http://www.chinapress.com.my/topic/AssemblyNaked/default.asp?dt=2009-04-16&art=0416aa42.txt
Because of this article I came back to my blog again. Thanks, Eli.
Relocation Of Corner Nests !!!
5 years ago
April 15, 2009
February 6, 2009
Good Time Bad Time, Bad Time Good Time!
Just fortune enough to read this message from Adam Khoo, what a wonderful and timely quotes:
As many of us are feeling the repercussions of one of the worstrecessions in recent history, I would like to share with you myphilosophy on the EQUATION OF LIFE. If you studied Math, Chemistry,Economics, Accounts or any one of these mathematical topics before,you would understand that equations have to balance. For every good, there must be a bad. For every positive, there mustfirst be a negative. For light to exist, there must first bedarkness. For every market boom, there must first be a crash. Foryou to experience happiness, you must first experience sadness. Foryou to experience pride and inspiration, you must first haveexperienced disappointment and adversity. The greater the initialfailure and disappointment, the sweeter will be the pride of success. I remember watching the show 'The Pursuit of Happyness' where itwas based on the true story of Chris Gardner who went through avery difficult period of his life. His wife left him, he was broke,evicted from his home, slept in public toilets and in homelessshelter, jailed for unpaid parking tickets and went through aseries of unfortunate incidents. However, he persevered where ordinary men would have given up.Finally, when he got selected to become a stockbroker in one of themost prestigious companies on Wall Street after competing against20 other candidates, he broke down and shed tears of intense prideand happiness. ===============================================Discover the secret that transformed a hopeless underachiever into a millionaire at just age 26. And how YOU can use this same secret to achieve success in your life: => http://www.SuccessWithNLP.com=============================================== The fighting spirit that the tough situations built within him waswhat gave him the drive to build a multi-million dollar stockbroking firm himself. If he did not first go through thoseheartbreaking setbacks, he would not have become a millionaire. For there to be God, there must be the devil (I know some religiouspeople will want to kill me for saying this). Think about it, ifnot for pain, suffering and evil, will people turn to God forsalvation? It is during hard times like these that people pray andgo to places of worship more. If you watched the matrix, the 'architect' mentions that theequation has to balance for the matrix to exist. In order for Neo(the Hero) to exist, there must be his opposite (i.e. Agent Smithwho was the super bad guy). This applies to every aspect of life. If George Bush did not screwup the US economy and damage the US's reputation so badly, BarackObama would not have become the first African American Presidenttoday. If Al Gore would have won, he would probably have done an OKjob and the US would have voted in another white guy. At the sametime, if Al Gore had become the US President 8 years ago, he wouldnot have made such a positive impact on global warming issues, wonan academy award for his documentary and won the Nobel Peace Prize.Again, 'failure' led to the the birth of success. If I did not get kicked out of Primary school (Primary 3) and getrejected from 6 secondary schools after my PSLE exams, I wouldnever have been sent by my parents to learn about NLP. If I did not learn about NLP at the age of 13, I would not havebeen able to inspire thousands of students through my first book 'IAm Gifted, So Are You!' and achieve all the success that I havetoday. I would just have been another average Singaporean stuck inan average job. So, how does this apply to your life? Well, instead of fearing andfeeling lousy because of the bad stuff that happens in your life,get optimistic and know that there lies a great opportunity thatalways goes along with it. To your success,Adam
As many of us are feeling the repercussions of one of the worstrecessions in recent history, I would like to share with you myphilosophy on the EQUATION OF LIFE. If you studied Math, Chemistry,Economics, Accounts or any one of these mathematical topics before,you would understand that equations have to balance. For every good, there must be a bad. For every positive, there mustfirst be a negative. For light to exist, there must first bedarkness. For every market boom, there must first be a crash. Foryou to experience happiness, you must first experience sadness. Foryou to experience pride and inspiration, you must first haveexperienced disappointment and adversity. The greater the initialfailure and disappointment, the sweeter will be the pride of success. I remember watching the show 'The Pursuit of Happyness' where itwas based on the true story of Chris Gardner who went through avery difficult period of his life. His wife left him, he was broke,evicted from his home, slept in public toilets and in homelessshelter, jailed for unpaid parking tickets and went through aseries of unfortunate incidents. However, he persevered where ordinary men would have given up.Finally, when he got selected to become a stockbroker in one of themost prestigious companies on Wall Street after competing against20 other candidates, he broke down and shed tears of intense prideand happiness. ===============================================Discover the secret that transformed a hopeless underachiever into a millionaire at just age 26. And how YOU can use this same secret to achieve success in your life: => http://www.SuccessWithNLP.com=============================================== The