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Greeted by friendly staff, very fast check in and very well appointed rooms. Serves complimentary gourmet coffee which was the plus point for me. Rooms are very well appointed and clean. Porter handled our luggage very well and courtesy was as expected of a 5 star hotel. Truly good value for money. And location was excellent.
I enjoyed my stay at Royal Plaza. It was my first trip to Singapore, a transit one but the hotel made it perfect. Room was so comfortable, hotel was cleanest to the possible extant. Restaurant was also very good.
Best of both leisure and business. in my business, traveling back and forth to singapore and malaysia was quite often. i have to prepare my plan for the best place to stay. one of my choose was the royal plaza on scotts hotel in singapore. placed near the orchard mrt station and shopping area, this hotel was one of my favorite hotel to stay during my business trip. this luxurious designed hotel has provided me not only the ease for accessing business places but also to indulge my pleasure in its nice dining places and facilities. served with great attitude, this hotel definitely one of your perfect choice to stay for business and leisure.
Nightlife Tip : If you stay at the Royal Plaza on Scotts Hotel, be sure to visit the best place for shopping in Singapore, the Orchard Road, the place that known for its shopping spree. Not only for shopping needs, this road also the famous place for Zouk, the best clubbing place in Singapore. So, be sure when the night falls, visit this Zouk, the best place for clubbing in South East Asia
i really love my stay with royal plaza on scott. it is so close to orchard, to the malls and to the convenient restaurants like starbucks, kfc, mc donalds, ion and getting a taxi/cab is very smooth since there is a priority line infront of the hotel. the scent/ smeel of the lobby hotel is very energizing!! i will for sure go back and stay here again.
i really enjoy staying at royal plaza on scotts hotel..the service, the interior, and the strategic location are the perfect blend to spend my holiday at singapore.
we have been there near christmas period, location is very critical for those who love shopping like us. good that we have mini bar and free internet.
It is a nice hotel with a nice rate. It has a large room make me feel comfortable and good service so I feel at home. If you like shopping, you can just walking around the street and you can get anything that you want. I'm just so staisfied and decided it to stay longer.
Generally we love this hotel specially location wise is very strategic and in the center of all happenings in spore. I'd would recommend my friend to stay in this hotel and also fair price specially when you are a member of Agoda. Most of your staff are giving their best services to guests.
i enjoyed myself during my stay. easy access by road. surrounded by shopping malls. all employees serve guests with smile and very helpful. they always there to assist. foods are excellent and served with varieties. because of good food, we have to take a queue to be served as restaurant full most of the time. pak syed is a friendly man and very helpful.
Enjoyed food served in the Club Lounge. Was great idea to upgrade to executive floor. Halal food was a definitely + +
Helpful staff-especially the porter/doorman-very friendly! Rooms are very comfortable-one of the best folding beds =)
From the moment we left the taxi, we were treated like royalty, conscierge and bell boy looked after luggage, and very quick friendly front of house staff. The room was spacious, very clean, complimentary toileteries were good quality, with tooth brush, shaving and cotton products. The mini bar was free, and restocked daily. TV had local and international news stations. They allowed us a late check out, but charged after a few hours for the same facility, depending on room availability. Live entertainment in the bar nightly
A very high quality throughout very clean staff attentive and helpful, the selection of breakfast options was massive and good quality, good internet connection included in bedroom and a communal room with internet computer and printer. One of the best Hotels we have ever stayed in.
Ideal location for all activities and very friendly and helpful staff. Staff made us feel special . After overnight flight from London our rooms were available at 0900hrs checkin. CLEAN TIDY AND QUIET;Restaurant clean and service prompt and friendly. Made me feel that it had been a pleasure having us stay.
Strategic location, friendly hospitality. i like the environment, the scent of RP was so unique and nice.. we can keep our bagage safely even we have checked out. RP is a great hotel! I am so much looking forward to staying again with RP. Thank you! Well done! Keep on improving =)
This I think was my fourth/fifth visit to this hotel in the last four years, once with family and friend on holiday and if need to visit Singapore again I will still opt to stay in the Royal Plaza. and I would recommend it to others as well
The MRT is very close and the transportation system perfect. The hotel has a good restaurant and the afternoon tee is really a buffet with a lot to choose from. The reception staff is very friendly and the service perfect. Don´t miss to visit the SkyBar at Marina Bay Sands. The view over Singapore is fantastic.
This I think was my fourth/fifth visit to this hotel in the last four years, once with family and friend on holiday and if need to visit Singapore again I will still opt to stay in the Royal Plaza. and I would recommend it to others as well
The rooms are big and spacious for standard rooms which are rare in singapore. Internet access/Mini bar on the house...hard to believe. Good for people who want to stay in a prime location with easy access to shopping and food. Highly recommended as the price is also reasonable.


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Win: Chesterfield Sofa by Canvas
Holiday Giveaway
- Name:
- Canvas Home Store — Canvas Chesterfield Sofa
- Store:
- Canvas Home Store
- Value:
- $3800
Chesterfield Sofa covered in Constance Blue Velvet. (Photo shows sofa in Purple Linen).
