first day of school after my self-declared holidays...

one good thing about summer in europe is that we have up to 18 hours of daylight... and that translates into longer frisbee-playing hours as well as a lot more time to catch up with my school work...

but the other side of the coin = lesser hours of darkness... to explain my point, i went to bed at 9pm last night and my room is dim... and when i woke up at 6am, the room was equally dim!! and i have to tell myself that i need to sleep more cos it is still too early to be awake... arghhhh....

and the first day of school after my self-declared break was terrible... firstly, the physics of high-temperature strength class was like a killer, ripping my defenseless brain out of my head... followed by the german class 3 hours later... imagined having your brain ripped out twice in a day... hahaha... sounds gross...

time now: 9:30pm and it's time for me to get back into the arms of my bed again... but before this, saw this really interesting article in the straits times...

"BRUSSELS - A BELGIAN army contingent joined the fight against a mass outbreak of irksome caterpillars in oak trees which can give people skin rash and breathing problems, authorities said.

Two dozen soldiers will join firefighters in northern Belgium where the so-called oak procession caterpillars have spread to record numbers because of warmer-than-usual weather, creating prime living conditions for the insect, authorities said on Monday.

The hairs on the back of the caterpillars can cause anything from mild itching to painful irritations or dermatitis and asthma attacks.

In the countryside in the provinces of eastern Limburg and central Flemish Brabant, workers have been using gas flames to burn and kill the caterpillars from the oak trees, the only tree they inhabit. Yet they keep coming back.

Officials say that because of a genetic mutation that occurred some 100 years ago, the caterpillars are immune to anti-pest spays usually favored by authorities in such cases.

They are called procession caterpillars because they crawl in long lines, one after another, up the oaks. Their hairs are extremely thin and can be carried in the air by the slightest gust of wind. The caterpillars can also shoot their hairs off into the wind if they feel threatened."

hmmm... what can the soldiers do?? use the oak trees and the caterpillars for target practise?