fighting spirit that the tough situations built within him waswhat gave him the drive to build a multi-million dollar stockbroking firm himself. If he did not first go through thoseheartbreaking setbacks, he would not have become a millionaire. For there to be God, there must be the devil (I know some religiouspeople will want to kill me for saying this). Think about it, ifnot for pain, suffering and evil, will people turn to God forsalvation? It is during hard times like these that people pray andgo to places of worship more. If you watched the matrix, the 'architect' mentions that theequation has to balance for the matrix to exist. In order for Neo(the Hero) to exist, there must be his opposite (i.e. Agent Smithwho was the super bad guy). This applies to every aspect of life. If George Bush did not screwup the US economy and damage the US's reputation so badly, BarackObama would not have become the first African American Presidenttoday. If Al Gore would have won, he would probably have done an OKjob and the US would have voted in another white guy. At the sametime, if Al Gore had become the US President 8 years ago, he wouldnot have made such a positive impact on global warming issues, wonan academy award for his documentary and won the Nobel Peace Prize.Again, 'failure' led to the the birth of success. If I did not get kicked out of Primary school (Primary 3) and getrejected from 6 secondary schools after my PSLE exams, I wouldnever have been sent by my parents to learn about NLP. If I did not learn about NLP at the age of 13, I would not havebeen able to inspire thousands of students through my first book 'IAm Gifted, So Are You!' and achieve all the success that I havetoday. I would just have been another average Singaporean stuck inan average job. So, how does this apply to your life? Well, instead of fearing andfeeling lousy because of the bad stuff that happens in your life,get optimistic and know that there lies a great opportunity thatalways goes along with it. To your success,Adam
Economy Melt Down
Economy is bad..the bird house industry is slowing down as well as more people got burnt in the slow down and stock market.
The good thing is the building material price has gone down by easily 30%. Hence, if you are starting a new farm, it is much cheaper than before, hence, do negotiate for a reduction as your contrator would be more willingly to sacrifice the lose of revenue and increase of cost to keep their workers. They are more desperate to win contract than before. Use your negotiation skills to the fullest.
Remember the Waren Buffet stock market strategy? When everyone is scared, you must be greedy! and visa versa. Good Luck!
The good thing is the building material price has gone down by easily 30%. Hence, if you are starting a new farm, it is much cheaper than before, hence, do negotiate for a reduction as your contrator would be more willingly to sacrifice the lose of revenue and increase of cost to keep their workers. They are more desperate to win contract than before. Use your negotiation skills to the fullest.
Remember the Waren Buffet stock market strategy? When everyone is scared, you must be greedy! and visa versa. Good Luck!
Open Roof or side window?
This is a famous question for all new farms. What is the advantage of one other the others? How to decide what is the best opening? What direction it should face?
Definitely, this is not a simple question to answer. You should ask the owner- Bird! If we are bird, we would be able to answer this question precisely. Anyway, we are just learn from others and experience. It is just like how do you want your house door to face? And how big is your door? Things should be logical and make sense. There are many factors influencing this answers, they are namely:
Sun rise and Sun set directrion;
Wind direction;
Bird returning path;
How is the design for the successful farms nearby?
Bird entrance flying path....etc.
Think like a bird...and imagine that you are a bird. Hehehe....
Definitely, this is not a simple question to answer. You should ask the owner- Bird! If we are bird, we would be able to answer this question precisely. Anyway, we are just learn from others and experience. It is just like how do you want your house door to face? And how big is your door? Things should be logical and make sense. There are many factors influencing this answers, they are namely:
Sun rise and Sun set directrion;
Wind direction;
Bird returning path;
How is the design for the successful farms nearby?
Bird entrance flying path....etc.
Think like a bird...and imagine that you are a bird. Hehehe....
Smoking in a farm
Many would leave it to the contractor and his workers to construct their farm. But many would neglected the fact that the workers would smoke inside their farm during their break time, this would affect the nesting plank quality. The odor would need to take a long time to disappear. Set a ground rule at the beginning is crucial to ensure the success of your farm. Tell them and your contractor to remind them not to smoke is utmost important. Pay a visit to your farm regularly during the construction or renovation.
Many would put ammonia and bird shit to treat the farm before the grand opening. Ensure an optimum micro-environment is another primary reason for farm success.
Many would put ammonia and bird shit to treat the farm before the grand opening. Ensure an optimum micro-environment is another primary reason for farm success.
January 29, 2009
Still in the holiday mood!
After taking a long break, no mood to write now. But will definitely continue when I am ready. Very busy with my current business as well. My new farm will resume construction next week. Stay tuned.
