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Showing posts with label Kuala Krai. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Revamp Of A BH in Kuala Krai EcoPark !!!

(Power Twin Tweeters)

My current project is at Kuala Krai Swiftlet EcoPark, in Kelantan, Malaysia.

The BH was purchased by a local who has little knowledge on how to convert and manage his new investment.

Due to some misadventure the unit was converted by someone who seems to have very little knowledge about swiftlet farming and after 8 months the house has only two bats.

A very common mistake and you should try to avoid it.

I was asked to inspect the BH about three months ago and after submitting a 10 pages report the owner wanted my help to revamp the BH.

Four days ago packed some relevant items and workers to Kuala Krai.  The work done is currently about 50% done and hopefully by this coming Thursday it will be completed.

The area of concern were:

1) The bird house was a bit too bright.
2) The original entrance hole was not properly used.
3) There was no VIP room(s).
4) The nesting planks were too dirty with foot markings.
5) The type of tweeters used as internal sound were not suitable.
6) Tweeters installation were incorrect.
7) The front wall facing the morning sun was to hot.
8) The nesting planks installation were a bit too wide with little crossings.
9) The house floors were too dusty.
10) Now humidifier was provided.
11) The type of sound used was not very attractive.
12) The walls colour was a bit to bright.
13) The house was a bit empty with nothing to lure those wild birds.

To summarise the BH was not ready for occupation.

The way to go is to upgrade the BH with some new equipment, gadgets and erect a number of walls.

The sound system will be changed to a newer type of amplifiers and both the external and internal sounds will be a more effective.

This new masterpiece will be installed with about 8 sets of twin power tweeters all around the BH and shall be operated between 6:30 pm till 8:00pm.

Let us do some research on how to get your BH to be the most active in a densely populated BH area using those twin power tweeters.

If you need to purchase a set let me know.

Each set is only RM 120 without any postage cost added.

Monday, March 9, 2009

Mek Sung Expanding Her BHs In Kuala Krai Kelantan !!!


One of the most successful BH owner in Kuala Krai, Kelantan is an elderly lady name "Mek Sung".

I saw her once during one of my visit to Kuala Krai with her small decent four wheel drive.

I was made to understand that she is a humble lady who got into swiftlet farming by accident.

Someone related her story where she wanted to sell her old abandoned shop house in Kuala Krai for a song. After already collected the deposit she realised that the old shop was the home for thousands of swiftlets.

Upon inspection she realised that she make a big mistake. She quickly return the deposit and turn the old shop into a full fledge BH.

Now after many good years her BH was said to be the most successful BH in Kuala Krai. Daily there are more then 100,000 birds flying in and out of the BH.

I have a strong feeling her BH now is to the maximum. My suspicion is due to some new renovation works getting on at the side building of the current BH.

Without any information, I told Mr.E of KB, that I am more then sure that Mek Sung is also the owner of those four units of new building beside it.


"Well Harry let me ask the car repair shop owner just in front of the building."

After a short while, Mr.E with a big smile on her face came back.

"Yes you are dead right. Mek Sung bought those and rebuilding them to be BHs"




See what I predicted? The old unit must be totally filled up and the young birds needs new place to multiply. If Mek ignore them then they will move to all those new BH mushrooming around her building.


There are at least 20 old and new BHs around her building. There are also many new BH coming up which I managed to snapped a few pictures.

My humble comment: Mek mu patut sapu cat pentalite kat luar rumah burung mu. Bagi molek sikit. Karang ni huduh sangat. Kat depan tu bagi bersih sikit. Jangan buat store. Mu patut ikut jejak John Chen. Rumah burung dia semua dijaga dengan molek dicat dan kebersihan keliling cun. Jadi orang lain boleh ikut you. Dia juga adakan rumah untuk full time penjaga tinggal di sebelah. Dapet juga bagi kerja kat satu family!!!

In Kota Bahru, Kelantan she owned a few more BHs but she also bought over a nice hotel in town. This hotel is the grand central riverview hotel.















PS: The above information might not be 100% correct. The writer gathered the information from a person who lives in Kelantan and who have been following the swiftlet industry in Kelantan. His information might not be the latest.....

Note: The writer have no intent to offend anyone or the owner Mek Sung. I wish I can meet her in person and perhaps have a short interview.

Monday, January 5, 2009

An Affordable Way Of Owning A Birdhouse In Kuala Krai, Kelantan !!!



I have been following closely on the progress of Kuala Krai Eco park. To me this is one of the hottest spot to own a BH in Malaysia.

Once a while I have this special opportunity to meet the project Sales Managers and Assistant.

While getting their input on the project, they have come out with a very cost effective way of owing a birdhouse in Kuala Krai.

The project is based on group ownership where one birdhouse is owned by a total of 150 people.

Each participant is allowed to own a minimum of one share at initial issued value of Ringgit 10,000. They can have as many as they can afford
.

By this method more people who are keen to own a unit but could not afford can form a sort of consortium to own a BH.

The project is meant to create a stream of 61 years sustainable and stable retirement income.

For the first six years the owner will receive a monthly fixed income varying from 4% a year to 10% a year.

On the seventh year onward the actual income shall be based on a quarterly income generated from the nests harvesting. The new income will be based on the total amount of nests harvested less maintenance cost and divided by total number of shareholders. Rough estimate worked out by the Marketing Team is about 61% per year and about 122% per year for the following year (8th year). The 9th year onwards, until year 2069, shall be your mind to guess.

