Aquaponics, Flying Gems, Auto-Timer, and other Stuffs

Lots of lots and farmland for sale!

2011-05-26T20:41:00.000-07:00

There are lots of lots and farmland for sale while searching for a farm lot for my own.
Mostly cheap price per square meter but a buyer is required to purchase the entire hectares of land.

Scheduled again to farmland

2011-05-16T06:53:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday after getting the car from the shop, I need to go back again to check for farmland for sale.
As informed, there is an available lot beside the road which cost 80 pesos per square meters in Castillejos.

Update May 20, 2011:

The 631 sq.m. parcel of farmlot is worth 45,000 pesos (1,047 USD) . Since this is a part of the mother titled land, the document available is only a tax declaration property. Jackfruit tree and banana trees are in the frontyard. Currently the nipa hut is being rented by a construction worker of Hanjen- the biggest korean shipbuilding company in the Philippines. I am still coordinating with the agent of this lot for further verification.

Anticipating for another breeding

2011-05-16T06:48:00.000-07:00

Another pair of lovebirds is breeding. This time I promise, I will no longer disturb their nests.

I'm selling my house & lot

2011-05-10T07:17:00.001-07:00

I have already posted my Ad for my house and lot for sale for 2.3 million pesos. Few had already inquired through email. It seems to me they are just agents or brokers, not the actual buyers.
The proceeds will be used for buying a bigger farm lot and a new and better 700 sq.m. house currently on sale for about 28,000 USD at Castillejos.

budgie's embryo's heart's beating!

2011-05-05T08:14:00.000-07:00

After 5 days inside the home-made incubator, I could see streak of blood inside the egg. I thought it was a ring of blood of a dead embryo, but when I happened to video-document the matter, I was surprised to see the beating heart of the budgie's embryo.

The egg candling was done by using a flashlight, diskette film to separate the light and a bulb reflector as the holder of the egg.

This egg was the only one saved out of the 3. The rest were broken by the parent because I touched and changed the nest box beddings.

Photo:

Video at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DJJm4UTBQg

May 16, 2011 UPDATE: Unfortunately the egg did not fully developed. After 15 days, I did not see any heart beat anymore and I noticed that much fluid were inside the egg, instead of solid particle. I think this failure was due to unregulated temperature and frequent egg handling.

One budgie egg is incubated

2011-05-03T06:11:00.000-07:00

Of the 3 eggs laid, 1 were at the bottom of the cage broken, 1 was taken out from the next box and was broken also, 1 left dashed at the corner of the next box which was transferred then to a home-made incubator.
This incubator was made from an old ice box-installed with a digital thermometer, with a CPU fan powered by a 6 DC voltage which is paralleled to the 6 volts spot (halogen) light. A glass of water was also put inside the ice box to provide humidity anyway. I don't have an instrument to measure the humidity as of now. The temperature read only 35.6 degree Celsius, so I put the adaptor of the spotlight inside the box to increase the temperature since it also emits heat. Only then I got the perfect temperature of 36.8 degrees.
Again this is just an experiment.

Another broken budgie egg

2011-05-03T02:23:00.000-07:00

Yesterday night I changed and transferred the couple budgies to a separate cage. I had prepared a better recessed bottom nest box. The 2 eggs where transferred without the sight of the birds since I turned the lights, and uses a leaf to touch and transfer the the eggs.
This afternoon, I saw another egg broken and empty at the bottom of the cage. I'm not sure whether it's the 2nd egg or the 4th egg that was broken since I hadn't checked yet the numbers of eggs inside the box. It could be the 2nd or the 3rd egg that which empty shell was taken out by the hen.

2nd and 3rd egg has just come out!

2011-05-01T08:19:00.000-07:00

Expectedly after the first broken egg, 2 eggs have just come out. I just hope that all will be hatched since the bottom of the nest box doesn't have enough beddings and the surface is leveled plain.

Photo : ( 2 eggs in the nest box: soon)

Planning to buy a motorcycle

2011-05-01T00:18:00.001-07:00

I think I will buy a motorcycle for myself.

