Monthly Archives: May 2011
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Filed under Cast A Vote!
I have Decided/Keputusan muktamad
I would love to die being known as a person who stand by my principles. There are things that certain people do that I do not agree with altogether. If it is done without intention, it should be forgiven. But repetition of the action only tells me that it was INTENTIONAL!
I am stating my conviction to my principles right now that I shall not support directly or indirectly in anyway the people and their actions of the following nature:-
1. Greedy
Trying to hit it rich with dishonesty in pricing average quality rabbits. Just because they are imported does not mean they are show stoppers commanding thousands of ringgits.
2. Lies
It is all about dishonesty. And people like that should be shown the pits. Showing off a catalog of nice rabbits but when it is time to deliver, it is a totally different rabbit altogether. Many excuses are used – camera lighting, camera model, age of rabbits. WTF? A Holland Lop’s crown will not vanish into thin air like how Pedigree sent out from the USA vanishes in the airplane man! A rabbit do not have that of a drastic change in just 1 to 2 months. Who are you trying to freaking fool?
A rabbit really have 4 legs but sometimes legs go missing. What I mean is, when trying to get your money, they will tell you that the rabbit has got many GC Legs and the prices skyrocket. But when you get the rabbit, there isn’t a pedigree or even GC Legs. Again, excuses would be use saying that somewhere out there someone made a mistake.
Don’t OVER PROMISE UNDER DELIVER LahhHHhhhhhh……
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Tim nak pergi ke dunia akhirat dikenali sebagai seorang yang berpegang kepada prinsip kehidupan yang baik. Syurga atau neraka tidak peduli janji bila berada di bumi, nak jugak berkeras kepala berpegang kepada prinsip. Terdapat kejadian2 yang Tim tidak boleh diterima. Jikalau kata perkara2 ini berlaku sekali-sekala tanpa berniat jahat boleh dimaafkan. Akan tetapi bohong ditampal dengan kebohongan yang lebih besar lagi macam syarikat letrik korek dan tampal tak habis2.
Di sini, I nak melafazkan ikrar saya supaya tidak menyokong sama sekali orang2 dan perbuatan mereka yang keji secara langsung atau tidak langsung. Mereka adalah orang2 yang dilingkungi dalam kategori2 berikut:
1. Tamak
Skim cepat kaya asalkan namanya IMPOT. Kenapa bukannya berbillion-billion ringgit harga arnab? Sekadar ribu2 cukup ke makan? Jualkan arnab kualiti sederhana dengan harga ribuan ni tidak masuk akal langsung. Maklumlah, willing(stupid) buyer, willing(greedy) seller…
Jangan monyet…..
2. Penipu
Semuanya berkaitan dengan niat menipu dan berbohong untuk matawang semata2. Adakalanya, gambar dan arnab hidup yang dijual tidak selari. Jauh perbezaannya umpama bumi dengan angksa. Tu lah, katalog memang memberangsangkan dan meleleh air liur dibuatnya. Akan tetapi jaga2 modus operandinya, paling penting wang keluar dari kocek dulu. Bila sudah salah, keluar pulak perangai Si Toyolnya – “Tak It Or Leave It” pulak. Memang mengerikan hantu2 kelaparan matawang duniawi ini…
Dan ini adalah juga sambungan catatan semalam mengenai tattoo. Bila nampak gambar arnab cantik, tanya nombor tattoo supaya bila sampai ditangan nombornya sama. Jadi, penting tak ada tattoo? Buat Pengenalan sayang….tak puas hati boleh buat DNA test jugak sekaligus dapat tahu adakah itu anak arnab kesayangan anda….
Ada jugak alasan tak habis2 lagi bila orang mintak pedigree original. Pedigree original selalunya hilang semasa dalam perjalanan dari USA ke Malaysia. Wahai adik, jangan ambil manusia lain seperti katak bawah tempurung! I pun kirim surat guna PosLaju. Tak pernah tidak tiba. Takkan Syarikat Kurier USA begitu loyang. Berhentilah dengan semua pembohonganmu. Pecah belanga nanti…
Jadi, janganlah buat perjanjian yang tidak boleh ditunaikan.
