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I was going through slashdot and one bizzare incident was reported on it.
Google's news tracker/crawler, fetched a news from some old reprint of an article from Dec 2002 when United Airlines was on the verge of bankruptcy.
United airlines later on managed to get out of the situation after that.
However google crawled it as latest news since the reprint did not mentioned about any of the date.
Soon every other news reader/aggregators grabbed this incorrect information from google's news and soon started spreading this news across market.
After some time this news appeared on Bloomberg and the stock price of UAL dropped to $3.00 from the opening price of $12.50. Trading was suspended after that.
And after clearing the doubts stock prices rose back to around $10.00 which is still lesser than the actual opening price.
Google cannot be blamed for this mistake. But some people might have jumped the gun as soon as the news appeared on Bloomberg and started selling off their stock. People should get into a habit of checking news and then taking financial decisions.
Thought the incident clearly shows the power of internet in todays world.
Few smart people would have made money after checking the authenticity of the news and riding on the fall or rise 🙂
How does it affect any other market ?
I was wondering whether these features can be manipulated to rigg stock prices up and down ?
If someone creates a news site where he artificially creates/modifies/brings older news back to current threads about certain stocks where he wants to manipulate for his benefits.
That opens another possible rigging opportunity for operators/manipulators in market.
Or to avoid these kind of situation should news crawlers try not to crawl news without timestamps ?
Or should there be a need for moderators before news gets published/indexed by crawlers ?
We all know that there are other ways of manipulation in stock markets and we seriously do not wish to add another possibility of manipulation.
Slashdot news : Automated news crawling evaporates $1.14B
Wallstreet: UAL story blame is placed on computer
Atlanta business chronicle : Google crawler, clicks may have pushed 2002 UAL bankruptcy story to top

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Like most things these days I came across David Shield's work through links and links of links. June Underwood mentioned a Zadie Smith article that mentioned David's work in a comment, and I was off to the races. Reality or "finding reality" has been an issue in the studio and we've discussed the implications of "reality" in a number of posts. Once I had read a few articles about David's work I was hooked – Rene Zellwegger to his Tom Cruise (He had me at Reality!) His forthcoming book entitled Reality Hunger: A Manifesto is just that. The book doesn't work the way we have come to expect our "reality," our media infused, computer programmed world to work. It twists our expectations and then issues a call to arms. Once you've read the book you'll find a new resolve to go deeper into your work, into yourself. It's as bracing as a brick through a plate-glass window.
Every artistic movement from the beginning of time is an attempt to figure a way to smuggle more of what the artist thinks is reality into the work of art.
The book itself is worked through in two ways. The first is a direct challenge to the "institutional" idea of appropriation as both homage and reference. Now this is complicated because David accepts that we exist in our Postmodern era, and appropriation is part of the theoretical backbone of everyday Postmodern practice, just like cars in the 50s and television in the 60s and computers in the 90s. He has arranged his book as a collection of aphorisms, ideas, thoughts, quotations, etc., then culled them into thematic chapters. Each chapter is directed towards a specific idea about writing, about art and life. Some of the appropriations are word for word, some have been modified through his own thought processes, and some are half-remembered things that may or may not be original. These are all mixed in and guided by his voice, his thought, his memory. But unlike most contemporary appropriation, here it's used it to guide meaning connected to an interior process, a process of feeling. This use of appropriation is something we haven't seen for a while. It is a way for an artist to access memory, access one's own history through the larger public culture – a "found object" becomes something personal when it's internalized rather than referenced, when it's coveted rather than displayed. Appropriation is transgressive when it's stolen and woven into one's personality, when it becomes part of one's life. This kind of specific cultural transgression can make personal expression dangerous to behold and that gets one excited. David "steals" the way Titian stole from Giorgone, Picasso stole from Velazquez, or Matisse stole from Cezanne. In this sense to appropriate means that something new is coming into being, something unfamiliar from the comfortably known. Unlike Postmodern practice which continuously displays its references, footnotes its borrowings or re-presents a representation in an attempt to circumvent meaning, responsibility and progress, David asks us to actually make this found and stolen culture our own, make it part of our expression and our life – to actually use it to make something we haven't experienced before, something for the 21st Century!
Which brings us to the second and more important (at least to my mind) part of the book. Reality. For the first time in quite a long time an artist turns away from the contrived reality of institutional practice and programmed certainty. David began to change his work when he realized he could no longer write fiction or read novels. Like a few of us in the art world he began to see the contrived and mannered production that was beginning to appear in our culture. The "well-made novel" had taken over the literary world in the same way that the "well-made painting" had taken over the art world. There has been a kind of certainty, a formulaic rulebook that set the basic tone and structure for every act of professional art being made. In our world this contrived reality is called Mannerism. David began to question the processes of fiction by looking inward to his own existence. Reality was a far more complicated and interesting idea. One's own memory is where nothing is made up, but everything is interpreted. There are no rules, there are only memories, feelings, experiences. How those things are formed and relayed becomes the interesting part of making art. By starting with himself he wasn't making things up, just relaying them – simple, direct and true. He also describes the disconnect between the culture as it's formed around us and our natural lived experience. The disconnect between the two, our culture and our life, is huge, disturbing, and exciting, and that is where David was determined to relate his life. The blur – as he has entitled one of his chapters, is that ambiguous area where we determine our own fictions and realities.
Postmodernism's catchphrase has been "desire." Today we are lost in a world of desire and many of us have begun to look for a new way through. Our culture remains abstract, unfulfilled, nebulous and we hunger for something more. David Shields calls it Reality.
