Crushed cockroaches can be applied to a stinging wound to help relieve the pain.

19th September 2007
Wednesday
"Hello, my name is 小强, how do you do?"

My schedule says I am supposed to meet Jun Sheng at Novena at 11.45am. My watch tells me I am at Seng Kang at 11.20am. My brain tells me I will be late. Again. Crap. I will try to make appointments at a later time. Any meetings before 1pm and I will most probably screw up and be late again. All thanks to a nocturnal lifestyle.

Just last night, I had another visitor who came uninvited. At about 3am, I saw something through the gap between my door and the floor. And a cockroach crawled in and made itself comfortable under my table. Why is there a cockroach in my house?! Not only was the cockroach in my house, the cockroach was in my ROOM. Damn. Of all places, my room. What if the cockroach decided to plop itself into my mouth while I was sleeping? The mere thought of it sends shudders down my spine. Cockroaches are one of the most revolting insects ever existed.

Anyway, the National Library Board sent me a letter. It was a really random thing as I had nothing to do with the NLB. So I opened the letter, not knowing what to expect. Then I saw it. A reminder for outstanding library fines. I shifted my attention to the figures printed on the letter and the total amount due was $1.50.

$1.50. And how does that amount to sending a letter reminding me to pay up? I mean, $1.50 can just cover the cost of the postage, paper and ink. Where is the logic in spending x dollars to get back x dollars? I suppose the next thing I will be finding in my letterbox will be a court summon for the $1.50 I owe.


Here is something which you guys might find interesting: Crushed cockroaches can be applied to a stinging wound to help relieve the pain.
Think ulcer. Figure that out.

"Pay your fines regularly."
-Han Yong