Second Trip to Citrus Valley

On Dec 21 we've made a second trip to Citrus Valley to collect specimens and also checked the traps condition.Luckily,our traps especially malaise trap was still in good condition although heavy downpour occur lately.However,our yellow pan traps were fully occupied with rain water and as a result,we got only a few specimens from these traps.

The most effective traps were malaise where we got so many specimens.From malaise traps we got various flying insects.

For stainer trap,we got a few fruitflies.

The collected specimen were brought to lab and preserved in vile containing alcohol (picture) for subsequent sorting and identifiaction of each insect accordingly.

I am Selling on eBay

I am know selling Nutrifera product which was produced by Kelantan Biotech Corp Sdn. Bhd. on eBay.For this time,I'm selling VCO exfoliating scrub which has been listed on eBay Malaysia and eBay US.

Selling on eBay would be interesting because you can promote your products worldwide just in front of your PC.At the beginning you can find that it is so hard to follow too many procedures in order to get your be listed on eBay especially when you want to sell internationally.I myself read a book on internet trading and also the instruction given on eBay for many times before I can understand what does it meant!!!
The most interesting features is eBay Malaysia provide you with Live Help where you can chat with their representative to answer your question.To sell on eBay you need to have the following items:

• Debit or credit card
• PayPal account
  
• Basic online application such as emel
• Digital camera (to take the picture of your product)

I'm personally suggested for you to use debit card as in case of stolen your card id,the intruder can only use your money limited to the amount that you have in your account.In Malaysia,debit card is available at most of the local bank.I myself used MayBank visa debit card since they already provided you with the card (with apple picture printed on it) once you opened up an account.For more information on MayBank Visa debit card please click this link Maybankard Visa Debit
There are several option other than opening PayPal account to do transaction but it is more convenient to use than others.Registered PayPal account here. Once you have registered,you need to add your debit/credit card to your PayPal account and then confirmed you card on PayPal website.PayPal will charge you for the card confirmation and is refundable.
Emel is needed to inform you about your selling item on eBay and also to verified you eBay and PayPal account.

Adam's Song - Blink 182

Another song from my favorite band during my past schooltime

Stay Together For The Kids - Blink182

One of my favorite songs lastime..

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Insect sampling at Citrus Valley

UDM's team consist of Dr Hasbullah (supervisor), Mdm Salmah and Bahri was doing insect sampling at Citrus Valley at 17th Dec. Another team, also from UDM, consist of Mr Zarizal, Mr Helmi, Miss Fiza and Aienur, was also joined us but their study was on Citrus Greening disease.

My team was studying the insect biodiversity at two selected plots in Dr Sulaiman's orchard.The symptoms of the Greening disease there were very obvious.We can see that the plants were retarded and producing small fruits with bitter taste.
The techniques we used to collect the insect include Malaise trapping,yellow pan trapping,pitfall trapping, pheromone trapping and sweep netting.Unfortunately,we didn't manage to assemble all of the traps since rains came down at about 12.30 pm.

We would revisited the sampling site in the next Monday to collect the insect on the traps.We expected some difficulties in getting the results because of the frequent rains in Terengganu during this monsoon season.In case of unexpected outcomes,modifying our study would be necessary.