American made using sustainably harvested wood. Feather wrapped foam cushions....89"w X 40"d X 26"h
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Oh my gosh, this is my dream sofa!
my aunt has a similar sofa from the 20s? i think, its stuffed with horsehair and I have always envied it. I would love this sofa. wow!
This would be perfect in my houseeee =)
To each his/her own. You couldn't pay me to put that object in my home.
This is beautiful! My husband and I are going to go sit on some sofas tonight (we need one badly!) but none we'll be able to afford will be like THIS sofa. Gorgeous.
I would gladly change the style of my whole house if I got this sofa.
It's a beauty1
Oh, you have no idea how I would love this couch. I would literally nurture it. :)
I'm moving to paris in a couple of years and I can't help but daydream how I would decorate my apt. completely around this couch...beautiful.
Oh, heck yes!
Gorgeous!! I want one!
The leather version has been my dream sofa for awhile, but my husband says "no leather." This is perfect.
Yes, please! I've been dying for a new couch to get away from the hand-me-downs, and this would be perfect!!
Wow, this is my dream sofa! I would absolutely love to win it!!
Who doesn't want a blue velvet couch? Lovely.
@ApartmentTherapy, My giveaway entry did not generate a confirmation message (like I think it did in past holiday giveaways). The form portion of the entry faded to gray. Was my entry successfully submitted?
I've reupholstered our sofa again and again. So in need of something fresh (not to mention comfortable) to sit on!!
i could nap so hard on that sofa.
love it love it love it....it's all in the detail
gorgeous sofa and amazing color. would look great in my apt. my current couch is 10 years old.
love love love this couch.
love love love this couch.
@lifeabundant - the Holiday Giveaway team said that there is sometimes a small delay upon submission of your entry and you can try refreshing and/or revisiting the page for confirmation.
I have been living without a sofa for months becuase I cannot affor done- and now Hurricane Sandy- this would literally make my year!
Best Gift Ever!
Best Gift Ever!
I would die! what a gorgeous sofa!!!
I'm in love!
Lovely, lovely LOV!
A perfect feel to my room....It's just comfort and makes me feel at home.
Thanks for the chance to win.
This grad student would like to write her thesis while lounging on this sofa in a silk robe. With my tiger.
Gorgeous! Would love to win this.
Love, love, love this.
It's mine!
It's mine!
Love that sexy sofa. Perfect color for me.
This sofa would look great in my new apartment!
This will not fit through the door at my current apartment... but I am willing to move. =)
soooooooo beautiful!!!
soooooooo beautiful!!!
Ahhhh! This would be perfect! My grandmothers couch is falling apart on me and this one completely fits my style!
It's so gorgeous..wonderful giveaway!
That's a beautiful sofa--thanks for the giveaway.
This is my dream sofa! Have no idea how we'd be able to afford to buy one! Thanks!
Love this sofa! It would look perfect in my new place!
Love, love, love this sofa! I've been looking at them for soooo long, on my wish list!!
This is so beautiful! I actually posted this piece on my blog not too long ago. Great, great giveaway guys!
This is so beautiful! I actually posted this piece on my blog not too long ago. Great, great giveaway guys!
This is so beautiful! I actually posted this piece on my blog not too long ago. Great, great giveaway guys!
This is so beautiful! I actually posted this piece on my blog not too long ago. Great, great giveaway guys!
Amazing colour!! Amazing shape!!
Love this sofa! Beautiful!!!
So beautiful!
You guys can just drop it off anytime. I'll make sure I'm home! ;-)
canvas is a dream source....
Stunning is the only word I can think of when I see this sofa. Yes, Please!
I. D.I.E.!!! dreamy, indeed!
This has been exactly what I've been looking for to furnish my new place: retro and gorgeous with a deep neutral. Drool!
This Sofa is absolutely stunning! it looks so dreamy and romantic. NEED!
Oh, this took my breath away. Yes, PLEASE!
Oh, this took my breath away. Yes, PLEASE!
Oh, this took my breath away. Yes, PLEASE!
A chesterfield in blue velvet... I didn't even realize that this is the sofa I needed for my new den :)
I just fell head over heels in love.
I absolutely LOVE this sofa and have wanted a chesterfield sofa for a long time!
I have a vintage home boutique and if it won't fit into our yurt I will put it right in my store in place of my loveseat ...husband/tired friend sitting area!
Looking again, it will look great in our yurt home! I'll make sure it fits!
please, oh, please, with a thousand cherries on top!?!??!
This is SUCH beautiful sofa. I would love to replace the raggedy old thing in my apartment with this
This is SUCH beautiful sofa. I would love to replace the raggedy old thing in my apartment with this
This is SUCH beautiful sofa. I would love to replace the raggedy old thing in my apartment with this
Already having a cup of tee in it. Crazy about it
Omg I love this!!
hello, lovah...!
YES!!! I have no room for this, but I'll get rid of whatever it takes to accomodate this beautiful piece!!
I live in Canada 8(
Perfect Color!
I do not want this sofa in it's ugly blue velvet!
/reverse psychology
I feel cozy just LOOKING at that amazing sofa. Yes, I want it, and I want it badly. And better yet -- I have the perfect spot which has been waiting for years for us to find a sofa!
Wow - would LOVE to win this!!!
great size and color! Love the plushness :)
This would look killer in my studio....light gray stone floors, medium gray wall, with my black and white prints on the wall behind it. Drool.......
