We can be very "green"!

We can be very green!

Our true colour is green, green, green!

Swiftlet ranching can be very environmental-friendly and mother-earth loving.

In my eyes, I see the beauty and the genuine efforts of our green peace-loving fellow ranchers.

Nothing is perfect under the hot sun, I do not deny that some of us have created a mess to the public, however, honestly I still believe that most of us have done our earth good while relentlessly chasing after our dream...

Hey, the reality and the best thing is... by building BHs we have played our parts in 4R our earth's resources :

1) Reduce

2) Recycle

3) Reuse

4) Rescue & respect


How & what have we reduced?

We reduce material wastage by reviving the abandoned projects and transformed them into successful BHs. We are the saviour of the sick and unwanted projects!


What have we recycled?

We can recycle the swiftlet droppings or guano as agriculture fertiliser.

We also keep the guano for the new BH use.

It is zero waste!

What have we reused?

Of course we reuse the bird's nests!

The used bird's nest (after the young birds fledging) can be used for human consumption.


What have we rescued?

We save and rescue the swiftlets by providing them a comfortable sanctuary and a place called home, by doing this, we reduce the fatality.

More importantly: we respect & protect the wildlife!

(Sometimes I doubt that by shutting down the BHs, the infamous Perhilitan/Forest is protecting or eliminating the swiftlet population? Your guess should be as good as mine)


Having the above said, a normal person should have good faith in what we are doing and

should support what we have done so far.


Thank you!

Happy new year 2010 and good luck to all!

Trust me, we save abandoned projects

Swiftlet farming is an art, it transforms something low in value to high-value.

This awesome art has successfully converted thousands of abandoned projects or undesired surplus stocks into high income BHs.

It is a brilliant & million-ringgit-worth idea for the property developer to use this swiftlet farming concept to clear their unwanted & unsought-after units.

Instead of letting the unsold unit turning into haunted and run-down shop unit, it is given a second chance for some swiftlet farming masters to revive it and change it into a gold mine.

By doing this we are contributing to the economy growth, where we make sure every supply created is efficiently matched with the demand, whereby there is no efforts/resources wasted in the production process.

Trust me, we save abandoned projects!

Swiftlet farming is the last resort only when every avenues is exhausted to bring life to our failed projects!

However, I do not like the idea of constructing something like eco-parks, just purposely for swiftlet farming. To construct a 1 million 3 storeys building in 2 years which intended for swiftlet farming is too risky for a newcomer to take on, more so where there are lots of "con-men"out there eyeing to lure the new innocent victims into their trap.

I am not comfortable to accept that we should accept the whole idea of construct a building just for the sake of swiftlet ranching. Why not doing it for other purpose? Why not for business, manufacturing, education, and other more meaningful purpose?

After all, by converting an abandoned shop house, we give life to it, which I believe is far more meaningful than making a good location shop house an abandoned one.

I am not against standalone BH or ready-built eco parks. I just feel that we should do thing in a way where the ends justify the means and not the means justify the ends. I do not understand why...

Can someone enlighten me with some good explanations?

You are most welcome.

Someone wants to buy my BH!

Someone wants to buy my BH, but I do not want to sell.

Not because the price offered is not attractive enough...

Not because I do not want to make money...

Do not think that everything in this world must have a price tag..

You can't buy love and passion....

Money can do everything for me,

but can't take the BH away from me.

Invest in yourself!

There is nothing in the world more powerful than knowledge.

It is always worthwhile to invest in ourselves cause change of our mindset and attitude can lead to change of our fate.

It's been a while since I wrote the last article.

Apart from getting busy in my petty highway project, I also tried my level best to squeeze some precious time learning some lessons in home recording.

I always dreamt of producing my own album, all by myself, DIY from lyric, music, song, packaging, etc.

I hope it will be useful also for me in swiftlet ranching, especially in mixing & producing bird luring sound.

I know it is quite old for me to pick up the skill now.

But, I still believe that it is always never too late in life to invest in ourselves.

What say you?

Crack down again!