At least that's my misreading. I wrote to David in the hopes that he would answer some questions and make it a bit clearer for us. He was extremely kind and generous with me and our discussion follows:
MS: The first [question] has to do with appropriation. In the art world we've been dealing with issues of authorship for quiet a while – at least since Duchamp's Urinal at the beginning of the 20th Century. Duchamp's challenge was about the nature of art. He hadn't conceived the piece nor had he made it, he found the piece and claimed it as his own – it was art because he, the artist, chose it. This is the basic found object lesson we have all learned since. But today there is a further issue of copyrights, trademarks – which layers a corporate/legal problem over the creative/aesthetic one.
DS: I think that's a good summary; it's amazing how behind the curve the literary arts are. Reality Hunger is in many ways my attempt to bring contemporary writing up to date in this regard.
MS: Since Warhol the art world has become transfixed with the idea of replication, where appropriation – guided by lenses and programs – reproduces everything "exactly" in any form into any other form (for instance, a replication of a Harley Davidson motorcycle using salt as the building material.) Baudrillard in the late 60s and early 70s declared that culture/society had become a simulacrum and that there was no longer an original, a reality to base our perceptions on – the replication, the program had become our reality. In the art world we understand the implication of this idea of a replication from a replication – we view media within media – (the original no longer exists.) We appropriate directly, but we move it to another form hoping to skirt the economic issues. We customize it (with color or materials – we enlarge it or shrink it – we change it from one medium to another – etc) and re-present the representation – but unfortunately, we do not change the nature of the appropriated form, we do not question the simulated reality of the work we use.
DS: I, too, was heavily influenced by Baudrillard as well.
MS: Now if I've read your work correctly you use appropriation a bit differently. I believe that for you the appropriation is a way to get at a more personal expression of your own existence. You aren't necessarily discussing the nature of "art" or "authorship", but the nature of your own reactions to the things that you've seen or read or experienced, those things that you encounter and the impression they've made. You use them because they express something of you.
DS: I think you've captured something very true here, Mark. In a strange way there is something oddly "sincere" about my appropriation. All of these passages are eerily my own. I've edited them in such a way and positioned them in such a way that they have become my own or at least all of ours. That is surely one of the points of the book,or targets of the book. The book began with a course I taught in self-reflexive documentary film. I clipped hundreds if not thousands of lines that I loved and I put all of these into an enormous notebook, and this notebook became the "course packet" for the course, as I wanted to explain year in and year out to graduate fiction writers what it was I found so exciting about self-reflexive documentary film and also about literary essay. Over time, the packet got edited down more tightly, but it was important to me to leave off who wrote what. Some stuff I wrote, and other stuff I edited heavily. A lot of it was heavily combined. It was all very sincere in a way. The crucial gesture was putting the passages into thematic groupings—otherwise known as chapters—and then editing each chapter and each passage within an inch of its life. Editing is to me writing. I feel more like a film editor than I do a writer. My creative act was to find these passages, edit them radically, and then order them, and thematize them. All that being said, I would still say that I am indeed discussing the nature of art and authorship. I forget if you have the early DIY galleys, without citation, or the later galleys, with citation, but it's crucial to me to see the connection between my argument about genre and the book's gesture of appropriation. In each case, I'm trying to argue for the importance of unknowing.
MS: I may be way off, but when I was reading your book I felt as if I was reading someone's notebook, a kind of diary or a sketchbook. It was very structured, there was a concise direction, similar to the way an artist makes notes in a sketchbook about what's been seen, what sounds right, what feels right, images collected etc. Reality Hunger felt like I was rummaging through, say, Matisse's letters with drawings and notes about what he was trying to accomplish, sketches, colors, found things pasted in the book, ideas stumbled on – that sort of thing. There was a consciousness driving the appropriation, something deeper and involving, and it was compelling.
DS: Reality Hunger weds the question of appropriation to the question of authorial ambiguity and generic slippage. This technique shadows the entire book. Most readers will spot only a handful of the most obvious quotations, suspect that a lot of the paragraphs are quotations (even when they can't quite place them), and come to regard the first-person singular whenever they meet it as a floating, umbrella self, sheltering simultaneously one voice ("my own") and multiple voices. The possibility that every word in the book might be quotation and not "original" to the author should very nicely and suitably arise. This continuous uncertainty or constant ambiguity is meant to be both unsettling and exciting, making the reader feel on his or her own pulse the dubiety of the first-person pronoun: it's Shields (you thought it was); no, it's not, it's Leiris; no, in an important sense, it's neither. The book's best reader isn't going to be a quote-spotter but somebody who grasps and relishes the ambiguous authorship of the text.
The whole argument of the book is to put reality within quadruple quotation marks. Reality here isn't straightforward or easily accessible; It's slippery, evasive. Just as authorship is ambiguous, knowledge is dubious, and truth is unknown or at the very least relative. The crucial, yoking gesture of the book is to wed ambiguity of the provenance of quotation with ambiguity of the question of genre—fiction, nonfiction, the lure and blur of the real. Art, not to mention life, now seems to happen primarily in liminal spaces, edited, quoted and quoted again and recontextualized, re-placed, collaged, stitched together. The book argues this idea passionately; it also needs to embody it.
MS: The second has to do with the idea of Reality itself. Every quote points back to an interiority of experience.
DS: Really? Every quote? Many, of course, but surely not every one.
(to Henri readers – OK, I was excited and I overshot – what can I say, I'm human…)
MS: I kept coming back to a physical state, a need to feel something and express that feeling. For instance, you say that you cannot read fiction any longer. The mechanisms are too apparent, the 'art' of it too readily understandable and expected. You make the case that reality, what we remember, is not a record but an experience. So what you read, see, hear in our saturated culture is poured through your viewpoint, and that is where you must find your voice. You don't make things up necessarily, but interpret what happened creating a context for a personal interpretation, or as a friend of mine used to say, the primacy of fleshy memory.