Buat semua peminat2 arnab, jangan senang dibohong. Jangan sokong pembohong. Orang kata “take it or leave it”, LEAVE IT saja. Itu bukan apa yang telah dijanjikan kenapa paksa diri sendiri telan juga kepahitan dan orang lain lari ke bank dengan sewenang-wenangnya? Patut ke?
Pegang pada prinsip hidup! Berikan TIDAK yang kuat supaya beritahu pembohong ini, tidak mudah anda ditipu.
Berhati2 dan berjaga2 kerana semua ni Tim dah pernah hadapi dan harungi. Sekarang nak berkongsi bersama supaya jangan ambil jalan yang sama.
Filed under Community Service, Rabbit Show
Burung Gagak Dua…
Hampa…
Inilah perasaan Tim pada saat ini. Penuh kehampaan. Di masa kehampaan ini juga, saya teringat sebuah lagu yang tidak asing lagi. Lagunya seperti berikut…
Burung kakak tua
Hinggap di jendela
Nenek sudah tua
Giginya tinggal dua
Lechum Lechum Lechum
Mu la la
Lechum Lechum Lechum
Mu la la
Lechum Lechum Lechum
Mu la la
Burung Kakak Tua.
Tolong jangan salahkan Tim ye kalau I terlanjur kata dicatatan blog ini. Kenapa di masa yang terlampau hampa ini saya masih boleh ingat lagu Burung Kakak Tua? Kerana dalam ingatan Tim, Burung Kakak Tua ini pandai meniru manusia bercakap. Akan tetapi, I rasa Burung Kakak Tua ini tidak faham langsung apa yang dikatakannya.
Itulah perangai segolongan besar peminat2 arnab hias di tanahair tercinta I ini. Memang pandai meniru cara percakapan dan mengikut trend. Setiap kali saya menayang gambar arnab comel, semua sudah tahu menahu bertanya, “Yang Ni Pedigree Ke?”. Tim nak tanya, betul2 tahu tak apa itu Pedigree dan kenapa Pedigree?
Maklumlah, ada Pedigree dan Tattoo ni boleh jual lebih mahal….BOHONG!
Renung sekejap…..KUALITI bukan KUANTITI brader……Sekali lagi kita kembali ke Standard Of Perfection (dah bosan ni nak di ulang lagi macam tak habis2)….Tak pe, kita belajar slow slow skit……….
Kenapa seekor arnab dijual RM 150 lepas itu yang lain RM 500? Arnab RM 150 kalau ada pedigree terus naik harga ke RM 500 macam upgrade KAP CHAI ke SUPER BIKE….BOHONG!
Walaupun arnab impot pun ada beza KUALITINYA! Tolong jangan lupa kata2 hikmat ini boleh tolong supaya duit tidak senang berlari dari dompet….
Saya pun sudah bosan nak menaip panjang lebar ni – sila rujuk kepada catatan yang sudah lampau ini – https://truluvrabbitry.com/2010/11/19/the-reason-behind-the-tattoo/. Kalau perlu, silalah rujuk kepada kamus ye.
Akan tetapi jari2 I rasa gatal sikit. Mari, saya tolong taipkan sebanyak mungkin.
Fungsi tattoo ini bukannya untuk mendapatkan lebih duit. Malah seperti KAD PENGENALAN dalam dompet mu sayang….
Kenapa warganegara ini diberi nombor unik? Kerana semua orang ini kan spasial? Ia digelar KAD PENGENALAN. Jom kita buangkan perkataan KAD ia menjadi PENGENALAN! BINGO, itu lah fungsi TATTOO!
