hot days versus rainy days

the weather has been crazy lately ... with wonderful sun at 12 noon and black clouds with rumbling thunder at 1 ... ah well ... the tropical weather at its best i guess ... the only problems is my plants at the balcony is not getting enough sun! they get sun only from 3pm onwards and with the rain clouds gathering at 1pm onwards, i can only stare at despair at my plants!

As the balconey get full hot sun from 3 to 5pm, our plants are those which requires direct sunlight ... oh ya, i've rearranged my mini garden at the balconey ... now I've a plant that has pink flower (hee my fav color!) which is a climber ... ya that one which was diseased but have managed to clean it up of the bugs! then I have my japanese roses, which i really hope will grow despite the lack of sun. I bought another new plant to complement my 2 existing plant of the same type (not sure what it is called) but we chose a different shade (DARK PINK!!!) and so it's doing quite well now ...

my last trough is for my chilli padi and spring onions ... but might transplant the chilli to a pot. I have one more trough which he suggested sunflowers (which i hadn't found the seeds yet) so maybe we can grow some tomatoes? but it's a bit difficult as it's over the railing (balancing on the edge and the "roof" of the 1st floor) ...

I've also realised what's wrong with my orchid plant, so i've managed to "rescue" my plant in time and it's growing new roots!

only one of my rose plant didn't make it (died) and the other ... let just say it's barely a shade of its former glory ...

foodwise ... been obsessing with the idea of braised soy sauce chicken, buddha jump over the wall and "dong gua zong"... been researching recipes but hadn't been cooking ... maybe i'll do soemthing over the next weekend =)