Weekend Reflections- Things are not as they seem

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Carnivorous plant

Looks can be deceiving. Sometimes what we perceive can turn out to be extremely different from what we have in mind.

While at the Phuket Botanic Gardens we came across these carnivorous plants. I can’t really identify all of them as they were not labelled but the ones that I recognized was the pitcher plant.

Pitcher Plant

It was the first time that the boys have seen such plants. They were thrilled to find out that there are plants that actually eat insects instead of being food for insects.

If you do not know the above plants have a pitfall trap. They lure the unsuspecting insect into the “cup” by enticing them with sweet nectar. When the prey falls into the cup it is slowly digested by the plant as food.

Have you seen such plants before?

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December 14, 2012

Weekend Reflections: Birthday Celebrations and Making Memories

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Doggie boy's birthday cake

Doggie boy turned 6 this week and this year he requested for an Angry Bird Space cake for his birthday. He had been having an overload of Angry bird since we visited the Angry Bird Space Playground at the airport last month. He was really happy to see his birthday cake and had a cake cutting session with his school mates.

Blowing out the candles

He tried blowing out his candles with gusto but was surprised when it started to relight by itself. He didn’t know that we bought relighting candles and it would take him and his siblings 7 attempts to get all the candles blown off. It was a good investment for $1.50.

birthday celebration

It was the last time that he would be celebrating his birthday with his Kindergarten friends as he will be entering Elementary school come January 2013. I know that he will be missing the cozy environment and all the friends that had been together with him for the past few years.The birthday celebration marks and end to his preschool life and a closure to a chapter of his life.

I’m sure looking back at the photos and videos which I took on this birthday he will certainly have warm and fuzzy thoughts on his mind.