Dec 29

cufflinksuk-087 Speed it up, Speed it downA woman’s got her makeup, clothes, shoes, bags, accessories etc. while a man has his car or more like his “baby.” If you can remember, from the beginning of your boyhood, you were already zooming and speeding with your very first toy car. When you turned 16, you pestered your parents to enroll you in a driving school and when you passed the test it was then time to pester them again, this time for a car or “wheels” as the kids so popularly called those days so that you were one of the cool guys who drove around with a car and when you were old enough, you got your very own brand new car. This is the story of how a love affair between men and their vehicles occurred. From the classic Volkswagen to the more contemporary Mercedes Benz, men just love automotives.

 

So for the car lover in you, purchase a pair of Speedometer Cufflinks to personify your life as a driver and to go with your personal love for cars. This will remind you not to drive too fast and not to drive too slow either. You wouldn’t want to get your first speeding ticket do you? It will make a great gift for anyone you know who’s learning to drive to remind him of the right speed limit.

 

So whether you’re just taking a drive or at the office, these modern cufflinks make another great addition to your silver cufflinks collection and also to your wardrobe.

Dec 2

cd-244 Soaring in Fear of HeightsWhen we were younger, the adults in our life often give us toys that are supposed to remind us of how they want us to be when we grow up. Uncle Firefighter gave us a toy fire truck for our birthday. Aunt Nurse gave us a toy stethoscope for Christmas. Cousin Pilot gave us a remote controlled airplane.

 

These toys may not encompass the essence of the real thing. No wonder, we don’t get to become the firefighters, nurses and aviators when we grow up which easily becomes the subject of their dismay. They should have realized that from the start. You don’t get to become a pilot just because you are exposed to toy airplanes.

 

It’s like wanting to fly and completely forgetting about your fear of heights. Now that you’re old enough, you have to choose your own path, whether you like it or not. You get back to the representations of the dreams you thought you had and get disillusioned by the fact that those dreams don’t seem to elicit the same reaction from you now. Instead, all you are left with are disappointments and frustrations. All that because you think that you have ever dreamt at all when in fact, it was their dreams you’ve been trying to actualize all along.

 

What you do then is to try and go your own way. You try out every college interview, wearing your best shirt and a pair of silver cufflinks because they say that presentation is more than enough. At least, in that sense, they were right. Because when you’ve worn your favorite animal cufflinks in a business school interview, they didn’t imagine you wearing anything better.

 

So you try the aviation school hoping that the little you know about planes will do you good. But truth is, what got you are those Airplane Jet Pilot Aviator Cufflinks on your sleeves.

 

And then you’ll realize that reality is no longer important. It’s merely a system of representation after all.

Nov 19

RR-213 Cufflinks to Remind You of the Great Days When You Were Still CarelessYou have never really been the conventional type ever since? Back in high school, you were one of the outsider crowd. Actually, what you had wasn’t even a crowd as most people like you seem to go their way in solitude. But all that became different when you finished college and was forced to go with the flow or else you’ll end up the dirtbag forever.

 

Now there you are clad in your business suits accented by a nice tie and a pair of silver cufflinks. But hey, what was that biker cufflinks doing on the sleeves of your polo shirt? Certainly, decades sans the leader jacket and studded boots aren’t ready to leave you alone. Not especially now that you can buy your own Harley Davidson’s. But of course, you now know better than what you did back in the days when you and your sports bike have gone through all that racing with a little too much to drink. Now, you can only than the heavens you are alive and you swear you won’t be as careless ever again.

 

But that doesn’t mean that you have fully given up your love for motorcycles. To you, that’s what Saturdays are made for and that’s the only way you can maintain that kid’s voice in you whenever you feel as if you are not yourself anymore. That’s your only escape. And that can never be replaced by any Motocross Cufflinks in the world. You just need the real thing and you need it badly. So you find your way back into that world again at least for a day. And cherish every moment of it because the next day, you are back to the reality you have chosen, again.

May 18

cd315 Graduation Gift Made Easy

My cousin has a passion for airplanes! He is not really into the latest jet planes or passenger aircrafts. He is more interested in the earlier and rudimentary mechanical aircrafts. His particular obsessions were biplanes and triplanes. He used to fly a biplane himself, actually. I, personally, am terrified to death of even climbing up the tiny and exposed seats with thin wings. I felt much safer encased in glass and steel in sturdy structures. Nevertheless, biplanes are already more common than triplanes, I think. These are also fixed-wing aircrafts but with three separate wings parallel to each other. My cousin says the wingspans are wider and the turns it can make, sharper. While I could not really appreciate all the raving about the glory days of these ancient relics, I was at least happy that his interests were so specific. This made shopping for my graduation gift for him so much easier! He has finally finished his training and is going to join the air force soon. For someone who owns a lot of stuff already and doesn’t really need the money, finding a gift can be very challenging. Cufflinks were a good option, though. I found these whole series of aviation cufflinks online and thought I’d get him a plain plane-shaped one since he was joining the air force. Thankfully, I was lucky enough to chance upon these really unique triplane airplane cufflinks! It’s unique, and represents something he has always loved. Whether he actually uses it or not, I’m sure he’ll keep it with him always!