Last week when was on my way to P.Dickson. I received a call from one of my readers.
“Hi James, how are you? I am Mr. O from Pagoh. I have followed your blog since last year and I would like to thank you for your kind effort to provide useful information to all swiftlet farmers.”
“You are welcome Mr. O, I replied. How could I help you?’
“James I have a Stan Alone farm which I built 2 years plus ago in Pagoh the result is not good. It has only 8 nests now. I had tried all ways to rectify it even some well known consultants were invited but it is still the same. So to counter my frustration now I am building another one around this area as I have about 35 acres of land here. I presume the new farm will be better than the existing one and I am confident about it. The foundation works is on going now for a week.”
“I replied, Mr. O, confident is totally another thing. Before you started building your your 1st farm did you do the preliminary works first like Birds test evaluation, location potentiality evaluation, Swiftlets population evaluation and so one?”
He was muted for a while and replied well I did see many birds around. Then I prompted him further. What about the size of your building, the size of the roving, and the position of the entrance hole…….. the thickness of the wall, the material use and so on…………( the whole design package).
This time he was lost….totally lost. The only replied he gave me was “JAMES CAN I CALL YOU BACK IN A SHORT WHILE? I HAVE TO CALL MY CONTRACTOR TO STOP THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS IMMEDIATELY.”
Mr.O was a daring person. He built his farm with the knowledge he acquired from books, seminar and idea from friends.
Mr.O called me back later and we continue to chat further. We shall be meeting in Pagoh. I will have a look at his current farms first and from here I would advise him further. I asked him to hold on first the current construction.
Once it is done it will be “NO Turning Back”. Yes I do understand to some out there money is absolutely no an issue but this is not how I work as I always believe it’s wiser to do it RIGHT the first time.
Hope all readers could learn something from here.
"The more you think you know The less you actually knew".
Good Luck!
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上星期當我在P.Dickson的途中。 我從我的一個讀者接到了一個电话。 「嗨， James，你好吗? 我是從Pagoh的O先生。 我從去年跟隨了您的部落格，並且 我希望感謝您, 您親切的努力提供有用的信息給所有的燕屋農夫」。 「不客气, 先生O。 我怎麼可能幫助您？『 「James, 我有一個單獨燕屋農場, 建立了2年正, 在Pagoh結果不是好的。 它現在只有8個窝。 我嘗試了所有方式矯正它, 甚而 邀請一些知名的顧問，但是仍然是一样。 因此， 因為我有大约35英畝土地這裡， 抵抗我的失望, 現在我在大廈另一個區域附近。 我假定新的燕屋農場比现有的那個 和我對此好確信。 基礎工作在現在去一個星期」。 「O先生，確信是完全另一件事。 在您開始了修造您之前, 您的第1個燕屋農場您首先完成了初步工作像鳥測試評估、地點 潛在性評估，燕子人口評估和那么一個？」 他有一陣子減弱了的聲音， 並且 很好回復我看見了許多燕子。 然后我進一步提示了他。 怎么样您的大廈的大小，粗沙的 大小和入口孔的位置........牆壁的厚度，物質用途等等........ (整體設計包裹)。 這次他 失去了….完全失去。 回復的唯一他在短小給了我是「James, 再打回给你， 我必須叫 我的承包商立刻停止建筑工作」。 O先生是一個大膽的人。 他修建了他從 書獲取的知識，研討會和燕屋農場朋友的想法。 O先生告诉了我以后， 並且我們 继续進一步聊天。 我們在Pagoh见面。 我一下他的當前農場首先將查看， 並且從在 這儿我进一步會勸告他。 我要求他首先拿着當前建築。 一旦它做它將是 「沒有转回去」。 是我瞭解對一些那裡钱是绝對沒有問題，但是這不是我怎麼工作， 我总是相信第一次做它权利是更加明智的。 希望所有讀者可能從這里學會某事。 " 您認為您實際上知道越多其实您知道少"。 不要太有信心。祝您好运!
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