Can you explain what this idea of physical experience is, how its connected to memory? Why do you think, after years of Postmodern "desire" we are now looking for something else? Why hunger? What is it that you feel we are missing? And how did that manifest in your work?
DS: These are great questions, Mark. Not sure I have the answers. Not sure how consciously I've worked out the answers. The book was written without a scholar's logic, but rather with a writer's intuitive impulses. I basically wanted to figure out and explain and convey why fiction no longer holds my interest, with very few exceptions. That is, doesn't interest me as a writer or reader or teacher. Physical experience? I'm not sure I'm anymore convinced that we can touch the physical than Baudrillard was. I'm not a naïve proponent of reality. I know reality takes place within multiple frames and lenses. The imperfection of memory is crucial to me, though. Composition is to me a fiction-making operation. Memory is a dream machine. Thus, there is in my view no real distinction between memory and imagination; they overlap nearly completely. I'm all for desire,but the hunger for reality is a feeling that in the very best work the writer is actively gesturing toward some sort of "real life." Now, of course, this real life is something of a fiction or a construct, but the very fact that the work is trying to get to the real makes the work far more interesting to me, because by virtue of framing itself as a work of nonfiction, and doing so in an epistemologically and ontologically sophisticated way, it raises questions in a serious vein and in a risky mode about the very nature of memory, of the self, of knowledge, of self-knowledge, of other-knowledge. As I say in the book,
What I want to do is take the banality of nonfiction (the literalness of "facts," "truth," "reality"), turn that banality inside out, and thereby make nonfiction a staging area for the investigation of any claim of facts and truth, an extremely rich theater for investigating the most serious epistemological questions. The lyric essay is the literary form that gives the writer the best opportunity for rigorous investigation, because its theater is the world (the mind contemplating the world) and offers no consoling dream-world, no exit door.
MS: Finally, the visual arts have been stagnating through the last decade. The economics of it took precedence as it did in the larger economy. It's almost as if we became a new Rococo generation – expensive visual art made for a select group of very wealthy and specific individuals. Artists approached their work like they were in a "profession" one that promised a good salary, health care etc. Like the well-made novel, we had the well-made painting. You suggest that we find again the gap between art and life. This is something Rauschenberg was famous for saying in the 1950's. Though today, I think that gap is not in the same place and we have different things to consider.
DS: Interesting connections between the well-made painting-novel and carrerist art world.
MS: How does memory play into the idea of the "blur" as you call it? How does culture exist in this blur and what part of memory must be involved? Where do you begin to draw the material from yourself?
DS: See above re: memory and blur. Re: how culture and memory form a blur, I'm tempted to again quote from the work, from my friend Brian Christian, who says, I'm finding it harder to just "write." The seeking and sculpting of found text or sound have become my primary "artistic" function. Actually generating that text or music seems increasingly difficult. Lately I'll sit down with a blank pad and feel like I really have to dig down deep to get my own voice to come out over the "sample choir." It's a very strange feeling, like a conductor trying to sing over the orchestra, and is, I believe, a fairly new one for artists.
That to me is central. How do I draw the material from myself? I guess I'd say I don't. I draw the myself from a thousand different sources, and from my edit, my juxtaposition, my framing, and my thematizing, I say something that is "true" to myself and the culture, that is provocative in its angled attack.
David's book will be out on February 23, 2010. It is a game changer not only for authors, but for artists of all kind. We Postmodern denizens of the art world would do well to "misread" it as deeply as we can.
"The questions Reality Hunger explores—the bending of form and genre, the lure and blur of the real—play out constantly all around us. Think of the now endless controversy surrounding the provenance and authenticity of the "real": A Million Little Pieces, the Obama "Hope" poster, the sequel to The Catcher in the Rye, Robert Capa's "The Falling Soldier" photograph, the boy who wasn't in the balloon. Reality Hunger is a rigorous and radical attempt to reframe how we think about "truthiness," literary license, quotation, appropriation."
I highly recommend you find a copy and add it to your collection!


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The rumblings are coming from all over the world… banks limiting cash withdrawals… threats of default in major investment vehicles… ATMs mysteriously all ceasing to operate… widespread discussion of destabilized financial systems and currencies, as fallout from the original Federal Reserve taper…
From Zero Hedge: "Russian Bank Halts All Cash Withdrawals."
It would appear the fears of a global bank run are spreading. From HSBC's limiting large cash withdrawals (for your own good) to Lloyds ATMs going down, Bloomberg reports that 'My Bank' – one of Russia's top 200 lenders by assets – has introduced a complete ban on cash withdrawals until next week. While the Ruble has been losing ground rapidly recently, we suspect few have been expecting bank runs in Russia. Russia sovereign CDS had recently weakened to 4-month wides at 192bps.
Via Bloomberg,
Lender has introduced complete ban on cash withdrawals until end of week, news agency reports, citing unidentified person in call center.
Bank spokeswoman declined to comment by phone
My Bank is top 200 lender by assets: Prime
NOTE: Central bank has revoked about 30 banking licenses since July 1 when Elvira Nabiullina succeeded Sergei Ignatiev as governor, compared with three in the first half of the year
Yeah, this could simply blow over, and the can could kick itself down the road a while longer, but… it's also very possible things could turn upside-down any day.
Keep that seatbelt handy. And… if your bank said you can't have your money today… or this week… what would you do?


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Finding the Right Site
Think about what kind of friends you are looking for and find the right space online to meet them.
