WF was very keen to try it out at home. So, I braved the hot scorching sun last Tuesday to go and get him the roses from Chinatown. Then on Wednesday, the food colours (all 5 of them) from NTUC supermarket.
On Wednesday night (almost close to midnight, actually), WF declared that it was time to carry out his great experiment. So, we got all the containers and generously poured about half bottle of each colour into them respectively.
I cut the roses' stems (so as to ensure that they would be accessible to the colours) while R went about 'setting up' his improvised stand for the experiment. WF, in the meantime, busied himself admiring the flowers and taking charge of those whose stems I had finished cutting.
Then, we all took turns to decide whch stalk of rose would go to receive which colour. This was how they looked. Ya, the poster-filled wall of this part of the kitchen seemed a little messy in the photo, so R helpfully held up a 'background cardboard' for these pictures.
Before WF went to bed, he asked, "The flowers will really turn into different colours, right?" "Hmm, yes, probably," came our reply. "By tomorrow?" WF asked again. "Hopefully," I said.
"Then we'll surprise 哥哥 when he comes back. Will he be back tomorrow?" WF asked again.
WY had gone on his Sec 1 camp at St John's Island last Wednesday, so he had had to miss out on our carrying out of the experiment. But by the time he returned on Friday, he would definitely marvel at the results of it.
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The next morning, we were greeted by this wonderful sight of the now-coloured roses. See, what beauties, right?
See how we didn't forget to put a stalk in just plain water as a 'control set'? Hahahaha, true blue 'scientists' we all are!
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