Chicken Run...
Chickens are on the run!! They are running away from the government officials threatening to cull them, one at a time. In some cases mimicking a massacre of fowls. Pity those free-range chickens which were free to roam as the name implies but now no better than mass-farmed-hormone imbalance-chickens. Pondering for a moment, "Where will Brands get their chicken essence from?" if the nation's entire industry of fowls are culled. What about KFC? What about your neighbourhood nasi lemak seller who so faithfully serve their "best" ayam masak merah? Imagine chicken meat facing a shortage, worst still a extinction. Soon, I will no longer be awaken by the crow of a cock. No more "Foochow red wine mee sua with kampung chicken". Maybe this is why my uncle for some reason cooked "Foochow red wine mee sua with monitor lizard meat" years ago. Probably he was testing with the ever famous cuisine with an alternative source of protein which suprisingly tasted like chicken meat. So, friends do not panic as there is an alternative to chicken meat.
The latest I have heard from my uncle is that the Avian flu has reached Sitiawan's neighbouring town which is also in the Mukim of Sitiawan. For the record, Sitiawan is the nation's largest producer of bird's nest. I used to joke that "if Sitiawan was hit by the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu, it would be quarantined. I'm talking about the whole town or maybe the whole municipal as well. I would not dare to imagine it now. Sitiawan also has many poultry farms. By the way, Perak is the nation's largest producer of chickens and ducks. Why so fowl? Now we are on the brink of being "fouled" by the virus. Not only the state's economy will suffer unimaginable loses but the country's economy will suffer a blow. I laud what the government is doing. Being transparent really helps the rakyat to prepare before such outbreaks reaches them. At the same time, I would think that some of the owners of these poultry farms may have some tricks up their sleeves. The reason being them not willing to suffer loses. Most importantly, SAVE MY COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE!
The minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yasin mentioned that it is difficult to contain the outbreak as it is almost impossible to stop migratory birds from travelling across borders. What are the government's plans? I think it will not be successful in containing the outbreak totally. Maybe the spread among fowls can be contained but a new case will sprout out once the infected migratory bird stops to rest in the country. Should we shoot all of the migratory birds? or invent a device that creates sounds waves that will irritate them? or disinfect them? All are lousy suggestions. Prayers, only prayers from all of you will help ease the situation. I do not know what God's purpose for this to happen but I certainly believe that it will draw us closer to Him once we realise complaining and thinking negatively about it would not help at all. Pray!
The latest I have heard from my uncle is that the Avian flu has reached Sitiawan's neighbouring town which is also in the Mukim of Sitiawan. For the record, Sitiawan is the nation's largest producer of bird's nest. I used to joke that "if Sitiawan was hit by the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu, it would be quarantined. I'm talking about the whole town or maybe the whole municipal as well. I would not dare to imagine it now. Sitiawan also has many poultry farms. By the way, Perak is the nation's largest producer of chickens and ducks. Why so fowl? Now we are on the brink of being "fouled" by the virus. Not only the state's economy will suffer unimaginable loses but the country's economy will suffer a blow. I laud what the government is doing. Being transparent really helps the rakyat to prepare before such outbreaks reaches them. At the same time, I would think that some of the owners of these poultry farms may have some tricks up their sleeves. The reason being them not willing to suffer loses. Most importantly, SAVE MY COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE!
The minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yasin mentioned that it is difficult to contain the outbreak as it is almost impossible to stop migratory birds from travelling across borders. What are the government's plans? I think it will not be successful in containing the outbreak totally. Maybe the spread among fowls can be contained but a new case will sprout out once the infected migratory bird stops to rest in the country. Should we shoot all of the migratory birds? or invent a device that creates sounds waves that will irritate them? or disinfect them? All are lousy suggestions. Prayers, only prayers from all of you will help ease the situation. I do not know what God's purpose for this to happen but I certainly believe that it will draw us closer to Him once we realise complaining and thinking negatively about it would not help at all. Pray!
posted by Philip at Thursday, March 23, 2006
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