- If you want to meet people who share your interests, join groups and conversations around those topics. Watch out for politics and religion though, talking about those topics online can get quite heated and sometimes lead to bullying instead of lasting friendships.
- If you want to meet other local moms in your community or moms with children the same age, there are many mom communities online where you can join groups for your children's age range or based on geographical location. Some cities also have amazing local mom community websites and listservs you can join to connect with large numbers of local moms.
- If you want to meet new friends who are going through other similar life experiences (taking care of an elderly parent, health issues, work/life balance etc.) you can also seek out groups online dedicated to those topics.
Signing Up
When you are joining a site where you are looking to make new friends, you want to share enough about yourself on your profile that other people can get a sense of who you are but also guard truly personal information to avoid problems down the line.
- You can use an alias like "NY Momma" or use just your first name or first name and last initial
- You should upload a personal icon but not necessarily a photo where you can be identified. Many women use photos of things they love (favorite book, flowers if they're a gardener etc). Other women use a picture of themselves where they can't be identified, or they use a similar shot of their kids.
- When filling in your profile, definitely add your favorite movies, books, life goals and ages of children but be guarded about your personal information.
- Don't share your location (you can be vague and say Boston area)
Never ever list your personal phone numbers, instant messaging name, or e-mail address.
Reaching Out to Make New Friends
Make sure you take some time to get the lay of the land for the new site you've joined. Read some posts that interest you and the comments that follow, observe a chat, and confirm that the overall tone of the people in the community is one that you think fits well with your personality.
Once you feel comfortable with the site you've selected, find some folks who you could see yourself connecting with and reach out. You can comment on one of their posts or respond to one of their comments.
Another great first step to meeting people is to ask a question. The people who answer you will be those who care about the same issue.
Taking an Online Friendship OfflineEven if you do meet someone online who you really connect with, you should proceed with caution when taking the friendship offline. There's no need to rush into a playdate at your house, instead opt to meet in a public place the first few times so you can make sure the offline connection feels both comfortable and safe.
What to Do if Bullied Online
Unfortunately, as in real life, you will no doubt encounter people you disagree with, people who are mean, and people you just don't care for on the sites you visit. In those cases you can usually just cease contact with those people and still enjoy other friends on the site.
You need to take further action though if you feel that someone online is and repeatedly tormenting, threatening, harassing, humiliating, embarrassing, or otherwise targeting you negatively.
- If you are being cyber-bullied on a website, first immediately stop the activities (i.e. exit the chat room, or don't post anymore comments on the article)
- Cease all contact with the bully going forward
- Make sure to save the messages from the bully and links to them if they are live on a community site
- If you are being bullied on a social network or online community, report the bullying to the customer support team there and ask for help
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Vulpe Blueblood
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Wed Jan 25, 2017 2:19 am
Aidan growled as he looked at the two Savino brothers guarding Carina. Even though she was wounded, and in perfect condition to take her.. He was weak right now. The brothers landed good hits on him, and he had just awaken from his hibernation. It was best for him to leave now..
He would be back.
"I'll be back to deal with you three later.."
He growled before he ran off, using his speed to disappear.
Once Aidan was gone, Vulpe came out from hiding a little. Her piercing blue eyes staring at the three. Though out of the three, her eyes stayed focused on Carina. This was the girl she heard so much about.
Yeah she looked like her, but there were little differences. Like the brown hair, the eyes, and her height. She was a bit shorter than Vulpe. She was also a lot more pure. And those little differences were big in reference to herself.
She waited a moment, wanting to see if Aidan would come back. But the moment she didn't feel him around her anymore, was when she finally relaxed.
Vulpe let down her guard, which immediately alerted the brothers.
"Show yourself!"
Damien suddenly yelled out as he held onto Carina. He had no idea who was watching them, but the presence didn't feel good. He held Carina closer to him, bowing in front of her just a little..
Though when Vulpe suddenly stepped out his eyes widened. He stayed still in shock before his eyes narrowed slightly.
"So you finally show yourself.."
He hissed a little. Of course that got him a look from his brother, but he didn't care right now...
She was the cause of all of this mess.
Carina Percy
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Wed Jan 25, 2017 2:48 am
Carina breathed heavily as Aidan growled at them before throwing out his threat. She involuntarily flinched, before feeling Damien's arms tighten more around her.
Everything had seemed to happen so fast when Aidan appeared and now it was all going by so slow. When Aidan left, Carina felt herself start to relax.
Maybe it was all over for now and she could rest...
Her eyes felt heavy and started to close before she felt Damien's body tense around her. When he suddenly shouted, her eyes snapped opened wide and she automatically clung to him once more.
Her head swiveled to the left and right, trying to see who had suddenly appeared. Something blue caught her eyes, causing her to look straight at it.
During the fight with Aidan, something happened and now she kept seeing colors around Lucas and Damien, even Aidan had a color. Damien was a fiery orange, while Lucas was a soft red.
When she had looked at Aidan, he had been pure black...
And she had never felt so scared in her life...
The blue she was seeing was calming, with a hint of sadness. Carina couldn't look away even when the woman stepped out of hiding.
Brown eyes grew wide when she saw the woman with blue hair and blue eyes, but looking extremely similar to Carina.
While she couldn't really agree that they looked identical, Carina could say they looked related, sisters even.
Lucas spoke above a whisper before Damien made his comment. Lucas shot his brother a look, before turning back to the woman who he once loved.
His stance was relaxed, but his voice was tense.
"What are you doing here?"
Lucas suddenly felt a mix of emotions inside of him the moment Vulpe had stepped into their sight. Part of him wanted to take her in his arms, while another part wanted get angry, and then there was another part that wanted to walk away.