（柔佛‧昔加末）昔加末县议会秘书慕斯达化表示，县议会將继续动用庭令，对付违反条例的养燕单位，进行拆除音响和扩音器的工作。

昔加末县议会执法组於8月17日，於昔加末旧市区的燕楼拆音响和扩音器。县议会是在取得庭令的情况下，向3家养燕单位（包括20层楼大厦）展开取缔行动。

慕斯达化表示，在检举养燕单位方面，地方政府面对一些难题，因为州政府主张禁止及查封养燕单位，但是联邦政府却主张发出准证给养燕单位，这“灰色地带”导致县议会在进行检举行动时，往往会陷入混淆的状况。

他披露，针对养燕单位问题，以副首相丹斯里慕尤丁担任主席的地方政府国家理事会將做出最后的定夺，不过最终的定案尚未明朗。

“既然不能贸然拆除养燕单位，县议会只能在接获任何严重性的噪音投诉后，即刻申请庭令以拆除养燕单位內的音响系统。”

他希望政府能儘快做出妥善的决定，以解决养燕单位所產生出的诸多问题。

Source: sinchew.com.my 星洲日报／大柔佛‧2009.08.19



Will you give us a break?

The public and BH ranchers are asking the same question.

If we are not able to control the noise problem, all will face the impact, nobody will gain.

May be this is the time for those uncooperative BH owners to slow down their BH music a bit...

Do not take thing for granted.

Do not underestimate what the local council can do.

Do not ask why we are not allowed to proceed when some of us do not give a damn on what they have done onto others.

Be a wise, responsible & reasonable farmer, then it will be alright.

In the same time I pray that the local government will not one broad sweep nailing down everyone.

Item

Location! Location! Location!

Location may play a fundamental role in determining the bird nest growth rate of a BH.

If we use and repeat the similar design & method for BHs in different locations, it will definitely give us different result.

1 theory can not be practised throughout "1 Malaysia".

If designing a sucessful BH is so simple, we will have a lot of swiftlet farming "photocopy shop" providing/duplicating or churning out replica (like what we have seen in ecopark.)..we do not need to attend seminars, read books and search high & low for expert/sifu any more...

"Turnkey" concept is irrelevant for this industry, it is not meant or suitable or fit for lazy people who want to make money but do not want to go through the hardship.

One successful BH's secret recipe cannot be used 100% to guarantee another's. Everything is dependent on the environment (external & internal) and the circumstances...

Building BH in swiftlet hotspot area tends to have higher successful rate as compared to non-favorable area.

This is due to birds growth rate.

Be that as it may, it does not mean that we will have failed farm in non-hotspot area, is just that it will take longer gestation period for the ranchers to get back their money invested owing to the slower growth rate.

I have seen, many a times, there are more birds "swarming" the BHs located at some special areas and just one KM down the road, there are lesser birds populated the BHs over there. Some sifus try to explain such phenomenon as "due to the location is not in the flying path of the swiftlets".

It is analogical to property investment where the rental yield for houses located in prime area will be higher & growing faster than the slump area and the former will be comparatively much sought after by the buyers. Of course swiftlet hotspots will command higher investment cost. If the rancher does not have deep pocket, he/she will face no choice but downgrade to tolerate and accept areas where property value is lower and in the same time having lesser birds & lower growth rate.

So be wise to choose the location.

Personally, I will choose moderately good location and in the same time build a value-for-money BH, & it ought to be within my means.

But, a BH in the jungle will not be my first choice.

Does size matter?

Since I graduated, I have never looked back for a while.

Sweet memories, bad experience, happiest moments, ups and downs, they just come and go so fast...I would say that construction industry is really making wonders out of scratch.....and it's not too exaggerate to say it is out of thin air....

All these years, I have completed many projects, from one as big as a dam to as small as a BH.

I find that both dam & BH share a common characteristic where they are to be constructed within a certain time frame and budget and they need the builder's very strong determination, team work, concerted effort & perseverance to overcome the hardship before achieving the final product.

Does size really matter, when it comes to measurement of level of satisfaction towards our achievement?

No, I personally don't feel so.

To me, it's equally challenging to ensure a successful completion of a BH, as compared to a dam, bridge or a super highway.

However, if you thought that the size is the only difference between these two projects, you could not have been more wrong.

To me, I discover that the stark difference between them is :

"How we react during the rainy days"

Most of the builders who undertake to construct highway or external infrastructure works, have had the same experience that during rainy season they feel very helpless and frustrated cause their whole operation at site has to be shutdown until sunshine comes back again.

And yet on the other hand for a BH, it is totally reversed, it's kind of blessing that during the rainy days, we will have more birds visit our BHs to build nests. Every ranchers will laugh all the way to the bank for the resounding results...

Believe it or not?

This is not just a story-telling. This is a gift from God. This is real.

Problems faced by the bird's nest industry

The disaster is happening when power prevails and law legitimizes what prevails..

It is a disgrace of our nation that some abusive departments are trying to be funny & going to great lengths to take us backward when it is unquestionably that we are enjoying the benefits & income generating from the God-send gifts.

Why should we follow blindly the insensible policies (the uncalled-for exit tax)?

