steadyaku47

Friday 23 October 2009

why I need your donation.


Blogging is the leading form of alternative media available for us to voice dissent in Malaysia. I work on steadyaku47 as my full time job. Why do I want to do this? These comments received from our regular readers are a few my reasons for doing so:

Pak HH. You are one. You and me makes two. You and me and my family makes 9. Together we can topple BN in the next GE. Marcos and Suharto toppled because of peoples power not money power. 

I think it is very important that your writings goes to the deepest recess of the kampung, to every Malay. I think that the Bahasa Malaysia (or Melayu) deserves a post of its own, not as an afterthought to the English version. 

Me, my darling wife, my three lovely children and their spouses, eight of us, but are you coming back for election?

The challenge for steadyaku47 is to stay relevant and to  reach the rural areas and the young. We hope our readers and those who write to us will become active participants in the process to bring the change we want. To do this I require resources which are beyond my financial capacity to extend. It will require for me to have my own dedicated computer (I am now sharing with my son Zack), high-speed broadband wireless and dedicated technical support to ensure I operate free from outside interference. I have no idea if steadyaku47 will work but I am exhilarated at the prospects of making a difference to the way things are now in Malaysia – however small. This will be my priority. My Family are committed to working around a budget that will allow me to work on steadyaku47 and we will have to adjust our lists of ‘needs’ and ‘wants’ but they are with me.

I am asking regular readers of steadyaku47 (that’s you!) to become patrons of steadyaku47 by contributing any sum of money you feel appropriate to enable me to write on a full time basis. How much is enough? Any amount will help! You can do so by going through my BSN account or please click the ‘DONATE” button in the right hand column of this blog to donate via Pay Pal or your Credit Cards. Any help will be much appreciated. Thank you for reading what I write. 


 DONATIONS RECIEVED
Payment Received 24th September to October 2009
via Pay Pal.



23-Oct

$50.00 USD

15-Oct

$25.00 USD

15-Oct

$30.00 USD

15-Oct

$50.00 USD

15-Oct

$50.00 USD

15-Oct

$20.00 USD

14-Oct

$20.00 USD

14-Oct

$ 5.00 USD

13-Oct

$20.00 USD

13-Oct

$10.00 USD

12-Oct

$10.00 USD

12-Oct

$30.00 USD

8-Oct

$25.00 USD









Bank Simpanan Nasional- Ringgit


Oct

RM 300.00

Oct

RM 200.00

Oct. in total

RM 160





Commomwealth Bank (Adelaide)


Oct 

AUD$50.00





Budget: For Computer:
This is the second hand computer I would like to purchase for steadyaku47 use. It will be my first priority . There are other costs to be budgeted for – I am in the process of putting the budget together.



Refurbished Apple MAC iMacs. These are used, ex-lease iMacs that are in excellent condition and come with a warranty



iMac INTEL 17-inch


Brand & Model:
Apple iMac
Processor:
Core Duo 1.83 GHz
Memory:
2 GB RAM
Hard Drive:
160GB
Display:
(17-in) WXGA TFT, 1440 x 900
128 MB ATI Radeon X1600
iSight Webcam
Optical Drive:
DVD-RW Super Drive
Networking:
10/100 Ethernet, Airport Extreme (Wireless), Bluetooth
Other:
Keyboard and Mouse
Software:
Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11
Condition:
Ex-lease, refurbished product
Warranty:
1 Year parts & labour hardware warranty
Availability:
In stock


 Now: $849



6 comments:

  1. HH,

    Donations will pour in when you take your blog site to the next higher level of operations, not on personal likings and choices.

    Cast your net to a wider spectrum. For that you need to re-brand your blogsite.

    Once you have crossed the boundary of public domain of political and cultural consciousness, you need to view at issues at a wider perspective.

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  2. HH,
    Why don't you table a "budget" of your initial cost and regular expenses to secure and upkeep your site? That will give us some idea of the funding involved. It will also be useful if you can publish below the "Donate" box (i) the number of donations and (ii) total amount received. I think that will put things in a better perspective.

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  3. Good suggestion on the budget - i will work on it. Almost all donors have indicated that they would rather not be identified for reason we all know.

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  4. HH
    No, of course NOT names - just the number of donation or contributions that you had received so far. I had chipped in but quite curious on the overall response.
    Regards.

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  5. Abang

    Very transparent. Hope KYY do come across your blog.

    Golden Boy

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  6. By the look of it, we got a long way to go.

    Hope things will fall in place.

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