"Pandan Act" - That would be a name I give to one of my neighbour's behavior who have been greedy and dishonest. Which neighbour..? If anyone of you who have been to my house, you will be able to identify which selfish neighbour who placed so much of potted plants outside of her fence/yard just to occupy half of the road so that no car can park in front or near her house. Yes..that's the one. And..Why 'pandan'..?
Look..2 weeks ago, she knocked my backyard door lock without calling us..just made enough noise so that I'll go out and answer the back door. She brought 3 lil' packets of her grandbaby's snack food as all she wants was some nice pandan leaves for cooking. Seeing that she keep chucking that lil' packets to me though I don't want to accept them, I guess she must be desperate to have some pandan leaves, so I took my scissors and cut some for her. I took from bottom snipping up, but she kept asking for younger ones. Then I told her, pandan leaves must be dark green the better, not young leaves..and that's not the way u cut n treat your plant either. Later upper botak, becomes no leaves and the rest of the leaves underneath left to grow old and die. Let the shoots grow and she can ask for more next time she need some. Leaves need to take time to grow. I gave her a big bunch she asked..and I also gave her a whole extra tree I have, so that she can grow them and have endless pandan leaves to use..I have then personally lifted the whole ceramic pot with the plant and delivered to her door as she walk back to her house..I thought that was generous enough.. But to my dismay..yesterday, she came and snip away without calling or asking..then hurried away when she heard some noise from my house..cos my dog heard it and went and look through the back door and I followed. Who knows when else she have been stealing and snipping as she like when I'm not at home. So today, I gave her back those lil' packets of toddler snack I accepted from her 2 weeks ago because I was just being polite and she would feel better if I just take it..even though I don't eat those stuff, I'd just give them to someone else. I returned them cos I know only her grandchildren will eat..I know no one else who would. Together in that packet, I wrote her a note..because I really don't like these selfish and greedy act..and how she have ignored my advise, and disrespectfully came stealing n snipped off the young leaves by the shoots..the tree is becoming ugly and grow worse if I don't stop the thief's act now.
Plants have feelings, love n self esteem too..and need love and attention. I know it all these years when I've seen how my plants flowers with my care and attention. They grow ugly and die without proper love n care. This is also a kind of 'pantang' in our Malaysian language. Plants can be 'siew hei' too..we call it 'upset' or maybe 'depressed'. Believe it or not, nature also knows their surroundings..they choose to flourish for those who care. Everyone and every family may have funny or weird things of their own,. It may range from parking habits, cats or dog poo issues, buang sampah habits, tanam pokok habits with daun kering issue, etc to disturbing noisy vehicle, etc.. In that case, I guess I myself also can't run away from being cursed when I come home in the middle of the night in my noisy farting bug. We never know what your neighbours think about us..So, I always try my best to behave..So, for anyone out there..please do not do any of these 'Pandan Act'..It's not nice..! Please love your neighbour, love your surroundings, love your nature, love yourself..okay..^^
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