After Thoughts Part 4

My brother asked me this question when we arrived in Laos, doing sight-seeing.

"So, do you think you can live in this kind of condition(s)/place(s)?"

I told him that this place(Vientiane) is quite a nice place to stay in, as long as there is hot water and a bathroom for bathing. I don't really care about not having internet access or not seeing any pubs or night shops around. Even if it means sitting in front of my own porch, doing nothing except to listen to the sounds that crickets make during the night, or just star gazing. The same goes for staying in Thailand.

But truth be told, when I think about the loathsome creature which I would have to face if I decided to settle down in Thailand, I feel nauseated. That creature is the lizard. Domestic lizards, that is. That being said, I think that the gecko is the most disgusting reptilian being that I had ever seen. It was humongous, as compared to the house lizard. When I saw a gecko on the terrace restaurant's wall, at a hotel in Udon Thani, I was petrified. I remembered not seeing anything like it when I first sat down on the chair. I only saw a few house lizards. And before I knew it, it was there.

I asked my sis-in-law whether that was a gecko since I had never seen a live one before. She replied that could be some decoratives but I was convinced that it was alive. She then asked the waiter about that creature, and though she was conversing in Thai, I could sense, from her surprised tone, that it was indeed the real thing. I freaked out immediately. The waiter added that the one we saw then was not the biggest, found lurking in the restaurant. A chill just went down my spine, with hairs standing on the back of my neck. And from then on, I can't get the image of that gecko out of my mind. It was black in color, definitely big, with a tail as big as its head, and hanging on the wall.

And the funniest thing was, my sis-in-law, being the funny gal with a weird sense of humor, went over to the gecko and started mimicking a gecko's call. She returned to tell me that it was gone.

Well, with all these said, I would prefer a place with not too many of these reptiles.


"EEEWWWW!!!"