Why that should be so?

Where is the spirit of promoting economic freedom?

Can we see any of the government's constructive vision for this "smokeless" industry?

Can we see any brighter hope in the foreseeable future?

We can't move very far if we are heading to the wrong direction....

Here are some articles pertaining to the problems faced by the public/traders/tourists in the import & export of BN in Malaysia by DL.

You can click the following links to download the files.

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Poultry humidifier VS mist-cooling-system humidifier

Poultry humidifier (半天露)

1. Convenient, easy to use, controllable with timer.

2. Cheaper, around RM300-500 per nos.

3. Bird shit may deposit in the fan. However, this problem can be solved by covering it with a metal deck sheet.

4. A bit noisy.






Mist-cooling-system humidifier (喷雾)

1. More expensive, around RM2000

2. Spraying outlet opening tends to get choked.

3. Not easy to control the temperature, need the aid of hygrostat.

4. Need to have duty and standby units, 2 nos, in case the duty unit broken down.

5. Incur higher BH maintenance cost.

Swiftlet Farming Is 4D!

About 10-20 years ago, people defined luxurious lifestyle as owning 5"C":

They are:

1) Car

2) Cash

3) Career

4) Condominium &

5) Credit card

However, these criteria are already obsolete and become nothing special in today's world.

Nowadays, people are more concerning about how long that we can maintain our present luxurious lifestyle if one day we loss our job. Any serious impact on our career will straight away take away our other "C"s.

Today, if you venture into swiftlet farming and are successful, you not only own 5"C", but own as well the other 4"D".

Well then what is 4 D?

Haha,,, :)

It is "Duduk Diam-diam Dapat Duit" (The meaning is : sit quietly also get money)

I have seen so many people talk about birds from morning til afternoon and til evening without doing anything, the money still coming into their pockets. They own the freedom to travel from here to everywhere coz....

The money is chasing after them!

This is a very lucrative trade. If the knowledge, skill and experience can be shared and the sifus are willing to reveal the secret, I believe that everyone will be 4D, haha, anyway it's just my wishful thinking, thinking too much of birds recently until suffering from swiftlet hallucination.....

Hopefully, like Air Asia : Now Everyone Can Fly!

it will one day be:

Now Everyone Can Swiftlet Farming!

Where do you come from? Where do you go? My lovely swiftlet

Where are they going everyday?

Where do they come from?

Where will they go during the last moment of their lives?

All these questions will remain mystery & unsolved to me, at least not for a while...

Their movement is so swift that we barely can observe & watch & "lock-on" them with our naked eyes, let alone tracking them without the aid of proper scientific equipment...

Aerodramus Fuciphagus, some say that they can travel as fast as 80 km/h and can travel as far as few hundreds km's radius away from their BH/cave/home in search of food...

They are very special living creature. They eat, rest and play in the sky. They will never touch the ground due to their thin legs. So what happen if one day they are sick? I presume they seldom fall sick and even so, they will stay inside the BH/cave. They will fly and fly until their last breath where they will drop down free-fall from the sky...

That's why the chance is very slim, close to zero for them to spread over any contagious disease due to this special nature.

Heard from some sifus that apart from a place for socialising, mixing, playing, gathering, mating, etc the swiftlets must also have a sacred place for them to rest in peace. Else, why can't we find any of their dead bodies? Definitely not in the BHs (except accident cases), not under the trees, not on the roads, not on the roof, and not within our visibility.

I believe that there must be a place they choose to go thru the last moment of life quietly...come quietly and leave unnoticeably....

However, we have never seen their burial ground before.

If it happened to be one, I think it should be perfectly research-worthy and also should be a place closest to the heaven....

After all, this is only my unsolicited guess. Is there anybody out there to enlighten me with the true facts?

You are most welcome coz I like to know.

Where is 贵人 ?

I don't think there is an English word for "贵人".

Well, "贵人" is someone who offers to help us unconditionally when we are in deep trouble.

I always like to think that if there is a "贵人" be there to help us, it is easier and faster for us to achieve the dream of building a successful BH, as we would not need to beat around the bush and especially be exposed to the risk of being conned by the conman.

Who are our "贵人" and how to find "贵人" ?

It all boils down to one thing: when the "贵人" turns up, are we ready to welcome him/her? Or put it in another way, is it worth for the "贵人" to offer something to you?

As such, we need to observe and think, think and observe..Just like the bird, observe, judge and think before making decision to stay in your BH and confirm that your BH is a "贵屋".

It is most important that we should make ourselves well-prepared to meet the "贵人".

Be sincere, honest and humble I believe we will be able to find him/her soon...