What a fantastic coach! Color is great too! Would go great with my decor now. I would put some bright yellow pillows on there with a Nice throw blanket! Old coach just died on us...hole right in the center of it...pillows in there now to fill the hole...could definitely need this!
looks SO comfy and cozy!
I will take this in purple linen, please!
Love it ... I could possibly become a couch potato on this one... well not really. I think it would inspire me to decorate around it... great statement piece.
I'm curious to know what Constance Blue velvet looks like, but it doesn't really matter. I would love this sofa even in vomit green.
Love this sofa, it looks so cozy and comfy.
man it's beautiful! winning this would be sweet for my new place!
This would so help my poor desperate living room! Lovely lovely!
I'd redo a room just to make this fit with the decor. Yup. I'm feeling lucky.
Apartment Therapy,
I signed in but didn't see a form to fill out.
Yes, please!
I love this sofa and really hope to win.
My couch is all outdated and frumpy... winning this couch would be a dream!
my perfect style.
I'm having the same issue. The form pops up for other giveaways, but not this one.
What a dreamy sofa!
Just beautiful!
love the sofa!
I'm signed in but cannot see the form to fill it out...
Stunning! If I could marry a sofa, it would be this one. But if I won, I would give it to @Agenera. It sounds like he/she needs it worse than I do.
I would like to enter but the entry from does not show up on this page. I can see it on the other giveaway that is open right now.
If you could please fix that, I would love to enter!
Thank you :)
Love it...And would love it more if the form was available to fill out.
i love the sofa and have entered to win, but I get no confirmation that my entry went through -
Outrageous beauty! That would be the pièce de résistance in my home.
J'adore...nuf said...
@Janel, thanks for checking into this for me. Thanks for making this beeeeeeautiful giveaway possible! Looks so comfy that nothing will ever get done ... peel me a grape & be prepared to peel me off this sofa! I enjoyed visiting the site for more glimpses of this sofa ... would be nice if the site had images of it in its other available colors.
love it, but can't find the form.
I would love to enter this give away, but I don't see the form!
would love to win
I'm also searching for the form. What a great sofa!
Is anyone else having difficulty getting to the entry form? I've registered and been able to access other giveaway entry forms, but can't seem to get to this one...
where is the form?
It's beautiful!
I am having a difficult time finding the form................
Okay, I give up. How do I enter the contest?
Must. Have. This. Sofa
I filled out the form and when I clicked submit, all the fields greyed out. I was not taken to a confirmation page. How do I know that my form was actually submitted?
Im signed in but there's no where to sign up to win the couch ugh
I'm having trouble too. . . it asks me to log in to enter, but I am already logged in. :( LOVE the couch though.
No way to enter, even when logged in. Can this be fixed?
Enter won't go through (finally got the form, so making progress!)
Also having issues entering... I am signed in but still being prompted to sign-in/register in order to get the entry form?
I want this great sofa too
but I live in Germany :(
But it looks cool
can´t you ship it to germany
FIX the form so I can WIN!
Thanks for fixing!
Dream sofa!!! Love love love it.
I don't actually see a form? How do I enter?
@ApartmentTherapy I'm logged in, but the post keeps saying I need to log in or register to enter the giveaway. HOpe this can be fixed soon!
Hey everyone!
Tech team member here, we're looking into the problems with the form. Really a strange thing since if you can comment you should see the form (name, address, etc).
While we're trying to track this down let's try something. Here's another (uglier) link, http://community.apartmenttherapy.com/giveaways/new?giveaway_id=509429bc8806074a9c000de7 does that work for everyone that's having trouble seeing it above? Or does it show the same thing?
Again, so sorry for the trouble. We're on it right now!
Exactly what I was looking for for my place!!
...oh, the possibilities. sigh.
To those ahving problems entering, I tried logging in with a different internet browser and it let me log it. (i.e. I was in Google Chrome and I went to Internet Explorer)
Thanks for the earlier reports on the temporary problems with the giveaway form. We were experiencing some technical difficulties but they have been corrected. If you continue to have trouble entering the giveaways, please email our tech team at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Dream dream dream sofa!!
I'd rock that.
Love! Love! And OH the thrill of owning a NEW sofa. My hand-me-down is okay, but THIS! Oh my!
Something would have to go -- but I could probably work that out! ;^)
Yes, please, and thank you very much!
Gloria Nickels
I love sofas so much I became a therapist.
Lusting! Never have I wanted to win a contest more...
Wow! I would give myself a head to toe makeover just to sit on it once. absolutely breathtaking!
in. love.
i wish i could block this off from everyone else. haha.
I want this so bad! Definitely couldn't afford that price tag on my own!
I NEED this in my home
I'm already drooling on it!
Fabulous and functional! Absolutely gorgeous. Fingers and toes are crossed to win this!
WOW!!! I hope all the giveaways are as nice as this!
I love that sofa.
So so dreamy. Great giveaway!
Awesome. Fab giveaway! Thanks.
So so so so so so so so so so so SO PERFECT.
That is my absolute dream sofa! Truly, it's perfect for my home. Maybe I'll win. Probably not, but maybe... :)
Lovely. I'm crossing my fingers!