His hands were in fits, but only because he didn't know what to do with himself.
Vulpe Blueblood
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Subject: Re: The Fated Meeting
Wed Jan 25, 2017 3:04 am
"Came to see why you've been looking for me... I see why now."
Vulpe said as she looked at Lucas for a brief second before her gaze went back to Carina. She took a few steps further, but made sure she was still far from them. She had no intention to fight, but how Damien was looking at her, she didn't know what to expect.
"I'd stop moving if I were you."
Vulpe looked at Damien and sent him a glare as her eyes glowed a bit.
"I'm not coming anywhere near you, so relax. I'm not in the mood for your threats. Especially when it's your fault that I had to come out of hiding."
She retorted which made Damien growl at her.
He was like a wolf now. Last time she saw Damien he was more of a thinker before an attacker. But now he rather fight before thinking. She hated it.
And Damien must've heard that, cause before she knew it, he was in her face.
"What did you just call me?"
Vulpe stood still and glared at him.
"You're just proving me right."
Damien growled at her remark and immediately went for an attack. But he did not once touch her, next thing he knew, he was the one on the ground with a broken arm and a hell in his lower stomach.
Vulpe had used her speed she had learned for moments like these, she immediately grabbed his arm and broke it before throwing him up in the air and kicking him down on the ground. Her boot's heel stabbing him as he landed. She was nothing like they had ever seen. She was faster, colder, and not to mention, darker.
"And this is the one thing I didn't want to do! Seriously, you two are the reason I'm here right now and you want to fight me?"
Vulpe hissed, baring her fangs before kicking Damien back to Carina.
Once he was far from her again, she took a deep breath. Though her eyes stayed on Carina and Damien. As she was refusing to look at Lucas.. It would hurt to look at him. But she knew what he was doing.. She couldn't bear to see the hurt in his eyes.
Carina Percy
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Wed Jan 25, 2017 3:32 am
"Came to see why you've been looking for me... I see why now."
Carina tensed when Vulpe turned her blue eyes to her. They had hoped for help and answers if they ever found Vulpe, but this wasn't what she had been expecting.
The woman felt so... cold. She almost wondered if it had been worth it to look for her.
Before Carina could figure out how to mentally react, Damien released her and went after Vulpe.
she weakly cried out, holding her injured arm close to her.
When he attack, Carina couldn't keep up with what happened and was suddenly seeing Damien on the ground, his arm broken and Vulpe holding him down with her foot. Fear went through Carina as she looked at the woman before her.
She was nothing like Lucas talked about. Was this even the same woman?
When Vulpe kicked Damien back to her, Carina gasped as she moved to him.
"Damien? Damien, are you okay?"
Lucas cursed a little at his brother's hotheadedness. He was still riled up from the fight.
"If you had come sooner, then maybe this meeting would be going differently,"
Lucas stated, noticing she wasn't look at him, even when he spoke.
He took a step towards her as he spoke.
"You know we need your help... You're the only one that knows anything about Aidan..."
Vulpe Blueblood
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Wed Jan 25, 2017 3:45 am
Vulpe stiffened when Lucas spoke Aidan's name. She looked more away from Lucas, not even looking at the other two now.
"If I had come sooner, I'd be dead."
Vulpe said before she went quiet, not answering Lucas' Aidan statement. He had no idea what Aidan had done to her.. And it was none of his business of what she found out while being with him.
She walked forward, ignoring Lucas now. She walked to Carina and squatted down to her level. Up close Carina could she how beautiful she was. And Vulpe could see the same. The pure innocence of Carina was gorgeous.. She almost envied her.
Damien went to get up to get her away from Carina, But Vulpe sent one glance at him and he immediately backed off. He didn't really want to fight after what she did to me.. Plus he needed to cool down. He would end up hurting Carina at this point. Not to mention his arm was healing.
Vulpe looked back at Carina and lifted her hand to touch her face. She caressed it as she stared at the young girl before her. Her eyes were almost soft, but before Carina could get swept away by her eyes. Vulpe suddenly pulled her hand away and bit her wrist. She then grabbed Carina by the back of her head and forced her mouth on her wrist.
She forced Carina to drink her blood before she forcefully pulled away and stood up. Immediately Carina's wounds were healed.
"There, now they won't have to worry over you."
She spoke. She knew Carina was probably the type to not like being forced to healed unnaturally, but Vulpe didn't care right now. All she could smell was that girl's blood, and if she hadn't done that, Carina would be dead.
Vulpe backed up as she watched the girl stare at her in disgust before she heard a growl come from behind her. It was Lucas' time to now get mad at her it seemed. Vulpe didn't look at him, just turned her head slightly.
"Oh? Was I not suppose to help her?"
She asked coldly.. She was pushing him.
Carina Percy
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Wed Jan 25, 2017 4:13 am
Carina's heart quickened when Vulpe walked to her. She felt her breath caught in her throat when the vampiress crouched down in front of her.
At seeing Vulpe up close, she could see a level of maturity and power she would never reach. How could people ever compare the two of them?
She felt her cool hand on her cheek, making Carina feel a little calmer. The gesture was almost comforting as she gazed into the eyes of the older woman. When Vulpe removed her hand, Carina blinked in surprise, before realizing too late what she was doing.
"No-!" Vulpe held Carina against her wrist, forcing her to taste the vampire blood.
Carina struggled, but Vulpe was too strong that she felt like she barely moved. Tears hit the corner of her eyes before she could stop them. Her fatigue was fading and her wounds were healing.
The moment Vulpe released her, Carina spit out what little blood she could, wiping her mouth vigorously. Her stomach churned as she glared at Vulpe in disgust. Lucas' growl reached her ears,
she spoke up, before Lucas could say a word.
