I've stopped using Issey Miyake aftershave and taken to using Tiger Balm Mosquito Repellent. I might not smell quite so fragrant but at least I'm not getting eaten alive by mozzies any more. Which also means I don't spend half my time in meetings scratching like a dog with mange.
It appears that the mozzies out here have a particular fondness for my sweet Mancunian blood (the only sweet thing about me contends the wife... I can't tell you how funny she is sometimes... seriously, I just can't tell you...).
I'd only been here a few weeks when I was bitten on the finger at a garden centre. The next day it resembled a cumberland sausage. Actually it looked quite comical, even to me, until I was told about how a certain black and white striped mozzie carries a rather nasty virus called Dengue Fever. So when my 'sausage finger' started turning purple and looking quite angry, it was agreed by all that I should probably have it looked at.
I guess you know it's not good when the Doctor looks at your affliction and even he winces.
Anyway, since then I've avoided garden centres (not difficult, trust me) and started wearing spray-on repellent. I only need that for the mozzies though according to the wife as I apparently do a pretty good job of being generally repellent all by myself. She really cracks me up that one...
Steve Blakeman
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