Marimo World #7: Reshaping the marimos
28 June 2016
It is normal for marimos to lose their spherical shape.
It is normal for marimos to lose their spherical shape.
In their natural habitat, the water current of the river
keeps their shape as firm as a ball.
But at home, we have to nurture them
and keep their spherical shape
by gently rolling each marimo between two palms.
Do so regularly, especially during their weekly bathing time.
Sometimes, when my marimos seem splitting,
I use thread to reshape them.
I normally leave them like this for a couple of months
before I remove the thread.
It works all the time.
Happy trying!!!
Happy trying!!!
Tutorial: Water plants in jars with mosquito net
How to cover your 'water plant in jar' decoration?
In some countries where dengue mosquitoes are well-known to you (including Malaysia),
you must cover the mouth of your 'water plant in jar'.
Dengue mosquitoes love to lay their eggs in clean and still water.
You can use a piece of net cloth/PU, rubber band and ribbon (optional).
I got the net from my old bath scrub.
You can also use anything similar, including the net cloth from a door-gift (usually contains sweets and candies) you often receive at any wedding ceremonies. This is a very common door-gift in Malaysia, but I am not sure whether it is or not in the UK.
**This picture was taken from: http://www.renowngift.com.my/
Bye now!!!
Lemon in Honey
This is so delicious and easy to make!
Keep in your fridge for one day before you can it deliciously.
Simply eat every slice of the lemon...it tastes marvelous!
Enjoy!!!
Marimo World #6: Floating marimo
Naturally, there are three types of marimos:
Type 1: they sink and stay still at the bottom
Type 2: they always float following the water current
Type 3: they are attached to something like rocks or drift woods.
But generally, the ones we have at home are the first type
which always sink and stay still at the bottom.
Unless, you bought the second or third type of marimos
which are also available in store and online.
**I do have Type 3 marimos which I made them myself
using Type 1 marimos, attaching to a driftwood.
I will show you the tutorial next time here.
For now, I am only focusing on the Type 1 marimos.
Why does a marimo float?
It is normal for a marimo to float, sometimes.
In my case, it happens especially after I squeeze it to do
its regular cleaning and bathing, once a week.
The air makes it to float,
as the water has been squeezed out of the marimo.
It takes about 2 - 3 days to sink back at the bottom.
But normally, on second day, it will be dancing and rolling
in the water depending on the water current.
It will sink back and stay still at the bottom of the tank
on the third day.
However, this only happens to my large and extra large marimos.
My small marimos always sink at the bottom
even after their cleaning and bathing time.
People say, the marimos also float because
of their photosynthesis routine.
They want to get more light, so they do float closer to
the water surface out of the blue.
But my marimos have never done so.
So far, they only float after they have been squeezed.
That's all.
Bye now!
**See more related posts:
--- EXTRA LARGE size marimos/moss balls
--- EXTRA SMALL size marimos/moss balls
Water plants in used jars
I have quite a few types of water plants in my aquarium,
which I purchased from a local pet store long time ago.
So I cut about 2-3 stalks from each water plant to make these.
TUTORIAL:
-Fill 1/3 of your jar with aquarium gravels.
-You can use anything you have eg: glass/tumbler, backyard stones/small rocks.
-Put your plant in...bury its bottom part with the gravels (as if you're covering its root...although it doesn't have roots) so it won't move or float later on.
-Next, fill in the jar with tap water.
-Finally, place it anywhere you like, to give a touch of nature and water.
-Don't forget to change the water regularly....once a week, perhaps.
****P/S: In some countries where dengue mosquitoes are well-known to you (including Malaysia), please make sure to cover the mouth of each jar. I suggest, you can use a piece of net cloth/PU, rubber band and ribbon (optional). Click here for the tutorial.
Bye now!!!
Fort Augustus, Inverness, Scotland
I visited this place last year, 8 February 2015.
but it's like only yesterday I witnessed this divine view of Earth paradise.
Any parts of Scotland will never disappoint anyone.
Each place is just magnificent in its own way!!
Even pictures taken cannot do justice to what I've seen, seriously.
Loch ness
It is believed to be a home of a water monster.
The belief is almost similar to
one of the Malay folk tales,
one of the Malay folk tales,
the legend of Naga Tasek Chini (the Monster of Chini Lake).
The Loch ness monster is called Nessie.
Such a majestic view taken from an old bridge....
yes, very old indeed...
See Fort William.
Marimo World #5: Marimos in my aquarium
Different people have different ways of presenting their marimos.
Some people like to put marimos
in a crystal bowl, glass tumbler or even clear water bottle.
As for me, I simply put my marimos in an aquarium.
I don't have fish in my aquarium....only plants which I regularly change
and re-decorate over times.
I don't usually switch on the filter pump
because it is not necessary to do so....
I would have to if I had fish in it.
Plus, marimos work as an aquarium filter too.
Each marimo is like a sponge ball.
That's why you have to clean every marimo you have
once every two weeks
to remove dirt it might have absorbed.
It also reduces the growth of algae
because marimo absorbs the same nutrients as algae does.
So people believe that marimo can fight algae growth.
Bye now!!
**See my previous posts about:
--- EXTRA LARGE size marimos/moss balls
--- EXTRA SMALL size marimos/moss balls
Caerphilly Castle, Wales
It had been my childhood dream to visit a castle like this!
It is exactly like in the movie!
Keukenhof Holland
20 April 2016
It was really an amazing experience!!!
I would love to visit Keukenhof Gardens again and again!
You can refer to my previous post about my trip to Amsterdam too.
I visited Keukenhof Park with a great friend of mine.
It was a wonderful day-trip
It was her idea after all to come here!
We purchased the tickets online.
Each ticket looks like this.
This one is called "Combi Ticket".
It is your ticket into Keukenhof Park and also
your return ticket for shuttle bus service
called Keukenhof Express from Schiphol Airport to Keukenhof.
You can buy this at Keukenhof official website.
As soon as we arrived at Schiphol Airport,
we followed the signs leading us to Keukenhof Express.
Our bus left the airport to Keukenhof exactly at 11.15 a.m.
and I said...."Keukenhof...here I come!!!"
Keukenhof is in Lisse, which is famous for tulip fields.
So on the way, we could see colourful tulips here and there.
Luckily I didn't miss to look out of the window all the time.
What a divine view!
We arrived at Keukenhof main entrance at 11.45 a.m.
Let's enjoy the photos!
Well, these photos cannot do justice to what I saw!
trust me.
I fell in love with red tulips!!!
Don't know why...but I just became crazy when I saw ones!
We enjoyed the Park until 5.00 p.m. and
started to find our way out of Keukenhof main entrance.
We rode the shuttle bus back to
the airport exactly at 5.30 p.m.
As we arrived at the airport, we went to _I amsterdam_ sign,
just outside of Terminal 1-2...in front of Schiphol Plaza.
We took thousands of photos in front of this sign,
with each alphabet, I guess....hahaha.
.....and it was suddenly 6.30 p.m.
We had to catch our flight back home at 8.30 p.m
so we decided to get in early
and just be ready anywhere near the boarding gate.
Before departure, we looked for a prayer room
to perform/read salah.
We found 'the Meditation Centre, Schiphol Airport'.
At the moment (20 April 2016), it was located on the departure level.
For now, I am not sure whether it has been relocated or not.
Please check the website for recent updates.
What a colourful experience!!!
Bye now.
Bye now.
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