  Originally posted by viciouskitty74:

  Nice kid.

  And yah, jade is very subjective.  Some can be cheap, some can be terribly expensive for a fake stone.

  Do you live near market centrals?  Do walk thru during the mornings, you might find some really old ladies setting up a floor stall and selling jade stuffs they purchased long time ago in China.

  Or Taka I see from someone's attachment is a good choice. 

  The most places to find jades is either Chinatown or Fu Lu Shou Building area (Bugis).  But cannot garantee they are real or cheap.

  I had one, broke it when I landed my wrist heavily on something.  The bangle broke several hours later, and landed on a shop wooden floor loudly.  The sound shocked a lot of people around me.  And I was advised that it probably broked because it shielded me from some disaster.

   

  
  Those neighbourhood jewellery shops can trust? Wah lau, I don't know her size... mati liao

• Detached

  3 Mar 09, 00:16

  Mom's birthday's 2 days from now.. omfg..

  Can help please help liao..

• TehJarVu

  3 Mar 09, 00:16

  Originally posted by Detached:

  This is Chinese Jade or Burmese Jadeite ah?

  Noopi.. do you happen to know how to tell a piece of good jade from a lousier quality ones?

  How come so cheap???
  

  
  
  burmese

  i dunno how to see, agar quite nice 就对了

  i asked them if it's real stone harvested from the mountain?! not man-made stuff hor?!
  they said yes real stone from the mountain and i had a feeling they were truthful
  and i said a bit white white wor issit 白玉？they said no
  i think they nvr try to bluff me
  so bought it lor

  tt time after cny everywhere oso sale and discount a lot a lot

• Detached

  3 Mar 09, 00:19

  Originally posted by TehJarVu:

  
  
  burmese

  i dunno how to see, agar quite nice 就对了

  i asked them if it's real stone harvested from the mountain?! not man-made stuff hor?!
  they said yes real stone from the mountain and i had a feeling they were truthful
  and i said a bit white white wor issit 白玉？they said no
  i think they nvr try to bluff me
  so bought it lor

  tt time after cny everywhere oso sale and discount a lot a lot

  
  Wah.. 20 bucks is really a frigging good deal.. but mookie told me not to get anything from Taka leh.. =X

  I probably chiong those neighbourhood shops see see look look tml... time is running out..

• TehJarVu

  3 Mar 09, 00:21

  http://crystalsandjewelry.com/metaphysicalproperties_j.html

• Detached

  3 Mar 09, 00:23

  Originally posted by TehJarVu:

  http://crystalsandjewelry.com/metaphysicalproperties_j.html

  
  Noopi.. When u bought that for your friend ah.. how did u estimate if it'd fit?

• TehJarVu

  3 Mar 09, 00:24

  Originally posted by Detached:

  
  Wah.. 20 bucks is really a frigging good deal.. but mookie told me not to get anything from Taka leh.. =X

  I probably chiong those neighbourhood shops see see look look tml... time is running out..

  
  yup i oredi said this is not what you are after
  u better go and look at what u fancy

• Detached

  3 Mar 09, 00:25

  Originally posted by TehJarVu:

  
  yup i oredi said this is not what you are after
  u better go and look at what u fancy

  

  Okay okay... mati jiak curry liao..

• TehJarVu

  3 Mar 09, 00:27

  Originally posted by Detached:

  
  Noopi.. When u bought that for your friend ah.. how did u estimate if it'd fit?

  
  i used the lady's hand to agar

  they got a small size
  i see so hard to go in
  and then a bigger one was quite nice but the lady said tt is for very big hand/wrist
  so i chose the medium one which has the 色泽 tt i think is nice

• caleb_chiang

  3 Mar 09, 00:28

  You know how to see jade or not? Wait buy a lousy one how?

• Detached

  3 Mar 09, 00:29

  Originally posted by TehJarVu:

  
  i used the lady's hand to agar

  they got a small size
  i see so hard to go in
  and then a bigger one was quite nice but the lady said tt is for very big hand/wrist
  so i chose the medium one which has the 色泽 tt i think is nice

  
  Wah lau.. so smart..

  Then I agar agar oso liao  

  Tml I go neighbourhood shop look for something green green de... then whack liao

• Detached

  3 Mar 09, 00:29

  Originally posted by caleb_chiang:

  You know how to see jade or not? Wait buy a lousy one how?

  
  Then you refund me?

• viciouskitty74

  3 Mar 09, 00:30

  Originally posted by Detached:

  
  Those neighbourhood jewellery shops can trust? Wah lau, I don't know her size... mati liao

  
  Try grab your mothers wrist with your plam and fingers encircling her lah.  Maybe pretending to move her out of the way when you need to get to your toothbrush or a cup to drink water lah.

  Then use the feeling of the palm to see whether got a jade ring that can be about 1/2 inch wider then how you encircled your mom's wrist.

