The Greenie

I was just going for my last pee before going to sleep, when this frightful thing happened.

Before using the toilet bowl, I opened the toilet window for some ventilation, coz the air was quite warm & still in the toilet.

After I had pee-ed, I flushed the toilet & stepped forward towards the basin to wash my hands. Then I saw it. The flying greenie. It was a freaking big green insect. I couldn't make out what kind of insect it was, but it looked like a green praying mantis or a green grasshopper. Either way, it was BIG. I mean, BIG.

Thinking about it now, I could recall that it was almost 9 cm in length, with long thin feelers & legs. Now that was a scary sight. Scary enough to scare both my Mum & myself out of our wits! Although I have seen a cockroach almost as big as that before, this green fella isn't a cockroach!

Whatever that is, it immediate struck fear into me. I closed the door behind me slowly & went to the kitchen to grab the Baygon insect spray. It always pisses me off that I have no guts to catch any insect. I always (& I really mean always) use the insect spray. And I tell you, insect sprays are one of the lousiest instrument to get rid of pests. Why? Coz when you spray it at them, they take forever to die & worse of all... they FLY at you! Argh!

So much for trying to chase the big flying greenie out of my house. It was a split second of adrenalin the moment after I sprayed at it, becoz this fella flew straight at me! AHHH!!! I dodged instantaneously to avoid contact with it & it swooped past me!

In that frantic moment, I forgot that I was hiding behind the door while trying to spray at it, while it was on the toilet window. When I ducked away from it, I pulled the door & it slammed very loudly. That woke my parents who came rushing towards the sound.

In another split second, I heard a high pitch squeal! It came from my Mum (obviously it couldn't come from my Dad; besides, I have never before heard him scream when faced with insects). My Mum screamed becoz she accidently stepped on it, while rushing towards the toilet! She screamed & jumped around trying to see what she had step on.

Both parents & I scanned the floor, until I saw the green shape on the lower part of the white wall near the toilet. My Dad went to the kitchen to find a small plastic bag to catch it, while my Mum rushed to her room toilet to wash her feet. I was still in a state of semi-shock as I eyed that green flying 'gremlin'.

My Dad came over & slowly put the plastic over the top of the green 'goblin' & immediately gripped the end of the plastic bag, the moment the green killer mantis jumped upwards in an attempt to escape. And there it was - Hahahahaha... trapped in the small clear plastic bag, while my Dad held the other end tightly with his fingers.

It took me a few seconds to adjust my state of mind & body to this change of situation. Then I moved to stop my Dad from trying to release it back into the grass below. I said "No! Don't throw it away! It will come back again!" Afterall, this evil looking green rascal did come in through that exact toilet window.

It took me another few seconds to adjust to the scary struggling green pest inside the plastic bag. Then I took a rubberband & tied the open end of the plastic bag. Now, I felt safe & eyed that green evil monster with wide eyes. I took tied up plastic bag & hit it against the kitchen door a few times, in an effort to stun the insect. Also to get revenge on it for scary my Mum & me.

Again, I eyed this horrendous greenie a few minutes watching its eyes, legs, etc. Afterall, it is seldom that get to observe this kind of insect this close... about 3 cm from my face.

Then I went into my room to grab my digital camera. I wanted to take a few photos of this green irritating house intruder. The plastic bag made the photo of the insect a bit blur, but no matter... I just wanted to capture this moment.

After putting back my camera, I came back to the kitchen & the green pesty irritant had stopped moving. It must have run out of oxygen. Too bad. I don't have any sympathy for it anyway. So I chucked the plastic bag into the rubbish chute, washed my hands & here I am... typing my Blog about this incident.

Even though my heart is relieved now. It made me think to myself - how am I going to face these pests in my own house next time after I'm married? Rebecca is sure to run away screaming. Then its up to me to deal with it. Yet I'm afraid... I'm at a lost of what to do next time... but hopefully I'll learn to handle it well in future. Fancy a husband running away, just behind his wife... I can't imagine... & I don't wish to imagine... Sigh...