The Gift of a Plant

For my birthday, a friend of mine gave me a houseplant. She knew that I didn’t want to have a pet, but thought I would enjoy having a plant at my Treasure at Tampines condo. A houseplant is much easier to take care of than a regular pet, because you don’t have to walk it or feed it food or take it to a vet. It just sits in the sun and grows. My friend told me that I would really enjoy the plant once it started to bloom. I asked him what kind of plant it was, but he told me that it was a surprise.

I looked at the plant in an attempt to figure out what it was, but I couldn’t tell just by looking at the leaves. I looked online at some photos, but they made me even more confused about the type of plant that …