Sour Grapes

This is what Wikipedia says:

Sour grapes is an expression originating from the Aesop Fable The Fox and the Grapes. It always refers to an unattainable goal and human reaction to it. It can mean to deny desire for the unattainable item. More often, it refers to the nature of humans to rationalize why they wouldn't want it anyway. The phrase has come to be synonymous with bitterness in most modern contexts.

and this is what I found in Thesauraus.com.

Main Entry:	sour grapes
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	affected scorn
Synonyms:	bad-mouthing, derogation, disappointment, disparagement, ill-will, resentment

The sour grapes that I am referring to are my readers who had been making sarcastic comments and dare not reveal their identity. I am sure it also happened to my fellow bloggers like Harry and James. We are here blogging because of our interest and passion for swiftlet farming and we are not out to offend or mislead anybody. Readers who feel uneasy about any of the writings in this blog can just close the blog.

I would like to post a comment which I received on 18th September 2009 for all to judge whether this person who makes the comment is a sour grape. First of all he chose to remain anonymous. The 2nd thing is his English is lousy and the 3rd thing he is not so clever. I never write anything about either the external sound or the internal sound and he had the chick to say that I do not know how to fix the tweeter in a proper way and I am talking cock. I only show a photo of a tweeter with nest marking on it.

Here is Mr. Anonymous comment which I had rejected from publishing in my post 'Unique project after 6 months showing positive sign'.

'a person even dont know how to fix an tweeter in an proper way wanted to talk cock in web' - Anonymous

An tweeter?? An proper way??. First of all where did you learn your English and hope you polish up your English before making further comments and if you make comments the next time, please have the guts to put down your real name or known nick name.

Just would like to ask Mr. Anonymous where did you learn to fix tweeters. It can be in series or in parallel but for me it doesn't matter as long as the sound is audible and clear. If my sound is not good and wrongly fixed why then the swiftlet has started to make nest above the tweeter.

A word of advice to you Mr. Anonymous. There is a saying, Many Roads Lead to Rome. Having gone to one or two seiminars and having read a few swiftlet books doesn't mean that what you have learnt everything and all are correct and whatever that differ from what you know are all wrong. Swiftlet farming or whatever you want to call it, is both an art and a science. In science it is definite and systematic but in art it is skill, innovation and creativity. Nobody until now dare to say that they can make the swiftlets build a certain number of nests over a certain period of time and guarantee it. Not the money back guarantee. My dear Mr. Anonymous, 80% still failed in swiftlet framing and only 20% had succeeded so far. So, its better you shut up and don't ever visit my blog again if you have nothing good to say or to contribute. Ask yourself whether you have talked cock or I talk cock. You are really a chicken who hide under the name of ANONYMOUS. Hope the next time if you ever comment again, you will reveal your identity. Be Gentlemanlah.

CHEERS TO ALL MY READERS AND SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI MAAF ZAHIR DAN BATIN TO ALL MY MUSLIM FRIENDS

My Roof Top Garden and My Swiftlet Sanctuary

Yesterday, my kids managed to collect some water lilies and fishes from a nearby swamp. These water lilies and fishes were put into my roof top pond to enhance my roof top garden which had started blooming with plants. My sanctuary is in the 2nd month running. There are many swiftlets swarming above and only after 7.00 pm did some swiftlets came down low to circle the roving area and enter the sanctuary through this garden enclosure. So far, there isn't much bird shit spots yet. . All the conditions seems to be right now. All the minor leakages and related problems had been repaired and overcomed and the pond had been waterproofed by the expert. The roving area had been made darker by a coat of black aroma paint. The sounds have been good. The temperature and humidity have been excellent. (see photo below). Let's be patient and wait for another month to see the progress.

Roof top garden with pool and fountain

Fish and water lilies

Water lilies

Water lily close up

Water lily close up

My kid ready to go fishing

One of my kids catching fish and collecting water lilies as well

Temperature and humidity on 3rd. Floor

Mega birdhouses in KT

This is a story about 'from rags to riches'. The persons who build these birdhouses started with a humble beginning. One is a backhoe driver and another a construction machinery and equipment mechanic and both teamed up to set up a mobile crane hiring company which later expanded into piling. For the past 20 odd years they had been busy doing jobs all over the country and due to their hard work and diligence, they had managed to amass a fortune which they invested in a property in BR in the outskirt of Kuala Terengganu. In this property they first started to build their workshops, office and precast concrete piling factory. When they started planning their workers quarters they had the birdhouse in mind and they finally constructed a massive 5 storey BH with the lower 2 floors as their staff living quarters. Not satisfied with one, they built another 5 storey birdhouse next door. And still not satisfied, they build another 6 storey birdhouse nearby. I am sure they know what is best for them. Rather than putting their fortune in FD or shares, they prefer the passive income from birdnest. Let us wish both of them the best of luck and may both of you be blessed with good fortune.

This is the 1st birhouse built in the property. The 1st 2 floors are living quarters for the staff.

This is the 2nd birdhouse built in the same property. All 5 floors are birdhouses

This is the 3rd and latest addition built in the same property. It is 6 storey building The ground floor is left vacant. Observe the sleek and stylish polycarbonate roof covering the dog kennel roving room. Also, there is another entrance on the 4th. Floor. This is neccessary as swiftlets might get lost or would not go to the lower floor as the number of floors exceed three and the LALs are not arranged as one air well.

2nd Anniversary of Tirok Swiftlet Farm

13th September 2009 marked the 2nd anniversary of Tirok Swiftlet Farm. It has been a long journey to come to this far. This was the first farm in Kg. Tirok and since then 12 farms have been in operation and a few more is coming up. Kg. Tirok is on the swiftlets path and also one of the feeding grounds but is not been popular choice for swiftlet farmers as growth has been slow compared to other areas such as Wakaf Tapai, Telemong and Kuala Berang. As on 12th September 2009, the nest counts stands at 138, of which 69 had been harvested. Whether this is a success or failure, lets keep an open mind. What I can tell the readers is that I was at the farm yesterday at around 6.30 p.m there are a lot of young swiftlets flying around and entering the farm. To tell the truth, to go this far is not an easy task. It is not just sitting down and relax. I have to do a lot of reading, books and articles and the blogs in the internet helps. I would like thank Harry for giving so much information in the net. However you have to take the information at face value and you have the right not to follow what he preaches. You have to use your own judgement and a lot of common sense. Low Yat Net is also a good forum. Many are unselfish to share their information especially West Wing but there are some who are 'rotten' and cannot take criticism.

The macros and micros are important besides the sound, both external and internal. Aromas do play a part but this is subjective. Other than that, the most important is observation. Keep on monitoring from outside and inside to see that everything is in order.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY