A writer's woes...

And this is often the case when he's not even born on wedNURSEdae!:(

Some employers think since writers are generally gifted by God anyway with their flair for writing, they need not be paid a decent sum for their work."It's fun for them anyway, so a token will do!"

I was once asked to edit a technology magazine, with NO allowance even for the hard work. He could go canvass for advertisements as revenue source. I guess the idiots offering me the employment think writers live on air, sunshine and rainwater alone.These self same idiots would happily splash a labourer's monthly wage of RM1,500 on a single night's outing at the bar or karaoke joint.Yes, the GRO's needs and the a-raba-raba are worth more than the blighter-writer's words.

An established publisher said he would be paying the princely sum of RM200 for some five articles he laboured and gave birth to. Between the promise to pay and the sunrising from the west, I guess the chances and probability of the publisher's keeping his word and the sun rising from the direction are about even. So four months had passed. Miracles sometimes steal can happen. So the blardy writer waits:(
A freelance writer suffers a worse fate.
The capitalistic employers literally think "fre" in freelancemeans they need NOT be paid. And that "alnce" is short for "lan si" (action!)assuming the writer often naturally holds this train of being showy and arrogant since he has a command of words beyond the ordinary man, including the fat-cat boss.

Ah, the above is writ knottily out of personal experience.
You wanna names? Bye Desi lah tehtarik and kambing at Lingam's. Kambing?


MEANW'ILE, the gomen continues to BULL_SHIT about rising petrol subsidies when the world's oil prices in recent days rose above the US100 per barrel mark. Malaysia as a NET PRODUCER AND EXPORTER OF OIL -- WHICH ALSO COMMANDS PREMIUM PRICE -- SHOULD BE CELEBRATING! Instead the Gomen intimates--yeah. you are the number one people of Najib's mind! -- that there will soon be a price increase at the pumps. Desi has gotten tired of rebutting this argument -- will try to REPRISE from an olde post, OK!

From staronline:

Published: Wednesday March 9, 2011 MYT 8:02:00 PM
Extra RM4bil subsidy if no petrol price adjustments

KUALA LUMPUR: The fuel subsidy is estimated to rise by an additional RM4bil this year if no adjustments are made to petrol prices, which stand at RM1.90 per litre for RON 95 and RM2.50 per litre for RON 97.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said at a press conference Wednesday, after a briefing by Bank Negara Governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz, that subsidy costs for fuel would rise by this amount if no adjustments were made in the face of higher crude oil prices.

This would mean that the allocation for fuel subsidy under Budget 2011, which was set at RM10bil based on oil prices hovering around US$85 (RM259) to US$90 (RM274) per barrel, would rise to RM14bil this year.

Besides this, the Government has also allocated RM4bil for other subsidies. For 2010, the fuel subsidy came up to RM10bil.

Economists have also estimated that should oil prices remained above US$100 (RM305), the Government might need to fork out an additional RM3.5bil to RM4bil for the fuel subsidy.

Najib added that the deficit would depend on how much revenue the Government would get against the increase in subsidy costs.

The Government has targeted a budget deficit at 5.4% of gross domestic product for this year compared with 5.6% last year while the target was to lower the deficit to 2.8% by 2015.

Last month, Najib said there could be a review of the fuel subsidy should unrest in the Middle East continued although, so far, there were no plans to do so.

The price of RON 97 petrol was last raised on Feb 1, up from an initial 10 sen hike on Jan 4. In December, RON 95 petrol and diesel rose 5 sen per litre to RM1.90 and RM1.85 per litre respectively.