Suited up for the apocalypse

Suited up for the apocalypse
Originally uploaded by island_girl.

I had to do the inevitable.

These crabs came to me two years ago from Pakistan.. There's more actually, 27 in all. Unfortunately the box broke in transit and all the preservatives evaporated. So you can imagine what it was like when it arrived. Pretty ripe, rotting flesh and limbs dropping everywhere. The auntie from the museum delivered it. I remember that day well.. the doorbell rang, I went up to answer it and she was in front of me, hankie to nose. "There are your things!" She barked before running off. It was so bad. Much much worst then all my jaunts to Phuket fish market combined. I stuck it in 100% alcohol and left it outside, and tried to forget about it. The thought of opening the drum and looking at them made me sick. After a few months, I decided to put them in the museum. So i trolleyed it to Mister Yeo, told him about how these crabs were rotting and I had to deposited them in the museum. Then I did the same thing as the auntie.. I ran off. I guess its come to catch up with me. I needed to look at them again to confirm something so remembering how nasty it was and probably is, I prepared myself for the nasal assault.

It seems I am 5 months too early for Halloween.