I was subjected to such surprise during the last sixth of he first month of 2014 !
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Surprising ?
Some people can find much pleasures scheming and planning a surprise for others. They go way out of their ways, so to speak, to ensure thatctheir plans work. Other onhearers or standers by readily co'operate by maintaining silence pertaining to the matter so as to ensure the plan works. Entwine in the whole scheme processes is the element of secrecy which the schemers ensure void of hurts to all parties especially to themselves and to others. These scheming characteristics seem innate in people but seem not readily present amongst wild or domesticated animals.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
A Visit From The Vinoun Films Crews
As the name indicates, Vinoun Films, it must be expressly rather than simply impliedly involved in the making of film pictures for defined purposes. It was therefore arranged much earlier by Janice, one of the crew members, that the filming team would visit Tintap Daton Ngawi' Fishfarm to film a few Kadazandusun processes of food preparations. There was also the filming of a reminiscing of the early schooling years of an auntie who is now in her ealry 70s in 2012. Memories of Secondary School schooling more than half a century ago must be a nostalgic call to memory!
Joe obliged his niece, Janice, with demonstrations of the processes of preparing a Fish Nonsom and a Meat Nonsom; Mathew, with the processes of preparing a Pinaasakan Sada and Hinava Sada; Alice, with Hinava Bavang Tagaas
and Tinumis Losun, and, Datin Seri Panglima Celestina Jinu with her early schooldays reminiscence.
The whole crew were on their toes, so to speak, from mid morning to mid afternoon, with lunch in between. With the exception of nonsom fish the other food which preparations were demonstrated any other types were served. The crew had also pre-ordered food from Ching Fah, Donggongon. Such was a wise decision since a few of them could only take halal food.
The Kadazandusun concept of food is that it is respected and not to be wasted. It is taboo to throw a lump of rice to the ground and to pour out a half plate of rice into the dustbin is literally throwing food away. On seeing the excesses of food that day I shiver with fear that much food would be wasted. I remember elders in my younger days teaching me rather than instilling fear in me that the Spirit of the Rice can pass a curse of 'Bologoson'. Aha! That's the topic of a future Posts.
Tintap Farm
March, 2012.
Joe obliged his niece, Janice, with demonstrations of the processes of preparing a Fish Nonsom and a Meat Nonsom; Mathew, with the processes of preparing a Pinaasakan Sada and Hinava Sada; Alice, with Hinava Bavang Tagaas
and Tinumis Losun, and, Datin Seri Panglima Celestina Jinu with her early schooldays reminiscence.
The whole crew were on their toes, so to speak, from mid morning to mid afternoon, with lunch in between. With the exception of nonsom fish the other food which preparations were demonstrated any other types were served. The crew had also pre-ordered food from Ching Fah, Donggongon. Such was a wise decision since a few of them could only take halal food.
The Kadazandusun concept of food is that it is respected and not to be wasted. It is taboo to throw a lump of rice to the ground and to pour out a half plate of rice into the dustbin is literally throwing food away. On seeing the excesses of food that day I shiver with fear that much food would be wasted. I remember elders in my younger days teaching me rather than instilling fear in me that the Spirit of the Rice can pass a curse of 'Bologoson'. Aha! That's the topic of a future Posts.
Tintap Farm
March, 2012.
An Informed Fish-culture Experiment
It is expounded as an experiment because it is done in Tintap, very far away from where it has been successfully tried and popularised - popularised as a dining table dish!
Before and until now, Ikan Kaloi has always been referred to as Ikan Perhiasan or ornamental fish. But fish breeders in some parts of Indonesia must have thought of some practical economical bright ideas. This bright economic idea is slowly spread throughout the region by way of Courses, Seminars and Food Promotions. By way of official Socio-economic Exports, so to say, this bright ideas have reached the shore
of Sabah, Malaysia. The core of this idea is spread to a number of small and medium scale fish farm breeders by one of the pioneers of this spread, a high ranking officer of the Department of Fisheries, Sabah, Encik Samy.
Tintap Freshwater Fish Farm is responding to this Experiment by isolating the Kaloi from the other types of fish from a pond, making sure that the ratio number of female to male is reasonably acceptable even by sheer simple reckoning. The males have hump heads while the females are prettier. They can also be differentiated by the length of their under-body fins. When they are grown-up already, so to speak, ready to mate, they could be given the facilities of a supply of grass - long grass - for them to make their nests. If it was possible, they could even be helped with the supply of a few galanjang-like pupuuvan for them to put in their grass nests. The next thing expected of them is to lay their fertilised eggs, attaching them to the clumped grass. It will then be wise for the breeders and tenderers to carefully lift the grass clumps together with the attached eggs and transfer them onto another containers, the like of big basins, so as to allow the eggs to hatch at ease and without any undue disturbances. The next expected development would be the appearance of wriggles - the sign of life in the Ikan
Kaloi fries. They would stay in that hatcheries for quite a while before they go to their own pond.
