Bringing the Outdoor In: 8 Plant & Room Styling Tour & Tips for that RESORT FEEL!

Hey, Emil! Sleeping beauty! Hi, Irene. Is this a dream? I've appeared in your dream, Emil. Thank you. I'm your garden angel. Bless me. May your plants be forever green and lush and have babies and never have pests. Yes, thank you very much. Welcome, Irene. Thank you so much. Emil, this is like some kind of a magical wonderland. Thank you. Did you, like, make this yourself? Tell me about this space. This place, actually, my house is in the kampung. As you see, it's a village. During the PKP, everything is... That's our COVID lockdown. Everything is limited. So, I'm thinking, why don't I replicate a spa? So, I do it stage by stage. Oh, wow. So, guys, today we are in Emil's personal home garden. If you don't know Emil already, check out this other video. I've done a video earlier of him treating his nursery. Emil is like a renaissance man. He is a wedding planner, model, owns a nursery, do landscaping. Singer as well. Yeah, very, very brave. And so, such a talent here has created this really whimsical space. Maybe tell us about this wall, since we're at the wall. Which wall? I just removed it so we could see it better. It says, stay at home. This new room, I did it with my dad. It took us three weeks. Oh, and then you have sticks, butterflies. This is the wooden butterfly. Oh, so creative. I love it. Oh, your anthurium. Anthurium birthday. I'm not sure. Oh, I know. Let's check the back side. Okay, sometimes the patio has some difference. Some have wavy, some don't have. Because I have a view at your feet. Yeah. Oh, my feet. That one is my stock. This one is crystallinium. This is hope, something. I'm not sure. It's crystal hope, I think. And black velvet. I like this one also. This is alocasia. Oh, from the Philippines. Alocasia heterophylla. Okay, some people call it, it's a Latin name. But I forgot. Later you try again. And this one is the painted lady, they call it, right? Correct, correct. This one I bought from Bali a long time ago. Nice sound. And this one, I have a fairy light. This one, I found it in my garden. My own garden. Does it fall under skin depths? I am not sure. But the leaves I noticed are very shiny. Yes. Hey, wait, we haven't start with the front yet. Emil, this has been in my wish list for a long time. Is this what, African fantasy? Yes, some people call it Angela. Philodendron Angela. I think it's not philodendron. It's changed the family. I can't remember what. It's the same one like, you know the one with a lot of fingers? Oh, yeah, smaller, right? Tomatofilum. Tomatofilum sprucianum is that one with fingers. This one, I don't know, Tomatofilum Angela. Anyway, it's like overlapping a lot. I've looked for it for many years. I see, I have the baby for you. Yes, I have the baby for you. Heavy hinting here. It does not plant, but the leaves keep on growing. Yeah. And it can be really huge. So, very excited to see this plant in pristine condition. I sit, huh? Yeah, you sit. I also sit. Okay, so here we have a lot of begonias. Wow, I've never seen this begonia. It's an old school begonia, same with the spider one. Okay, wow. Here's another one. I like this one. It has orange color flowers. Have you seen it? I think this is what they call the lucerna. And this is quite easy to grow. And then, Alacatia mellow. A lot of mites, darling. I just bought it. I need to repair. Ah, okay. This one, isolate, isolate. He has, I think, given us great design ideas, guys. If you have a blank wall at home, you could make into a beautiful mural. And you have the space outdoor. You can hang some replicas. Ah, yeah. This is the macrame. My sister is very good at doing macrame. Oh, wait, can I point to the viewer some secret? You actually put some fake plants here. It's okay to say that? Yes, because it is low light. Low light, so you get the visual effect without having to worry, you know, about them dying. And this one, actually, is the cover from the cats. But it somehow looks rusty. Yeah, it's artistic newspaper art. Okay. We were looking at begonias. And actually, there's a very nice one here. Bring it to the light. This one is quite easy, I think. I have one at home. It has a baby here. Ah. And Emil plants them in, like, soil mixed with burnt soil. This is the village soil. Chicken dung. Not burnt like, you see. This one, very traditional way. So, this particular begonia is pretty hardy. It can survive in just kind of normal