16 July 2006
a break-in
Shortly after the HK hand-over, I recall that the amount of II's (illegal immigrants) rose significantly. They used to break into our school and steal the money in the piggy bank jars that were meant for poor children or hold up and rob people in the mountains who were on a weekend hike. One time they broke into our school, tied up the guards and broke into our library. Perhaps they thought they'd sell the books??? Anyway, last week we had our first experience with similar intruders.
I came home from work late one night, switched on the lights and found a little pest having a midnight stroll on our wall! As soon as he saw me, he ran behind the side table. Having no desire to be violated by his creepy antennae, I waited for pest control to come home (Rick). With his trusty chinela (flip flop), he whacked the roach so hard he lost a leg. Surprisingly though, the struggle was not over yet. ** The minute we looked away he tried to escape behind our shoe rack. As Rick hunted through the shoes, we found ANOTHER intruder hiding for his (or her) life. Disgusted at this invasion, I kept a steady watch for the original guy while rick flung this new one out the door for a 1x1 combat in the hallway. After tearing apart half of our apartment, we caught the original strategist and got rid of him. We taped up all possible doors of entry (drain pipes, exhaust fans)and thoroughly sprayed everywhere. Thankfully, there have been no further signs of any offenders.
**On Rick's mission in the Philippines he learned that cockroaches are quite tough physically and tricky to catch. Several techniques used were used to apprehend these kitchen thieves: 1)Sneak attack, 2)Hockey puck, and 3)Glue traps to name a few. I'll let him expound on these if he wishes on a later blog.
Some effective tools for the above occasion:
I came home from work late one night, switched on the lights and found a little pest having a midnight stroll on our wall! As soon as he saw me, he ran behind the side table. Having no desire to be violated by his creepy antennae, I waited for pest control to come home (Rick). With his trusty chinela (flip flop), he whacked the roach so hard he lost a leg. Surprisingly though, the struggle was not over yet. ** The minute we looked away he tried to escape behind our shoe rack. As Rick hunted through the shoes, we found ANOTHER intruder hiding for his (or her) life. Disgusted at this invasion, I kept a steady watch for the original guy while rick flung this new one out the door for a 1x1 combat in the hallway. After tearing apart half of our apartment, we caught the original strategist and got rid of him. We taped up all possible doors of entry (drain pipes, exhaust fans)and thoroughly sprayed everywhere. Thankfully, there have been no further signs of any offenders.
**On Rick's mission in the Philippines he learned that cockroaches are quite tough physically and tricky to catch. Several techniques used were used to apprehend these kitchen thieves: 1)Sneak attack, 2)Hockey puck, and 3)Glue traps to name a few. I'll let him expound on these if he wishes on a later blog.
Some effective tools for the above occasion:
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I trust you are using the lighter in conjunction with a highly flammable liquid in a pressurized can. Roaches seem to catch fire exceptionally well, don't they? That might be their only susceptibility. If there's any give in your soles when you stomp on them, they'll make a run for it.
Yes, use Annika - save the Wie edition! :) hehe
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Yes, use Annika - save the Wie edition! :) hehe
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