Good luck!

Just Beat It!

In this industry, there are plenty of things that we can do and cannot do.

We do not need a scientist's brain to understand this.

Choose the right side, stick to it and never cross over to the wrong side. Hold on to our principle. Listen to our true heart. We will be fine, alright and happy as always.

Everybody understands that everything is money, but money is not everything. We do not do things that will hurt others, invite public wrath and cost dearly to our fellow friends just for the sake of gaining some extra money.

It is important that our good reputation should come in the first place and should not be jeopardized at all.

Just think twice before we start doing anything. When we are craving for the Godsend gift, we do not need to overdo it until it has to sacrifice others' livelihood and peaceful lives .

Recently, we have witnessed so many ugly things happen around us...However,....

Whatever has been done is considered done, we do not cry over the spilled milk and...

We have to move on,..

Those people who had done it either intentionally or unintentionally, we hope that they will be forgot and forgiven. Otherwise, they owe it to themselves a good reason why they should not be judged in hell..

Those people who are planning to do it, we hope that they can pull the hand-brake now before it is too late...

Swiftlet farmers should not to be seen as lame duck. We are the mastermind of the art & science in delivering & engineering a high value BH. Our success does not come so easily. It takes a lot of hardship and efforts thrown by going thru the passage of time.

No need to argue about what we have accomplished so far. It is proven that we have given life to the abandoned & low value real properties whereby we convert the hopeless into high value investment.

During such process, we do not follow everything verbatim, but we try to make use of what we learned and make improvement again and again untiringly until we see the light at the end of the tunnel...

Most importantly, we do not plagiarise.

Not like some of the ecopark developers..

They are following our footstep blindly, copycatting, and worse they do not allow 'simbiosis' and they try to stab us from behind, step on us to climb to the next level.

This is something we should not tolerate and compromise..

We, town swiftlet farmers are nobody but nobody cannot simply replace us as true swiftlet farmers.

We have to make clear to them...

We will not be afraid to fight our own course!

We will fight until the last bullet to protect ourselves from the evil agendas!

We will not be wobble in eradicating the black hats who are trying to put sand in our rice bowls!

We will stand firm to fight for our own survival!

From now on, all the town BH owners should set aside our differences, stand out to fight the evil together and to fend our rights by bravely speak out together before too late .

This is the right thing we can do and should do, in this industry.

By being united, we will be unbeatable and invincible.

Coz we will be always on the bright sides and the darker side cannot harm us.

We get over the obstacle but not the obstacle get over us.

Just do it, just beat it.

Good luck!

Home swiftlets home, home sweet home!

Enjoy the below short video clip.

No Thanks To Johor Eco Park Developers!

Johor town BH farmers are in deep shit now!!!

Someone has drafted another proposals to wipe out the town BHs in Johor.

These proposals are drafted by people with very big hidden agenda, without the involvement of the Johor BN association, instead, only involved the Eco Park Developers.

As we know, Johor is one of the states that has the most Eco Parks developed.

Recently, we have

1) Eco Park in Simpang Renggam

Jointly developed by :

i) SSB Development Bhd (subsidiary of Swiftlet Sanctury Berhad) from JB.

ii) Julung Cipta Sdn Bhd (State Govt subsidiary)

iii) YWJ Citra (State Govt GLC)

Supported by UTM & Jabatan Pertanian Johor and Consultant : ShuangYan.

Proposed to construct 50 units of 3 storey terrace BH size 22'x 80'. Phase 1 launching 10 units. Selling price RM580k per unit.

2) Eco Park in Mersing

Developed by :

Swiftlet Property Management Sdn Bhd. from Mersing.

Proposed to construct 28 units of 4 storeys terrace BHs, size 24' x 80', Selling price per unit = RM 750k onwards.

3) Eco Park in Tangkak, Johor. Touted as "Suria Eco Park"

Developed by :

Yenzheka Bird Nest Design Specialist (1st BN house contractor ISO 9001 compliance)

Proposed to construct 65 units of BHs. Selling price per unit = RM 570 k.
Launching date : 18/1/09. Expected to complete within 2 years.

If the proposal materialises, it will affect thousands of town BHs in the cities especially JB, BP, Muar, Segamat... and also those towns like Simpang Renggam, Tangkak, Mersing and so on...

Appended below are the links to the uncalled-for proposals:

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My dear Johor friends, this is gonna be a tough uphill battlefield...

God bless us..

来来来 Swiftlet!

Aerodramus Fuchipagus Domesticus, they like to stay near to human population, especially the swiftlet lovers.

They are not scared of us once they get used to our environment and get to know that we are their good friends.

