Memory Wire... What the heck is it?!

I've posted this in my tumblr but it's in Bahasa Indonesia and I wanted to give it a go in English.

So, in searching for a cool jewelry inspiration, I stumbled upon two words, "memory wire". I had no idea what a memory wire is. Could it remember something? Or was it like electricity cable? I was seriously clueless.

After doing a serious googling, I founded out that memory wire is a type of wire that could retain its shape. Then it came to my mind a certain bracelet with blue cat's eye beads that I had years ago which use this particular wire. I also see such bracelets at accessories shops and even had the liberty to explain to my sister about this particular wire.

What I didn't know was that I had actually bought a pack of memory wire without knowing it. I thought it was just normal wire (again, normal here means not too thick, nor too thin). It looks thin and easy to bend but when I actually tried to bend it, oh boy... you don't want to know.

That's when I realized that I actually had memory wire all this time. The one that I have reminds me of slinky. I wouldn't play it like one tho, because it easily gets tangled. And believe me, when it's tangled, it is difficult to sort it out. Trust me, I've tried to untangle it from the start of National Treasure 2 until the end - which includes the credit rolls - and it is still tangled. Boo.

Fooling around with the memory wire. :D