adminKhuphuka Nasingeni
Some guys are very lucky to inherit something from their late parents.A� Not only should we value things of dollar value but even stuff of sentimental value can be passed on from generation to generation.A� Such an artefact would be of such value that should one who is part of the chain lose it would be considered a bad omen.
Todaya��s generation is not too keen on wedding dresses and jewellery worn by their great grandparents as they prefer personalised stuff over family tradition. A generationa��s jewellery footprint might have been erased in the fashion capital, Paris, where Kim Kardashian West lost her jewellery to unfashionable robbers during Parisa�� fashion week.
I guess a reshuffle of the security has been conducted. Jewellery shops must be green with envy at the value of the jewellery from one individual. I believe local jewellersa�� complete stock does not even equal a quarter of the value of Kima��s treasure trove.
An expert said that it would be easy to make even her diamond pendant unrecognisable even with the use of a kitchen knife.A� Really! How then do we keep our valuable bangles, necklaces and ear rings safe.A� Surely, we cannot be expected to wear fake lookalike ones while we keep the genuine stuff in some vault elsewhere.A� What then would be the point of owning jewellery if you cannot adorn your body with it?
On my rare visits to Johannesburg I was warned against wearing these gold necklaces and what a danger it could prove to be on the street.A� Now I can add Paris to the list! The street jewellers in Joa��burg approach you and offer to buy your jewellery on the street and they can accost you to a point that you feel very unsafe.
A friend of mine suffered a bruised neck after they had their gold necklace snatched from their neck as they waited to cross the road at traffic lights. One wonders if these guys work hand in hand with the street jewellers that specialise in gold teeth.
I have seen a couple of street jewellers in downtown Bulawayo and they usually target ladies and offer to buy their rings. Guys, I am not suggesting that the next time your madam reports her ring missing you should suspect they turned it into ready cash.A� The memories and sentimental significance embodied in a ring or necklace can never be replaced with cash, never!
I wonder if the Kardashian jewellery was insured. I need to visit my insurance company for advice. I have over the years invested in ventures that are vulnerable to the vagaries of weather with the drought having eaten up much of the value thereof.
UMzo then asked me to accompany him to get his girlfriend a present. Since that day when I helped him shop for a gold necklace, and the charming salespersona�� pitch about using jewellery as a store of value, I have been collecting jewellery and occasionally checking metal prices to update my worth! But if the Kardashians of this world, who move around with bodyguards, can lose so much jewellery and be gagged by robbers right in the middle of Paris, how safe am I, poor me. I cannot even afford half a guard.
Once you get used to your jewellery collection you can sometimes lower your guard.A� There was once this tourist that checked out of a London hotel and forgot jewellery worth 500 000 pounds. An honest chambermaid cleaning the 2500-pounds-a-night room found the jewellery and immediately alerted management.
The jewellery was unclaimed for several days as the elderly tourist had not left any telephone number. I dona��t want to imagine a scenario where I check into a hotel and find something of value . . . Intwasa has come and gone and we hope many fans legally got artefacts of sentimental value from their stars!A� Let us spare our artistes the stress, they work so hard for their money.
derick.khumalo