more days at sentral

i did not have my things yet, and i wasn't going to sleep on a hardwood floor.

extended my stay at sentral at another unit but the bad news was there was no hot water at this new unit.

meals:

• breakfast: salmon and black rice
• lunch: sweet greens
• dinner: bibimbap

til:

• evolution of engagement rings
  • thimble, cut off the top to become a ring
  • posie rings, secret messages or poems that only the couple knew about
  • gemstones
    • sapphire = fidelity and truth
    • ruby = passion
  • diamonds
    • De Beers campaign educated public about 4 Cs,
      • cut, carats, color, clarity. a slogan in 1947 a diamond is forever", persuading consumers that a diamond is the only acceptable stone for an engagement ring.
      • Sales of diamonds rose from $23m to$2b between 1939 and 1979