My fingers are still green. Hallelujah!

Met up with Kamy, a girlfriend of mine from schooldays, for lunch last week, right about the start of Sunshine's drama.  

Kamy is not an average girl like you and me who would go mad shopping for clothes and shoes and god knows what else (we girls buys everything under the sun).  She only goes mad if she is shopping for plants.  Like a child let loose in ToyR'Us.  She thinks a piece of blouse for RM30 is too expensive but a pot of plant for RM30 is justifiable.  Lols...     Remember my 'love love' (elephant) plant?

And my lilies which I blogged about sometime ago over here?  Yeah, she is the one who gave them to me.  Check out how much they have grown.  :)  But, still no flowers yet.  Kamy told me by the look of it, I should be able to expect some colours blooming out of it next year!  But then again,  I am not expecting much also.  As long as they don't die on me, I am a happy girl!

Our lunch sessions always involved a couple of big cumbersome bags filled with potted plants from her to me.  And I am always very delighted with what's in the bags.  It felt like surprise.  Peeking thru the bags, not knowing what to expect, is, exciting.  This time round, I immediately spotted a bright red flower in one of those bags.  A fully bloomed geberra!  How pretty!!!

There is not only geberra, she gave me a pot of this too... petunias.

And a pot of this cute-greeny plant (dunno what is it's name).

And another pot of cute-greeny plant... still dunno what is it's name.

And another 'love love' plant (elephant ears), much bigger species compared to the first pot that was given to me.  This one comes with a tinge of pink around the center of the leafs!

And this one, my favourite, known as 'Pegaga' in the local language, and in English, they are called 'Pennywort'.  Did some survey and found out that not only does Pegaga look pleasing to the eye (loves it vivid green and shiny dainty leaves), it has medicinal uses too.  Apparently they are good for purifying the blood and curing nervous conditions and also said to be good for the eyes.  Besides, the herbs is also used in tonics to improve memories and by eating 2 leaves each day, it is able to relieve arthritis pain.  Interesting.  No wonder when the kakak (helper) saw my plant, she said it looks edible.  I told her.. "No, no... don't you go around start eating my plants... ".. she laughed.

They are all so pretty isn't it?  It's strange but I sort of enjoying this gardening business though it can get pretty frustrating sometimes when a certain plant look sick or why a certain plant doesn't bloom or when the damn dog goes on one of his rampage and start digging into the pots.  But all in all, it is still enjoyable.