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The Plants in my Office Room

As I was sitting in my desk this morning while drinking my hot tea, I happened to look around the four corners of my office room, then I noticed that there are many different plants surrounds me. There were seven of them in my room only!  The eighth was a plastic flower. I don't know why the first thing that came into my mind was to take a picture for each of them, maybe because they looked very lovely in my sight.  Anyway, here are some of the pictures that I captured this morning:

The first picture was the plant near in my window and its height is about 1.5 meters tall. It is my favorite among them all. It was added in my room since one year ago.  According to one of our maintenance staff, the company bought it for Kd 12.000 which is equivalent to Php 2,000 in Philipines.

This second picture was the plant placed beside my file cabinet.  It was added in my room one month ago and it is one of the most famous and noticebale one. Everyone who saw it said that it was very lovely. It has 1.5 feet tall and I don't know how much its cost.

The third picture was a plastic one, I just included it in this post since I found it very attractive.  As shown, it was placed behind my printer and fax machine.  It was added in my room since 2 years ago. The flowers are really lovely and it looks real, sometimes it made my guest asked if it was plastic or real and I just answered touch it! It made my office room very feminine too.   

The plant in this 4th picture really made me laugh when they placed it in my room few days ago.  I asked the driver where did they got this plant and he said they bought it, I asked him how much the cost and he told me it was Kd 3.500 which is equivalent to Php 592.00 in Philippines! LOL :) He asked me why I was laughing, then I told him that this plant has no cost in Philippines, we can find it everywhere. He said it was from Holland!  Then, our GM arrived and said "WOW what a lovely plants!" that made me laughed even more (deep inside only because I don't want to upset him, I might be fired! LOL :) . While watching it this morning, it reminded me of my mother's lovely plants way back home in Philippines, she has many collections of these plants and far more beautiful than the one in the picture.

This last picture was the one placed above my file cabinet as shown, it was added in my room since 3 years ago and it grows very quickly, I cut some of its stems every 2 months.  These plant can live both in water and soil that's why I placed some of the stems I cut in vase full of water and it grows easily, tiny roots will appear after few days.

Potpourri

I just want to share one of the things that am interested to do at home being a woman, that is collection of potpourris. I've been interested in this stuff since several years ago and I always have it in my room, in the leaving room, in my office room and in my desk as well. I like the scents, the looks and everything about it.  The picture above was my favorite one at home, not only the scents but the sentimental value on it that worth keeping for. Some of the petals in that potpouri was given to me by my hubby 3 years ago, and the other half was the petals of the red rosses that he had given to me on our last anniversary. I never throw the flowers that I had, I waited for it to dry and and put it in a vase or any container, when the scents were almost gone, I sprayed oil perfumes on it.  This is also great in bedrooms with scented candles for a romantic evening.  Potpourri last for several years especially if it is being kept in a nice way, just spray oil perfumes on it when the natural scents are gone so that you can feel and experience the romantic scene it can give you.

Plastic or Real?

The question that almost all our guests asked us when they visited our home. They were referring to the flower I placed above the table. My common answer was "What do you think? touch it."

Actually the flower is not real but if you don't cross-examine it, it really looks like a real one. Very tricky! 

Plastic or real? This is not only applied to that flower in our home, nowadays it is very hard to identify true people, even a friend which you consider as your best friend may sometimes let you think twice if he/she is plastic or real? Sometimes the person whom you trusted most was the first one to betray you, only then you realized that he/she was indeed a plastic one. 

When I was a student, people around me labeled me as snob, I wonder why because deep within me I was not that type. It just happened that I am not very friendly gal but I can easily smile to everybody whom I think is worth smiling for.  That's the real one.  I don't want to make good to somebody when I don't like him/her deep within.  If I smiled to somebody, then that smile was came from my heart. Now, I don't mind people labeled me as snob if it is true, that's the real me.  I want to be transparent in everything and one thing I am sure of is I am not a plastic one.  I am a real person.

What about you? Plastic or Real?