ackkkkk!!!

i woke up to a very unpleasant surprise this morning.
there was cockroach in our apartment!

LUCKILY, Larry hadn't left for work yet when he spotted it in our living room and killed it. *whew* i don't know what i would've done if i was by myself!

i'd actually just woken up right after he'd killed it. the first thing he said to me was "umm, i have to tell you something. you're not gonna like it" (never good to hear first thing in the morning). when i walked out, i saw it, and screamed. good thing it was dead already!

it must've crawled in through the living room window which we'd left open throughout the night, even though we only left a crack of 1 cm wide. jeez, those monsters can squeeze through any narrow crack, huh?

the freaky thing is that we've been leaving a few windows open during the night to let in some fresh air (our apartment gets unbearably hot and stuffy), and we've been leaving the bedroom window open as well. but this window is literally 3 inches away from my face. if a cockroach crawls in through that window while i'm sleeping inches away, i'll have a heart attack!

i'll admit that i have a severe case of insect-phobia. especially spiders. basically i'm terrified of all insects (except ants and flies, they're just annoying). cockroaches are pretty damn freaky, we just never came across any in California, but Hong Kong is infested with them. they skitter across the sidewalks in HK, and i'd sprint away from them. but we've never had one in our own home before, and it's not like i can just run away and expect it to disappear.

that's it... i'm never leaving the windows open at night anymore! and i'm reluctant to open them during the day now. the choice is between letting cockroaches in or not having fresh air, so clearly i'll have to sacrifice the fresh air.... which really sucks because i just found out that i have asthma, and blasting the air-conditioning all day and night makes it worse for me... =( dude, this suuucks...

(shaking fists) damn you, roaches!!!!!