January 19, 2009
My Herbalife Blog
Feel free to visit my new blog..If you would like to know about this great company, give me a call!
www.herbalifemlm.blogspot.com
www.herbalifemlm.blogspot.com
January 14, 2009
Too Busy
Lately, too busy in my private business, and new farm construction. Will continue to post soon. Stay tuned!
January 9, 2009
Property Investment
I love property investment as it is a source of passive income, of course you have to do it right. I love property investment even more when I came to know about swiftlet ranching industry. Why? Now I can make full use of my property for both rental and perpertuate income stream from by tenant, both man and swiftlet. I have less fear than before as I do not fear of my property are not rented to someone who would be able to pay me a rental or return by the end of each month.
I tend to love to have my lower floor rented high, close to cover my monthly instalment to my banker, and use my upper floor for my future income stream - swiftlet ranching. This will definitely minimize my risk of paying monthly to the bank from my own pocket. This is one of the reasons why I can see a lot more shop owners converting their upper floor to swiftlet farming now, in my area, they are mainly retail motorcycle and sparepart shops..
Be considerate when you would like to do so, as if your shop is immediate behind another residential area or school, you may not be able to sleep well later...
January 8, 2009
What is a best time to conduct a Bird Call test?
I heard about this question and wanted to know about it since long ago..Some say 10 am, some say 12 pm, 3 pm and never pass 5 pm etc.....After doing many, I personally view it as it is not a matter of what time, but what sound. If you have the wrong sound, it does not matter what time you do it, bird will not be attracted, it does not depend on the test duration too.
When we wanted to do this test, we only have one objective: whether the place is suitable to set up a farm. And to compare which location is a better location.
I believe this is the reason why a friend of mine only attracted one bird after half an hour test, but insisted of starting up a standalone farm, but became successful. I believe he might have used the wrong birdcall test sound.
However, the more tests we do at different time, the more accurate is the test. This is particularly right for a foraging area, the birds will spend their day at these areas.
Once upon a time, I heard a birdcall test charge is about RM500 for an outstation place like an hour drive away...Wow! what a business!
When we wanted to do this test, we only have one objective: whether the place is suitable to set up a farm. And to compare which location is a better location.
I believe this is the reason why a friend of mine only attracted one bird after half an hour test, but insisted of starting up a standalone farm, but became successful. I believe he might have used the wrong birdcall test sound.
However, the more tests we do at different time, the more accurate is the test. This is particularly right for a foraging area, the birds will spend their day at these areas.
Once upon a time, I heard a birdcall test charge is about RM500 for an outstation place like an hour drive away...Wow! what a business!
A pond on top of a farm?
I learned about this technique when I started to get involve in this farming business. I thought it was a great idea to have a pond above your farm so that the birds has a place to quench their thirst and ultimately build a better and bigger nest for you...Before I see a better nest, the ceiling started leaking! and when this happen, your planks started to grow mold!!! And mold is the last thing you would like to have in your farm....So guys, think carefully, even your consultant encourage you to do so, and even they have the best method to control the possible leakage and give you the necessary warranty, my advice is: Ignore them completely!! You know when the money is paid, they will disappear in no time, not even talking about helping you to fix the rot. It is damn expensive to fix it in fact...If you need water, find a place with natural pond, and if you need insect, find a place with abundant of insects! Who can beat the mother nature?
Thank You
I am getting more and more excited when I see my hit rate grows higher daily. In a short one week, it shot up to >150 hits. I am sure this the way it should go naturally with all bloggers as long as we continue to share our thoughts. Dear readers, thanks for your support and I am sure good stuff will grow with the word of mouth(now called internet)....
Keep your comment coming!
Keep your comment coming!
January 7, 2009
Wonder why birds are not staying and nesting?
There are many factors why birds are not staying and nesting in your farm. Apart from all the micro-habitat criteria as mentioned by Indons: Kacasusu.....I believe a lot of people leave it out is the condition of you nesting planks. When you thought that you make your farm humidity level at the ideal 70%-95%, the means you use may affect your nesting plank condition for good nesting. There are many of us using chicken farm humidifier to create a man made humidity level, we know the mist will raise up to a level that it may or may not visibly touches the plank. Here is the tricks, without knowing, the mist is touching your planks on a regular and predictable basis, at no time, your plank is infected with mold. And if you visit your farm on a monthly basis, the mold is on!! So, when you do your next visit to your farm, make sure you have a checklist including plank mold check. It is generally viewed as slightly white in colour compared to your plank color, wipe it with your fingers, smell it, you should tell the difference...