Loooove it!!!!
This is my dream sofa, and has been for a long time.
A thing of beauty.
Oh wow, I would love to have this, especially since we don't even have a sofa at the moment...just a bunch of mis-matched chairs.
It's perfect for my apartment =)
Please let me win, please!
God, this is gorgeous. Would love this in my apartment next year, would really make a statement in the room!
OoooOoOOooo.... IMMA WIN YALL!!!
I love it! I covet.
Mmm...blue velvet Chester...
fingers crossed!!! This would be a beautiful focal point!!! thanks for the chance to win :-)
This. sofa. is. amazing.
Love this sofa but wish it didn't have feathers :( As a vegan, I won't use or wear anything made from animals.
If only.
Oooooo LaLa!
Want please.
In love with how much character this couch has!! It would make a beautiful addition to any home!
I'm new here. And I'm hooked to this site!
What can I say? It has all been said before: AMAZING!
I've been looking for a place to take my next nap. This would significantly cut down my search time.
On a scale of 1 -10, I would give this couch a YES!
The sofa is completely dreamy! It would be amazing to own such a beautiful piece of furniture and such a joy to come home to every day!
Thank you for the giveaways! I've never won anything anywhere but I have hope every year. This is a beautiful sofa.
Gorgeous sofa!
A good looking couch that my husband would actually be able to stretch out on!
Luxe Victorian? Yes please.
Considering I have no furniture, this would be amazing!
I want to kill myself from not living in the US.
I'm gonna be so jealous the next 30 days looking how everyone is winning incredible stuff :(
I would rather win this more than anything in the world!
I truly believe all you need is a couch you absolutely love.
How nice of you to find it for me!!!!
I look forward to your blog, books and everything you do. Thank you
for being so clever, practical and beautiful consistently.
YAY I finally got thru to the contest!!
This has been my dream sofa! I hope to win it!!
I love the apartment therapy website. I recently found it while I was looking for home upgrading ideas. There are so many good, budget ideas!
We just remodeled our house and used up all our budget.
If I had this sofa, it will be a great gift for this young couple and will look good in our small English cottage house.
My husband would be very happy!
Wow, just beautiful!
So lovely.
dream couch!
what a GORGEOUS sofa! so comfy looking...yet super stylish.
I would design a room around this sofa....BEAUTIFUL!
NEED a new sofa! Help a sista out!
Mmmmm...I taste you, blue chesterfield...
This couch is a beautiful piece of art, it might inspire one to read a 18th century novel or become a philosopher ... I just might if it's to be mine one day! May the individual who wins this appreciate it as much as we all do on this comment-board!
I will own this style sofa one day. I will save and save.
i logged back in and was told thanks for entering - so glad - this is a fantastic statement piece for my living room
The day when Le Bambole stopped being the ultimate dream….I feel a total traitor...
so gorg! love this piece
yummmm! Could this gorgeous sofa be looking for me??
Apartment Therapy always has super fab ideas! I love this sofa and I must have it!
I can feel the support of the cushion under my tush-ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
pick me!!please!!
Hooray! Thank you tech team member, Brandon Ferguson. I used the (uglier) link and am now entered to win this gorgeous sofa!
If I win this I will have to rethink my pink living room....I know just the remedy. A theme of Blue Velvet...this couch and the French movie poster of Blue Velvet as the centerpieces. I can see all now...
For me this is one of those couches you only see in design magazines! It would literally be a dream to have it in my house!
This is a SHOWPIECE!
In blue velvet? How fun ^_^
Just in time for the holidays.
do i have to shqre with my k-9 kids?
this is absolutely gorgeous. Thank you for sponsoring such an awesome giveaway. Happy Holidays everyone.
I don't have a sofa in my house. I am so in love with this sofa, I can't stop staring at the picture. I would LOVE to WIN..........
I'm just sure I was a Chesterfield sofa in my previous life;)
My sofa is very old . I sure could use a new
This sofa is beyond gorgeous! LOVE IT!
I have chronic lower-back pain & scoliosis and a couch that is too small, ripped apart, uncomfortable & has to be covered with a sheet/blanket that pins never seem to hold on... hah... This couch style of couch has been on my "dream, but could never afford" list for as long as I can remember. I'm looking for a new couch once I have any money, hopefully the looking can stop here!! <3
My fiance and I are moving into a house and have no sofa at all. We were just talking today about trying to hunt down a blue one. Getting this one would be fantastic. <3
Has someone offered to pay you?
I can see myself snoozing on this sofa. Sofa is black cherry red color.
I'm looking for a well-made classic design that will stand the test of time. Looks well made and that's number one on my list. This could fit the bill!
How beautiful that couch would be in my apartment~
This couch is so beautiful!
This couch looks big enough to spoon on. That's why I want to win.
This couch looks comfortable enough to sleep on ever night.
That is just lovely!
This couch is amazingly beautiful, I envy the person who wins it. Its gorgeous and would be perfect in an old house or apartment with tall ceilings, and wood floors...:)
The sofa is beautiful and it would do so much for my place of resident.
I love it
This is my new centerpiece! :) LOVE!
Beautiful workmanship!
We just painted our living room, but I would redo it in a heartbeat if I won this...goodbye torn up IKEA couch! Winning this would be a dream come true. Good luck to all that have entered!