It’s amazing that the birds actually can understand our body language, granted, we give them enough exposure or training.

Have you tried this before?

Just climb up on your BH rooftop around 4-6 pm (but of course safety first, make sure your ladder is secured properly and if your BH can be accessed with a staircase it's better), wave your hand to one of them and say : "来来来" or come! come! come!

Then the swiftlet will fly to you, approach you and then fly away slowly.

You can also clap your hands, either way, it works.

Do this few times I believe this will make your day..

The exercise will help to increase your blood circulation..

Seeing it is believing, it's incredible but real. Seriously, I'm not joking.....

Try it yourself and enjoy it, you deserve it.

Good luck!

Town BH Licensing - why so difficult?

Why is it so difficult to get license to operate BHs in town?

It seems like more difficult than striking a lottery to secure one G**d**n license.

IMO, The main reason should be:

Public complaints, owing to the uncontrolled noise that arouses nuisance.

Let's study carefully..

First thing...

Let's see who are our opponents?

1) Some PBT officials, PBT (PIHAK BERKUASA TEMPATAN) or LOCAL GOVT AUTHORITIES or LOCAL COUNCIL, under the Ministry of Housing & Local Government

2) PERHILITAN, The wildlife department, Ministry of Environment

3) Public complaint unit, Ministry of Prime Minister



And then

Who are supportive of this trade?

1) PM

2) Dept of Veterinary Service (DVS or Jabatan Perkhidmatan Haiwan), Ministry of Agriculture.

3) Ministry of Finance

4) Ministry of Trade

Now, have you noticed it? Can you see the difference?

Ok, it is due to the public complaints again.

It all boils down to which department will receive the complaints and face the music from the top or pressure from the politicians who champion for the rakyat.

PBTs are the local "tai ko" or big brother who will be the first to be pressurized by the public if the BH creates social problems and mess up the relationship with their neighbors.

Kudos to the power of the "Rakyat". We should consider lucky that the rakyat has full grip in monitoring the monitor, which is the PBT. We should be happy to learn that the monitoring (pemantauan) system is still in place.

We should understand that without PBTs playing their roles in regulating and monitoring on this industry, nobody else can do that. This is because they are the local "tai ko" and like it or not, we have to live with the fact that they are the so-called little Napoleon who can affect our destiny. If they say can, sure "boleh", if they are 50-50, we must convince and sweet talk them to buy-in, if they insist saying ''no" then sorry to say that you have to say "sayonara" to your investment (jokinglah...). As such, making their lives unhappy is the last thing we should do & think of.

As a matter of fact, we can't deny and undermine the important roles of the PBTs.

Tell me,
Who should be held responsible if a BH collapses and takes away lives?
Who should be blamed if a BH causing fire hazard if the wiring is not properly done & causing short circuit?
Who should be sued if the water leaking from the pond is left unattended?
Who should be fine if the external sound blasts in the middle of the night due to malfunction of the timer?
and the questions go on...

The core problem and very fact is: most of the BH owners do not stay near to their BHs and do not leave any clue as how to get in touch with them during emergency. (may be due to security reason or fear to face the public wrath). They do not have the contingency plan, and they just sweep the problem under the carpet and let others (PBTs) to clean up their left over shit. This is really unkind and uncool!

We should have the PBT's blessing and support so that we can be allowed to take our wings to fly high to the next level.

Since PBT is the authority to legitimate the BHs and we do not want them to have negative impression on us, the onus is on us to prove to PBT that we can undertake to avoid or minimise public complaints by introducing some good control measures. Until this is done, where our domestic affair is well taken care of, we just do not have the audacity to ask for what we intend to ask for.

To me it is very important that do we accept the fact or not?

Our reputation is being tarnished year in and year out by the industry black sheep who does not give a damn on our neighbors' feeling.

I believe that all these years we have done quite well to teach and brief the PBT about our trade.

However, have we done the same the level best to educate our recalcitrant few or so called black sheep?

It's them, it's their arrogance & uncooperative attitude that bring our boat down together with them, sinking deeper and deeper..

I say we should fight for our own kind till the very end.

But, in the same time we should also go all out to despise the black sheep for their non-professional and non ethical practice.

First thing first, we must also stay united to say no compromise and work out something to reduce if not eliminate the non-compliance BHs.

How can we have the heart to accommodate and get associated with them?

Use whatever means to shut them down or control them, if they still adamant to change or take action after all sorts of warning given : is the right thing to do now!

It's now or never, for they have given us a very bad name.

Again like to repeat and stress that we are society-caring, peace-making and swiftlet-loving people.

