A Rubber Tapper 's life

Can you imagine that when our cars are using without the tires to move,
we wear the shoes which the bottom base are without made by rubber,
even when we are studying, our best friend eraser no longer play the important role.
the truth behind the rubber making.
the work hard behind the rubber story.
I'm found out by today.

The Rubber Tree

I'm went back to my hometown this weekend.

I'm went to my grandmother's rubber plantations on today early morning.

With my grandmother.

Rubber Plantations

I'm started to go there by motorcycle.

When I reached there,

It is so beautiful view to me.

The trees stand with the average distance each other.

A row a row and a row.

So spectacular~

My grandmother,

she is a rubber tapper.

Since I was a child,

this is her occupation until now.

She almost spend a half of her life in this trade.

Spend a big effort to her farm from long time ago until today.

My grandmother

Now she is 63 years old.

Still able to wake up early which is 4am everyday.

To go for work in the early morning.

I'm admire to her attitude.

For me,

I'm give up for this habit.

Tapping

She said she was be accustomed to this lifestyle.

Early morning go for tapping,

and when 10am,

she can go back home and rest.

10am,

that was the nearly time to wake up for young generation nowadays.

4am wake up,

I think that is the time for them to sleep actually especially for them who are stay up all night.

While resting

Grandmother told me that, 

after tapping the rubber trees,

the rubber crush will flow into the plastic cup.

And then they will collect the cup and pour into a big bucket,

and they will send the buckets to the rubber maker to form a rubber piece.

Their salary is get from after they sell the rubber crush.

Now the price for 1kg rubber crush is RM 3++.

Grandmother told me that the price is decrease.

The higher price she sold before is achieved until RM7++.

Compare with now,

it is decreasing.

A very nice day with my grandmother today.

Although there are many mosquito bite me,

but what I learned today is very useful to me.

Every job is meaningful.

Although rubber tapper give a bad impression to society which is very dirty, suffer, smelly...

But can u imagine that when our cars are using without the tires to move,

we wear the shoes which the bottom base are without made by rubber,
even when we are studying, our best friend eraser no longer play the important role.

Our life will become terrible.

Thanks you,

All Rubber Tappers in this world.