That tufting! Such soft arms! That suble vintage sex appeal!!! I dont fall in love easily, but I am in LOVE with that couch...
So gorgeous!
Me too!
I NEED this couch in my life!!!! It is screaming to be slept on and curl up with a book and hot tea!
My parents just lost their living room furniture in a flood, and are now sitting on folding chairs. I would love to gift this to my mother.
Oh, baby, baby.
OMG~ its beautiful!
So beautiful
In love.
Love it................so Hollywood-esque!
I had this couch pinned a year ago on my board "I want a velvet couch". Winning this would make my pinterest dreams come true!
Just moved and our couch won't fit up the stairs. I think this will! And it's super beautiful to boot!
Please find partners in international countries (like Canada!) so your readers outside of the U.S. can enter these fabulous contests as well.
I haven't had a sofa in so long...this is a beauty, and I need it!
It seems rather unfair that others outside of the U.S. cannot participate. Only gawk :S
We're just in a huge Reno of our 1930's cape cod and this is "the couch" for it!
I wish!
What a fantastic sofa!
GORGEOUS. This is just too good.
I look forward to fainting on this.
Absolutely stunning!
This would be such a great definitive piece of class for my new apartment. Who ever wins this I hope you truly appreciate the beauty of it. Good luck to all!
A dream come true and a new place to dream? Sign me up!
Pretty... :)
Gorgeous and it's American made. :)
great giveaway,keeping my fingers crossed
So gorgeous!
Oh my bliss!
Love the button design!
What a beautiful Sofa!
This is one of the most beautiful sofas I've ever seen! I'm in love! I love the color, the design, the layout...everything! I'm mentally picking out wall swatches now.....
I love this sofa it would make a great addition to the living room. I would be able sit more people. Oh yeah.
it looks amazing! love it.
Love it, beautiful color
This is so beautiful!
This would make me feel (as a 29 year old woman) like a real, actual adult. With nice things.
So, so beautiful. Why aren't you mine?
After my zen apartment (sitting on the floor) - I'd pay extra to get this delivered through the window and never leave! So much for "minimalism" - I love this sofa!!!
Holy beautiful! Dream couch for sure and that color is so lovely! Thank you!!!
Love it!
I will completely change my living room to work with this beautiful sofa.
Beautiful couch!!!Really could use that! Would be the best looking thing in my living room :) Love it!!!
Dream sofa, in dream fabric, in dream color. I would absolutely die if I won this!
Whoa, this is quite the couch in BLUE VELVET! Crazy cool!
Beautiful! Bonus is that it looks cozy too :)
The perfect sofa!!! I can just feel it through the computer.
The perfect sofa to ___________ on! :) Fabulous! Good Luck to me!
What in the world would I do with all my browns, beiges and dark chocolate furniture. Could I turn the room into a blue horizon?
This sofa is timeless; like art fusing yesterdays to tomorrows.
Love it!!
It is beautiful!!!
I would just DIE to have this. sigh.
This might just be the most awesome giveaway item in the history of AT Holiday Giveaways!
holy crap. dear i dream??
wow. congrats whoever won this!
i am obsessed with this sofa... but I am also obsessed with this coffee/side table featured in this photo... can anyone tell me where to find it? ;-)
Congratulations Dara.
Congratulations, you lucky duck.
This couch is stunning! From the design to color... SWAG!
Your rules against international entries break my heart, because this is the most beautiful sofa EVER. :'(


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It seems fitting that our birds, so charmed in 2008, will meet the NFCs other enchanted avians, who, in the post-Michael Vick era, are led by a big, burly Cinderella Man named Matt Ryan (pictured). The rookie QB from Boston College was recently named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, and his numbers are insane for a rook. Still, the numbers pale in comparison to the dudes leadership qualities and poise. Ryan and first-year coach Mike Smith have the Falcons sitting pretty at 11-5. In fact, despite being a division winner hosting a wild-card team in a stadium where theyre 6-2, the Cards are a two-point underdog to Atlanta.
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English: from a medieval diminutive of the Old French name Léon or the Middle English nickname Lion.
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We're like Zombies but with better iPhones
[Joint post by Numa and I, it's taken a while to brew, so it's long. Ish.]
Betas of the interwebs, let these two aunties here tell you a story. We call this A Tale of Two Developments, The Development You Desire and The One We Are Riddled With. It begins with colonialism—like all the other fucked up things on this planet—and ends with, yes, you got it, more colonialism. Well, imperialism. And neoliberal fuckery. Okay, it doesn't really have an end, because evil has the best Facebook friends, and will not let up that easily. There is a grand legion of things that are wrong with development, but we'll talk about a few, seeing how the two of us have experience with teaching and/or studying development while being brown; it's a strange predicament without a cure. You know how your face gets whenever someone prattles on incessantly about what their 'yoga name' really means, think of that face permanently glued on for two or more years.
At least one of us [Battameez] got to do a degree where she had access to Third World theorists saying interesting things. I made the mistake of doing a degree that focused on learning how to run development projects "successfully" (GANTT CHARTS, OH MY) and development theory was one module. All my teachers were basically white dudes who were like what, sexism and racism? That's just for poor people. In my degree, there was no space to sit back and think about how development was all about perpetuating essentially Eurocentric ideals. We were too busy learning how to write policies that would address those problematic percentages that make countries like India rank so low on the HDI.