We do not like to invite hostility and enemy.

My sincere apology if I have hurt some people's feeling.

Owning a BH : investing or speculating?

Understand that in the market there are a lot of ranchers have managed to sell off their renovated BHs to new owners and made handsome profit from that within only a few years.

Sounds cool and tempting to have sold the BH and become overnight millionaire.

However, I beg to differ from such approach of making a living. I think they have not seen the true "value" of holding their BH or properties yet. By doing so, they might risk incurring the "opportunity" cost which could be many times higher than the selling price.

Personally, I do not understand why they are willing to sell their business or fruition of their untiring efforts to someone else.

Because of money? Because of making fast money? Due to not confident that the bird nest's quantity will increase in the years to come? May be getting worried about the anti-swiftlet farming attitude of the government and the public?

Whatever it is, why choose to gain less if we can earn more in the future?

Swiftlet farming is a very good long term investment, it is not a get-rich-quick scheme ("Skim Cepat Kaya"). We just can't see the result overnight. This business requires tremendous patience. If we are patient enough, God willing, we will be able to get rich slowly and realize the dreams of our lives, slowly but steady...

I would be much disappointed if everyone treats swiftlet farming as speculation.

We are not short term share market traders (who do not own the business). We own the business and its operation. We do not simply own a BH today, rush to sell it tomorrow and reap quick premium out of it.

Not that it is wrong, but it's the principle that we should not easily pass on the effort of our business, which is initiated and made succeed by us, to some one else, especially a stranger and let him making profit. We should be the persons who deserve the final fruition and possess the liberty to pass it on to our family.

Besides, we should also treat swiftlets as are our close friends, our long term relationship business companions, our extended family that growing & building wealth together with us. We should hold on tight to that ties to tide through the rainy days to come....

We do not know when the authority will make them lose their homes...

We should see this business as an investment tool which can enable us getting extra passive income and also as something that can help us building wealth.

Building wealth means the income generated from our BH can be converted to early retiring fund as well as can help us sustain our lifestyle if we suddenly can't work and earn.

In short, I say swiftlet farming is not speculating, but investing. We are not and should not using our hard-earned money with the hope of selling it quickly for a profit.

Of course, there are many ways to generate quick income from our BHs, but just make sure that the last thing we should think of is to simply slaughter the golden goose that lays golden eggs...

We should hold this investment to generate permanent passive income.

To be frank, just like other bread & butter property investment, this business works well for me, a typical fixed-income working slave who is trying to work out something difference for his future, to his free-hand and full freedom without heavy commitment of his time.

It is better to perish in attempt than langusih in mediocrity.

With that I wish you good luck and all the best!

Second Opinion Is Not Good Enough!

Nowadays, a patient will normally seek for second opinion before making decision to proceed with his/her doctor's advice.

However, personally I feel that it is just not suffice to adopt some techniques without listening to third or fourth parties' opinion, as far as BH construction is concerned. More heads is always better than one.

Any sifu worth his salt should agree that if most of the sifus share the same answer in solving a particular problem, we should be convinced to accept it & have no good reason to disbelieve.

I believe that when I have doubt, the more I ask, the closer am I to the clue, that linking me to the final answer.

Of course, we must know how to ask and to whom we should post the question.

That's why I always strongly believe in "know who" before we can really "know how".

Matter-of-factly, it is always easier said than done.

I had bang my head against the wall for so many times, just to hack out an answer for my question.

The truth and true fact has always been far-reaching. The more anxious you reach out for it, the more you find yourself going round in a circle. Stranded. Entangled.

It seems that not many people is willing to face the truth. We tend to sweep all our problems under the carpet. The problem is still unsolved so long as we still fear to overcome it. The biggest fear is fear itself.

Until today, I am still searching for the best answer and the best design for my BH. I am not a perfectionist, nor do I believe in zero defect in the BH design, as I understand that we are all human beings who are prone to making mistake.

To me, it is more important that we can gain something from the mistake or error done and treat it as lesson learned and shall improve on that and will not repeat it again in future.

Again, the above is only my own personal experience.

Where has "Mr nice guy" gone?

Where have the good teachers gone?

Where have the “sifus” and “mahagurus” gone?

Where have the good professionals gone?

Where have the good doctors and lawyers gone?

Sounds familiar, right?

Confucius said this before: “Among three persons walking together, there will be one teacher”. Question is whether this teacher is a responsible and honest one or not?