The grown Kaloi can be marketed as life ornamental fish, life or still wet fish for food or dish-prepared and ready eateries serving. They can be prepared in plain curry fish, sweet-sour fish with generous lemak, asam-pedas fish or simply fish-stew in sweet beans and tamarind. Another serving suggestion is to grill the fish and to be taken with a variety of chilli and sour sauce. All the suggested preparations are best taken with rice.d
Daton Ngawi' Freshwater Fishfarm at Kampung Tintap will organise its first-ever Kaloi Dish promotion comes early 2013.
It is only too wise to insert an addendum of disclaimer especially when such an experiment has not been run yet. Those outcome of the yet to be launched experiments as a whole are purely anticipations and fantasies of an eager mind which wish to do some progressions in such field. Any unworkable segments of such narratives are purely wishful thinking.
Tintapfarm
April 2, 2012
Before and until now, Ikan Kaloi has always been referred to as Ikan Perhiasan or ornamental fish. But fish breeders in some parts of Indonesia must have thought of some practical economical bright ideas. This bright economic idea is slowly spread throughout the region by way of Courses, Seminars and Food Promotions. By way of official Socio-economic Exports, so to say, this bright ideas have reached the shore
of Sabah, Malaysia. The core of this idea is spread to a number of small and medium scale fish farm breeders by one of the pioneers of this spread, a high ranking officer of the Department of Fisheries, Sabah, Encik Samy.
Tintap Freshwater Fish Farm is responding to this Experiment by isolating the Kaloi from the other types of fish from a pond, making sure that the ratio number of female to male is reasonably acceptable even by sheer simple reckoning. The males have hump heads while the females are prettier. They can also be differentiated by the length of their under-body fins. When they are grown-up already, so to speak, ready to mate, they could be given the facilities of a supply of grass - long grass - for them to make their nests. If it was possible, they could even be helped with the supply of a few galanjang-like pupuuvan for them to put in their grass nests. The next thing expected of them is to lay their fertilised eggs, attaching them to the clumped grass. It will then be wise for the breeders and tenderers to carefully lift the grass clumps together with the attached eggs and transfer them onto another containers, the like of big basins, so as to allow the eggs to hatch at ease and without any undue disturbances. The next expected development would be the appearance of wriggles - the sign of life in the Ikan
Kaloi fries. They would stay in that hatcheries for quite a while before they go to their own pond.
The grown Kaloi can be marketed as life ornamental fish, life or still wet fish for food or dish-prepared and ready eateries serving. They can be prepared in plain curry fish, sweet-sour fish with generous lemak, asam-pedas fish or simply fish-stew in sweet beans and tamarind. Another serving suggestion is to grill the fish and to be taken with a variety of chilli and sour sauce. All the suggested preparations are best taken with rice.d
Daton Ngawi' Freshwater Fishfarm at Kampung Tintap will organise its first-ever Kaloi Dish promotion comes early 2013.
It is only too wise to insert an addendum of disclaimer especially when such an experiment has not been run yet. Those outcome of the yet to be launched experiments as a whole are purely anticipations and fantasies of an eager mind which wish to do some progressions in such field. Any unworkable segments of such narratives are purely wishful thinking.
Tintapfarm
April 2, 2012
Milo at Tintapfarm
It was Tirid and Sadam who sat with Milo in the mid cabin of Arista. That was way back in 2010. Milo was heading for Tintapfarm, a more spacious roaming ground in a country setting. Although I could visualize what was in store for me ahead in as far as volunteering to take care if Milo is concerned I did not mind as I am helping two parties, the animal and the supposed to be owners.
When he arrived at Tintapfarm he seemed to fit well to all the facilities and available peripherals, natural and man made. He threw around his weights literally. He is big in size, almost three or four times that of the locals, the original residents of Tintapfarm. There were 13 of them and they did not fear the newly arrived giant. They have the number!
To manage people is easier than to democratically manage animals, and for that matter, dogs! Milo attacked and savagely killed three of f
my younger originals. A little bit of me died with each one as they passed on to their next animal world. Milo was then more of a problem than anything else. Had I tried to shoot Milo? No...