It wasn't until the end of my degree that I started reading brown people critiquing this whole development business and came to the conclusion that I would probably never be able to work in development because it was full of people that did the same course as me but never had that aha moment. That's around the time I met B, and this is quickly turning into a story of TRUE ROMANCE. BUT I DIGRESS.
This is a PSA to everyone who thinks development has anything to do with benevolence or good will, and that all development brings with it is progress and happiness, we're on to you. We know that you try so hard to not have it sound like an insult, every time you say 'developing' or 'under-developed'. You can't not use "developing" as an insult. It is insulting by definition! The entire idea of development as it's touted is based on this assumption that "developed" countries are the ideal and they reached that ideal because THEY ARE AMAZING and "developing" countries haven't reached that ideal yet because THEY ARE TERRIBLE. Sure there was that pesky colonialism business, and all that slavery hullabaloo, and it all resulted in this current fuckery of global economic mechanisms that reward exploitation, BUT AT LEAST WE TREAT OUR LADIES NICELY HERE IN THE WEST.
For the past week or two, we've seen a fair amount of writing on what is 'wrong' with the developing world lately, why can't we seem to 'catch up', or even 'reach' our potential—we won't link, because economist dudes have a propensity for nasty emails, but do google for yourselves. Oh there are Reasons and Percentages to go with every opinion, Facts interspersed with Figures that supposedly never lie—while we're at it, let's remember P. Sainath and Ms. Ranjana Padhi here before we move on—and of course, there are Solutions, as every problem must find it's eventual end. As entertaining all this philosophising on development and social justice can be—especially by people who cannot resist but talk at least seven times in each paragraph about slums, starvation, guilt [because they're not a toothless Tibetan orphan, you know the kind], all the while alluding to the magical black hole our economies apparently function in, the problem is this: it's getting quite boring. These days we can't even muster up fake outrage when we see this kind of shit, which is just so sad. Try to avoid these tropes, and maybe we'll talk without all the cackling in the background, yes?
a. The last thing people want to read about is *you* when reading about development. No one cares about how you felt while touring [poor country]. Really. We are sure the public toilets were revolting, and the air gave you dysentery and when by some miracle, you didn't have any digestion problems—which, don't lie, you did, but your story about hemorrhoids over spicy food is too delicate to be broached on a public forum, we know—you moved on to existential issues of you feasting on delectable treats while starving children literally dropped dead around you. It's a hard life, to witness all that. But as it turns out, you're totally off the hook! As an outsider/political commentator/development theorist, you really don't have to worry about hunger and starvation. Mainly because you let your feelings about the physical manifestation of poverty cloud over your perspective, and from then on everything you write or say belongs in a sermon, not a research paper or thought post. Also because, as hard as it is to believe, starving dying children wasn't a discovery you chanced upon. Sorry, but look harder next time.
b. Don't think we can't discern when and how you use 'developing' as an insult—yes, we know it is. You taught us to read, remember? Tangent concern: stop talking about 'development' as a sure-fire trajectory, one that must be necessarily achieved at. No, this doesn't mean everyone should run out of their homes and go back to nature—Thoreau is so 1854, don't you know?—but show us one 'developed' country that doesn't have social and economic problems and then we can talk about equitable growth. Tangent to the above tangent: remember to make up your mind if a country's development has anything to do with its social justice problems, because as far as we can tell, only some of us in the Global South have this infection and the rest of the world has the antivirus code. Problem with lenses again?
c. Stop blaming rich/poor/middle class people. Sure, it's comforting to have a class, sect, caste, ethnic group to blame—think of all the treasure trove of fodder for cartoon artists and political activists!—but sadly, the global chain of economies and development don't work that way. Certain countries don't sit together and decide to systematically sabotage other countries' economies, no wait, that one happens, oops. Point is, things are a little more complicated than just a grand conspiracy theory. So when countries with political and economic clout lay down certain rules, others have to follow, or they get bombed off the globe. Adds a little pressure, no? Then sometimes, looking poorer than you are is the only way to get UN funds. Sometimes, you have to let aforementioned dominant countries irrevocably alter your country's economic and social policies. Sometimes you let them in to stay afloat, but don't know how to adapt them, so what you're left with is a mess of your previous and present systems of economic governance. Do you see how long your Blame List is getting? It's a very dicey negotiation between various countries at different points in time. Keeping in tune with the villains will just get exhausting, so let up already.
d. And specifically, we've noticed the popular game among development theorists and economists, namely Blame The Middle Classes in the Third World. Due to the many many criticisms of development theories/literature that have pointed out that a lot of it is basically neo-colonial in nature, newer theorists/policymakers have had enough self reflexivity to be like, "Hmm, maybe this neo-liberal economic model is kind of the wrong way to go, what with increasing social inequity and environmental degradation." So there's been all this stuff written about how the emerging middle classes in India and China will basically consume all the natural resources and everyone will die. WE'RE ALL LIKE ZOMBIES, ONLY WITH BETTER iPHONES.
