What a way to end an almost perfect Saturday. I was having dinner as normal at home when the freaking insect dropped on me from the ceiling, and human first reaction is to brush it away, but I guess hornet's first reaction is none other than to attack! Instantly, I felt a sharp pain above my armpit and my whole shoulder and chest area turned red and hot! Then I saw the sting - a small red circle surrounding a needle-like hole and a mozzie-bite-like bump that started to form gradually.
Cheeky insisted on bringing me to see the doctor in case it was poisonous, even though I was quite sure it wasn't fatal. So we grab that freaky insect (which was smashed dead by then) and put it in a plastic bag and brought it along. But alas, all the clinics in the area were closed on a Saturday night. So we decided to ask the chinese drug stall uncle if he knows anything before driving off to find a 24 hour clinic. The uncle gave me some vinegar to put on the sting and said it's a common 虎头蜂. Poisonous but a single sting is not deadly if I'm not allergic. And guess what he did to the hornet? He plucked out the stinger and threw it to his bird to eat!
Sunday was AHM and I still woke up to be cheeky's trusty pacer for his (and mine too) 5km run, despite a slightly swollen and painful to touch shoulder area.
Well, so what's the difference between a bee and a wasp/hornet?
Besides a difference in size, a bee dies after it stings and a hornet can sting many times!! WTH, one is enough to leave me agonizing for days. Seriously, I have NEVER had any luck with toto or 4d, only this kind of suay luck!
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