soil, really. So, this is my begonia collection. And we have one big here. This one, we've asked for so long. It's on the ground? It's on the ground. It's at the slab, in between the slab. It can. Wow. I just let it grow naturally. This is the begonia gunmetal. Gunmetal. Such a horrible name. For a plant. As I said, I... Tell me the name. So, wow, this is huge. This is so interesting. You must film the back. Oh, my God. This is like durian... Durian thorns. The rhizome will come out like this. Like this. Hey, begonia, normal soil on the ground. Seems to be doing well. Can I ask you how often you water this? Once a week. This one, sometimes I ignore it. So, we are under a covered, sheltered roof. So, it doesn't get exposed to rain. Yes. This one, for feng shui purpose. What? Fishing basket. So, I bring you to the spa here. Ah, yes. Very nice decor with the pothos all around it. Oh, yes. Wait, wait, wait. This is a coconut. You planted orchid in it? My mom is planting the orchid. Oh. And then she uses interesting potting media. This is a brick. So, in Sarawak, I noticed a lot of people use bricks for potting media. Yes. As you don't forget to water it. Yes. So, crushed bricks. Yes. Here. This is my bathtub. Oh, my God. I love this. So, the system is bathtub concept. Yes. Outdoor, you can get a nice sun tan while soaking in the cool water. It's so hot here now. Can I go in your bathtub? You can. It's so hot here. I can't be too exposed. You stand behind, yes? Okay. The shower head. Oh, my God. An outdoor shower. Yes. It's kind of hot. Get addicted already. Very soothing, right? That's what I try to create because sometimes, not every time can afford to check in a hotel or a resort. If you create your own, you can use it anytime. That's what I'm trying to do here. With a village house, you can also create all these. That's a nice refreshing little shower. And then, guys, actually, this shower area is facing the dining room. I love this. It's kind of like a DIY idea. Yes. I bought it in a pallet. This is a pallet that you painted white. This is more solid. It's not brilliant, but so far, so good. It's kind of like you could think about recycling pallets. My tukang, the carpenter, they hate this wood because it's very hardy. This is great. This is such a different vibe. It's like a restaurant. And then macrame as your curtain. There's no glass in this window. You can sit there and build people can have parties here. My colocasia collection. Look out the window. There is this huge, colocasia. I think the one on the left is porte. Portura or portudora? This is supposed to be the AMB, the elbow. And it had turned green because it is by the tank. Because of the what? The bank. I planted by the toilet bank hole area. Very fertile. And so that's why it grew big. Oh, this is where your poop is. Emil, I noticed you use a lot of gold. Well, when I created this last year, I checked the feng shui color is gold. Your feng shui color is gold. And this year is yellow. That's why yesterday I go to the supermarket and to the mall and get any yellow color including my underwear, including my towel. Everything is yellow for this year. Feng shui matter. Sometimes feng shui matter. Is yellow just for you or for everyone this year? For tourists. I'm tourist. So when you did all this gold last year, was it a good year for you? Yes. And you start to know me as well. Oh, it's a good year because I got to know you too. And people, your subscribers from all around the world also start to know me and a bit about me. Nice. So I will maybe check out my color and see what it is. Yes, just Google. Yeah, just Google it. Google the color. Especially, I tell you, especially if you are attending something or you are gifting. Like an event. Like an event, you are getting a contract or business or whatsoever, then you use all the everything yellow or something that symbolize yellow like me. Even my underwear. Okay. For all feng shui. I see something there. Can I take and show the viewer? Can. You go take and show the viewer. If you don't mind. Yes. This one can show. Oh my god. Okay, now we know what you look like on the inside too. Okay, enough. Enough. Alright. For now, so we are now down here admiring this Alokasia which is not a porte but we are also not sure what it is. Later you Google. Later I Google. Just to give you an idea, this thing is bigger than my arm, my stem. Possibly like the size of my leg. I got baby. Oh yeah, another baby here. Oh nice. Your