Ia dijadikan pengenalan untuk si ARNAB. Kalau ikut ARBA, nak masuk pertandingan ataupun nak didaftar arnab itu, kena ada PEDIGREE dan TATTOO. Pedigree untuk menyatakan arnab itu adalah TULEN kerana PEDIGREE (surat beranak) mencatitkan salahsilah keluarga 3 generasi. Untuk seekor arnab digelar PURE BREED (baka tulen), ia semestinya seekor arnab yang telah dibiak dengan 3 generasi BAKA YANG SAMA. Kalau tetiba kawan2 nampak seekor Netherland Dwarf dicatatkan di dalam PEDIGREE Holland Lop di peringkat generasi ke-3, malah arnab you itu bukan tulen. Semua arnab yang dicatitkan dalam seluruh PEDIGREE 3 generasi mestilah terdiri daripada baka arnab yang sama. Faham tak? Muka macam tak faham saja.
Tak pe, kalau tak puas atau tak faham boleh email President atau Officer ARBA. Kan lebih baik percaya sama itu Mat Salleh? Orang Malaysia sendiri ini memang merepek bukan2 dan mengarut semata2. Memang Tim ni tukang karut sampai dapat liputan suratkhabar2 dan televisyen. Ataupun orang Malaysian sendiri ini taip dalam Bahasa Mat Salleh standard tak cukup tinggi susah nak difahami…
Kenapa Si Tim ini tattoo dan bagi pedigree/sijil beranak untuk semua arnabnya? Senang je nak jawab soalan itu. Kerana Si Tim ni nak jaga ketulenan arnab2 yang terlepas dari jari genggaman Tim. Kan arnab hias impot ini semakin popular? Dan nak mula dengan permulaan yang baik supaya dapat jejaki baka yang diimpot. Yang ni tak faham tak pe kerana bukan semua diwajibkan ikut jejak Si Tim ni.
Lebih baik jangan hinggap di atas jendela cuba nak jadi burung kakak tua. Nanti jatuh beb…….
Filed under Community Service
Another Milestone
I finally got news that Malaysian Rabbit Owners’ Association (2011) has been approved by the Registrar of Societies. To be honest, I have mixed feelings when I first got the news. I was glad that we now have an official association where all rabbit lovers can belong but at the same time, I hope to get committed people to join me in this new venture. I have so many ideas and plans on mind for this association and I hope they can materialized when the association operates fully.
“How do you run an association with a busy schedule?” is the top question on my mind right now and I believe it is the same with others who are interested in contributing. It is very simple. We need teamwork and support each other in their roles. It is more fun doing it as a team I believe.
I expect a lot of learning for the 1st year and as we go through it, I hope to have a few members to grow with me in this journey. Through that and hopefully, we can nurture some awesome leaders to continue leading the association. That is my vision at least.
Raising rabbits is a fun thing for most of us. I do not want to take the fun element out of this association. We shall run it through having fun and enjoyment. I strongly believe that when passion is placed into it, MROA will blossom and grow.
All I hope for now is to receive MROA 2011 establishment certificate and have our 1st AGM successfully to put everything in place so that we can move forward. I welcome all my Malaysian bunny friends especially those who have followed my blog thus far, to come forward and together we shall make this association a success.
Malaysia rabbits need a huge support group and MROA will be the platform for us to share, care, learn and live!
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”
Filed under MROA
Apakah itu Breed Standard?
Hari ini, Tim nak bertulis pasal breed standard. Tujuannya adalah untuk membimbing rakan2 yang baru sahaja mendapat demam panas Show Rabbit ni. I rasa tidak puas hati kerana ramai yang tidak dapat mencengkam maksud sebenar bahasa dunia Arnab hias.
Setahu kawan2 sekalian, American Rabbit Breeders Association ataupun ARBA secara singkat adalah sebuah pertubuhan yang menjalankan tugas pentadbiran bagi semua urusan berkenaan dengan arnab dan tikus belanda (guinea pig). Di Amerika Syarikat terdapat banyak kelab2 di peringkat daerah dan juga negeri adalah dibawah naugan ARBA.
Apakah tugas-tugas ARBA sebenarnya yang paling penting untuk pengiat industri arnab?
Salah satu tugas ARBA yang paling penting dalam pendapat saya adalah penerbitan, pengiktirafan dan penjagaan Standard of Perfection ataupun Breed Standard. Apakah itu Breed Standard?
