Nice huh!? When I first saw the plants on Bex's house's driveway in Bataan, I immediately fell in love with it. It was already almost 5pm and its small yellow flowers were not visible anymore. Bex told me that I should wait till I see them in the morning. Tagal naman...
Anyway, I later...actually "we" later found out that its name is Mani-mani. Okay, Mani-mani it is. But if you look closely at its beautiful yellow flowers, you'll have an idea why its called Mani-mani.
Is it me or is it just me?
Showing posts with label Plants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plants. Show all posts
18 September 2007
24 August 2007
Me and My So Called Green Thumb
I like plants. Lalo na yung flowering. Kaya lang, it seems that they don't like me.
When a friend of mine (an officemate) moved to the US in 2002, she left me one of her small plants as a remembrance, eith a note saying, "For dear rheapot, love, ___ =)" I'm just not sure where it is now. Sana, it's not dead yet. I just hope she doesn't get to read this. But she doesn't have to worry, I will never forget her (wag lang niyang tatanungin kung asan yung binigay niyang plant).
When our director's assistant resigned also in 2002, I was fortunate to get the position, and I also inherited her plants, mostly violets. I did not mind at first, because as I said, I like plants, lalo na pag flowering. Kaya lang, my other officemates, everytime they would pass by my workstation, they never fail to comment that I should take care of these plants because the former owner loved them so much. That I will never hear the end of it if she finds out that they died. They keep telling me that I should take care of them, talk to them, water them frequently, but not too frequently (sheeeesh! ano ba talaga?). Then, there's the constant appearance of apids. They said the only solution was to remove them from the plants. So when I was the director's assistant, I was assistant and gardener.
One time, my sister came to my office and saw the plants inside my boss' office. She told me, "Te, you should prune your boss' plants. Ang pangit." Duhhhh!!! Fine. So I pruuuuuuuned the plants as she had suggested. Now, wala na talaga ginagawa yung gardener...
Recently, I have been filling in as our DG's assistant. He was away for more than 3 weeks and yes, he has a plant inside his office. He just got back today and while I was arranging his incoming documents yesterday, the gardener pops in saying "Ma'm, buti na lang naabutan ko kayo, matagal ko nang hindi nadidiligan yang halaman nya sa loob." Oh, no hanggang dito ba naman? Not another casualty. It was our birthday gift to DG this year. Everybody liked it because it was full of leaves -- buhay na buhay! Well, now, its not actually dead dead, but just kalbo.
When a friend of mine (an officemate) moved to the US in 2002, she left me one of her small plants as a remembrance, eith a note saying, "For dear rheapot, love, ___ =)" I'm just not sure where it is now. Sana, it's not dead yet. I just hope she doesn't get to read this. But she doesn't have to worry, I will never forget her (wag lang niyang tatanungin kung asan yung binigay niyang plant).
When our director's assistant resigned also in 2002, I was fortunate to get the position, and I also inherited her plants, mostly violets. I did not mind at first, because as I said, I like plants, lalo na pag flowering. Kaya lang, my other officemates, everytime they would pass by my workstation, they never fail to comment that I should take care of these plants because the former owner loved them so much. That I will never hear the end of it if she finds out that they died. They keep telling me that I should take care of them, talk to them, water them frequently, but not too frequently (sheeeesh! ano ba talaga?). Then, there's the constant appearance of apids. They said the only solution was to remove them from the plants. So when I was the director's assistant, I was assistant and gardener.
One time, my sister came to my office and saw the plants inside my boss' office. She told me, "Te, you should prune your boss' plants. Ang pangit." Duhhhh!!! Fine. So I pruuuuuuuned the plants as she had suggested. Now, wala na talaga ginagawa yung gardener...
Recently, I have been filling in as our DG's assistant. He was away for more than 3 weeks and yes, he has a plant inside his office. He just got back today and while I was arranging his incoming documents yesterday, the gardener pops in saying "Ma'm, buti na lang naabutan ko kayo, matagal ko nang hindi nadidiligan yang halaman nya sa loob." Oh, no hanggang dito ba naman? Not another casualty. It was our birthday gift to DG this year. Everybody liked it because it was full of leaves -- buhay na buhay! Well, now, its not actually dead dead, but just kalbo.
1, 2, 3..
10, 11, 12...
16, 17, 18...
20, 21, 22...22 leaves still hanging for dear life. Is that still technically alive?
PS No plants or any living thing were harmed while doing this blog.
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