Eshin Direct

Took a power nap this afternoon (partly in gearing up to have enough energy for tonight’s England game) and woke up with a tingling sensation on my arm. At first I thought I was going the direction of my mate el revez and getting food poisoning (he seems to get strange skin rashes when he’s sick with food poisoning). It might have been an allergic reaction to something.

But it turns out it was a damned mosquito. Took a fucking pop at my arm. Never had anything bite me back in the UK. Over here the damned biters are large, mean and damned brave. If I scratch the damned thing, it’s crap goes and gives me a itching rash, so lesson is don’t scratch ‘em. Of course, if you don’t know you’ve been bitten, like now, then it’s pointless advice.

My friend’s grandma offers this pearl of Chinese wisdom. Human saliva is the best way to make it all stop itching.