Almost everyday and everywhere, I meet up with a lot of so-called “joker” doctors, mediocre lawyers and irresponsible teachers….Doctors who are busy with multi-level marketing, selling vitamins and healthcare products, lawyer calling a spade a “spate”, and teachers giving tips only during their “outside” tuition class, so on and so forth…

The cruel fact is: Most of them have become the greedy parties that taking full advantage of others’ ignorance and unknowingness.

Let’s look at the reality….

What has happened to the private hospital?

A patient must have a medical card or credit card or enough cash before they are entitled the right to get admitted into it; else, they are still left aside to suffer the physical agony and mental torture.

The hospital is very eager, hand in hand with the insurance company, to work out a very “attractive package” for you, you get what I mean?

What on earth of these sane doctors’ mindset for letting the patients dieing a slow death?

Where is the code of ethics?

Isn’t that loopholes in the laws and regulations?

We have seen that in their relentless pursuit of profits, the patients end up in a situation that the service rendered becomes highly unaffordable and they are unable to access the needed treatment, which has very much defeated the original sacred purpose and deviated from the original good intention, which is to save lives and relief pains and have the patient’s interest come first at heart.

Is this so-called the next new trend? Or the next millionaire’s way?

Making money at others' expense?

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Back to our swiftlet ranching business….

We are also facing almost the similar problems. It is nothing new. There are a few CON -sultants with hidden agendas earning handsome money thru conning approach. We can’t see slight sincerity in their eyes, all we can see is the dollar sign.

All this boils down to “willing buyer willing seller”. It is beyond one person’s capability to change and do something about it.

Nowadays, the status of professional or consultant is severely weakened. Capitalism is eating the capitalists. Put it in layman terms: professionals are making unusually extra underserved money from their profession. They tend to turn themselves into salesman and start to deliver bullshit and nonsense, if stringent monitoring mechanism or system to prevent culprit or black sheep is not in place.

The swiftlet consultants should come clean and responsibly upkeep the professionalism. They should doctor a value-engineered design for the newbies and charging them at a fair rate.

The point is newbies are always the losers and illegal ranchers continue to be victimized by the authorities that trying to be funny and not live up to expectation.

In the pursuit of relentless profiteering, deceiving is something unavoidable?

In our modern business world, is this the price that we have to pay for commercialization of everything?

So, my dear swiftlet-loving friend, just beware of the plausibility of a salesman.

The truth might not always palatable.

However, it does not take a genius brain to realize who is CONsultant and who is not.

All the righteous people out there should expose the hollowness of the cons, at all costs….

for there should not be any efforts to circumvent the laws and further hurt the industry.

No more.

Farming of Change!

In this world, the only thing that always remains unchanged is change itself.

We just cannot stick to yesteryear's approach or way of getting things done and refuse to change.

We live in a challenging & ever-transforming world and always need to solve the challenging problems come to us and in order to cope up with that, our mindset must be tuned up as fast to keep abreast with the fast pace, keep reinventing ourselves, so that we are not left behind under the swift current of change.

Over the years, swiftlet farming has experienced tremendous change and also has seen many loopholes whereby newbies are not properly guided and ended up in misery state and due to public uproar the local council is most unwilling to issue the operating permit. I will not elaborate more on this issue, the reality has spoken volume of it.

I just would like to stress that slight change in the fabric of our thinking can make us moving forward. We should not be going backward as we are modern animal. We are no longer living in caves and we should not become lone ranger. Individualism will bring us to nowhere. We should work in group. Join the local BN association. We need to unlearn from the old way of doing thing quietly without consulting others.

We should work hand in hand to remove the black sheep and cart away the annoying weed of this industry. It is analogical to the "barrel" theory, the barrel will never be filled up if there is still a big hole not patched up. The in-cooperative and recalcitrant few will drag us down further and we are not going anywhere, no thanks to their selfishness and personal hidden agendas, capitalising on newbies' ignorance, reaping profit & pursuing happiness on their suffering, during the process of learning the ropes of the trade.

Just think about that, do your part to make this industry a better one for our children and families, join the local BN association today, join the force, fight the evil, and find win-win ways to address social unrest & public complaints.

Because we are part of the business, part of the big family, we should help each other and under the umbrella of the associations, hopefully we are protected more than ever.

Together, we can make a difference!

Thank you and good luck.

URGENT MESSAGE FROM DAVID LIM

URGENT MESSAGE FROM DAVID LIM


To all BH owners in the state of Kedah,

The Kedah PR Govt is now discussing the state guidelines on the issuance of BH license with the State Perancang which is under the Federal Govt. Twice previously the proposals by the Perancang was shot down by the Kedah Govt as it was considered too stringent and not benefitting the people esp those in the rural and kampong. The Kedah Govt proposes all BHs’ applications be submitted through the associations for better control and management by this year. Mr David Lim and his taskforce is requested and tasked to assist in forming a PROTEM PERSATUAN RUMAH WALET KEDAH, (PROTEM KEDAH SWIFTLET HOUSE OWNERS ASSOCIATION)( 吉打州燕屋屋主公会) to help the Kedah owners.

