I still remember how much I hate insect at my first week in Cambodia. They are just every where. Crawling on my bed, my laptop, myself. I hate them!
Maybe the fact that I am staying right in the middle of the village without electricity and the only place that has it is my house, attracts them even more. Some days there are many of them. Some other days, they are just like gone. Being surrounded by insects, and sometimes gecko, frog, and spiders, has make me a stronger girl. I have no problem on touching them at the moment. Well... other than the big one and the bite one, they are just insects anyway.One thing, however, changed. It is the mosquito. During my first week, when I was
still busy chasing other insect away, I have no problem with them at all. I think it is because they prefer to bite my housemates then me and since this place only have one common place, I stick together with him a lot. No mosquito bit me.Good things always come to an end! At this point, those darn mosquito are getting bored of eating my housemate! They are starting to bite me, who completely out of ammo to fight back. My anti mosquito bracelet power wear off, I just don't use kelambu when working out or sleeping, and it's too hot to wear long pants and sleeve clothes.
As a result, I got plenty of bites all over my feet. I don't know why, but it's only on
my feet - thought at the moment, they are going to my upper body as well. One of my good habit, scratching, also makes things even worse. My mosquito bites look like a swollen wound. Ugh... ugly!And this weekend, I just couldn't stand it anymore. I went to an aphoteek and bought some gel for the bites and some garlic pills since I heard mosquito hates them. I also don't like garlic. So that why the pill takes over.
I also put my electric mosquito repellent on near me the whole day. Spray my chair with mosquito repellent, put anti mosquito frequency in my phone and laptop. Basically, prepared myself to the worse.
So mosquito... I declared war to you!!!
2 comments:
Ah, I remember the days in the field, two years ago, with a certain play outdoors. Knutjes... the tiny, bitey bastards, leave about the same injuries your feet have had to endure so far ;)
I also read what you actually do here, on this blog! Never knew electricity was such a scarcity there. I really hope you'll be able to help out in any way possible, with the remote solar panel program you're dealing with!
~ Geoff
Maybe... once again... maybe... that same bitey bastards is the one that bite me! Coz most of the time, I don't see any mosquito around me, but I got the ichiness and swollen and all kind of stuff.
In here, what even weirder is that there is a power tower go through villages, but no electricity flow through it. So it's only functionless tower.
Thank you!!! I hope so too Geoff! :)
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