  If you not sure of neighbourhood jewellery shops, then Taka is your best bet lor.

• viciouskitty74

  3 Mar 09, 00:32

  I see how, me also want to check out Taka.

  Maybe its time I wear jade bangles again.  Since the right wrist was broken, a jade bangle on that wrist will make me more careful with using that hand.

  But I see my friend got from her godfather a jade bangle.  Me think maybe others might think I am copying her. (U guys dont make joke.  This godfather is got pray to god with incence & the godmother also acknowledge this goddaughter one.)

• TehJarVu

  3 Mar 09, 00:33

  i saw at raffles city some china stalls at the atrium, tt time cny promo mah
  those white white jade bangles they selling at $400, $500 sia
  so the next day i went back to Taka to grab the $20 one which i saw the night before

  if it is a lousy jade
  lousy lousy lor
  $20 nia
  and the thing is i think it is nice

• TehJarVu

  3 Mar 09, 00:35

  ok i will show u one more
  this one is heirloom one
  this one is real good stuff

  wait ah

• Detached

  3 Mar 09, 00:35

  Originally posted by TehJarVu:

  i saw at raffles city some china stalls at the atrium, tt time cny promo mah
  those white white jade bangles they selling at $400, $500 sia
  so the next day i went back to Taka to grab the $20 one which i saw the night before

  if it is a lousy jade
  lousy lousy lor
  $20 nia
  and the thing is i think it is nice

  
  wah 400 - 500... exceed budget lah..

  me aiming not more than 300+ one =X

• Detached

  3 Mar 09, 00:36

  Originally posted by TehJarVu:

  ok i will show u one more
  this one is heirloom one
  this one is real good stuff

  wait ah

  
  

  Can give me?

• viciouskitty74

  3 Mar 09, 00:37

  Originally posted by Detached:

  
  wah 400 - 500... exceed budget lah..

  me aiming not more than 300+ one =X

  
  Do the $20 wan lah.

  The rest, treat your mother to a good meal, maybe give her a angbao with the remainder of the $$$.

  The thing about jade, is that your heart is in it.  To let her have something, that protects and take care of her.  And also for her to be reminded of you.

• Detached

  3 Mar 09, 00:39

  Originally posted by viciouskitty74:

  
  Do the $20 wan lah.

  The rest, treat your mother to a good meal, maybe give her a angbao with the remainder of the $$$.

  The thing about jade, is that your heart is in it.  To let her have something, that protects and take care of her.  And also for her to be reminded of you.

  
  She'll probably wear it long term.. of course if she's wearing it long time.. u want something nicer on her..

• viciouskitty74

  3 Mar 09, 00:44

  Originally posted by Detached:

  
  She'll probably wear it long term.. of course if she's wearing it long time.. u want something nicer on her..

  
  Jade bangles are very fragile. Chances are, if she does a lot of housework in the house, she cant wear it as often.

  And its said, that jade turns greener the longer the wearer wears it, making it look beautiful. And mine did indeed looks greener since I ever wore it.

  So the idea about jade is.  It does not matter if its looks whitish or cheap.  The wearer can make the jade look beautiful.

• MooKu

  3 Mar 09, 00:47

  Originally posted by viciouskitty74:

  
  Jade bangles are very fragile. Chances are, if she does a lot of housework in the house, she cant wear it as often.

  And its said, that jade turns greener the longer the wearer wears it, making it look beautiful. And mine did indeed looks greener since I ever wore it.

  So the idea about jade is.  It does not matter if its looks whitish or cheap.  The wearer can make the jade look beautiful.

  I feel that if it's supposed to do something like protect the wearer from harm, then we should be more selective in choosing one of reasonably good quality...

• Keii

  3 Mar 09, 00:50

  I've always been under the impression that a jade item should be chosen personally by the wearer. There's this... feel and understanding between soon-to-be owner and object.

   

  /shrugs

  I could be wrong.

• viciouskitty74

  3 Mar 09, 00:51

  Errm....protecting from harm?

  Maybe its just me, so correct me if I am wrong.

  The protect from harm part, I think its about finding a stone with less impurities or already existing crack lines.  Be it the veins of the stone or actual breaks.  Cos the breaks signifies that it help you ward off a disaster.

  Having it beautiful is a different idea.

   

   

  Me also only thinking from memory about this.  So not sure whether I really am old enough to sprout this nonsense.

• viciouskitty74

  3 Mar 09, 00:54

  Originally posted by Keii:

  I've always been under the impression that a jade item should be chosen personally by the wearer. There's this... feel and understanding between soon-to-be owner and object.

   

  /shrugs

  I could be wrong.

  
  That too, is sometimes how people feel about the stones....aka the crystals.  Like those pink crystals or purple crystals stone caves thingies you find at Fu Lu Shou Building.

  Something to do with fengshui and dunno what else, cos stones are minerals.....