thE huMane aNts.

hmm.
rase macam lame lak tak menjenguk kamu, wahai blog.
while resting my pseudo-paralysed fingers due to writing the oh-so-irritating medicine cases,
i'll just mention sumthing that just happened a few moments ago.


i'm writing my cases.
in my room.
with the aircond at 20 degrees.
and my window wide open.
(dunno why i do that. membazir.
tapi dh dipakse bayar rm400 sebulan. so xkesah. kot.)
while listening to ZEE AVI's songs.
(i tremendously luv her 'klasik' voice!!
the 1st time i heard her song BITTER HEART,
damn, cairrrrrrr maa.
hehe. dunno why, but when i hear her voice,
i immediately envision mary poppins
or some other old-timer in a black-&-white video clip.
it's that 'klasik'.
anyways, if someone hadn't told me that she was
actually a malaysian born in sarawak,
i would have totally passed her off as any random western singer.
such a talented lass, i must say!
malaysia boley!! heh. xpasal2 pulak)


ok back to the story.
i just finished copying down my patient's investigations.
and i felt like going to the loo.
so i got up from my stool.
then, a flurry of movement on the floor caught the corner of my eye.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!





there were like a thousand ants,
ok mebbe 50 ants la,
crowding on a tile, on my floor, in my room!

then,
out of nowhere,
my spongebob-room-slippers-cladded feet started stomping
on the creatures hoarding my floor tile.
(i know those of u insect-lovers must be saying:
--> "ish kejam aa.."
--> "ish tak baek aa.."
--> "ish nanti kat nerake, ko pulak kene pijak ngan semut2 tu"
i know, i know,
it's a mean and horrible thing 2 do.
but it was just reflexly done.
not on purpose.
so xpe la kan.)

nway after my ants-stomping rampage had ended,
i looked down 2 see small black dots scattered on the 'battlefield',
which is a tile.
on the floor.
in my room.

i actually felt that i had done something pretty monstrous,
but i was also puas hati.
then i went to the loo and did my business yang tergendala seketika.
on my way out of the loo,
i once again glanced at the 'battlefield',
admired the efforts of my reflex-rampage,
and decided to sweep up the brave army of ants later.


so then i continued writing my cases.
after around 20 minutes or so,
i felt like drinking melon milk,
so again i got off my stool.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!
the 'battlefield' was deserted!
i mean, it was clean & clear!
spotless!

hmm...
how? why? who? what? when? where?
ok. so, bilik aku memang tade hantu.
then there must definitely be a logical explanation 4 all this.

i squatted down near the 'battlefield'
and noticed 2 more dead soldiers still there,
and a few ants (alive) scurrying around near them.
(NO, this time i did NOT go on a stomping rampage.
see, i'm not that kejam. )

then..
i witnessed sumthing that was just amazing.
(to me, it was amazing la.. tatau la kalau aku ni jakun ke ape. )
the live ants were actually gathering up their dead friends,
each one picked up a friend using their lil' antenna thingys tuh,
and carried them back to their home, i suppose.

daymn.
no wonder the 'battlefield' was spotless.



i must admit,
it was a pretty touching scene.
and got me thinking.
"how can ants be so humane?
hell, even people (some of them) are not that humane.
harap name je ade perkataan 'human', tapi humane-nye tah ke mane."

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pengajaran pada hari ini
::a lesson learnt is a lesson learnt,
no matter what or whom we learn it from::
sekian.

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p/s: to those yang ingat aku tipu,
(ape? ingat aku dah tade bende laen nk tulis kt snih agaknye),
u can go on ur own stomping rampage and see 4 urself.
tapi kalau ants kat bilik korang tak humane,
well that's a different story now, aint it.
;)