Rain rain go away ...

Lately it has been raining and some places are flooded - even on the double-carriage highways!

Wet season can be cool but at the same time it can be a nuisance like sending a welcome invitation to the buzzzzzing pesky mosquitoes to breed and to vampire-ing on human blood and sucking through the juicy veins. LOL.

Well, here is a tip shared by some kiasu ladies - the mosquito control technique! - that they got from a gardening forum.

Do not know how far this is true but there is no harm in trying it out. Instead of using the various brand of the poisonous agents like Ridsect or Baygon or Shelltox, this simple home tip does actually works.

Put some water in a white dinner plate and add a couple drops of Lemon Fresh Joy or any dishwashing liquid. Put the dish on your porch, patio, picnic table, park bench or other outdoor area.

Not sure what attracts the mosquitoes - the lemon smell, the white plate colour or what! But mosquitoes flock to it and drop dead shortly after drinking the dishwashing liquid mixture. It usually drops within 10 feet away from the plate. Maybe the mosquitoes thought it's a drinking party for them :)

Try it! It may seem trivial but it may also help to control mosquitoes around your home especially in areas where puddles of water can be seen. Do share this tip with anyone who likes sitting out in the evening or when they are having a cook out.

CQ will experiment on it soon ..but where? Mosquitoes hardly fly as high as three storeys high flat hehehe - CQ will sing the kiddy song 'rain, rain go away..' :)