Standing up, she glared hard at the woman before her.
"I wasn't even that badly wounded! You could have at least asked me if I was okay with drinking your blood! How do you call that helping? Helping would be us talking about Aidan and how to stop him, not forcing me to drink your blood!"
she said, throwing her hands behind her.
Suddenly, her hands glowed purple, just before a light shot out of them and hit the tree behind her. The tree erupted into flames.
Vulpe Blueblood
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Subject: Re: The Fated Meeting
Wed Jan 25, 2017 5:26 pm
Vulpe didn't look at Carina when she got up and started to yell at her. She listened as her gaze landed on a tree. She let her finish, and when she did, a light shot out of Carina's hands and onto a tree. It erupted in flames. This made Vulpe closed her eyes and let out a breath. This girl really thought it was all about helping her, huh?
And before Carina could say anything else, Vulpe shot her a very cold, and cruel glare before she suddenly back handed her. Which caused Carina to fall a few feet from Vulpe. It was a bit too strong of a slap, but Vulpe didn't care now. She didn't want to hurt the girl, but she was annoying her. She looked at the girl who now looked upon her not only disgust, but surprised.
"Listen here, I didn't just do it to heal you. Your blood was stinking up this place and if I hadn't had done that.. You'd be dead right now. Cause unlike the brothers you hang with, I don't mind killing a few humans."
Vulpe said as her eyes narrowed into a cruel, frightening glare.
"And I refuse to help you. I only came here to tell you three to leave me alone and keep my damn name out of your mouths."
Vulpe hissed.
Damien was gonna attack Vulpe for hitting Carina, but the moment he saw the cold glare that Vulpe processed his eyes widened.. She turned her humanity off. That was the only way she'd act like this. There was no vampire who didn't have their humanity on and still gave a look like that.
"Lucas, her humanity's off!"
Damien yelled at him before he put his arm back in place, yelling as he did. He then stood up and went on defensive.
"Vulpe, you need to help us. He is after Carina for a reason we don't know. If you're afraid he is after you, he isn't. He said nothing about you during this fight."
The moment Damien yelled about Humanity, Vulpe froze. Was he really that dumb? She let out a little growl.
"My humanity isn't off you fucking idiot. It went whe-,"
Vulpe stopped herself,
"I'm not explaining myself."
Vulpe said before she looked down at Carina.. She wanted to mouth sorry to her, but she needed to teach the two men a lesson. Cause it seemed they were going to come after her now.
Better take care of Carina before she sees all of this. And with a swift move, Vulpe was now in front of her. She smirked at her before she suddenly kicked her in the head. She kicked her just enough to knock her out. And the moment she did she heard Damien's vicious growl. But he did not attack, he knew he couldn't.
Damien wanted to attack, but he knew he would only fuel Vulpe. So the moment she looked away from them, he looked at Lucas and mouthed at him to do something. Cause after all, that was his wife still.
Carina Percy
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Subject: Re: The Fated Meeting
Thu Jan 26, 2017 12:49 am
Carina jumped when the tree behind burst into flames. Looking behind her, she stared wide-eyed. Did she do that? What was going on?
Turning back to Vulpe, she froze at the cold look she gave her. Before she could blink, Vulpe back slapped her. Carina let out a shout of pain and surprise as she fell back. Breathing heavily, she held her cheek, her eyes getting more wet from tears. Looking back at the blue haired woman, the brunette looked at her with shock.
What the? Why did she do that?
At Vulpe's comment about, Carina shrank back. Vulpe drank humans? And she didn't want to help? This wasn't the woman she had expected, everything about her was nothing like what Lucas had told her. The cruel look she gave her made her start to shake.
Carina sat up a little, trying to ignore the stinging of her cheek.
Before she could finish her thought, Damien shouted about Vulpe having her humanity switched off. Could that be it?
She flinched when she heard Damien put his arm back into place. He tried to make Vulpe see reason for helping them, but it didn't seem like she cared.
Carina didn't remove her eyes from Vulpe, not sure what the woman would do next. When their eyes connected, Carina had to fight to not look away.
In a split second, Vulpe was right in front of her, causing her to gasp and jump. Carina caught the smirk before Vulpe suddenly kicked her in the head, leaving her in darkness.
In a swift movement, Lucas was in front of Vulpe, staring her down.
"Everything you've done has been uncalled for, Vulpe,"
he growled in a low voice.
He had seen Damien's mouthing and had decided to do something even before his brother urged him to. Vulpe had been his wife and part of him felt everything that had been happening had been his fault.
"If you're not going to explain yourself to him, explain it to
he almost whispered to her, his gaze softening just a little.
"Do you truly feel you don't owe me that much?"
Slowly, he reached his hand up to her cheek, letting a little of his emotion to be shown to her. The anger, the hurt, the feeling of wanting to understand...
Even the love he still felt for her...
"Please... Lynette..."
His voice was softer and his gaze looked at her as if she was the only person in the world.
"If you know something about how she looks like you... at least tell us that..."
Vulpe Blueblood
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Thu Jan 26, 2017 1:06 am
Vulpe froze a little when Lucas popped up in front of her. She had no idea he was going to act so fast. Her eyes stared at his chest. He was still taller than her. And the moment she heard him whisper to her, her eyes lifted up to look at him. Immediately regretting it the moment she did.
She saw his look which caused her to cringe a little. He then asked her if she really felt like she didn't owe him anything. She was going to turn away from him, but his hand caressed her cheek. And before she could fight him off, he used his power to show her what he was feeling. Before he knew it, the hard exterior Vulpe was holding faded a little.
