The bug.

A couple of days ago, I went to my friend's place to pass him some material on advertising as he had a project on that module and I had just finished that module a few weeks ago. He is living alone with his girlfriend which may be a good or bad thing depending on how you view relationships.

So when I reached his place, I glanced into his room and noticed a few things that were out of place. By his bed were a deck of playing cards and a "gun" that produces fire, those you see your mom or maid use when starting a fire before cooking. (Someone tell me what it is called please.)

At that moment, my head was thinking what is it that they do before bed that required those two items. However, as they are both dear friends of mine, I preferred not knowing. In the end, curiosity got the better of me and I asked him what are those "props" for. He shook his head and told me that his girlfriend is still in "Chinese New Year mood" and is making him play dai dee before sleeping every night. (LOL!)

I started to think if the winner is supposed to burn the loser with that "gun" but before that thought ended, he told me the "gun" is to deal with a recent problem he has. Bedbugs. I have never had an encounter with those creatures and therefore I thought he was over-reacting.

So in the end, we decided to call two of my other good friends to come over to play mahjong and while waiting for them to arrive, I sat on the couch in the living room to watch the television. In the midst of the game after they have arrived, my left leg started to itch but I paid no attention to it. When I finally scratched it, I realized that there are not one, not two, but SEVEN tiny bumps.

This was when I asked my friend if they had a problem with bedbugs on the couch as well. I did not look in the mirror but according to my friends, my expression after hearing the confirmation was "priceless". We then proceeded to said couch and look for that monster. The freaking bug was the size of an "o" in this font and size, maybe even smaller. I then took much delight in frying that little creature.

The aftermath of this incident, and point of this post, is I now hate bedbugs and they are on my list of hated creatures right up with flying insects and people shouting into their mobile phones. Few days on, my leg still itches a lot and the bumps are extremely ugly. I am going to buy that "gun" and put it by my bed too in case the problem ever happens to my bed. (Please don't!)