I had a rare opportunity to board a numberless bus yesterday. The original bus’s air con had problem and so they arranged for this backup bus. However, the driver was unable to make the bus number appears on the LEDs. He tried and tried, then asked his colleague for help. His colleague, driving the express service of the same bus number, came over to help him. While the two drivers were examine the issue. Some people took the opportunity to board the express bus while it stopped with its door opened. After a while, …

After those sprouted leaves all died without opening up, i decided to transfer the seeds to the soil.

You will noticed that one of the seed’s external has turned brown (bottom left).  The other seed’s shoot also start to dry up (bottom right).
Not long after, i saw fungi growing on them before my mum threw them away. I have 5 seeds left.

Ok, i have thought of some crazy idea. I am not going to create a muddy water for my lotus. Through surveying the world (the internet), i stumbled about a magical invention! The crystal soil! Tada!
These crystal soil can absorb water and keep the plant moisted. The crystal soil is rather cheap. They cost SGD$2 per pack and i bought a total of 8 packs (50% for my colleague). Well, i suppose it came in different quality because my “red” crystal soil went de-color after i added water to them. …

Planting lotus is tough work and here is the reason.
Many years ago, i bought some lotus seeds from a thailand florist. It was only recently my mum talked about planting lotus, then i brought out the seeds to show her. She dropped around 4-5 seeds into a small tank and changed water regularly. However, after more than a month, there was no visible change to the seeds. Then i remember i read something about hacking the seed’s shell from the shipped instructions (2 A4 pages of instructions). However, i have …

I had a lot of frustration at work lately but i am using it as an opportunity to watch out for any dhamma that could arises.  I worked until 8+pm today, with so much to do, even the notebook got so slow and overwork as well. I decided to call it quit and leave the office.  There was a lady in front of me when i left the office. I suspect she is going to take a cab and i was correct, we were walking the same direction. So i …