Ubiquitous Pests ;)

I'm alive!

A lot has happened in the last two weeks. From the registration at Taylor's, extermination of cockroaches and ants, intro to studying in the States, SAT and TOEFL preps to buying my own meals and doing my own laundry (without a washing machine). To sum it all, it is T.I.R.I.N.G. Came home yesterday evening and slept for at least 12 hours. totalpigness.

Highlight of it all,

THIS.

Sooo... We came home one day to be greeted by an endless trail and huge lump or ants crawling all over a luggage. That was it. We HAD to do something about the cockroach and ants infestation. We took out ALL the drawers, wiped and washed everything, and mopped the floor. Trust me, it was like a war zone. Between the four of us and whatever else that was living within those same four walls.

The next picture may disgust you to the extent you'll never want to eat rice for quite some time.

I warned you! HAHAHA. Click to enlarge.

Cockroach eggs, half a cockroach's body, some dead ants...

The minute you open your eyes in the morning or step into the toilet, you'll see at least two of them. And within one hour, we can kill at least 20. Of the 20, we get a variation of sizes; ranging from full-grown ones to babies. It's probably like a whole family tree. Fathermotherauntyunclegrandmasisterniecebrother etc.

As nasty and horrifying as it sounds, this whole cockroach thing is probably one of the most epic events throughout college life. To quote a housemate, "I'll remember this as one of the most memorable experience and at least now I have a funny story to tell my grandchildren." HAHAHAH. She's the one who uses a broom to whack cockroaches while cursing them. AHAHAHA laughdieme

Yupp, we got so desperate, we googled cockroaches.

Now that we've bought cockroach traps and ant poison, it's not that bad anymore. 5 of them coming out at once when we kick our shoes in the morning,... it doesn't happen anymore. Just occasional surprise visits XD The management is thinking of fumigating our place though :D First the pests, then the water heater emitted some plastic-smelling smoke while I was bathing (overheated i guess. i ran out of the toilet hahahah), then the balcony lights died and now the toilet lights are flickering.

We complain to the management so much, they recognize our faces and immediately know our unit number. I wonder what's the next thing that's going to die. Oh and the supporting plank underneath my bed fell off. HAHAH I must be too fat. Basically our unit is forever noisy. SORRY NEIGHBOURS! We conduct midnight exercising rituals HAHA

We tried catching sunset from the 20th floor.

I've never lived on high-rise buildings. So it's quite scary at times when I imagine what if I'm too fat and one day the floor beneath me gives way...

HAHA okay ignore that.

Till then, HOMEWORK!