I killed bats, man!

This morning I was woken up by something that felt like a bug crawling on my arm.

I shook my arm to shake it off and went back to sleep. Not long after that I felt it again, this time I got up. I heard squeaking creaking noises. Looking down between the bed frames I saw what looked like a frog hoping along.

It was a bat.

I got out of bed and looked around. I saw a dark spot near the wall. I thought that the bat had already flown out and landed there so I went back to the bed and heard the noise again.

There were two!

So I'm standing there in the dark, shirtless, thinking about how to catch these bats. From what I understand bats normally won't go near people unless they're sick with something like rabies. I can't leave the room, my wife is still sleeping unaware of what is with us, and I do not want to wake her up.

So I find a box, catch the bat by the wall. Then I search for another box to capture the one between the beds and try to think of how to do it.

I find a box and go to search for the bat. It has helped me though, it came up to where I could get it. I used the box to cover the bat for a bit, then yanked back sharply, which managed to pull the bat onto the floor and wake my wife.

The box I had was not one that I could close with the top against the floor covering the bat. I had already taken out a knife that has an led light on it. Siew turned the light on, I cut the top of the box off and slid that under the box to trap the bat.

Then I took the boxes downstairs and taped them shut.

Here's where I was not sure what to do. One bat was smaller than the other so I'm sure it was a parent and child. We have had problems with bats living in one of the holes in the brick work above our room. I am sure these bats are from said holes. If I destroy the bats, then I remove at least some of these pests that are causing a mess, and potential hazard to our health.

So I decided to kill them.

I have never killed another mammal on my own. Seriously. I've been hunting, but I didn't fire any shots. I was a beater (someone who tries to scare prey up so that the hunter can take a shot, a common job for a kid). Kind of strange to think about now.

There was only one way I could think of. Crush the boxes with their contents. So I took them outside and determined where in the boxes they were and stomped on them. I didn't want to make it painful for them, so I stomped hard and fast.

Pests now removed I returned upstairs. Took my shirt off and turned back to go to bed. There on the floor was part of one of the bats' wing!

I cleaned that up and then crawled back into bed. I found that I am now too awake to sleep. Siew's still sleepy so she's trying to sleep now.

I hope that is enough to finish that particular roost. I don't like bats in homes at all. It is really an annoyance and can be dangerous to your health. Bats in the wild, however, are wonderfully important.

Car Pictures

Here are some pictures of our car. Can you spot the sexy car model?

New Work

Well, my interview at one school was successful. They want me to teach English. I applied for IT Lecturer. :-P

They want me to work full-time and made a firm offer. The offer is lower than what others have offered. Part-time they would be paying me more per hour than ELS.

If I work full-time I have less time to try getting students gathered to earn more money that way. Also the teaching hours in a week maximum would be 24 hours. Since the work hours are 9-6 with an hour lunch. . . that means I would have a minimum of 2 hours of time I have to remain at the school with not as much to do. It gets worse if I have less than 24 teachings hours for a week. I could easily end up with a lot of wasted time sitting at the school with nothing to do.

I opted for part-time. I won't get as much money overall, but I can opt to transition to full-time later if I want. That will give me more time to get things going to teaching younger students and make more money.

Long-term it makes more sense for me to teach privately. I can earn more potentially.

Part-time, for my rationalization, gives me the needed flexibility to get my own things going as well as giving me a slower immersion into this particular school's environment instead of a sudden dousing that may be overwhelming for me.

Siew, I feel, is not happy with my choice. I think she wants me to work full-time. I would really prefer to transition into it, or better transition out of it and into full-time private. Her mood towards me today has suddenly cooled a lot. My attempts to breach this have failed. I do not want her to feel this way.

Sorry honey, I love you.

Real Age

I was playing around and took an online quiz:

Real-Age

Here are my results:



So, if I get a bit more cardio/aerobic exercise I can live longer and feel younger. For me, I do not think this test is too far off.

If you read this and take the test yourself, post your results as a comment! :-)

Feeling

I feel like posting something.

The problem with that is that I really do not have much to say.

Friday I have another job interview.

Maybe this one will lead to a job. So far the others were offering too little, too far away, or haven't contacted me again.

I think what will happen is that I'll receive more than one offer all at once.

Bah.