Dengue Alert!

Being a responsible (but fake) doctor, I will take this opportunity while my traffic is still somewhat boasted by Sunday's publicity to spread an important message.

You see, I hate mosquitoes! The animosity began in those pre aircon days. At that time we only had fans and the windows were often opened big big to invite these foul creatures into the bedroom. Many nights as a young child I had to endure those sickening itch and could not sleep well. Poor sleep translated into poor attention in school, ultimately resulting in not so good results. I suspect this to be one of the two reasons why I was not given those prestigious gahmen scholarships (or not I will be some big shot writing policies, not blog!). The other being that I didn't apply.

My dislike for these flying vampires grew in my army daze where I was to experience first hand those frightening "tiger mosquitoes". This type of mosquitoes are damn fierce and can even suck your blood through the army uniform! But of course they still pale in comparison with other blood suckers like the forever increasing GST, income tax, road tax and radio license.

Now, mosquitoes not only get on my nerve, they also endanger our well being. Those Aedes mosquitoes carry the dengue virus. Don't worry mosquitoes don't spread the AIDS virus, you only get those from love bites (not mosquitoe bites). But keep in mind that Dengue is potentially fatal. If you have fever and rashes which are like little pin point red dots, please go see a doctor!

Most importantly, as the saying goes, prevention is better than cure (especially when dengue got no cure)! So I did my part by not watering the plants when my mother was away last month. I succeeded in causing most of the plants to dehydrate but when she came back, she was really hoping mad.

Mother: wah lau! why you never water my plants?
BL: wah lau, they breed mosquitoes ok! I get dengue how?
Mother: dun anyhow say ar! I clear the water in the pots everyday!!!!

Yah! Sure you do!

I guess the authority's initiative of getting more inspectors to issue more fines to check for stagnant water ain't gonna be too successful given that there are mothers out there who treasure their pots of plants more than the lifes of their sons. Maybe we should just import more of those slippery lizards! The two residential lizards in my home seemed to be having the time of their life with the feasting. Come to think of it, better go chase them around or not they get too obese and die from coronary heart disease!!!!