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May

My Greatest Fear

   Posted by: WhiRL   in Colors of Life

My favorite superhero of all time in the comic sense is Daredevil. The tag line, ‘the man with no fear’. OH My hero…..

MIke Leo will say I fear no one when it comes to speaking my mind. Others will testify to my stupid bold acts of bravery but one thing I can never overcome. Make me eat ‘Balut’ or even spiders or crickets I could survive….though I haven’t done that. I have eaten stuff like monitor lizards, squirrels, snakes, porcupine and more and it is no issue to me.

But it was a cold cold December night somewhere about 10 or more years ago. There I (the victim) lay under the cover of my sleeping bag. Beside me was a friend named Adino (the accused) and we were resting awaiting the next day of camp to approach when suddenly....

I am faced with my greatest fear that night. I was bitten by the most atrocious creature of them all. I cried to Adino for help but he brushed my pleas for help aside . There I lay unable to sleep that night, traumatised by that event that has deeply affected me until this very moment.

I write this because I was faced with this vile creature once more last night as I attempted to do a great deed….wash my clothes. It flew in a violent fashion and I ducked as I sensed it’s presence (a super power ever since it bit me). There I came face to face with it and guess what? I ran like a…..I don’t know how to describe…..all I can say is my brother and friends laugh at me when I run like that.

I grabbed my ultimate weapon but like a wuss I stood in a distance and sprayed in every direction possible. I approched its lair closer slowly one step at a time…..SUDDENLY THERE IS WAS RIGHT ABOVE ME! SPRAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I ran off with all my might. I think I hit it with my amazing most poisonous weapon but she is nowhere to be found. It is said only the females fly. They have this ability to hide from the naked eye. I have no idea if my deadly nemesis has been defeated or will come to haunt me in my sleep.

Now my clothes lie in the washing machine and it has been more than an hour since I have been trying to work up the guts to go to the back of my house. Oh don’t you know yet what my greatest fear is? I fear nothing else in the world honestly. But ever since that fateful night, I have now been haunted by the fear of this disgusting creature. I blame you Adino…..you did not save me sob sob….

I am so ashamed to admit that my greatest fear is a little cockroach. When will I ever be ‘The Man without Fear’

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10 comments so far

kim
 1 

hahaha!!!

erm… so you can’t join fear factor just yet, eh? i mean, what if they asked you to eat those madagascan hissing cockroaches… huge, man!! ewww…. or be enclosed in a container full of ‘em… yucks!

Leon said:

I’m more afraid of the normal common cockroach….but still I heard those hissing fellas bite very painful

May 28th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
MikeLeo
 2 

You are such a devil…. however, the good newz is tat you are now officially tagged by me

Leon said:

You terrible tagger!! More of a devil no??

May 28th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
meiyen@sarah
 3 

haihz..yr not the only one afraid of it la…ditto here…but somehow I pushed all my guts out everytime I meet one….and just whack it with whatever I can grab ….haha…but don’t ask me to clean up the mess if its possible…and if possible I’ll run too ! but most of the time I also come face to face with it when I’m all alone….haihz….Anyway my friend I’m sure you’ll be able to overcome it….Just try yr best :-) Coz there are times when you can’t run away or avoid it…..hehe like for me I met one huge and i mean huge one which could fly , during the mission trip to Philippines…and I had to not scream ans had nothing to whack it so I just kind of made my way pass it then quickly got as far as possible form it…hahaha
Hey anyway thanks for the tip that only female’s fly….hhaha never had a clue why some could fly and some couldn’t…..

Leon said:

Even if I’m not the only one, I still feel so embarasses because you all keep laughing at me

May 28th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Adino
 4 

Sorry la bro, I thought you were joking or dreaming only. I never heard of people being bitten by cockroaches mah…

Actually the cockroach is quite small only. You can squish them with your power! Pretend you are Crixalis?

Leon said:

Owning!! I know la but I still blame you…..hahhaha…need someone to blame ma right? Joking hehehe

May 29th, 2008 at 9:38 am
~doNNa^~
 5 

I’ve never heard of cockroaches bite too (or do they?) Hmm.. guess what happened today? Cockroach on the table where we had our lunch in Italian food restaurant. My boss and my the other guy colleague were trying their best to it away from the table with glass, blew it away… Haha… Never seen such a way to In the end this brave lady grabbed a tissue and… there this cockroach ended it’s life. I’m not afraid of cockroach anyways except those FLY ones or anything flies, or bees? I’ll run with all my life. But, I kill them too. Now I know why some fly and some don’t too.

Leon said:

Why you all tell me these disgusting stories about my enemy…yuckss

May 29th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
nancy
 6 

Cockroaches do bite…but by the male or female or both? My mom got bitten too when she was sleeping, that’s how i know for sure that they do bite!

My brother too had a very traumatising experience while sleeping when a cockroach crawl into his ear and couldn’t reverse out! In its attempt to get out, it caused lots of pain to my brother and he was like jumping and hitting his ear and screaming in pain. We tried helping by pouring in water, vinegar and i can’t remember what else, in the end i think we drowned the cockroach and half its body finally ‘floated’ out. The other half (imagine the condition after the overnight soaking)….ooops sorry to those who happened to be eating and reading…..was flushed out by a general practitioner the next day! Yucks!!!

Most of us would grab something or anything to start whacking if we encounter the non-flying ones but i will dodge or run if its the flying ones ….. hahaha. As long as they don’t touch me, i am fine and will attack.

So Man Without Fear wannabe, you have to overcome that ‘fear’ la.

Leon said:

That is sooooooooooooo disgusting!!! I’m more afraid now

May 30th, 2008 at 10:26 am
~doNNa^~
 7 

Ho!! Now I recalled something happened about 20 years back. I was bitten by a cockroach when I was brushing my teeth. I jumped and ran to my daddy. But I don’t remember anything after that anymore. Considered I’ve overcame it? Haha… No wonder I fear nothing. The bees? Supposingly it won’t cause me to scream and run for my life. :)

Leon said:

Good for you…I still live in fear

May 30th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
wen cheang
 8 

Hahahahaha……. You and cockroach again…. i hate them, they make my toilet stink…. Always flush them down the toilet bowl. Its been so many years and you still can’t overcome your fear of cockroaches….

Leon said:

Yes I can’t…..

May 31st, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Edren
 9 

BRAVO!! You’re such a great script writer my friend… From such a small case, you have been writing it happen as if like fighting from earth to heaven and way back to hell.. Haha.. But, in deed you have illustrated it greatly. No worry on that.. sooner or later you will learn to fight your fear as in i’m fighting mine with my beloved kitten & puppy.. :D

Leon said:

Errr it was really scary ok…..I write so that you all can feel it :)

June 2nd, 2008 at 12:27 am
Edren
 10 

Your feelings were all deeply felt! Haha.. Anyway.. wondering whether do S’pore have lots of cocroach like here? Hehehehehe……

Leon said:

I’ve seen them there too. No escape…..

June 5th, 2008 at 12:05 am

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