Untuk menjawab soalan di atas, I ada satu soalan bagi rakan2 sekalian. Kenapa ramai yang tertarik kepada Holland Lop, Netherland Dwarf dan baka2 yang lain? Apakah disebalik Holland Lop yang membuatnya Holland Lop selain daripada ciri2 biasa yang kita nampak pada seekor arnab Holland Lop?
Jawapannya senang, untuk menjadi seekor Holland Lop yang cantik, ia mesti mempunyai semua ciri2 yang telah dibentangkan di dalam Standard Of Perfection. Standard Of Perfection adalah dokumen yang ringkas lagi tepat yang menjelaskan setiap ciri2 yang perlu ada pada seekor Holland Lop. Misalnya dokumen ini membentangkan specifikasi arnab Holland Lop seperti dokumen yang datang bersama dengan mesin basuh baju yang you beli di kedai elektrik. Misalnya panduan mesin basuh menjelaskan berapa voltan yang diperlukan dan seperti panduan mesin basuh, Standard Of Perfection adalah panduan untuk semua 47 baka yang diiktiraf ARBA buat masa ini.
Saya mendapat ramai yang bertanya mengenai kualiti arnab Holland Lop. Kerana di pasaran ramai yang mengunakan perkataan2 yang “dalam” bagi mereka yang baru2 saja mengikuti demam denggi Arnab hias. Ramai yang turut ikut mengunakan istilah2 tanpa tahu-menahu maksud sebenarnya.
Ramai yang tahu 3 istilah yang paling terkenal di Malaysia sekarang – Pet Quality, Brood Quality dan Show Quality. Adakah you salah seorang yang terperangkap dalam istilah2 ini tanpa tahu maksud sebenarnya?
Dalam Breed Standard Holland Lop, salah satu daripada ciri yang telah dibentangkan adalah KEPALA. Ia telah dijelaskan dengan tepat bagaimana rupa bentuk KEPALA Holland Lop yang sepatutnya dan macam mana ia dinilai.
Dalam Bahasa English ia berkata:
HEAD-Points 24: The head is to be massive in appearance. When viewed from the front, the head is to have good width, beginning at the front of the crown and rounding down between the eyes to an extremely short and well filled muzzle. The cheeks should be full and round. The head is to be set high and close to the shoulders. The size of the head is to be in proportion to the body. The eyes should be bold and deep set.
Faults – Pinched muzzle, flat cheeks; narrowness between the eyes. Fault severely for narrow or long head, or head too small to balance with body.
Secara singkat, untuk KEPALA Holland Lop sahaja, penilai akan memberi 24 markah. Dijelaskan di sini bahawa kepala si Holland Lop mesti nampak BESAR. Jurang antara dua mata mestilah sebesar mungkin untuk mencapai kelihatan kepala yang BESAR.
Standard of Perfection bukan sahaja menjelaskan apa yang dikehendaki malah juga ciri2 yang tidak diingini. Istilah FAULTS tidak bermaksud bahawa arnab itu kalah bertanding akan tetapi, hilang markah sahaja.
Istilah DISQUALIFIED ataupun DQ bermaksud arnab kalah bertanding terus tanpa penilaian. Ada sesetengah arnab diDQ kerana terdapat warna kuku yang tidak sepadan dengan warna arnab e.g. arnab warna solid berkuku putih.
Kenapa si Tim ni tulis pasal semua ini dan apakah perhubungannya dengan Pet, Brood dan Show Quality?
Terdapat banyak perhubungannya dan saya ingin menjelaskan supaya semua yang terkena dengan demam Arnab hias ni tidak ditipu semasa membeli arnab2 tersayang yang makin hari makin mahal digoreng harga pasarannya.
Pet Quality boleh dikatakan arnab yang tidak boleh dipamerkan ataupun yang terdapat terlalu banyak FAULTS ataupun yang telah DQ.
Brood Quality adalah arnab yang mempunyai faults tapi ada ciri2 yang boleh digunakan untuk generasi seterusnya. Brood adalah arnab pembiak yang boleh digunakan untuk mendapatkan arnab Show Quality. Lebih hampir mutu brood kepada show quality lebih baik untuk dijadikan induk.
