Sunday, October 17, 2010

the unmentionable

has been a bad week at London.
maybe i should stop wearing the chicken pendant. i'm totally jinxing myself here.
my right ankle is now swollen from multiple bedbug bites.
there's also one on my left forearm, one on my back, and a few on my chin.
i'm already quite lucky, i guess, that i didn't bring any bugs back with me.
i did a very thorough check on all my luggages and everything.

so the story was...
a colleague and i went to the hostel.
every time i'm in the ground floor room i always use the bed closest to the door.
that night the colleague took my usual bed so i took a nap in another one.
woke up and went to rehearsal and felt fine.
later that night when i was checking emails with my macbook on the bed, getting ready to sleep, i saw something moved on my keyboard. it was a freaking nymph.
then i saw a few adult bugs crawling on the blankets.
that was when i was glad that i had previous knowledge of what the bedbugs behaviours are.
killed some bugs, took my stuff as far away from the bed as possible, shook out and cleaned everything.
and the rest is history.

the story is just too long. i really need to get to sleep and go hiking tomorrow.
gotta reduce that swell first.
finally finished washing everything in hot water.
zzzzzzzz........

3 comments:

  1. ahhhhhhhh.....
    disgusting!!!!!!

    So sorry to hear that.

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  2. 大炮台下      文 戈
    2010年09月23日

      木虱大鬧紐約

      所以,每當黃昏日落前,家家戶戶,便將床板、被蓆等,拈到戶外,在地上猛力撞擊,企圖將藏身在罅縫內的木虱震盪跌出來,然後用腳或用手將之捺死!亦有人用沸水淋在床罅處,希望將木虱燙死!尤其是一些藤椅,更是木虱的溫床。


      我曾經寫過一篇文稿,講及新馬路(舊)大豐銀行門前守更的兩位華探,他們所坐的藤椅,也生滿木虱。

      話說某天,正當烈日當空,地面曬得有如鑊底般燙手。有華探將所坐藤椅拿到馬路中,用力撞向地面。當堂有無數木虱跌出。因地面在烈日下曬到燙腳,自然將木虱燙得爬幾步便死去。一些有命在路上爬行中的「逃亡木虱」,亦被人猛力用鞋底踏死。當時附近店戶人家,看得興高彩烈,拍掌叫好!

      幸而當時新馬路往來的車輛不多,才不致鬧成堵車情況呢!

      當年,民間有一種叫做「木虱棍」的治木虱東西,是一條木枋,鑽有不少洞穴,用來吸引木虱作為藏身之處。用戶將這些木虱棍,放在床邊,吸引木虱爬行入內藏身。因為到晚上有人上床睡眠,放出體溫,吸引木虱爬行出來,吸吮人血。吃飽了又爬回木棍的洞穴內。

      等到木棍藏滿木虱後,家中主婦便將木棍拿出來,用力向地面拍打,把木虱震盪出來;或用沸水淋落木虱棍上,將木虱活活燙死。

      木虱一般會藏身在人的衣服摺縫內,等到有人氣而又肚餓時,便爬行出來吸血。

      一些人乘搭巴士(香港電車)時,木虱會從乘客的身上爬到車上的木椅罅縫內。到有客坐在椅上,人氣一經蒸發,木虱便知機地出來吸血,甚至會從人的身上帶返家中。如此這般,木虱便由甲家散播到乙家。如是一家傳一家,最終搞到滿城木虱。

      自從有了噴射殺蟲劑,一經噴射,藥力散發到木虱藏身的空隙內,木虱便被殺死。(二)

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  3. these things like 木虱棍 i'd never know unless i asked someone from that decade.
    it's a shame so much knowledge will disappear in time.

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