NO EASY AND THANKFUL JOBS

It was a Saturday morning (Jan.28) when I received a call from Joseph Yap. Are you busy today? No! Why? JY, I need some help on our Benzing system. OK, when are you coming? JY, right away! After about half an hour, our doorbell rung and I knew It's Joseph.

We discussed some of the problems that he had been experiencing. JY, should we consider subscribing to the program of Benzing for a regular updates? How much are they charging? JY, 6,000 EURO plus 1,000 EURO annually. Are you crazy? Where do we get the money?

With the help of my son, we were able to update all the gender and color of the surviving birds. It took us a few hours to finish it. JY, Whoooohhh! The participants should be very happy to see the gender and real color in tomorrows' training results.

Later on the same day, Joseph was in the MS-OLR to register the birds for the Ragay training. Some birds did not register and these were set aside. After all the registered birds were loaded to the transporter, he had to recheck what happened to the unregistered birds. Apparently, a few of them were not clocked in the earlier training. Thus, were not in the records when we did the updates. Though with no help from us, he was able to fix and register all the remaining birds.

Early Sunday morning (Jan. 29), I received a text from Joseph providing me with the Ragay informations on coordinates and distance. The birds were released at 6:45am and the weather was excellent. Thanks and Good Luck was my response to him.

At about past 10am, I received a call from him. His voice stuttering and seems in big panic. JY, More than 400 birds arrived already. Good! What's the problem? JY, because of the updates that we made last night, the Benzing Clock was not set at the RACING MODE. The loftmen were so happy to see the 1st group of almost 100 birds arriving, but were shocked when the clock is not registering the arrival of the birds. Never mind, nothing is perfect was the only consoling words that I could give him at that time.

As part of the Organizing Team, I was also dissapointed. However, Joseph is only one man doing everythings by himself. If only, there are other supporters around. This simple error might have been avoided. Looking on the brighter side, this thing happened at a time when crucial races are fast approaching. Therefore, I believe this is one lesson learned. Even the loftmen are now taught to be on the watch at all time.

Good Luck to all participants and enjoy our main event on March 3, 2012. We will be having a Roasted Calf in a fiesta atmosphere. Join and let's all have FUN!