The first broken egg of my budgie

2011-05-01T00:14:00.000-07:00

One morning after six months of rearing several budgies, I just saw one egg lying at the bottom of the cage-it was broken and empty. The cage has a nest box, I wonder why the bird did not lay inside the box.
Photos: (soon)

At the farm land near Aetas community

2011-05-01T00:10:00.000-07:00

I was back again to the vast farm lands, this time at the nearby areas where native community of Aetas live.
Photos/ Videos: soon to be posted.

Upsetting deal

2011-04-28T06:44:00.000-07:00

After they felt that I was interested in the the parcel of land, 2 days after they changed the price.
The original agreed price was only 84,800 pesos (or 1,972 USD) for the1,060 square meter of farm lot.
But just this morning the owner changed his mind, as what the agent had told me. It became 100 pesos (2.32 USD) per square meter, instead of 80 pesos (1.8 USD) per sq.m.
Never mind. Obviously, such is not for me to acquire.

Scorpion jail marks on my arms!

2011-04-27T09:43:00.000-07:00

This afternoon jail officers tattooed my left and right arms with several scorpion marks.
as a standard operating procedure upon entering the jail premises.

As expected, I underwent several physical check-ups, so with the food that I brought.
Being a first timer visitor, as I enter the entrance door I was a little bit hesitant to go on, experiencing being inside the real world of detainees in hundreds. All eyes were toward me as I had 2 bags ( 5 orders of Chowking food ) at my left and right arms. Movie scenes immediately flashed my mind, where riots between gangs suddenly emerged, and sticks, knives flying to and fro!
There at the 2nd gate a man had a rigid wood at his right arm. My mind says to me, "Be on your guard, co'z he'll suddenly hit you! or put you on test". I and my old aunt passed him by.
Prisoners were contained in a compound. Some were standing-by, some were playing pool and watching TV. Then we reached a very small room-there my aunt's relatives-on his bed awakened.
There I understood before my very eyes their restricted environment. There also I came to know that one of the persons we were visiting was chosen by a group of gang to be their leader. My aunt named several gang like Sputnik, Bahala na and other more.
Being inside the territory of law breakers is an eerie feeling-I couldn't stop the thoughts in my mind of having seen murderers, thieves, drug pushers, etc. face-to-face.

Photo: (Cartographic sketch of Manila city jail)

Photo: (several Scorpion marks on my left and right arms)

Attacks by red ants on my expensive night crawlers!

2011-04-27T09:37:00.001-07:00

Acquiring material blessings-1,060 sq. meters

2011-04-27T08:35:00.001-07:00

As I see this personal vision of a farmlot clearer and clearer as time passes by, all I can think of is to thank God. I should thank Him because of the physical strength and sound mind that led me to acquire material blessings. Without this divine providence, I could do nothing.

The west side is a far river side, owned by a chinese haciendero, north farther side has an american house with full-grown mango trees. This is where I should install a water pipe down to the underground for the irrigation system.

The east side is the main entrance with small rest house, with residents at the farther area

The farther south side is the highwayside

Now my inner being is reminding me to forget not God's portion on that day of every harvest. This is the hard thing to do in reality based on experience! This is a "gift", a"talent" that I will be accountable of.
I should not keep it idle, instead invest with it continuously and wisely.
But for the time being I have to teach myself to learn this law of reciprocity, starting from small things.
On that day onwards, I have to give back something for the furtherance of His kingdom on earth; I have to give back to my community! What an impressive thoughts! Better said than done...

Tomorrow, I will be there again to double-check the area and the documents.

