The Local Pig

The fat mother pig finally appeared and made some grumbling noise as she looked for food. She also gave me a cautious look, keeping an eye on the two piglets. She looked dirty, with dry mud all over the body, she must have a mud bath not too long ago.
When I made some noise as I stopped the car at the road side, she quickly disappeared into the bush and I could see the bush rumbling. Soon the two piglets also followed and disappeared from my view.

Hiding In the Bush

What are these two standing-still animals doing in the bush? Small tails, strong legs, ha, these grey piglets are searching for food! 
These are the local (Sarikei/Jakar) domesticated pigs, free to move around during the daytime at the countryside, but will go back to the human master at the evening after enjoying freedom. They are not given much food but their bodies are devoid of chemical substances.
As for those caged pink pigs  at Kuching, they are very well fed and injected with growth hormones so that they can grow super fast, which also means the end of their lives in short time. 

Autumn in the Tropics

We often admire the beautiful Autumn Season of the temperate countries where orange and red leaves are flourishing and dropping in the cool winds. We have many shows depicting the beauties of this season.
But the Tropical forests do have some beautiful red trees such as those no far from my farm. 
In fact, these trees turn into red only recently, making them very obvious among the green lush.
If we can plant ten acres of these red trees, I am sure it will become a nice piece of landscape.

Saving the Fruit

There was only one jack fruit left on the two trees. So I wrapped up with red plastic bag. Let see next month whether I have the fruit or not.
It is not easy to be a farmer.You may be working hard in tilling the land, planting the fruit trees and maintaining the land, applying fertilisers, etc. But when the fruits come out, somebody may just come and has free feast. 
Some people call this live smart, something like work smart. Let other people do the initial donkey jobs, then you kick them away and take the credits.

Enemies of the Fruit Farm

I was thinking to collect some jack fruits from my farm this coming December. But someone came earlier, eating up most of the fruits. These were what had been left.
Who were the culprits, the birds, the squirrels, the insects or the humans?

Long-House Under Moonlit Light

Long-house in Borneo refers to the dwelling house built and stayed by the Native people, the Dayaks. Sometimes, it can be as long as 20 units or 20 families which means a population of more than 100 people. It always began with less than ten families and extended as the family grew. It is  no necessary these people are closely related, but somehow related. This long-house has a chief who oversees the daily affairs related to his people and therefore can be a political force. 
In the past, the houses were mainly built with timber obtained from the forest. But fire was always a problem. Nowadays, concrete is used more often.
Near my farm, when we built our farm house 38 years ago, there was no long-house nearby. Then suddenly, three to four long-houses were built near our land bringing in more than 100 people from other places to the area. Do not under-estimate these "migrants" force, as they can change the political landscape of the equally contested election.

What is democracy then? 

Blue Dragon Fly

I had seen green, maroon and brown dragonflies, but this blue one was first time. It was found in my farm.
How do different colours emerged or evolved for dragonflies ? 
They do not seem to need the colours to hide themselves.