Show Quality tidak perlu dijelaskan. Arnab2 ini mungkin ada faults tapi bila dinilai dan dipertandingkan, mungkin menang juga jika arnab lawan terdapat lebih faults nya dan hilang lebih banyak markah. Show Quality adalah arnab yang mempunyai ciri2 paling dekat dan mirip ciri2 yang dibentangkan di dalam panduan baka ataupun Breed Standards.
Saya berharap dengan menulis karangan yang panjang lebar ini dapat mendorong mereka yang demam panas supaya suhunya turun sedikit kalau tidak, suhu akan mencecah 100 darjah celsius pabila mengetahui sudah ditipu si penjual arnab yang semuanya Show Quality.
Bagi mereka yang berminat untuk membuat kajian yang mendalam lagi, sila dapatkan senaskah buku ARBA Standard of Perfection di http://www.arba.net di bawah:
Filed under Bunny Business, Community Service, Rabbit Education
Evolve to the brink of extinction
I grew up around friends who love to “pimp their rides”. I constantly see how “evolution” after “evolution” their cars go through. Some are moderate and yet practical in their approach. Some have gone so obsessed to a point of no return. And some are pretty funny to look at. They started off slowly modifying their rides and it builds up gradually. Eventually the car become so hideous, they have to sell it off just to get a totally normal car and not modify it EVER again.
I guess that is how our lives are most of the time. We are so caught up with “reinventing” ourselves due to the media “brainwashing” that we need to change fast. Even the scenes flip faster on Television which has been said to cause attention problems in children.
If we take a step back and analyse what is the problem here, there is a strong word that would appear – “AFFIRMATION”. It is due to the peer pressure and wanting to fit in that we keep on evolving. Latest gadget, the coolest “IN” thing at the moment, GO GET IT ON CREDIT. Everyone have it, so must you!
Well, what has that got to do with rabbits?
I have been observing for a while now and came to the conclusion that it is all based on OPINIONS. Whatever “show” world you are involved with be it Cats, Dogs or even Rabbits, it is all about one’s opinion. We place our trust in another person’s hands to tell us what he/she thinks of an animal of our product. Please don’t get me wrong, I am not suggesting what is right or wrong but simply sharing my opinion through my observation.
Most would agree that preferences and liking certain styles in things do influence our decision making. So that brings me to the gist of what I wanted to write about today. The competition in the show world makes us chase after dreams. Makes us want to keep up with the trend. I cannot help but to ask myself the question of who or what goes through a real evolution here. It is never the breeder because he/she is not polymorphic but what he/she touches can. Let’s take rabbits for example, they evolve as the competition gets stiff. And towards which direction may I ask? Yes, the one Standard Of Perfection laid down.
But you see, though there is only one Standard to adhere to, there are many opinions and interpretations. Just like a certain religion having one scripture but many teachings and beliefs. And given a little more time to talk about it, it will never end (the talk).
What holds us to our hobby then? What is the real substance that makes us hold strongly to our hobby?
I can see clearly now that another person’s opinions are unimportant. Not all human make the best decisions all the time. I believe we really need to take the winning element out of the equation of our hobby. It really is a fluke shot to hope for someone out of the thousands to have the exact same opinion or thoughts as us.
The reason why I am writing this is not to put anyone down but just as a reminder to myself of what really matters in this hobby for me. If it makes any sense (in a funny way at least), I would like to share my observation. It may have been mentioned by some breeders before but looking from afar, I noticed that winnings are now based on location and areas. Just like the “rap game” in the 1990’s Hip Hop music was so divided into the East and West side and we all know how the rest of the story goes.
When I look at the Rabbit Show world in USA, and since USA is such a huge country, rabbits are divided in such a vast area. Every state have their own judges and sometimes judges are hired to judge in different areas or states. A well traveled judge is very familiar with the different styles of rabbits bred in each area/state because they tend to see, touch and feel more of these animals. That being said,I feel that judges form their opinions and preferences on each breed of rabbit differently from what they experience most. No doubt there is one single Standard Of Perfection but every judge may form their own interpretation against the standards.