Milo respond to any animal sound by its determination to attack and devour. During that year and years previously I had not less than 150 assorted chickens roaming the immediate ground of Tintapfarm house. Now, all of them have been devoured by this Milo of a dog! Did I shoot ...shotgunned...Milo? No....
In recent times, as recently as in late March, 2012, some new developments cropped up...stemming from the, you-know-who, vanity. Maybe she likes to be acclaimed by others as generous even at the point of parting with something she values. Never mind! This is a theory actually.
She entertained and spread a jokingly enunciated rumour that I was going to shoot Milo and before that happened they (the group of ten motorcycles) could come and fetched the giant for samluk! I had to think fast! and fast enough, something had to happen to save an otherwise ugly situation.
Dolly asked me for a dog to replace his own which died of old age. I gave Gompurak, Songguli's sister. It was a gentleman's request met with a gentleman's gift. Gompurak was transported to Rugading on a motor cycle... The man, the rider and the animal pillion! He has actually asked for Milo for he also got the spillover of the youknowho's spread rumour. I said, no...lah.
Gompurak was like a patung! Words coming back from Dolly! I told him to give him a little time to adapt to his new surroundings. It was during this time that words were received that those ten motorbike riders wanted to come to take Milo away...any time, any day. With the you-know-who vain kindness to the group of ten young bikers, Milo is in great danger.
That morning Dolly happened to be at Sadam's house, stoping a while on coming downhill from the morning Good Friday stations of the cross. He said, according to Sadam, he really wants Milo for "he nanti saying". He knows what he's talking about. But with his size he needs transportation to Rugading. The youknowwho assessed the situation and wanted to volunteer to send using arista. I was waiting for some people to come for fishfries that morning, but still I was not happy she were to drive arista. There were too many instances where she would do the unimaginable so as to get attention! So for a fleeting ride to Rugading I sent Milo, animal and Sadam in the truck! Milo is saved. Gompurak and Milo are both save with Dolly. Although they are not with me my greatest consolation is that they are still alive, loved and taken care off.
Tintapfarm
140412
When he arrived at Tintapfarm he seemed to fit well to all the facilities and available peripherals, natural and man made. He threw around his weights literally. He is big in size, almost three or four times that of the locals, the original residents of Tintapfarm. There were 13 of them and they did not fear the newly arrived giant. They have the number!
To manage people is easier than to democratically manage animals, and for that matter, dogs! Milo attacked and savagely killed three of f
my younger originals. A little bit of me died with each one as they passed on to their next animal world. Milo was then more of a problem than anything else. Had I tried to shoot Milo? No...
Milo respond to any animal sound by its determination to attack and devour. During that year and years previously I had not less than 150 assorted chickens roaming the immediate ground of Tintapfarm house. Now, all of them have been devoured by this Milo of a dog! Did I shoot ...shotgunned...Milo? No....
In recent times, as recently as in late March, 2012, some new developments cropped up...stemming from the, you-know-who, vanity. Maybe she likes to be acclaimed by others as generous even at the point of parting with something she values. Never mind! This is a theory actually.
She entertained and spread a jokingly enunciated rumour that I was going to shoot Milo and before that happened they (the group of ten motorcycles) could come and fetched the giant for samluk! I had to think fast! and fast enough, something had to happen to save an otherwise ugly situation.
Dolly asked me for a dog to replace his own which died of old age. I gave Gompurak, Songguli's sister. It was a gentleman's request met with a gentleman's gift. Gompurak was transported to Rugading on a motor cycle... The man, the rider and the animal pillion! He has actually asked for Milo for he also got the spillover of the youknowho's spread rumour. I said, no...lah.
Gompurak was like a patung! Words coming back from Dolly! I told him to give him a little time to adapt to his new surroundings. It was during this time that words were received that those ten motorbike riders wanted to come to take Milo away...any time, any day. With the you-know-who vain kindness to the group of ten young bikers, Milo is in great danger.
That morning Dolly happened to be at Sadam's house, stoping a while on coming downhill from the morning Good Friday stations of the cross. He said, according to Sadam, he really wants Milo for "he nanti saying". He knows what he's talking about. But with his size he needs transportation to Rugading. The youknowwho assessed the situation and wanted to volunteer to send using arista. I was waiting for some people to come for fishfries that morning, but still I was not happy she were to drive arista. There were too many instances where she would do the unimaginable so as to get attention! So for a fleeting ride to Rugading I sent Milo, animal and Sadam in the truck! Milo is saved. Gompurak and Milo are both save with Dolly. Although they are not with me my greatest consolation is that they are still alive, loved and taken care off.
Tintapfarm
140412
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