Last night, I was at Eastwood with my mom and her friends. While they were drinking at one of the bars there, I decided to check out the tiangges near the citywalk. There was one stall where all the accessories had a very down-to-earth, hippie-ish feel, and the designs were unique, elegant and a tad bit understated ( I regret not taking a picture). I was looking around when the owner of the stall said that some of her accessories uses carabao horns, which makes them relatively expensive because carabao horns are difficult to procure. The name of the fashion accessories store is Klasse Murae by Nicole Roxas.

 For a long time I've been thinking of getting Derp something so he wouldn't mope around so much on days when I'm in the province. I thought of getting him a cool leather wristband or an earthy-type of bracelet. While browsing through her stall, I spotted these necklaces with the pendants made of carabao horn with the yin-yang symbol engraved on it. I was like ZOMG THIS IS PERFECT.

The necklace.

Close up for details

I plan to give this to him tomorrow hurhurhurhur. I now have sporadic anxiety levels because I dunno if he'll like it.

 Carabaos represent strength and resilience for me ( I used to have this fantasy of owning one in my backyard) and the yin-yang represents balance of the masculine- feminine polarity of individuals (aka light-darkness polarity for some). Derp's birth path (life lesson) according to his numerology is an 8. 8 represents balance in all aspects of your life and is one of the most challenging life lessons.

Well, I can always wear it if he won't like it. Hurr durr durr. I think it's awesome.

I happen to have a ring that also has a yin-yang symbol so it's quite meaningful.

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