I went to Beijing a year ago, and stayed there for 5 months as I studied and more often didn't study (or, well, an alternative kind of study) . It's a fantastic country and it was my first experience living abroad. Anyways, I recently lost my surprisingly most used souvenir from the country.
That was part of a glass bottle for tea. It was pretty neat because I got it without expecting it, as they gave them to you if you decided to buy their chilled Oolong tea.
I got used to using this thing to carry my tea around everywhere, and I've been using it for almost a year bringing my tea to class or work. I actually developed a connection to this bottle as it was kind of neat looking and it reminded me of China everytime I went for a sip of tea.
But now its time is over and I'll have to find new memories. Maybe there's something to learn here about holding too much sentimentality in an object, but learning to let go doesn't mean my morning wasn't spoiled without my tea.