Just toured awhile ago in the farm

2011-04-26T03:49:00.000-07:00

Vacation to the Island

2011-04-24T06:46:00.000-07:00

A Personal Vision

2011-04-21T02:27:00.000-07:00

When I was still in my secondary years, I often noticed the words posted on the walls: Vision and Mission.
I didn't really understand the difference between the two, back then.
But going into a small business had me comprehend the words, particularly by reading business plan templates.
As time passes by I realized that my childhood passion awakens now that I'm in my early 30s. During my childhood years, I wished to be an astronaut or a scientist. I often drew panoramic view of landscape with mountains, trees, animals, dumptrucks, big ships, helicopters, airplanes, spaceships, satellite dish on a remote building, seashores, etc.
The first college course I preferred was B.S. Biology, but I was so persuaded by my relative to pick-up the techie one-computer engineering course was advised to me. Well at that time such was the trend and so popular.
Since college years until now, I'm still fond of electronics stuffs, repairing and project-making. How I love to see flying helicopters, real or remote controlled that led me to buy my own RC Helis of 4 sizes and brands.
Now that I came to realize the need for economic or financial sustainability. I also feel the need to help uplift people's lives, particularly those in great need. I still feel my childhood passion is still close to it.
I have this personal vision of having my own farm land to till with-providing sustenance to my family and helping less-fortunate ones. Yes, if time permits me to gain enough resources, I would extend help to the poor in my community, I would teach them "how to fish" and not just "give them a fish".
This is it something weird or heroic act for some, but for me- knowing and empathizing these needy people is what everyone should think of. There is something good that comes out from within when one does a good act.

The farmlot I'm hoping of having

2011-04-19T22:27:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I joined my relatives to tour around certain areas for a farm lot suitable for a poultry business. In compliance with San Miguel Corporation strict policy, we should choose an area farway from residential places, of at least 1 hectare.

We reached the suitable place only to find that someone had already purchased and tilled the land.
Each square meter costs only 80 pesos, equivalent to 1.86USD.
Soon, God willling, I will have my own first 1,000 square meters of farm lot near the highway!
Then I will transfer my backyard stuffs to their new place...
Photos & video: (I forgot to bring my videocam)

the eyes of the child

2011-04-19T21:32:00.000-07:00

The eyes of the child. video..

9-months old Hanna Meil Lei

Kangkong growing in aquaponic system

2011-04-19T21:05:00.000-07:00

Plants needs to adapt to a new environment. This water spinach (kangkong) finally adapted to this aquaponic system after a series of failure. Initally my medium here still is a sandy soil. I am growing this kind of vegetable to feed my feathered friends. Beneath these kangkong plants is another container of 6 fishes specifically orange carp, of which water and wastes are taken down automatically by the overflow as cause by the aquaponic system.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK78njY22xc

My first 3 kilos of live african night crawlers

2011-04-19T20:26:00.000-07:00

Just last April 14th I got my first African Night Crawlers for an experimentation. I've known the supplier through Olx.ph. His farm is in the province of Laguna and we both travel for several hours just to meet-halfway in Manila, particularly in Chowking EDSA Pasay City.

Inside Chowking he gave me a short lecture and the basics of vermiculture.
Then I realized that I haven't made yet enough and suitable beddings for the 3 kilos of earthworms I received from him.
Since the time of transferring them to a new container, terrible things happened. I will tell the details later on my next post.
Anyway below are the photos and video of my first 3 kilos of live african night crawlers I transferred to a big pot of banana tree at our backyard. I hope to mass-produce them someday for fertilizer source and promote organic system.
Organic is natural and better.

Human motion sensor-underconstruction

2011-04-09T00:55:00.000-07:00

Underconstruction:
Parts list:
1. PIC12F635
2. 470 Ohms
3. Piezo buzzer
4. BC547
5. 10K Ohms
6. PIR sensor module
7. LED

Thanks to my blog visitors worldwide!

2011-04-08T17:59:00.000-07:00

It's funny to know that I have already a number of worldwide visitors.
Here's the summary I screen-captured:

I hope I can receive positive comments from them all.

My First Vermi for Composting

2011-04-08T02:53:00.000-07:00

On April 14th, 2011 the supplier of African Night Crawlers from a farm in Laguna will hand me down the 3 kilos of this kind of earthworm typically used in composting.
Again this will be another test project.
Photos and video will be post soon.