Uploading photos
I wonder why it is so difficult to upload photos. Will try again for the rest of my photo collections.
Beware of this man
A friend of mine told me a story about this man. Beware of this man, here is his story:
I WRITE to inform the public about a con-man who stole money right in front of me. This crook is a middle-aged foreigner with close-cropped hair.I was refilling my car at a petrol station on MRR2 outside Beverly Heights in Hulu Kelang when the man stopped his car and asked me to direct him to a money changer.I told him that he could probably find one at Carrefour or Jaya Jusco. He then asked me what the Malaysian currency looked like. I took out my wallet to show him a RM50 bill but he asked to see other denominations, especially RM100.I told him I did not have a RM100 bill and I opened my wallet to show him that all I had were RM50 and RM10 bills.He then snatched some of the money from my wallet and checked through the notes to make sure I did not have a RM100 bill.I was shocked at such rudeness, and took my money back. He then left. A few minutes later, I came to my senses and decided to check my wallet. I then discovered that three RM50 bills were missing.I knew the exact figure because I had earlier withdrawn a certain amount in RM50 bills from an ATM.I hope your readers will take note of this trick.POLICE REPORT 000065/09,Hulu Langat, Selangor.
I WRITE to inform the public about a con-man who stole money right in front of me. This crook is a middle-aged foreigner with close-cropped hair.I was refilling my car at a petrol station on MRR2 outside Beverly Heights in Hulu Kelang when the man stopped his car and asked me to direct him to a money changer.I told him that he could probably find one at Carrefour or Jaya Jusco. He then asked me what the Malaysian currency looked like. I took out my wallet to show him a RM50 bill but he asked to see other denominations, especially RM100.I told him I did not have a RM100 bill and I opened my wallet to show him that all I had were RM50 and RM10 bills.He then snatched some of the money from my wallet and checked through the notes to make sure I did not have a RM100 bill.I was shocked at such rudeness, and took my money back. He then left. A few minutes later, I came to my senses and decided to check my wallet. I then discovered that three RM50 bills were missing.I knew the exact figure because I had earlier withdrawn a certain amount in RM50 bills from an ATM.I hope your readers will take note of this trick.POLICE REPORT 000065/09,Hulu Langat, Selangor.
January 5, 2009
Motivation
We need motivation to move on in life.
This happen to my debut blog. I lost a month in monitoring my blog hit rate as I was not able to do so last month. Anyway, thanks to CK and Youtube, in fact, now "You Can Learn" everything from Youtube, just key in the key words: How to...., you will have it!
I started to see the hit rate going up daily. This is a great motivation!
I love to have my readers giving comments or send an sms to me. This will keep motivating me to continue to write, and of course, you will be able to continue to have "free" information and tap my thoughts too...We both win!
So, if you have not given your comment or sms, and you are benefited from this blog...don't be so "kiam siap" (Hokkien saying) lah....
I only see one follower, my dear friend Mr. Y. What about others??? Let me know what you want me to write so that I can spend time on that research too....it takes both hands to clap, give me your other hand! Okay?
Cheers, have a great day ahead!
This happen to my debut blog. I lost a month in monitoring my blog hit rate as I was not able to do so last month. Anyway, thanks to CK and Youtube, in fact, now "You Can Learn" everything from Youtube, just key in the key words: How to...., you will have it!
I started to see the hit rate going up daily. This is a great motivation!
I love to have my readers giving comments or send an sms to me. This will keep motivating me to continue to write, and of course, you will be able to continue to have "free" information and tap my thoughts too...We both win!
So, if you have not given your comment or sms, and you are benefited from this blog...don't be so "kiam siap" (Hokkien saying) lah....
I only see one follower, my dear friend Mr. Y. What about others??? Let me know what you want me to write so that I can spend time on that research too....it takes both hands to clap, give me your other hand! Okay?
Cheers, have a great day ahead!
Health or Wealth?
Health or Wealth, what is more important to you?
A very good question, in fact, it worths a million dollar.
I used to think that wealth is the most important thing in the world, with wealth you can buy health and many other things in the world. Is it true? I would think many is the same like me too. We are too busy looking for money to feed more than what we need. Spend more time than we need instead of spending time in building our health and family relationship. As said, you need a break, to think deeply, quietly, what is more important to you.
You cannot buy health, when you lost it....! Health is money cannot buy if you are at a chronic situation. Your hard earned money will say Sayonara to you, you will say Sayonara to you loved one, say Sayonara to everything you used to own, etc.....
