I have always been a sucker for gardens. Thanks to my friend I enrolled in a gardening & (no) landscaping class at the local community college. My knowledge of the plants the maintenance have grown. Main reason for the enrolling being that all sorts of plants I have had in pots in my balcony "graveyard" have perished. Appallingly I discovered that it was due to over-caring!

Anyways since I have already tried my hands at carnations and roses I thought to see how tulips fare in the pot. Alas..Too late in the season for flowers and the harsh harsh sun burnt the leaves. I was told to feed it and wait till next spring. Arrrr! Since the advice was to feed my plants fertilizers,I have done precisely that. Add to the "I-have-added-fertilizers-garden-will-grow" feeling , the garden makeover shows and you have me impatiently waiting for flowers and leaf sprouting like mad!! All this anticipation with just one feed of fertilizer..Today!!

Grow I say G-R-O-W...Now!!

Why don't some ppl pick up after themselves?not doing that once in a while is understandable. but Every-Blooming-Day?? after brekkie there will be 1/2 a banana or half a mango('tis in season..YEY!!!) on the counter...then do they consume it during the day..Oh NOOO...it just sits there. why don't I clean it u ask? well because I am so tired of doing so and of telling that particular person!!! so it just sits there. then the next morning..another half a fruit grins at me from atop the counter. then there the issues of unwashed cups/plates dirty spoons(again on counter!). believe me it is not a welcoming sight(or site 4 that matter). and so much for the kitchen that was clean and the counter that was mess-less. GRRRR.

any idea as how to bring about lasting clean kitchen? (oh BTW..the person responsible for the mess is a 36 year old!)

Why is name changing a big issue? Isn't it personal?
I haven't changed my surname to that of my hubby's after our marriage. other than the two of us everyone else seems to be bothered about the fact that I have not done so!! I went in for a radio program/ad for the temple activities somewhere in March, there the presenter (who happened to be our friend) asked for the complete name and I gave the "unaltered". He looked at me as if I was a weird creature...Who was unaware of how things worked. He extended to offer his sympathies to my husband(Ha! The nerve!), telling how he got his wife to change her surname immediately after their marriage. "Poor soul" I thought, not even having the freedom to decide if she wanted to change the name...Having to bow down to pressure like this...and to think it was a love marriage(u'd think that he would have the manners to ask her first if she wanted the change)(her accepting and not accepting is besides the point!!)

Then he asked me what my title was..Mrs, or Miss(latter because I was still using my maiden name). I told him that, like "Mr" (for bachelors and married men alike) there's a term now called "Ms" for women. he argued that it was for divorced women.What The..! A detailed explanation followed about human rights and the like, which resulted in him using no title when he uttered my name!

yesterday after my debut in acting, one of my friends came up to me and said that she was surprised to note that I hadn't changed the name! WHAT?? hellooooo...it's a personal choice ....and there's no rule stating that u have to change ur name once you are married. if it's so then how come guys don't have to change theirs?

Grrrrr.......