Friday, March 04, 2005
Late last nite, I received a call from one of my uncles & he told me to go mandi bunga to buang suei... Get a lot of flowers, he said... about $3-$5... I nearly sniggered when I heard that... cos it's ok to get a whole bunch of blooms or just the petals for that price in Sgp. But in Perth, it'll be a miracle if u can find a shop that sells for anything under $12 for a quickly-put-together-by-someone-colourblind-who-also-has-no-clue-about-beauty-at-all bouquet of really ugly mix of flowers!! I mean, why & who invented these ugly bouquets in the first place?Anyway, I won't be able to get to the nearest Woolies or Coles cos it's a bit far to walk. And if I were to wait for Kris to bring me there, shops would have been closed. So, I really have no choice but to cut off all the rose blooms in my frontyard. Five of my 7 rose bushes are blooming luxuriously... with my fave Fragrant Purple really voluminous - it'll be a waste to cut them... But they'll blossom for me soon...
I need to get outside & cut them off, but I'm just waiting for the sun to get back in behind the clouds!! The start of autumn has seen thundery showers & low temperatures, but it's pretty sunny & hot out there right now!! Maybe I'll wait for after 4pm... Anyway, the secateurs are in the big dark shed... maybe I'll wait for Kris to get it for me... Then again, I may want to do it sooner.... ~sigh~
One more thing... my uncle also mentioned for me to put the petals & the water in a big pail... Hmmm.... we don't have a really big pail like the baldi we have in sgp to soak all the clothes... we have a bathtub, why would we have a big pail? Anyway, I was thinking of putting the whole concoction into the bathtub, sealing off under the door so that the water won't rush off into the hallway carpet, and having the flower bath out of the tub (since the water can't be re-used), in front of the vanity... Well, I'll have to lug out the linen drum & my radio, but that's no big deal...
Now... I've got a question for my uncle... should I just put the petals in only or the entire head of bloom? hmmmm...