Some show breeders may feel that rabbits from the West of USA may not do as well when they head down to the East to be judged under the Eastern judges and vice versa. To a certain degree I do agree based on my observation. Again, it is all opinions and it would only be frustrating if we depends so much on these opinions.
To me, I like to think that winning is not really a big deal until you make a big deal out of it. If you start taking winning too seriously, you will soon find yourself obsessed and your hobby would evolve. One good tip that I can give based on my observation is to keep a few sets of show rabbits. Split your herd into East Rabbits and West Rabbits. When you know of a western judge coming to judge in the next show, enter your west rabbits and vice versa. That will definitely increase your chance of placing well. That’s a silly idea (LOL)!!!
So what will happen if winning is impossible or when it stops? Just break the hobby into its nucleus or molecular level. It all starts where all our rabbits are – our very own home. Satisfaction is the keyword here. As long as we are satisfied with our own progress, who cares? It is not back in school that we are comparing who has the nicest and coolest Transformers toy.
To date, I am glad I have a handful of bunny friends that shares the same idea with me – our rabbits are the best in our eyes. That should be the way to go. Having faith in your own rabbits are important besides they are of your own breeding. The Rabbit Show fever really should start from the comfort of your own home. To be honest, I am pretty shock that a fellow breeder who has just started out in this hobby has overtaken me in the department of admiring one’s own rabbits. It is quite a provocative thought that although new, they have such matured thinking about the hobby. It is very true that “you are who you hang out with”. I really find myself depending on their wisdom as not to be caught up with the “wins” and the “lose” as winning and losing really comes from the heart.
And with all that said, the word “evolution” only means “to change for betterment”. I realized that at times, I get too caught up with the “reinvention” and “change” that I miss what matters most. With all that has happened for the past few months, I really have come to realize what really matters most and I stopped myself from evolving or at least slow down on the evolving process.
But then again, there are times that some things just have to evolve and to change for betterment. Let’s see what that shall be in the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned….
Filed under Ramblings, Random Topics
Happy Laborious Day!
The Holland Lop Rabbit Specialty Club (HLRSC) Nationals has just concluded in Columbus, Ohio. My dad and I was looking forward for this event since last year because we sent some beautiful Holland Lop paintings to be given out as awards at the Banquet. We have been keeping the secret for the Awards Chairperson, Mrs. Karen Bailey. Now that the awards has been awarded to all deserving winners, we would love to share pictures of these paintings. I really like each and everyone of them personally and I have since received many compliments on them.
I would like to thank everyone who appreciates my dad’s artwork especially to Mrs. Karen Bailey for commissioning my dad to work on these paintings. We would like to congratulate all winners and hope that the paintings won would be the centrepiece in your wonderful homes.
Broken Variety Award 1
Broken Variety Award 2
Broken Variety Award 3
Broken Variety Award 4
Solid Variety Award 1
Solid Variety Award 2
Solid Variety Award 3
Solid Variety Award 4
BOB/BOS award 1
BOB/BOS Award 2
And one of the award was offered up for Auction at the Banquet and the highest bid was USD 1000 !!!!!
Highest bid goes to Ms. Lisa!
And since today is Labor Day for us in Malaysia (not sure about other parts of the world), we are all spending time relaxing at home and the bunnies are all doing the same too. Don’t believe me?
SnoozeeEEeeeee.....
Filed under Bunny Business, Rabbit Artwork, Rabbit Show
Bunny Mansion
I just want to spend a little time recommending an awesome Bunny Mansion that all pet rabbits ought to have. We have also put it up on sale at TinyCritterz.com. I really love this cool little play pen with door and tray!
This is bunny heaven!
Approved!
To purchase please click HERE.
Here’s something that everyone might have been waiting for….
Little cutie....(not her real name)
Another Chunky....
Close up shot
Cute little guy...
Filed under Bunny Business, In The Nestbox, Recommendations
Tru-Luv Rabbitry: Quality Holland Lops in Malaysia 