Last night, the amount in the ABU Paypal stood at a little over RM800.
This morning, it is RM3,476.15.
Ah, the sheer beauty of the internet!
Bringing together people thousands of miles apart.
In 2007, soon after I started blogging, John, an anak bangsa Malaysia who for a long time has been residing in Sydney, sent in a comment to a post.
That one comment led to a series of emails.
In December, that year, when John was back home, we met and since then, whenever John is back, if possible, we try to meet up.
When the ABU appeal for help went out, John got down to work.
Contacting fellow Malaysians in Australia, alerting them as to what ABU is all about and our dire need for financial assistance to wage an effective war to get rid of UMNO / BN from Putrajaya post the 13th general election.
John called me this morning.
“Bro, sending AUS$700 to the ABU Paypal. Not much, but this is from Malaysians here who want to see a change back home. I will continue with my efforts to raise funds for ABU”, he said
I told John that every single sen counted, and no amount was too small.
To our fellow anak bangsa Malaysia in Australia who have helped make up the sum sent this morning, on behalf of ABU, the 40% marginalised in this country, and myself, Terima Kasih.
And to any of you reading this, if you would like to contribute to the ABU fund, please click the top most ABU banner in the side bar of this blog to find out how you can do so.
ABU! ABU! ABU!
Felix Cheam
August 13, 2012
Syabas kepada ahli keluarga Malaysia kita yang sedang menetap di Australia!
ABU/BN!
John
August 13, 2012
An entire posting for such a small effort. I am humbled. Sending more emails out today and buying a lotto ticket today for this Saturday’s draw. A$20M. Think what we can do with it.
Bro,
Old Malay saying : sikit, sikit, lama-lama jadi bukit.
Fingers crossed on the lottery draw
baronvonchesto
August 13, 2012
Haris, dont keep the money in paypal. Withdraw it regularly before they freeze your account. Because they WILL freeze your account for “suspicious activity” and you will never get access to your money – ESPECIALLY if your a free paypal user. Just a word of warning – Paypal is EVIL. And Bank negara has access to your malaysian paypal info.
Ok, bro
Siebel
August 13, 2012
Haris,
I went into http://www.paypal.com, opened an account, selected “Send Money” ->”Personal Payment”…fill out the details. But i kept getting the message “This Transaction cannot be completed”.
I logged out and re-logged in several times. I do not know what’s wrong.
Can i send you a cheque instead…will take several days to reach KL.
Siebel.
Siebel,
Email me at thepeoplesparliament@gmail.com and i will send you the necessary details
Another Anak Bangsa Malaysia
August 14, 2012
Haris,
Sorry about the small initial amount from me via Paypal – I was just testing.
Let me figure out which Paypal account to use and I’ll be sending you some more $.
Apologies about the convoluted nature of my Paypal transactions.
Bro,
No apology needed. Big or small, we are grateful.
Every sen counts
John
August 31, 2012
Just sent another A$500 via PayPal collected from more Malaysian expatriates.
Thank you, all, and God bless