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

Friday is a weekend in Kuala Terengganu

Today is a weekend in Kuala Terengganu and there is no work on site. The weather is fairly good as it had stopped raining and then sky is clearing up.

I take the opportunity to read through some of the swiftlet related blogs and one of the blogs that was written in Bahasa Malaysia attracted me. This is what the blogger had to say about bloggers writing about swiftlet farming trying to outdo one another. I had noticed one blogger condemning another calling him names and making accusations. This is what the blogger had to say:

"Dunia walit dunia jutawan, nilai pasaran RM 12 billion setahun amat besar untuk dikongsi bersama.. Janganlah kita menjadi manusia yang terlalu tamak hingga menggangu bisnes orang lain. Takkanlah kita nak rebut semuanya sedangkan ianya anugerah Allah kepada makhluknya rajin berikhtiar dan berusaha. Hentikan segala polimik dan kembali norma untuk meningkatkan potensi dunia walit yang sangat hebat, dimana Allah anugerahkan hanya kepada penduduk nusantara sahaja tidak dunia lain.

Tiada siapa yang berhak mendakwa ilmunya lebih hebat daripada orang lain kerana semuanya milik Allah, manusia cuma mampu berusaha dan berikhtiar sahaja. Walaupun ikhtiar kita betul dari segi kaedah dan caranya, tetapi jangan lupa bahawa rezeki adalah milik Allah yang diberi kepada siapa yang dikehendakinya.

Dalam industri walit belum lagi ditubuhkan suatu badan yang boleh mengiktiraf ilmu seseorang sehingga ianya layak digelar pakar dalam bidang walit. Gelar diri sendiri bolehlah, macam naik lif tekan suiz sendiri. Siapa-siapa pun boleh buat. Buat sebuah rumah burung walit, kemudian burung walit datang bersarang mengangku jadi konsultan atau mendakwa cara dia buat semuanya betul. Jika orang lain buat tak ikut cara dia dianggap salah. Tapi yang dianggap salah tadi pun burung datang bersarang juga. Kadang-kadang apa yang dia buat kali pertama berhasil dan bila buat yang lain tidak menjadi pun. Dimana silapnya, adakah ilmunya salah, tidak! itulah dikatakan rezeki.

Jika anda mempunyai blog tulislah apa yang anda nak tulis, katalah apa yang anda nak kata, dakwalah apa yang anda nak dakwa kerana itu hak anda orang lain tidak boleh mempertikaikannya. Kerana mereka tidak bayar kepada anda."

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