Cool Bugs

The weather has been cooler these days. After scorching sunshine till about 2 pm, the clouds gather. The rain is short but regular enough to bring green colour back to the ground. The cows roam into our fields and it is great to see them eating. Once, some Singapore primary students actually thought these were horses! The skeletal frames of these animals show how lean they are.

Rain also brings the bugs. A regular morning will find at least 10 specimens of bugs at the wash basin in the bathroom. On a day that rains, swarms greet you. They flutter around lights and reflective surfaces. My bathroom door is white. Once, I could not proceed to shower as the swarms overwhelmed my guts. This is a hard part of life here. The next morning will find dead insects piled up outside the door. So there is daily removal of dead bodies (though its just insects).

Once I saw quite a sight. There was a "caravan"of ants taking their prized Goliaths (dead winged insects) back into their territory. The entrance though is not more than 4mm. The ants actually repositioned the large winged insect to fit - wingtip, then torso, then the rest of the wings! They efficiently negotiated the entrance and the big guy disappeared. On and on they went. My pests are their treasures! There must be tons of bugs - dead and alive behind those walls.

For sure I know there are bugs in my computer. Since Godzilla struck my notebook, I witness the breakdown of the system. No matter how I try, the functions diminish on a daily basis and it died today.

My comp is supposed to be able to survive a war but it is killed by bugs. Now I hope there will be some good bugs available to eat up the bad guys or to effectively "caravan" them away.