Smallest birdhouse that I have ever seen

On my way back from Dungun, using the Kuala Dungun - Seberang Pintasan new bridge and side trekking to Teluk Bidara, a beautiful beach just next to the famous Tanjong Jara Beach Resort, I discovered a cute little birdhouse, the one and only birdhouse in that area. This is the smallest BH that I have ever seen. This BH is in operation judging from the external sound blasting out loudly at 12.00 noon, the time that I passed this place. I didn't stop to find out whether it is a successful BH as there are nobody on sight to ask. If this is a successful BH with say 100 nests in the 1st. year, I would rather have 10 of these BHs than to have a single 20' x 80' three storey BH. I would also recommend that the government build this type of BH for the hardcore poor to compliment their PPRT house. I will try to find out more about this BH the next time I pass this place.


"Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more." = Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)

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Reinforced Concrete Footing Completed

Today, my workers managed to complete fixing the steel reinforcement for the footings and stumps. The mobile crane arrived as scheduled. My kepala managed to fix the water pump despite the initial hiccups and concreting started slightly late at around 11.00 a.m. Despite the late start, my workers with the cooperation of the crane operator managed to finish concreting all the 16 Nos. of footing by 5.00pm. What a feat and credit must go to the kepala and his gang of workers, altogether 6 of them. The crane rental was RM600 per day which is considered high because it was the rate when the diesel price was at its peak. I hope the government can do something to force the operators to reduce their rental.

After my workers finished concreting the footings at around 5.00pm, I noticed quite a number of swiftlets flying low below the tree tops inside my site and some hovering nearby as if acknowledging that this will be the BH to watch. Before this, the swiftlets used to fly pass above the tree tops.

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