Spend some time to exercise, find some time to think what is good food and the difference between tasty food and good food for your body, spend some time with your family, give your long lost mum and dad a hug or phone call.....
Thank me if I have waken you up..... ;-) Good Morning!!
A very good question, in fact, it worths a million dollar.
I used to think that wealth is the most important thing in the world, with wealth you can buy health and many other things in the world. Is it true? I would think many is the same like me too. We are too busy looking for money to feed more than what we need. Spend more time than we need instead of spending time in building our health and family relationship. As said, you need a break, to think deeply, quietly, what is more important to you.
You cannot buy health, when you lost it....! Health is money cannot buy if you are at a chronic situation. Your hard earned money will say Sayonara to you, you will say Sayonara to you loved one, say Sayonara to everything you used to own, etc.....
Spend some time to exercise, find some time to think what is good food and the difference between tasty food and good food for your body, spend some time with your family, give your long lost mum and dad a hug or phone call.....
Thank me if I have waken you up..... ;-) Good Morning!!
January 4, 2009
How much to convert a shoplot into a farm?
There are many form of shop renovations, but there a few that are popularly adopted as below:
1. Double storey shop converting to a full double storey farm;
2. Double storey shop converting to a single upper floor farm;
3. Three storey shop converting to a double storey farm;
4. Three storey shop converting to a single uppper floor farm.
What are the factors affecting the cost of renovation is a general questions asked and required to know before a person is being "con" by a consultant. Just listing down a few:
1. Is there a concrete slap constructed on the uppper floor? This construction can be as costly as $10k to $20k depending on how knowledgeable you are.
2. Wood plank, in general it is in the region of RM2.8k per tonne. And you need a tonne to construct a single floor.
3. Sound system, ranges from $3k to $5k dependent on how sophisticated is your tweeter layout.
4. Heat insulation, in general you need additional walls to insulate the heat from penetrating your farm. The cost is dependent on the material you choose and how extensive is the coverage.
As a newbie, you may be only interested to know what is the rough budget. This is my personal experience. A single upper floor renovation with everything included may cost you around $25/sq ft. Hence, for a 20'x70' farm, it cost around $35k. And if you need to renovate the lower floor immediate under this floor, then, you may need to add in another $10k. Hence, for a two storey farm, $45k-$50k is a reasonable price in my area. Well, this amount may varies depending on one area to the other, but I think it is a good and general guideline. In fact, I heard someone asking for $50k to $70k for a two floors renovation, personally, I would think these are at the high side of the pricing. Feel free to comment if you disagree. I have a friend of mine renovated a single floor(on a double storey shop) without concrete slap, he was charged with $28k, this is slaughtering!!
As the economy is going down, the grow of new farms has declined a little as far as I can see recently. Hence, if you are determined to build a new farm, try to ask for 5-10% discount from the above mentioned rate, it may works....If you could do so, remember to buy me lunch/dinner lah! :-)
1. Double storey shop converting to a full double storey farm;
2. Double storey shop converting to a single upper floor farm;
3. Three storey shop converting to a double storey farm;
4. Three storey shop converting to a single uppper floor farm.
What are the factors affecting the cost of renovation is a general questions asked and required to know before a person is being "con" by a consultant. Just listing down a few:
1. Is there a concrete slap constructed on the uppper floor? This construction can be as costly as $10k to $20k depending on how knowledgeable you are.
2. Wood plank, in general it is in the region of RM2.8k per tonne. And you need a tonne to construct a single floor.
3. Sound system, ranges from $3k to $5k dependent on how sophisticated is your tweeter layout.
4. Heat insulation, in general you need additional walls to insulate the heat from penetrating your farm. The cost is dependent on the material you choose and how extensive is the coverage.
As a newbie, you may be only interested to know what is the rough budget. This is my personal experience. A single upper floor renovation with everything included may cost you around $25/sq ft. Hence, for a 20'x70' farm, it cost around $35k. And if you need to renovate the lower floor immediate under this floor, then, you may need to add in another $10k. Hence, for a two storey farm, $45k-$50k is a reasonable price in my area. Well, this amount may varies depending on one area to the other, but I think it is a good and general guideline. In fact, I heard someone asking for $50k to $70k for a two floors renovation, personally, I would think these are at the high side of the pricing. Feel free to comment if you disagree. I have a friend of mine renovated a single floor(on a double storey shop) without concrete slap, he was charged with $28k, this is slaughtering!!
As the economy is going down, the grow of new farms has declined a little as far as I can see recently. Hence, if you are determined to build a new farm, try to ask for 5-10% discount from the above mentioned rate, it may works....If you could do so, remember to buy me lunch/dinner lah! :-)
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