As Kedah is a rather big and wide state, in order to service and attend to the members better, the protem committee is proposing to divide the state into 3 sectors UNDER SUB-COMMITTEE, namely, UTARA, TENGAH and SELANTAN.( 吉北，吉中，吉南) There will be an office rented or tumpang with either a full time or part-time executive secretary assisting the sub-committee in their respective sector. The centre for UTARA is ALOR STAR, TENGAH is SUNGAI PETANI, and SELANTAN is KULIM.

The proposed entrance fee will be RM 350 for each new member and subscription will be RM 10/month per BH which makes a total of RM 120/BH/calendar year. Only BH registered with full subscription paid will receive assistance, recognition and endorsement from the Persatuan.

As the protem committee is very badly short handed in initial stage, we would appreciate more volunteers to come forward to assist at least temporarily till Persatuan is formed proper. IT IS BETTER YOU DECIDE YOUR OWN DESTINY THAN LETTING OTHERS TO DECIDE FOR YOU.

The taskforce will be having an open dialogue cum discussion session at the request of many owners in Kulim on 18.05.09(Mon) night @ 8.30pm at 768, Jalan Pondok Labu, Bandar Putra, Kulim.

YB Lim Soo Nee, ADUN for KULIM will grace the occasion as Advisor for the sector.

Baling, Bandar Baru, Serdang, Lunas, Padang Serai, Tasik Gelugor, Kuala Ketil etc are under Kulim sector.
As dates and times for the UTARA and TENGAH dialogue sessions will be announced in later date.

ALL BH OWNERS IN THE STATE OF KEDAH ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS AND SUGGESTIONS. MORE HEADS IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN ONE. UNITY IS STRENGTH.

Enquary: 012-4850778(DL), 019-4489966(Tang)

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PROTEM PERSATUAN RUMAH WALET KEDAH MEETS ALL BIRDHOUSE OWNERS IN KEDAH SELATAN DISCUSS KEDAH GUIDELINES & LICENSE ON 18.05.09(MON)@830PM AT 768,BANDAR PUTRA,KULIM.PL NOTIFY ALL.DAVID LIM

Black Magic in Swiftlet Farming - Believe It or Not?

I am not superstitious and I do not believe that "black magic" can be used to change the result of a failed BH.

I always strongly believe in scientific method and explanation. Scientific logic, observation and theories can't be wrong and we are safe to adopt them so long as they are effective in addressing our problems.

Not because that I am an engineer, it is for the reason that we who live in this modern world does not have the exposure to enable us to accept such ancient belief in supernatural power and paranormal incidents.

Yes, "shaman" or "bomoh"(in Malay language) is the last person we would want to see when nothing much the modern world doctors can do to cure our illness. Or may be sometimes salesman(who sells direct selling health care products) also can be the Samaritan that can save our life when we totally lose hope.

People will accept strange and unexplainable stuff when the last means is exhausted and they still do not want to give up.

It is unthinkable that there is people resort to the so-called "magic" to revive or revamp their failed swiftlet farms.

Unbelievable but true, it works in some cases...

A friend of mine from Indonesia, managed to turn his miserable failed BH with the help of black magic (6 years without a single bird flying in since after the operation). So far he had tried numerous methods to create suitable atmosphere for the birds but to no avail.

Temperature checked, ok. Humidity checked, no problem. Brightness checked, just nice. BH design verified, just fine. Ventilation checked, alright. All these years, he have been scratching and cracking his head to bring back the BH to life, but all the efforts were ended up in vain, not until he met a sifu by chance, who showed him the black magic way that successfully yield good result.

Now his BH is back in good shape, with birds swarming in like crazy.

How he did it?

It only took him to believe that a black cloth hung in the roving area could do the trick, nothing else.



Of course, the process of "input of magic spell" by the shaman into that cloth, the secret weapon will remain secret forever...my friend promise to keep his mouth sealed on the secret recipe.

Hey, this black magic is as good as cash, it is more to it than meets the eye...

My friend not even paid a single cent for the service given.

Well, do you believe it?

This is just my friend's personal experience, I think he did not lie to me.

It's kinda hard to believe it...

When we are asking to prove a belief, we put the belief to the test of "True or Not", thus it needs to be proven.

What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?