Owners will be allowed to visit the BH to witness the harvesting operation (on the seventh year onwards).

Owners are also allowed to contribute any constructive recommendations to improve the BH nests populations.
Owners will receive a quarterly report on the progress of the BH and how many nests the BH is having.
Owners might be able to view the evening home coming activities via CCTV cameras installed at some strategic locations in the BH.
To those who are not able to witness the harvesting works, they will be able to log on the blog site that describe the activities and happening on the BH.
All shares can be transfered or change ownership upon approval by the company's Management Team. (Mainly to know who will be receiving the monthly payment).

I am very moved with this incredible idea where more people can participate in the scheme and their earning is assured.

Those who need bank facility for a short term loan, the company is working with an international based company. Depending on applicants eligibility, minimum loan of 10,000 can be arranged.

The value of the company's share will escalate base on the number of nests population in the house.

If you need more details and personal advise please call 012 238 2312 (Mr. Shukur) or Harry 017 755 1318


Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Visit To Kuala Krai EcoPark !!!

The Kuala Krai EcoPark seem to be fast moving and I can see that the construction works are moving smoothly.

While in Kelantan with the Cambodian Brothers, I took them there to have a good look at the construction progress.

All the three rows were under heavy constructions with at least 15 Indonesian workers busy with various activities.

The last time I visited only the footing were in place. Now they are moving to the second and the third floor.

The person in charged told me that the 61 units BH shop lots are left with only three more plus those allocated to Bumiputras.

I wish I have the money to own one however I might be too late by then.

Sincerely once the unit are up I will be visiting them regularly and how I hope one of the owners will let me his advisor for the installation of BH equipments.
Let me show U some of the photos taken:











Thursday, September 4, 2008

Kuala Krai Swiftlets Rock and Roll



I was very impressed with those many BHs in this small town.

The sky was littered with swiftlets and I just could not stop taking so many pictures.

Out of so many BHs I choose a few that shows a very heavy activities.

The above is one and one more at the bottom.

The bottom clip shows an old BH with 20 kilos a month while the top clip was a new BH which have a very aggressive owner. He has his entrance hole facing the other heavily populated BH and his intention is to suck those young birds into his.

Just listen to the beautiful melody which makes those birds go wild. The attack the tweeters and the walls around the tweeters. This is what a good BH should looks like. The owner put in place a very attractive sound to lure those wild birds to his entrance hole.

Remember once the sound no longer pull the crowd, change them to a more attractive sound.

Well as I always mentioned in some of my articles, you need to think for your investment. The quicker they populate your BH the faster you get the return of investments.

Zang Toi ancestor's house was on the front lane of the white painted BH.

My Mr.E, my guide, shop was on the same row. He has yet to ask the tenant to move to a new place. I told him that the unit is fit to be a gold harvester. Yes make money from the air.

Friday, May 9, 2008

A Big BH In A Bungalow Compound !!!



While on the way home from Kuala Trengganu, I decided with my co-driver to drive up north to Kuala Kerai via Jertih and go towards Gua Musang before hitting Raub, Bentong and KL.

I never new that this codriver of mine married to someone from Kuala Kerai.



The moment we reached Jertih, I saw this massive half yellow and half red coloured buldings that was pretty nice to look at. The bird entrance, square shape, was just below those roof joint. There were a number of birds flying around the hole.

There were at least 10 more birdhouses along the same road.





Well who says that the entrance holes must alway be square or rectangle? Just have a look at this circular entrance hole. I never believed my eyes when something weired like this pop up infront of my eyes.

They are just unique and unbelievable. These SIFU who does this must be a super high hirachy level in this bird house design selection. I am pretty sure they do have some reasons but please don't even open your mouth to Harry.

In Kuala Kerai I was taken to a bungalow how with a gigantic birdhouse about 5 meters away. The BH was in the same compound. About five stories and about 80 feet by 80 feet and we climbed in the dark from one floor to the other until we reached the top deck.

You will never guess what more that I came acrossed. More weired thing that makes your mind "kepala pusing" (unbelievable). The building walls were designed with special ventilation holes that I have never seen before. They are not holes but open window blocked by a huge piece of cement slabs.

Oh big mama, who have ever given these weired ideas to the owner????

Internally they are well designed with pretty looking nesting planks covered with corner covers. The only sore to my eyes were those tweeters arrangements. They are not facing the hole where those birds were coming into the room. The tweeters were placed deep in into the nesting plank's slots.

The roving area on the top floor was about 20 feet by 20 feet. Once those birds flew in they can roove around or snope into the LAL. The LAL between the other floors are via the staircase.

I love to see those walk rails installed onto the staircase.

I hope all of you enjoy these pictures that I took while in the BH.


A PLACE CALL MYBIRDHOUSE:



THE VENTILLATION HOLE CONSTRUCTION AND WATER DRAIN ABOUT TO BE COMPLETED


THE CEMENT BOARD READY TO BE INSTALLED ABOVE THE PLASTIC MAT


THE NESTING PLANKS BOXES AND A TWEETER


THE ROVING ROOM ON THE TOP FLOOR OF THE BUILDING


THE LAL IN ROVING ROOM WITH SAFETY RAILS


LUBANG ANTARA LANTAI (LAL) WITH SAFETY RAILS


WATER POND WITH SPRAY RODS