Fogging: Love-Hate Relationship
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 in Daisy's Thoughts, General Blog Posts by Daisy Share 
Today, our Town Council went about their job of fogging… For those that do not know what this is, this is regular “fogging” with chemical insecticides to exterminate adult mosquitoes, hence, control dengue in Singapore.
These “Mozzie Busters” fog in the local surrounding area, in the rubbish chutes or wherever there may be a mosquito breeding site… Why do I have this love-hate relationship?
I hate mosquitoes becos they seem to love biting me… And the usual sequence starts off as a red inflamed/swollen painful bite which then turns into a painful/tender purple-ish bruise like mark and then results in a brown mark/scar on my skin.. The first ever bites, the marks are still present from a few years ago… The worst thing is that the mosquitoes like targetting me and I seem to be clocking up these brown marks on my legs – which are so ugly and look like bruises! So, I LURVE that fogging can eradicate these mozzies…
So then, why this love-hate relationship re: fogging? When fogging happens, cockroaches also get targeted! I’m not entirely sure whether they are meant to be targeted – but when fogging happens, they go crazy and run all over the place to avoid the insecticide fog!
We seal up our rubbish chute with tape, close all windows… But still you will find cockroaches entering your home – as they try to run away from the fog! I don’t even know where they come from but it’s so gross! When you enter the streets – they are on the floors (some alive – scurrying away, some half alive after being intoxicated and some dead)! It’s like playing dodge-ball but only what you’re trying to dodge are cockroaches! I HATE cockroaches…. so I hate the process of fogging!
A no-win situation eh!
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