On 24 September 2013 around 10.30pm, I saw the rat, size like the kitten scurrying practically in my kitchen. Argh…..I even couldn’t sleep well at that night. My room is very near to the kitchen. I use five footsteps to reach my lovely kitchen. I scare that it would migrate to my room. I relate to the story of the falling rubbish bin and the black-colour prints in the kitchen that I found in the early morning. At first, I thought the students unintentionally throw the rubbish disposal but I understand it was the work of the rats after I saw it. On that night, I heard a lot of noise from the kitchen of the rats that scrounging for food at kitchen’s rubbish bin, boxes that kept the plastic bag and some containers, oblivious to human presence. It’s not the human sound. There are two source of sounds in the hostel, either from the front door or the staircase. The sound from the staircase is continually ranging to the front door or the kitchen area.
On 25
September 2013, I brought this up to the Jemalie (multi-tasking technician) and
request him to settle the rat issues. He laughingly told me it was my fault in
not keeping the kitchen cleanliness from times to times. I recognized that I’m
not take care the kitchen’s cleanliness. After working, I remove the rubbish
bins in the kitchen and throw away the onions, garlic and throw the biscuits
and breads that I left in the table. On 26 September 2013, he tried to solve
the problems by putting rat glue with biscuit beside the rubbish bin and others
in the bathroom. He even used the rat trap but to no avail. On 1st
October 2013, once again he used stronger rat glue with fried chicken. To my
surprise, the chicken was gone but couldn't catch the rat. He told me the rat
in the hostel is classified as obtaining the Master or Phd level educations.
For months of
the dirty environment around the kitchen has been a breeding ground for rats.
My colleague, Miss Wong advised me the rat population and survival rate will
kept increasing. They could invaded via a series of underground burrows and
sewage pipes leading to the hostel. She said the rat problems need to be solved
as soon as possible. Hence, I start to educate the students on the proper way
of dispose of their kitchen waste. The collection of rubbish in the hostel
needs to be intensified to remove more garbage and food waste. I spoke to the
students that live in the hostel about this but was told this sort of thing was
common in the house and everyone was used to it.
Tay Pa Pa
told me that I must rinse all the plates and cups before using it because I
face the threat of urine and droppings of rodents. However, there has not been any report of
such incident in the hostel. The most effective methods to solve the problem is
exterminate the rats at source. The rats made nests in the somewhere corner in
the hostel. Sighed……I’m not daring to take this approach. It’s very disgusted
when I saw the rats escaping in the kitchen. I admit, I’m really timid like a
chicken.
Recently,
there’s no signs of the rat. Where they gone? Isn’t migrate to other places?
I quote: Rats are infesting my hostel and the college seems helpless to do anything about the “invasion”
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