We have a lot of plants at home, including water plants. Therefore, keeping mosquitoes at bay is very important because they breed in contained water.

What they teach on TV about washing all the stuff, changing water etc are not practical. How many of us can keep on washing our flower pots and vases every other day? People simply don’t bother. There are better things to do with our time. We go shopping, eat, sleep, watch TV the whole day etc.

Some people leave it to their maids for all the house work. How many of us can say that their maids are 100% reliable? My maid has been with us for more than 1 year. She has conveniently forgotten how to do a lot of housework around the house and constantly needs scoldings or reminders.

Anyway, we do have drugs to help keep Aedes mosquitoes away. It’s called Abate. All we need to do is put some in the water and it can lasts up to weeks.

The major problem why we still have many dengue fever cases is people are not aware of this drug. Most of the time I get Abate from pharmacies but the stock is so limited. Almost everytime when I ask the attendant/sales people in a pharmacy, they have no idea what I’m talking about.

Now you see why our government campaign fail big time? People don’t know anything about this drug, not even the people who are selling it. It is a shame that dengue cases still happen in areas populated by highly educated people in Subang and PJ.

Last weekend I found a better place to get the drug and at a cheaper price too. It is available in Tesco. It’s placed at the aisle where we can find insect repellent/sprays.

So start using it if you can’t do the washing and changing water everyday thing.