Roses Are Not So Red

My lovely mother turned 53 on Sunday. For gifts, we bought for her a cake which we all had for dessert after breaking fast. What do you call 'puasa enam' in English? Some of my non-Muslim colleagues dont understand why I am still fasting when fasting month is already over. Penat nak explain that its not compulsory, yada yada yada..

Anyhow, apart from the lovely cake for my lovely mother, we got for her a huge floral arrangement which comprises of roses of different hues put together in a wooden basket. very nice (at least on the website). I had chosen it and made the address out to my mother's work place which happened to be a hospital. (I bet I made the delivery dude abit confused. No, the flowers are not for a patient. Its for the midwife!)

When she brought it home in the morning (mother was working night shift when she received the order), imagine the horror on my face when i saw TWO of their roses on their way to being rotten! One even had lost so many petals! The baby breaths were wilted and gone soft (very Erectile dysfunction!) infact, their whole flower arrangement looked like it has been assembled a week ago and placed in room temperature.

You wont believe me if I tell you the name of the company that I had purchased the flowers from. I had taken a leaf out of Isben's book and lodged a written complain, along with pictorial evidences. The company is a NURSERY for goodness sake! Not from some gift-shop-hamper services. Why cant my mother's flowers looked freshly picked and cut? Not too much to ask for from a company who's major business is importing and growing flowers, right?