Then he called her Lynnette, the special nickname he gave her after knowing all about her. She was almost swept away by it, but suddenly flashes of what Aidan had done to her came to her mind. This made her back away from him, forcing his hand off of her. But... it wasn't fast enough.
Lucas was able to see just a little bit of what Aidan had done to her. He was able to see why Vulpe disappeared. What did he see?
He saw how Aidan kidnapped her, and held her hostage. The last image she saw was Vulpe bloodied and weakened screaming for Aidan to stop. Of course Vulpe had no idea she had done this. It was a power that recently came to her after a full moon. This was the second time it had been activated.
"Don't call me that.."
Vulpe hissed, backing more away from him. Though she couldn't back up anymore as a tree came from nowhere and blocked her. Her blue hair fell in front of her face as she continued to glare at Lucas. Though the glare was weak and looked like she was just trying to push him away..
She was scared. Scared of telling him. She knew, she knew everything, but she didn't want Aidan after her again. But she had to.. Vulpe looked at Damien before her eyes suddenly turned red. And next thing Damien knew, her and Lucas could no longer be seen.
"I can't tell you."
Vulpe suddenly spoke out.
Lucas Savino
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Thu Jan 26, 2017 3:04 am
Lucas almost had the Vulpe he knew back. Someone who he knew cared and would help him. A small thing of hope filled him when he saw the hard exterior begin to fade.
Then she backed away, but not before something flashed in his mind's eye. As he worked to comprehend what he was seeing, Lucas dropped his hand to his side.
As fast as the images appeared, they were gone, but the last one left a permanent scarring on his heart.
"Don't call me that.."
Vulpe hissed, causing him to stop himself.
He watched her back up into the tree, feeling unsure of how to proceed. Feelings that had been buried deep for almost a century. Seeing her there before him, Lucas wanted to take her into his arms and hold her til she finally felt safe again.
He hardly noticed when she glanced away from him. He didn't even notice her eyes changing colors for he kept seeing her as the victim that Aidan made her be.
"I can't tell you."
He took a step towards her, his eyes never leaving hers.
"Please... you're safe now... Lynette..."
He made it to her and brushed her hair out of her face.
"Don't run anymore... please."
Without thinking about it, he engulfed her into his arms, his face buried in her beautiful blue hair.
"Come home..."
he whispered into her hair, taking in her scent and her body against his.
Vulpe Blueblood
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Thu Jan 26, 2017 3:47 am
Vulpe looked at him as he told her she was safe. She immediately shook her head. No she wasn't, she was never safe as long as Aidan lived. She went to move away from him as he brushed her hair, but she couldn't move. Her needs were taking over, and her needs wanted him, wanted him to save her.. God why did he have to do this to her?
Vulpe turned away just a little when he asked her not to run anymore.
"I can-"
Vulpe gasped a little as she felt him take her into his arms. Causing her to shake a little. He then told her to come home, causing tears to fill up her eyes.
Just then, Lucas saw everything Aidan had done to her after she disappeared. How he tortured her, how he raped her, and how he made sure every time she was pregnant he would take care of it. And the scene of her begging him to leave her alone was when he took her in the most violent ways...
Vulpe was hung against the ceiling, bruised, scratched, naked, and near death.
The scene then skipped to where she was able to snap his neck. It showed her transformation to who she was today before she ran off. Thus telling Lucas she had been on the run ever since. And this was the first time Vulpe was seeing the images as well. So when they stopped, she gasped loud and fell against the tree a little.
Her eyes looked wide in shock.. What kind of power was that? She only had the invisible spell. She looked at him again as tears fell down her cheeks.
"Now do you see why I can't? Do you want to put Carina in danger?! Do you want our daught-."
She suddenly covered her mouth and looked away from Lucas.
Carina wasn't their daughter.. She never was. But she was the incarnation of their daughter. But instead of looking like the both of them, Carina looked like Vulpe.. It was the reason she wanted to stay out of this.
Lucas Savino
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Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:57 pm
Lucas' arms tightened around Vulpe as he saw what Aidan had done to her. It angered him, chilled him to the bone...
He lifted his head to look down at her, his eyes filled with compassion and sorrow. At the mention of Carina being their daughter his eyes widened, causing him to look towards Carina and his brother.
"What are you saying?"
he asked, looking back down at Vulpe.
"She's already in danger, Lynette. Aidan has already come after her?"
Caressing her cheek, he leaned his forehead against hers.
"We need your help. You're the only one who knows anything about Aidan and why he's after Carina.... Please, Lynette... I need you..."
Without giving her time to respond, he closed the gap between them and kissed her lips. Holding her close to him, he filled the kiss with the passion that had been locked inside him.
When she struggled a little against him, Lucas pinned her against the tree, refusing to break their kiss just yet.
Did she even know how much he missed her? How badly he had wanted to hold her again?
Carina groaned a little, waking up. Moving to sit up, she placed a hand on her head, right where Vulpe had kicked her. The pain was already fading because of the vampire blood in her.
"That was a little much..."
she mumbled, before sitting up fully, only for her head to smack into something.
Carina fell back onto the ground, holding her forehead.
Opening one eye, she watched as Damien helped her sit back up.
"Has anyone told you that you have a head that's like a brick?"
she mumbled, rubbing her forehead.
"What happened? Where's Lucas and Vulpe?"
Carina asked as she looked around and realized they were alone now.
Vulpe Blueblood
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Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:19 pm
"I'm not saying anything.."
Vulpe protested, she was already too much in danger now. She shouldn't even have been here long. She closed her eyes as she lowered her head when he spoke about Carina already being in danger. Vulpe even flinched a little at him placing his hand on her cheek. Blue eyes slowly looking up at him when his forehead went against hers.
