The Flower-Pot Mug

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Today, boss brought some Christmas presents for everyone and as always, she always have this interesting way of distributing her gifts; this time, making us choose from a few gift tags, which corresponds to the gift labels on the present. Anyway, we all got mugs but with different designs. Mine is the one you see on the left. I like it a lot because it has this interesting flower pot design, a nice matte brown colour and a nice bible verse from Ecclesiastes. A timely reminder? I don't know.

Anyway, a minor thing happened which I was not quite ok with. One of my colleague was so excited how it resemble a flower pot and suggested putting a plant in it, offering to donate part of her plant. Well, I like the mug and athough I do not mind the idea, I think I would still prefer to have it as a mug to drink from rather than to have a plant growing from it. After all, it is a gift from someone and the last thing to do would to put a plant into a mug someone gives you right? Well, one of my colleague told me that if I wanted to keep it as a mug, just tell that colleague my decision. But in the end, guess I couldn't bring myself to it and so in went the plant. Hmm... maybe sometime need to learn to be a little assertive :D Not a big issue la but then just can't believe I did not say my piece. Anyway, with the plant, it looks nice too mah :D