The proposal...

[freshlatoast]

To make a long story short…

Basically Christina knew that the proposal was coming. We had been seriously talking marriage for several months. Her parents already expected it. She knew I was already shopping for a diamond. I wanted to do it on or before Valentine’s Day. I ended up buying the ring in NYC on Chinese New Year’s Eve… not just that,

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[freshlatoast]

Thanks!

I think I lucked out finding this stone... since I had the ring shipped from NY to CA, I didn't have to pay tax. I did have to pay for shipping and insurance, which was $95.

Generally brilliance, fire, and sparkle (which is determined on the amount of light retained by a diamond) can be totally effected by the cut of the diamond... and the cut of the diamond thus effects the table size and depth %. I forgot the exact range of the %'s but I know the one I bought fit within those ranges. But rule of thumb, if you go with an ideal cut, chances are you are gonna find a diamond that has good table/depth % proportions.

However... I view the Solasfera cut as being ideal to perfect. There is no light leakage.
http://www.davidsdiamonds.com/solasfera/8/
And it has the highest light performance compared to other kinds of round cut designs.
http://www.davidsdiamonds.com/solasfera/9/

btw... I do currently work for CG.

[xsaviour]

i was at CG for a short time last year for a contract work..53rd floor, i really miss the view from there. you probably supported our group. really small world.

thanks for the diamond tips!

[freshlatoast]

that is weird... i've been supporting 53 since i started here... when were you working here? and what group? i'm trying to recall all the contractors that may have been on the floor...

[xsaviour]

it was summer time. i was working with the software packaging group. that lonesome QA lab where normally 3 people were stationed...typing away codes of VB script. Dave (forgot his last name) was one of them. i don't know if he still works there tho.

[freshlatoast]

Don (CONDTD) right?

I think I vaguely remember... I think I met you once briefly in the lab located up on 54.

[xsaviour]

cool, you recalled right Allen! =) wow, i guess CG still have my records..hehe

just curious, did they convert my other counterpart contractors into permanent emp. ?

[freshlatoast]

well support of the crs lab has flip flopped a lot... so the novell account is still around.

The other contractor (packager) in the Q/A lab left. Mike (mac guy) is still contracting. they hired a new contractor that sits in the lab... and hired a perm packager a while back.