Sunflowers!

Sunflower is my favourite flower. Now you can see them everywhere in the florists. It is a happy flower for me. So hubby bought me a few of them last weekend while we went out shopping. I was smiling back home all the way! 5 for Eur 3.50 only!!!!! I remember I paid a lot more back in KL!

Just a tip: To make sure that the flowers last longer, the easiest way of doing it is to squeeze 2 slices of lemon juice into the water (approx 1 litre) so that it kills off the bacteria. I did that for my daisies and they lasted for 2 weeks (changed water once a week)! If it's not because I went off to Colmar over the weekend, they should be able to last for another week, if I had remembered to change the water...

Cleaning kettle

My kettle has lime scale built up after using it for awhile. This is because the water is hard here. A problem, which I don't face back home.

So I've been researching on how to clean these nasty brown lines. Most people suggested vinegar. But I do not want the kettle to smell vinegar since this kettle belongs to the serviced apartment. So I decided to try lemons.

Following instructions, I cut a lemon into 4 slices. Fill up the kettle to max and squeeze all the lemon juices into the kettle and dump the 4 slices of lemon into the kettle. Brought it to boil.

After it boiled, I left it for an hour while I continue working on other things.

After that, I boiled the water again.

Wahlau! It's as clean as it can gets!