Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Buffaloes, Cows and Carports!

My sisters and I were raised by our parents who were farmers. It was fun going to the padi (rice) fields, playing and riding buffaloes! We had a few back then and they roamed freely in the kampung (village)... you had to be careful when walking as buffalo cakes were everywhere... hehehe

Now, speaking of buffaloes, it reminds me of the old TV series 'High Chapparal' where the cowboys herd flocks of cows, and bandits trying to steal them cows! My dad loves watching these type of shows when I was small :). Back then, (even now), there were thieves stealing your properties including buffaloes. They are sought after during weddings as the local custom requires buffaloes whenever one wants to marry a Kadazan girl.

Rather than letting the livestock roam free, it is ideal to put them into metal buildings such as livestock shelters. It would deter would be thieves as these type of buildings are made of superior material that could last for 25 years or more! It is rust-free and are more economical compared to those wood kind that tends to rot and even catch fire sometimes.

If I ever get into this kind of business and become a big time Ranch Girl, I would definitely use these steel buildings to house all my livestock. I might add carports too because they complement the metal buildings:) I mean, after all, a big time Ranch Girl like me would probably own tons of cars now, wouldn't I?... hehehe ...
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16 comments:

  1. Man, your post reminds me of my old days back when I was a cowboy in the bad old west ... wait, that was my dream last night la ... LOL!

    I love ranches, wish I had enough money to own one though.

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  2. Hi Nessa! Hey, got any pics of u actually riding a buffalo or not? That would be great to see! ;)

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  3. your mumblings reminds me of my kampung..heheh when i was a child my grandpa ada tu sapi..heheh ( as in cow la) heheh so every afternoon me and my bro will follow him to bring the sapi back to the kandang...wakakaka....best nya...but now a days even my daughter pun donno which one is cow..hehe but ask her what car than she knows..heheheh...

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  4. When I was young, my grandmother always bring us to the paddy field too.
    Then we "sabit rumput" to feed the cow hehe

    just bring back old memory

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  5. Nick - You dreamt of being a big town cowboy rescuing a beautiful damsel in distress, didn't you? LOL

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  6. Marzie - We didn't have a camera back then la :( Too bad...

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  7. Moms World - Cool, you had a sapi... did you guys get milk from it?

    Ya la, budak nowadays mana tau apa itu sawah padi, my youngest son thinks padi is grown from a tree!

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  8. Langkapo - Yeah, I wish I could go back in time and be a padi girl again. I hated it back then, but now I miss it :*(

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  9. Sweetiepie - So, you are from Tuaran then? I've been there a few times, have relatives there but that was like 15 years ago...

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  10. hehe, kids nowdays only know PS2, internet, online game, chatting..

    masa kita dulu mana ada kan

    main polis sentry, guli,tangkap ikan

    kat kampung2 jerk ada..tu pun dah kurang

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  11. Lankapo - Oh, ,I ingat lagi main 'Polis Sentry' (or was it Police and Thief?) masa darjah Satu! Tangkap ikan dekat sawah padi... aduh, bestnya :D

    Nak bermain kat tempat jauh pun selamat, takde org nak culik pun kan :)

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  12. yup those days,
    sekarang jgn harap lah nak bg anak i main nanti klu tak slmt

    mm skrg risau kan

    anyway how old is your children nessa?

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  13. Hi Lankapo! Sori for the late reply... BZ these days :(

    I have 2 boys, eldest is 12 and the youngest one is 8 years old... besar oredi but they're still my babies :D

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  14. hehe it's ok,
    busy shopping is it?

    anyway, wish u a merry Christmas then

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  15. Thank you Lankapo :)

    Selamat Hari Raya Korban to you this Thursday...

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