Thursday, February 19, 2009

The Curious Cases of the Insects and Me

Hehe.. I got the idea of this title from the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I guess u've heard of this new movie right? Hehe. It's an interesting story in which the protagonist (Brad Pitt) ages backwards --born looking old & grows younger.. Fascinating~

Okies, back to my Case of Insects -Cockroach and ants to be exact
A backdating post to around CNY period..

Cockroach VS Premium Pesticide

One night, i wanted to take a shower, just before water rained from the sprinkler, i saw something crawl past the bathroom floor.. A cockroach.. Walau a!!! Where did this cockroach come from? I haven't seen cockroaches in the house for quite sometime.. How dare it invade my territory?!?
So i sprayed warm water on it using the shower sprinkler, cornering it with endless jets of water & it turned over, 3 pairs of legs moving haplessly. Actually, I turned the water heater to the max, but my lousy water heater can only produce warm water..

But i knew cockroahes are a resilient lot of creatures.. It'll probably stay still for awhile to 'play dead' then when the lights are off again, they'll be 'alive' once more..

I thought for awhile, but should i do to it?????
Tried to find something in the bathroom.. Probably something acidic?
Then i remembered the toner that i hadn't used in quite awhile, it contains salicylic acid. That should be mild acid, but i thought that may be useful..
As I poured onto the cockroach, it began to struggle & moved its legs in a frantic manner ---much faster than before. Woots, the toner seemed to produce some sort of effect on the cockroach! I was amazed. I arent sure how much toner i poured on it... perhaps till i realised it's a waste of my toner.. Hehe..

I continued showering --yays peace at last~
Though when the alcoholic based toner evaporated, the whole bathroom smelt of toner..

When my dad wanted to use the bathroom after me, i told him there's a cockroach. Then he asked 'Where???' I pointed to the cockroach which was still lying on its back at the corner, i wasn't sure if it was really dead. Hehe.. As my dad picked up the cockroach with a plastic bag, he said 'It's dead already la, it must have escaped from another house where the owner was spraying pesticide.'
I said 'No, i was the one who killed it.' Hehs.. My dad didnt say anything else. Cos it isnt the first time i'm killing cockroaches.
Just that this time round, it's the most GENTLE way of eliminating it. Previous incidents involved the violent use of my bro's slipper & newspapers. And it was usually quite loud (Bing bing bong bong) & my bro complained about the use of his slipper, i just didnt want to use mine (bleahs =p)

Till now, i haven't used that toner leh..
It's quite strong & have to be applied onto a wet face. When i used it for the first time, i didnt read the instructions and felt a stinging sensation when i applied on a dry face.

By the way, if u're wondering what this premium pesticide is...
It's L'oreal Pure Zone (blue coloured series for oily skin) Toner..
So useful.. Serves as a toner and a pesticide..


The Ants that Invaded my Bak kwa

Bak Kwa's one of my fav food in Chinese New Year.. My mum bought a kilo of bak kwa and pan-fried half a kg of it herself. Lesser oil, make this unhealthy food healthier~
One day, i walked by the kitchen & saw many ants crawling on our kitchen table.. WALAU eh! I traced the ants track.. To my horror, it led to the box of aromatic bak kwa!!!!!!!!! Argh!

The bak kwa was stored in a transparent microwave-safe box, we didnt think the ants could find the sealed box. But these smart army of ants swarmed in from 2 corners of the box. Shhheeeet.. I didnt know what to do with that box.
If it's other food, i'll probably throw it away..
But it's expensive and tasty bak kwa which my mom spent quite sometime frying the previous day..
So i asked my bro..

He thought of putting bak kwa in hot water to remove the ants.. And i did just that.. And put them in a transparent plastic bag.

When my parents came home, they saw a bag of bak kwa hanging from the kitchen cabinet's hook. They figured out that something must've happened to it.. Hehs.. We forgot to tell them..
My mum immediately went to toast dry the bak kwa, hopefully it won't spoil.

It was really annoyed by those ants.. My windows live messenger's personal msg then was 'Argh.. ants invaded my bak kwa'

yunn. at 2:46 PM