In order to prevent that, India, China, Brazil etc. have been put under quite a bit of pressure to develop a more "green" approach to development. This means that instead of building shit loads of electricity plants that run on coal and oil, villages get solar panels to light their one light bulb. Sure, that could have been a slight oversimplification, but we think it's fair only if the Third World is being held to a completely different development standard, and to a large extent is being held responsible for dealing with the fuck ups of the "developed" world did to the environment. You don't get to do what we did, you have to take care of the environment.
Same goes for middle/upper class people in the Third World. They're following the same capitalist aspirations as those in the "developed" world, but they get critiqued for it because well, there's already a whole bunch of people living selfish unsustainable lives in the West and we don't want you to tip the balance because DOOM. Not to say that explains away financial excess and consumerism of any kind—when we plan the zombie apocalypse, we're going to not discriminate and kill the whole bourgeoisie, never worry beta—but we're past that stage where we have to explain why such different standards of morality are spoken of as diversionary politics to move away from the slightly more pressing topic of But When Will 80% Of Us Have A Choice To Not Sell Our Bodies To Neolibreal
FascismIdeas Of Progress.
And ultimately that's what gets us. We are all for trying to figure out how to live sustainably. But the thing about people that write about development, about the development industrial complex (and it really is that) in general is that changes/advice only go one way, from developed to developing. 'Developing' countries have to change, they have to adjust to this failing economic system, but they have this massive handicap because 'developed' countries are unwilling to make the same systematic changes to how they run themselves. Development policies never seem to acknowledge how inextricably linked the First and Third World are. How, our consumption habits in the West need to change drastically if we want to stop reading all these poverty porn stories of dusky bodies dying. If you're going to blame someone, do it properly!
e. Don't take UN figures at face value. If you do, we are going to make it into a drinking game till you learn your lesson. Also: try using 'industrialised' as a metaphor of progress one more time and see if you escape unhexed. Last also: whoever said creating more jobs is the solution, lied. And it is such a meaningless economics-y tidbit that gets thrown around. It's basically shorthand for "improve the economy" but it's so disconnected from the context in which our economies operate. Going back to the 'prime' of capitalism, betas of the interwebs, DO REALIZE HOW MESSED UP THE ACTUAL INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WAS RIGHT. It resulted in the original factory sweatshops with machines that ate children for lunch. It resulted in sprawling urban spaces with no regards to sanitisation. And you know why the lives of these poor workers eventually got better? BECAUSE OF COLONIALISM. Because suddenly other people far away were being treated much worse. And that's the system that's still in place today. We live in a fucked up world that's set up so that every time you benefit from something, there is somebody else that will suffer as a consequence. So whoever said consolidating neoliberalism is the only way to go forward [often understood as synonymous with democracies bent on protecting individual rights and freedoms only] lied [again]. You may want your money back on that school of thought. Otherwise, don't complain to us when the wrath of zombie aunties descends on you.
English, Engliss, Engliji?
J. and I were speaking about our tongues and I realized that while Engliss was a familiar friend, it was not mine entirely.
Engliji instead of Engliss is more accurate for me, although, neither of them represents how I actually pronounce the word. Because, truth be told, I mostly sound Amreekan with some Austrian, and British (English) thrown in.
But that is only true for when I speak English all the time only. When I speak Bangla, the Engliji comes out, and it just goes to show how this colonialism business went down because there's a lot of Engliji that gets mixed in!
Let me tell you a story:
I was watching the news in Bangla with my dad, and I remarked that the people on the TV peppering their Bangla with the occasional English words were probably educated in English medium schools. But as we continued watching, we realised that everyone who spoke was using some English, except for Sheikh Hasina (but she's PM and has a speech writer). My dad said "Ma, eta amader Bangalider character" [Ma, this is the character of us Bengalis] and then noticed what he'd said and went "Dekhso, ami "character" bebohar korlam, Bangla shobdota jodiyo chinni." [Did you see, I used "character" even though I know the Bangla word for it.]
And I thought, yes. Even those who have never been abroad, who have never learnt English in school, will use words that are English, like "table" or "chair" instead of their Bangla equivalents, even though I'm pretty sure tables and chairs existed before English became a common language to speak.
So yes, think of this as my introductory tongues confession.
Hello, my name is Numa and I speak English, Engliss, and Engliji.
It's like the first day at a new job. Except, instead of brownies, I have writings to offer when I say Hello.
Pliss, submit your tales of Engliss for purpose of part sedition and part pleasure. Up to you, only, of course <3


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Topics: Public Health, Health Disparities
Jul 12, 2013
Gay men plan to try to donate blood Friday in protest to a 1977 policy that bans them from doing so. Also, gay health care rights have changed due to a Supreme Court ruling.
USA Today: Blood Drive To Challenge Ban On Donations From Gays
Gay men across the nation plan to offer to donate their blood Friday, even though they expect to be turned away. The blood drive, targeting 53 donor sites nationally, is designed to protest a 1977 federal policy barring gay and bisexual men from donating blood (Leys and Hall, 7/11).
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Analysis): The Supreme Court's Decision May Bring Big Changes For LGBT Health Care
In a major victory for gay rights, the Supreme Court last month struck down part of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the federal law that had limited recognition of marriage to one between a man and a woman. This judicial move may herald major changes for the gay community with regard to health care access and cost (Field, 7/11).
