One night while I was about to sleep, (since I sleep in Kookie's room, I sleep on the floor) I saw this semut on the mattress carrying something and it looked lost,
K: Ayong (my nickname, because my brother couldn't pronounce Along properly when he was a kid), buat apa tuh?
M: Tengok semut nih. Dia tengah bawak food. It looks lost, it's going around in circle. I don't think it knows how to get down from here.
K: Kita selalu tak tahan kalau nampak semut, sure nak bunuh.
M: Kita pun. Tapi this one kasi chance, sebab dia tengah bawak food. Come semut, let me help you down. *tries to help semut down* Oh nooooo, it fell and now it lost dia punya food tadi.. I'm sorry semut!!!!
K: ....
M: Kesian semut kan.. Dah lah kecik, everything must look so big and scary to them kan. Cuba imagine, one day you're randomly walking trying to find food to eat, and then suddenly something crushes you.
K: Aduuuuhhhhhhhh!
M: Sure sakit kan? :( Dah lah semut hardworking.. :( Kesian semut...
K: Siann... Sian...
M: K lah, starting from 2014 I will no longer kill semut unless they get on my body.. Go semut, go tell your friends that, I will no longer kill your kind!
And that ladies and gentlemen is my 2014 resolution. Not to kill ants unless they are on my body. Seems fair, you don't disturb me, I don't disturb you. No?
So hows my resolution going so far? Well this is me now,
M: Got semut in this cup!
K: Go lah tukar cup lain..
M: It's okay, I'll just take it out.
And then I spend like 2-3 minutes trying to take the semut out without killing it. It's harder than you think okay, they're so delicate!
M: *uses hand to take it out* Oh no, it's not moving...
K: HA! Ayong bunuh semut!
M: NO SEMUT NOOOO, DON'T DIE ON ME!!! I'm sooooorrryyyyyy. Oh wait, it's moving. Phew.
K: Yang you pergi letak semut tuh on my bed kenapa? -.-
M: Okay, okay, I remove it. Come semut, I put you on the floor. *uses paper* Semut, get on the paperrrrrrr! We're going on a trip!
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M: Semut, enough swimming. Get out of the cup. *Uses spoon to take semut out*
K: Hah, nak buang kat mana pulak semut tuh? Go put it in the sink... Tapi nanti dia takde kawan pulak..
M: *True.. Think about Finding Nemo!* Nevermind, kita tau where semut got kawan! (There's this spot in the house where there's always a trail of ants, so I sent it there)--------------------
K: *There's semut in the sink* Sorry lah semut.. *opens the tab*
M: Semut going on a water slide! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Bye semut!
*peace*
But then today Kookie told me that in Islam we're not allowed to kill semut. God gives us semut as a challenge to not kill it but instead direct it elsewhere so it doesn't disturb us.. And I thought: God will never give you a task you can't handle... So okay, challenge accepted! I will no longer kill semut even if it's on me.
*signs an invisible peace treaty with semuts all around the world* 0:)
p/s: This is only applicable to house ants, and not any other big huge ass ants like fire ants or etc. Those, I'll still scream and run for safety.
