third post!
March 22, 2006I was supposed to write something FUNny today unfortunately, my conscience is eating me (or I’m just plain scared that a friend would beat me to death upon reading my post). Anyway, to all my friends wondering what the heck was that all about, send me an instant message and I’ll tell you all about it (complete with visual aid. ;P ).
Now, to my real story. I had a great time last night. Got to spend a couple of hours with my boyfriend, had dinner (by the way, crème brulee at Pizza Hut is awwwful), and strolled around Parksquare. We saw a store selling girlie accessories and bought a pair of pearl earrings.
We asked the saleslady if those were real and she said they were freshwater pearls. I was wondering if what she really meant by freshwater was plastic. Being a smart ass, I asked her further if those pearls are the ones that were artificially developed and how much do genuine pearls cost. She said that freshwater pearls are really developed artificially and that the genuine pearls (referred to as South Sea Pearls ) are sold at eight thousand pesos per piece (in case anyone is interested, they sell those precious pearls at Greenhills). Not very satisfied with her answer, I searched for the info at the internet (whereelse?!) and found out that the main difference between the two is that freshwater pearls are produced in great abundance while South Sea pearls are not. The quality of South Sea pearls are of course much better than freshwater pearls. For those who didn’t get what I just said, you may visit this site.
