I bypassed lunch with Anand, Linda, Bill and Manish and headed off to meet up with Bindu. <\/p>\n
It took forever to arrive at her house. Workers had dug a giant hole in the middle of the road and we (Shanta \u2013 my driver) and I drove through a number of back alleys in an attempt to find a route to her house. Once we arrived, we picked up Bindu and headed out shopping for Gold. <\/p>\n
Originally, I had planned to pick up matching 22k gold rings for Drew and I to use at our renewal of vows ceremony. Matching men\u2019s and ladies rings aren\u2019t common in India, however, many people had told me that rings weren\u2019t difficult to have made \u2013 I just needed to pick out a style I liked and they\u2019d make a mans or woman\u2019s ring to match it. Unfortunately, things didn\u2019t turn out that way. I finally narrowed my choices down to two very nice rings only to be told that the rings were originally made in Singapore and that the jewelers\u2019 staff wasn\u2019t skilled enough to make a second ring. In order to have one specially made and imported from Singapore, I\u2019d have to wait up to two months. Guess we\u2019ll be falling back on our original plan of Celtic rings imported from the UK\u2026 <\/p>\n
However, I\u2019m not about to turn up my nose at jewelry made in 22k gold for approx 17$ CDN a gram. I just have to find a suitable bracelet or chain for Drew, and pick out something nice for myself while I\u2019m at it. Since we\u2019re running short of time, we\u2019ll be returning to shop for gold another day. <\/p>\n
I drop Bindu off at home and head off to work. I\u2019m beginning to think I might have to start paying rent for my space in this building \u2013 for all the time I\u2019ve been spending here! <\/p>\n
Anand has graciously volunteered to assist me in picking something suitable for Drew on the jewelry front. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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