What's That??

I saw a black and longish something, moving slowly under my TV rack. It looks like a cockroach but too thin to be one. Is it a bug? What kind of bug moves like that? I couldn't see any antennae. Bugs mostly have antennae right? That thing stops when it reached a shelf. I kinda expect it to go under the shelf but it changed direction. Probably it's too big to go under the shelf.

Curious, I go closer to have a look. And what I see almost make me shriek like a mad person during Maghrib time. Luckily, I managed to control myself or else my neighbour will think something has gotten into me. People said dusk is the time most loved by out-of-this-world thing so be careful of where you go at dusk.

Anyway, that black longish thing is ULAT BULU!!!! Yikes ulat bulu in the house!!! How on earth does it get in? I live on the third floor by the way. My TV set is at the opposite end of the front door. Don’t tell me it moves all the way from the front door and I didn't notice. If it didn’t come from the front door, does it come through the window? It's windy these past few days. Does it get flown in by the wind? How? How does it get inside? And I thought ulat bulu has a distinguish movement, curled up and straight again. This one moves straight all the way.

It is big and hairy. Really, really big! I can still feel queasy when I think about it. Errgghh...

Before that thing moves any further, I decided to take action. There's no one else in the house to ask for help. So I pick a piece of paper, gently fold in two and fold one end so when the ulat bulu moves in, it can’t move until the other end. I'm a very independent person but not when it comes to frogs or ulat bulu in the house OK. Animals are just not my thing. So before I shrieked thinking about the thing I'm holding in my hand (in the paper in my hand actually), I better move fast.

I can't squash it. I'm too timid to do that. To imagine the thing got splattered... iyyeewww... so I quickly put it in the garbage bag in the kitchen and tie it up nicely. After making sure there are no holes where it can come out, I feel better. But I'm still worried if it has any siblings moving freely in the house. God, please don't let it be anymore ulat bulu in my house.

Now do you know why I prefer light colored anything rather than black. Black can hide many things but some other things can hid there too. I'm going to check the clothes strewn on my bed just in case something is hiding in its folds. I'm going to check my handbag and laptop bag currently on the floor. My laptop bag is black. Next time I'm going to buy a light colored laptop bag. What else should I check? Iiieee... this ulat bulu is making my life difficult now.

*ulat bulu - caterpillar