This is part of Kaiser Health News' Daily Report - a summary of health policy coverage from major news organizations. The full summary of the day's news can be found here and you can sign up for e-mail subscriptions to the Daily Report here. In addition, our staff of reporters and correspondents file original stories each day, which you can find on our home page.
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A series of fanfics by "MarissaTheWriter", a pseudonym for (in)famous Fanfiction.net troll Sue Mary, and an equivalent to My Immortal and the like to any fandom that it touches.The first fic, ITS MY LIFE!, tells the story of Marrissa Roberts, a test subject in Portal Labs who is seemingly Chell's sister, has "speshul powers" and is somehow pregnant with Wheatly's "robot ball/human baby".The second fan fiction and a "seekwillspinoff" of ITS MY LIFE!, TEEN FORTRESS 2, tells the story of Scot, Teen Fortress 2 and their problems in high school. (Not to be confused with this "TEEN FORTRESS 2".)The third story and a sequel to ITS MY LIFE!, THE MARRISSA GAMES, was started on Sue Mary's Tumblr, in which Marrissa, Wheatly and Chell Junor are forced to leave Portal Labs and Marrissa must participate in The Hunger Games.There are also two stories by MarissaTheWriter that are not set in the ITS MY LIFE! continuity, Invader Zim: Born Again Christian and Real Beauty.Links to the fan fictions:
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Now has a drinking game.See also Marrissa The Writer Complete Anthology.Compare My Immortal, My Inner Life, Light and Dark The Adventures of Dark Yagami, Half-Life: Full Life Consequences, Quarter-Life: Halfway to Destruction, Marissa Picard. Not to be confused with a certain Bon Jovi song. Or any other song named "It's My Life".
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Stable Carver leader sought
Share (Ron Travis with Beverly Emory at Carver last year.) School officials say a new Carver High School principal could be selected as early as this summer. "My biggest need and requirement there isRead More »
Schools reduce crime, suspensions
Share (pictured above: Lamaya Williams with her sons Ira III, 6 and Issa, almost 2.) Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools has reduced the number of dropouts, reportable acts of crime and violence, short- and long-term suspensions andRead More »
Ladies' Night
Share Masons honor city's female leaders Local female leaders were honored Saturday by Salem Lodge No. 139. The Lodge's Sixth Annual Black History Month Community Awards Banquet/Robert A. Miller Scholarship Gala brought a crowd ofRead More »
The Only Way is Up
Share Principal seeks to create a new culture and attitude at newly-merged Philo-Hill Macon, Ga.-native Kenyatta Bennett has always enjoyed a challenge, and serving as principal of the newly-merged Philo-Hill Magnet Academy comes withRead More »
FACE gives drop-outs another chance
Share In January of her senior year, Jordan Mayes dropped out of high school. "I was having a lot of issues of staying focused," Mayes said. "It spiraled down." Mayes has since dropped backRead More »
Johnson wraps another youth golf clinic
Share By Kim Underwood Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools The Vic Johnson Junior Golf Clinic is about teaching young people how to hit the ball straighter and farther, yes. It's also about helping them learn lessonsRead More »
Anderson named Schools' top Classified Employee
Share Damian Anderson, a kindergarten assistant at Mineral Springs Elementary School, is Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School's 2013 Classified Employee of the Year. Anderson was working with students in teacher Glenstene Bailey's classroom when Superintendent Don MartinRead More »
Carver, Jacket Academy celebrate academic achievements
Share Carver High School and Jacket Integrated Academy were honored on Sept. 25 by the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education for making academic progress during the 2011-2012 school year. Carver and Jacket Integrated Academy,Read More »


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REVEILLE are tentatively scheduled to enter the studio with producer Howard Benson (P.O.D., CRAZY TOWN) in December to record their third full-length album, due in early summer 2003 through Elektra Records.
REVEILLE To Record Third Full-Length Album
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text: Bought this 2000 F-250 in 2002, local trade in. She is my work truck and we have been through a lot together. She just rolled over to 153,000 miles. People say I'm crazy. Just had her painted. Have taken very good care of her. For example, just had transmission fluid and filter changed (this makes four times) had rear-end fluid changed, transfer case fluid changed front differential fluid changed and new glow plugs installed. Also keep oil changed every 5000 miles. The only thing that has been done to this engine is changed out cam censer. Wife tells me this truck better out last me because she is going to bury me in it :O Gives Built Ford Tough a whole new meaning. Love my old Ford!!!


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Election Day - ALL Fields Open! - 11/4 - 10-28-14
Win the ULTIMATE BT/Empire Package at Dark Ops! - 10-20-14
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This listing closed and did not sell. The item has been relisted.
Guthy Renker exercise machine
- No reserve
- Closed: Fri 27 Sep 2013, 7:09 pm
Guthy Renker exercise machine.
Different resistance levels.
Different resistance levels.
Shipping details
- To be arranged
- Seller allows pick-ups
- Seller location: Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, NZ
Payment details
- NZ bank deposit
- Cash
- Will deliver in Tauranga area for $5 at buyers request
Closes: Fri 27 Sep, 7:09 pm. 2013