September 18, 2006
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China Blog: Day 24
22:12 Beijing Time
Phrase Of The Day: Shenme tian…(What a day…)
Well, it’s been a…pretty crappy few days, really. But I’m not gonna
whinge too muh- Tom, Tracey and Josh have heard my tale of woe all day.
Lets just say I’ve had some news that has kinda dented my confidence a
bit, as well as suffering from a distinct lack of sleep due to parties
(Awesome) Marking (Suxxors) and Roaches (bastards). Also, I had to haul
one kid out of class today after, in an attempt to show off to the
Russians, he….well. Disputed my parentage. So needless to say I got
more than a little miffed, and basically told him to sit down and shut
up, or walk down the corridor and never show his face in my lessons
ever again.He was very quiet after that. Apparently I can be very scary when I’m
in a bad mood, and after last night, I was in a BAAAAAAAAD mood.Luckily, my first class, with Class 0501 who totally rock, was great fun and restored my faith in my teaching ability.
AAAAAAANYWAY, you’re not here to hear me whinge, are you? You want to
know all the gory details about my war with the scurrilous vermin
infesting my flat….ROACH WARS: EPISODE 2: The Expatriot Strikes BackDespite a distinct lack of roaches this morning, after school today I
began the first steps toward reclaiming my domicile. So off I merrily
trekked to *insert evil mega-corporation who shall remain nameless so
as not to label me a great big hypocritical corporate whore here* to
stock up on the things I would need for what I have labelled “Operation
Roachproof”:
So after thoroughly cleaning the flat, transferring all my food to the
fridge, and tupperwaring all my cutlery, I began the arduous task of
setting the roach traps- 9 in total, all ominous and black:
And now I’ve just liberally Raided the entire flat. As all my
co-workers have doubtless gone to bed by now, I’m just writing this up
and I’m going to go spray some more, then go and shut the flat up to
let it fumigate. SOOOOO I’ll be spending the night on the office sofa
over on the campus.Yay.
Casualties (estimated):
Roaches: 9
Scott: 0War Budget Impact:
1x sugar (3RMB)
1x Raid (19.95RMB)
1x Raid Roach Traps (19.95RMB)
1x Tupperware MegaSet (39RMB)Total: 81.90RMB
Comments (8)
Needless to say, I am extremely, extremely sympathetic. Try camphor balls from the aformentioned evil corporation and stuff all possible spaces with steel wool (they will kill themselves trying to bite through it). And cover all your drains! Good luck…I had to move away from my roach infestation!
I’m sorry I didn’t text you back yesterday…my new cat caused a severe allergic reaction and I currently have all the symptoms of the flu.
It’ll get better, both the crappy days and the roaches. Well, I’m pretty sure about the roaches…
=)
Oh, and sweet water cooler there, bub.
Re your War Of The Roaches map… Hmmm…. I think you have too much time on your hands!
Good for you laying down the law in class – you need to be tough sometimes, draw the line so everyone knows how far they can go. I was once told to start by being a total bastard then ease up!
Oooh, those roaches are gonna pay!
*shudder*
Ooh, you’re really grossing me out with all this roach talk. I may have to stay away from your blog until Operation Roachproof is completed. =P
haha i love your little reports on your roach war.
and have finally updated, thanks to your prodding
and read up on your xanga and decided that i really do miss you and your white boy dancing and fun summers of throwing eachother in the pool. and now you’re all the way in CHINA! how crazy, really when i stop to think about it!!!
ahh– lots of love!!
hey,it’s sanskey,the chinese girl at Fiona’s birthday party
I’m sorry that u have the same problem as Fiona does~~~
Hope that u can solve it asap~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~