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despite having spent the whole day eating, i woke up at 5am to find my insatiable stomach growling. so i made myself two slices of cheese toast and iced milo.

then i saw it. a fat juicy cockcroach waltzing cross the kitchen doing the cockcroach samba.

now usually i'd leave them alone unlike my dad who derieves immense satisfaction in attacking them with a rolled up newspaper savagely because i don't really have the heart to kill ( ants definitely excluded but the most reliable way of removing them completely is to locate their nest and seal it )

but this time round i had to act because i wanted to eat in peace without wondering if the damn unwelcome guest was going to nibble at my toes so i took out the trusty Baygon and cornered it.

a few minutes later it lay on its back twitching uncontrollably. then i wondered

how the hell do pesticides work ??

i realised i didn't know and being someone who is constantly in search of enlightenment ( a.k.a noseyparker ) , i knew i couldnt sleep not knowing the answer so here i am. ah.. good ol' internet !!

and so here's a piece of trivia

"Insecticides work by causing the nerves to fire continuously. That in turn causes the muscles to contract uncontrollably. The constant muscle contraction causes the insect to die of exhauation."

bet you didn't know that eh !! which brings me to another question

if we had a life-sized aerosal spray can would it have the same effect on humans ? i doubt so though, since our skin isn't as porous as that of insects and probably won't be able to absorb the toxins. any budding ecologists have the answer because i have no idea how to phrase my question into the google search box. hahaha.

and now its 6am. yawn. projects to finish later and sigh, d is still in bangkok because of john mark karr. but now that the paedophile's back in the states d doesn't have to film him anymore so hopefully he'll be back this noon ! YEAH !