gold and yellow color is working for you. It's curly. And then the veins at the back are like so prominent and thick. Wow. Look at that. I can do a decoration. You remember Katy Perry video clips? Yeah. Okay. So I create what is that? A palamin. A wedding chair behind. And then I just put this behind and I mix it with peliconia. It's so nice. The idea comes from RAW. I got the eye of the tiger, the fighter, dancing through the fire. I am a champion and you're gonna hit me raw. There. I want to point out the inflorescence because this one is that one new old one. What? Old one, right? But you had a lot that's like you could see evidence. Oh, hello. This one, so many. This is a new one. Touch, touch, touch. Molesting your plants, Emil. Big, huh? Huge. And then that one over there. You see it used to be very gated. Yeah. Now it reverted. Okay, careful. Okay. Careful because this is a very special place and a very special part of this house. Oh. Because this is the investment area. What do you mean? Investment area. It's a bank. There's a bank over there. Oh. Like we said just now. The bank. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, so it's a bank. It's an investment area. That enjoys the fertilizing that comes from. So they get the interest from the bank here. You contribute, right? Every day? Every day. Okay. TMI. TMI, TMI. This is the AMB. Careful. This is the. It's supposed to be the variegated AMB. Oh. Think that what can that surround the insect. Okay. So I want to say something about this holes that's made by the insect. I learned last week when I went hiking with Qian Li. Okay. He said there's this insect which is really clever. I can't remember what it was but you know. Does it purple, bluish color, black? I don't know what. And then very shine. I don't know what it looks like. But the reason these holes are kind of round right here is because the leaves they have this oxalate. What is it called? Latex. The thing that comes out and it's toxic, right? Calcium oxalate. And so what the bug do is it will cut out these and then so the liquid will ooze out. So when it's finished oozing out then the bug or the pest will just eat the leaf. So that it contains less of that toxic material. I see. Otherwise, they get drunk. Otherwise, they get kind of dizzy and drunk. Toxic and painful. So this is one clever way they do it. I just need to find out. That's the beauty of nature. Yeah. So look, it's so it's kind of pretty, you know. If you know how to appreciate it. Maybe we call it Coloterra. Yeah, it's like Green. Maybe we call it Coloterra. What? What do you mean? Monstera and Colocasia. Oh. Coloterra. Yes, and this is the perforated part of the leaf. Oops. It's okay. Okay. This one is for my stock. You see a lot of babies. Yeah. They grow well. This is black magic. I have, I'm not so good in, with Mickey Mouse. Oh, it's one there. Okay. So I just put it there. Another Colocasia is the black beauty there. They grow well. Yeah. So tip, if you have a septic tank that's lying in your garden, plant your plants around it. Yes. Especially those that does not grow and grow and grow. This is how you revenge to the, this is how you redeem it. Okay, I give you as much food as possible. Yes. Good idea. Wow. Endless coconut. Yeah. And fern. Wow. I love these ferns. Yes. It's so good. And this is the coconut babies. Oh, let's show the viewers here. For those not really familiar with. It fall down up there. Oh, it's got roots already. Anyway, you could see, this is the coconut fruit. And then, that's the plant that springs up. Yeah, green color. I also have the yellow one. Yellow coconut. So, when it matures, it will be this coconut tree. Yeah. So, we come to this mysterious alocasia. So, you could appreciate it better. This is what it looks like on the front. And then, at the back, it's so nice, purplish, actually. And then, Emil was talking about how the sand is white. White. I wonder if this is the same thing that we see in platycerium. Because in platycerium, it collects a layer of trichome. It's called trichome, is it? Yeah, for platycerium. Info again. Thank you. So, interesting. And then, it actually has a function. It's to protect it from all this fungus, all this thing just now, is it? I forgot what it protects it from. Because this one never, unless it's rot, if it's in the pot. Okay. But normally, if it's on the ground, it grows by itself, freely. Ah, okay. Maybe because of the trichome. Yeah. So, it has a