It's Gecko time

Not to be confused with Miller time, or time travel, or for that matter time warps.  It's the time of year when gecko's of all sizes appear on my walls, ceilings and occasionally on the floor, racing to find the next "safe" place.  Watching them race around my apartment is quite fun, but can occationally be a little unnerving, especially if one is hiding under cushions, or flies off the door when you least expect it, and it's really yucky trying to peel one off the floor if you've accidently stepped on it (think sticker on the back of the door peel off).  Gecko racing, however, should never be confused with other kinds of racing.  Like bus racing for instance.  Why would buses race on a crowded street?  No idea, but the sign on the back of one here read "Your kind attention: If driver doing race driving please call (and then the number).  Given that people drive as if the overcrowded roads here are in fact the Indianapolis race track - on a moderate day - bus racing would be nothing unusual.  Then again, perhaps the company is trying to avoid any connection with the funeral home that had the sign "J.K. Funerals and Social Centre". Which left all of us riding home from work one day wondering what kind of events they have at the Social Centre and which part of the funeral home would it be held in.  Are the events mainly for the elderly who may or may not need the funeral part of the centre after a particular rousing game of parcheesie?  Do they hold weddings there as well (which given the cost of weddings might well give a parent a heart attack when all is said and done)?  Do they bet on bus racing?  How about organized gecko racing competitions?  Bring your favourite gecko to see which one can disappear the fastest (the geckos, not the people).  Do the buses race to see which one will get to the funeral home and social centre the fastest?  These are all things this inquiring mind really is not all that interested in, but there it is.  Just more of the wonderful strangeness of living in a different country.  Until next time, when I semi-promise to be more frequent with my postings.