Say Hello to My Little Friends

10.07.2008
16:59

This is my lovely pandan.

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And my precious basil.

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Leaves of both plants have been included in many dishes I’ve cooked, and pandan is almost always included in our rice. Thankfully, they remain healthy and lush to this day.

They are given their daily dose of water and they live in the best part of my plant box. But I would like to believe that they remain of service to me because I also talk to them.

I can still remember how it all started. It was Christmas 2007. Both plants were still babies then and I felt it was too early for me to be snipping their leaves off. But none could be found in the supermarket and I really needed them.

I went home and hesitantly approached the plants. Then I felt that I should talk to them, tell them my dilemma – out loud. 

It seemed so silly. I first heard about talking to plants from my grandmother, but I dismissed her lesson because I couldn’t find any logic. But I could almost hear my heart telling me that it was the right thing to do.

And so I did talk out loud. I said I didn’t like to use them so soon but I could think of no other substitute for the dishes I was preparing. As I began cutting, I apologized profusely and asked them not to die. I got all of their leaves, and I thanked them for their “sacrifice.”

They did not die, but more leaves replaced the ones I cut.

I think that’s really the way these plants grow – when you cut the leaves, more grow in its place.

But I’d like to believe they’re actually being nice to me because I treat them with love and respect. We’re friends, good friends.

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