function and I forgot what it is. So, it's like kind of powdery white. Yes. And then, if it's not covered with that, it's actually like black color like this. This one is old, it doesn't have any more. Ah, okay. This one is young. Yeah. It will produce. Oh, okay. Lovely. Oops. Okay. Emil, thank you so much for lunch. Just a simple one. I got no time to really prepare. So, you cooked this? I cooked one of the dishes. Which one? The bamboo and the pork. Ah. So, these are bamboo shoots. Yes. So, we eat this in Southeast Asia. Actually, China also. Yes. The panda bear eats it. That's why, say again? Panda. Oh, the panda. Panda eat bamboo, right? And you know how to Kung Fu after that. This one is the canned one. Oh. You shouldn't say that. You should say thank you for your garden. It's okay. This one is the canned one. Canned bamboo shoots. Okay. Normally, the fresh one, the fresh shoot, it's good to fry. It's good to cook it like that. Yeah. But it's not so dishes, soup dishes because it still have the bitter taste of the bamboo. Okay. Unless it's canned one, it's just nice and soothing. I'm a good cooker as well. Cooker. You're a good chef. And then, what is this? This is the kolokasia. Yam. We're eating kolokasia. But it's the eating yam. Oh. You can eat with chili sauce. Yam. Or you can eat with honey. Kolokasia. From your garden also? Yes. This one is from my mom's garden. Oh. Is it the one near the septic tank? No, no, no. No. The eating one. That one is for deco only. The eating one is on the top there. I got the roll here. I think it would be great with chili sauce or something. Chili sauce, Thai sauce. Ah, great. Or just salt. Sambal, sambal. Yes. Sambal is this awesome... The sister. This is the yam. Yes. Kolokasia. Got. So, we're having this. The eating yam. It's over there. Okay. Later we take picture over there. Later you say I give you the investment area. Kolokasia. Not the investment area. That one is too precious to eat. Yes. Okay. Hi, uncle. Hi. How are you? I'm good. Thank you so much for hosting me here. Oh. I'm so glad that you are coming. This is the first time that we receive a visitor who is so friendly. Oh, really? Yes. Wow. Thank you. You enjoy your life. I have really had a lot of fun with your son. Yeah. Visiting your garden. Rin, you know why I don't do the renaissance man here? Why? Oh. You cannot party too hard at home either. But this is Emil's father. Yes. That's why we do it at the nursery just now. Oh, yeah, yeah. At the garden just now. So your dad won't see you're crazy, yeah? Ex-teacher. Oh. Ex-preacher. Oh, okay. Mr. Paul Dering. You see the bamboo that he's selling in his garden? Yeah, yeah. The bamboo where the twine the twine is climbing. Oh, the moss pole. Yeah. He's the one who always cut it. I'm doing that. I'm doing all the stuffing. Oh. Your dad's making this moss pole for you. He cannot just rest and relax like I cannot. You must do something. Yes, I must do something at least one hour. Okay. And the same thing I take my nap also in the afternoon at least 15 or 10 minutes is enough for me. Old man. Can I ask how old are you? I'm 77. 77? 77. Wow. Yeah. You know the coco chip? Yeah. The one that I sell? Yeah. I make the coco chip from the coco chip. Oh. And the coconut. From the coconut. Yeah, coconut husk. You make them from your collected from your own coconut. Yeah, the coco chip. Oh, wow. This one I can buy. Yeah. But the coco chip is a bit expensive and they say no need to buy. I can help you do it with it. Wow. Okay. Homemade coco chip. coco chip, the fall one. Not the one that people sell the drink and then they dry it. Already, okay. Okay. Alright. Let's continue eating. Thank you. Thanks, Uncle. You enjoy. You enjoy yourself. I will. Yes. Thanks so much. We will celebrate our Gawai on the 1st of June. Oh. Can you manage to come? I will try. Okay. Yes. I hope Emil will cook more. Feed me. Yeah. Cook more. I want to come for the Rainforest Festival. Yeah. Rainforest July. Rainforest Festival is June, middle of June. Okay. Enjoy your rice. Thank you. Alright, guys. If you've enjoyed this episode, thank you so much. Please subscribe and share it with others. Emil, thank you so much for hosting me. Thank you for coming back and see me again. Yeah. The beautiful and the informative Irene. Thank you. The, again, the walking informative plant, Plantizen informative queen. Wow. Oh, my God. That's too much. I like to exaggerate my words. Okay. We will have lunch now. Bye, guys.