You might have guessed that word right - 'Cockroach'. And I shall add more description to it - A big and flying monster (I don't want to use the word repeatedly cos' it just makes my hair stand). Ya, that's indeed one of my biggest fear (not that I'm a scaredy cat) but I'm really afraid of insects in general. Here comes the story of my close encounter with my No. 1 fear...

As I closed the bathroom door, I saw the huge monster just beside the door handle where my hand was. I totally freaked out and ran to the furthest corner as fast as I could without agitating it. I stood there still at the corner and, uh huh, it's not moving! So, I anticipated its moves and strategized my escape plan (it would have been so much easier if it's on the floor, damn!). Firstly, I glanced around the toilet and searched for useful tools.

1. The water hose - To my knowledge, most insects are scared of water. However, thinking that the monster would most probably be flying around the toilet made me sure to drop the idea.
2. The towel - I thought that I could throw at it and let it trapped in the towel instead. But I didn't dare to challenge insects' instinct (it would, again, most probably fly away before the towel reaches it).
3. My last resort - To pray. Seriously, I regretted that I didn't make that as No. 1 of my list because it actually worked! I prayed that the monster must get out of the toilet at any means as long as it doesn't come near me. Within a few seconds, it started crawling its way down to the bottom of the door and retreated its way out of the toilet through the tiny gap under the door. I couldn't believe my eyes.