THE THING ABOUT BUGS


The thing about bugs is that i just plain don't like them because they scare me something silly. I happened to glance at my shoulder bag set upon my desk on night. At first i saw nothing; a harder stare revealed some ugly-ass looking bug that could almost have blended in with the rough zipper of my bag. Upon closer inspection, it was REALLY an ugly bug – leafy-brownish with sharp edges and two black eyes. I have NO IDEA what bug it was, just ugly. I had to get rid of the vermin insect! Not wanting to come across as wimpish (after all i AM Twenty already), i did not wake my Papa up in the middle of the night to remove the intruder from my room (but OI, COCKROACHES i just DO NOT go anywhere near!!); neither did i take something and whack the offensive creature (really, if i had whacked it, I’d have to clean up all the juice that oozed out from it, messy & disgusting). I emptied out a container and nervously trapped the bug in it. Of course unlike Yen Hoi who puts such stuff into her fridge to freeze them, i merely located the now offensive container outside my room. Good bye bug. Suffocation is not a bad way to go. Someone else (Mom) will discard you sooner or later. I am sorry the way you look scares me therefore i have to relocate you, to some place i will never have to encounter you again. If only all bugs could be locked in some container and left to rot and i'll never have to see them again...how life would be just, just then!