He pleaded for her to tell him, but all she could do was shake her head no. No matter how much she wanted to tell him, she couldn't.. If Aidan found out she had helped them, he would do worse than he already had done. And she didn't want that... Not again.
Though before she could think anymore of it, Lucas kissed her without any warning. Her blue eyes widened as she stood there in shock. It took her a moment to realize what was happening, so when she realized it, she immediately struggled against him.
Her hands gripped his shirt hard when he pinned her against the tree. Tears immediately falling down her cheeks as he refused to let her go. Her eyes closed shut as she did one more struggle attempt before she melted into the kiss a little. Her whole body shook while tears fell down her cheeks.
Yes she still loved him, and yes she still needed him, but she was afraid of hurting him. This was going to put him more in danger.. And she didn't want it. So maybe she could use that power from before? Maybe she could show him what she knew?
And just as she thought that, her thoughts immediately went to who and what Carina was. Why Aidan wanted her.. Why she was so important. And these thoughts immediately went into Aidan's head.
Aidan wanted Carina for she was Vulpe and Lucas' reincarnation of their daughter. Cursed to look like Vulpe. But she lived due to she wasn't born with blue hair. Something happened but she was also born as a witch. Aidan wants Carina for she holds powers to destroy him..
Once the thoughts stopped, Vulpe's other power disappeared too. Revealing her and Lucas kissing.
"Agh! Ow!"
Damien suddenly shouted as he hit heads with Carina.
"Jesus, Carina!"
Damien groaned before he looked down at her. He then moved to help her up.
"I was said to be hard headed."
Damien joked as he pulled her onto her feet.
Damien then looked around to see where Vulpe and Lucas went, they were no where. They had disappeared from his sight and he hadn't been able to find him.
"I don't know, I think Vulpe did something.. Cause they were there and then they were gone."
Damien said as he continued to look around.
He held Carina close to him as he looked. He continued to look until Vulpe and Lucas suddenly appeared by the tree again.. And this time, they were kissing. Which made his eyes widened.
"Well... they're back."
Damien said as he examined the situation. It seemed Lucas had caused the kiss, cause it was Vulpe who was crying and pinned against the tree. Though the kiss didn't last much longer after Vulpe saw they could see them.
Vulpe opened her eyes once the information to Lucas was given. And when she did, she noticed Carina and Damien looking at them both. This caused her eyes to widen before she pushed Lucas away. Her back suddenly turning towards Carina and Damien. While her side was facing Lucas now..
She needed to get it together..
"You have your information now..."
Vulpe said, her voice weak and soft.. It was clear he got to her. But it still showed how scared she was.
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Carina's heart skipped a beat when Damien held her close to him.
"Oh! Are you okay?"
she asked, turning to him, looking over the areas she knew he had gotten hurt in earlier.
Ah... all healed, I don't know why I keep asking...
She thought, feeling slightly embarrassed for forgetting the fact that he would heal fast.
When he mentioned that they were back, she turned her head to see Vulpe pull away from Lucas.
"What... what just happened?"
she whispered to Damien, not understanding how the couple was suddenly back.
Lucas kept his eyes on Vulpe, his eyes searching hers. Without saying a word, he held his hand out to her, wanting her to take it.
"You don't have to be alone... please..."
He spoke softly to her, desperately wanting her back in his arms.
"Please... don't run anymore... Come home..."
He loved her, he needed her with him. The thought of not knowing where she was tore him a part once... He didn't think he could go through it again.
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"I have no idea... But maybe it's a good thing?"
Damien whispered back before he looked at Carina.
"How about we get out of here? I don't think he can accomplish much with both of us here staring at them."
He said before he picked Carina up.
"I know you hate it when I do this, but forgive me this one time? Lucas is the only one who could get Vulpe on our side. And you know how much that girl means to him. He'll meet us back at your house."
Damien said with a small smirk.
"Again, forgive me."
Damien said before he suddenly rushed off to Carina's house.
The moment Vulpe sensed that Damien was gone, was when she finally looked at Lucas. She then looked at his hand.
"Where is home exactly? Cause I don't have one."
Vulpe asked as she continued to look at his hand. It was clear she was trying to get her guard up again, but she was kind of failing. She let out a sigh and finally looked up at him.
"I'm not the same woman you were married to Lucas.. I won't be taking orders lightly. I'll help you three, but on my terms. I refuse to be caught again. So I will be hiding at Carina's house until all of this is over."
Vulpe said before she saw him cringe a little.
"I don't give a damn if Carina isn't going to like it. She isn't the one who will be killed first if Aidan finds out I'm here. And I refuse to go back.. So if your brother or Carina betray me, I'll betray them. No ifs, ands, or buts."
Vulpe demanded as she stood there, tears filling up her eyes once more.
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Carina bit her bottom lip lightly at his comment.
she started, but was cut off when Damien picked her up in his arms.
Her arms quickly went around his neck, before she gave him a look. Even though he knew how much she hated and how it could make her a little nauseous, he still did it anyways.
Before she could speak her mind, he told her once again to forgive him and she knew he was going to take off. Quickly, she laid her head on the crook of his neck and held herself tightly too him.
Please don't let me get sick... You're making up for this later, Damien!
She thought, hoping the last part reached his mind, just before she felt the rush of him speeding to her house.
"With me,"
Lucas quickly and confidently said.
"Home is with me."
He refused to lower his hand, wanting her to willingly take it. At her demands though, about staying at Carina's, he cringed a little.
A sigh left him at her next words.
"They won't betray you... I won't let them,"
he promised her, stepping closer to her.
"Just... promise not to run, stay with us, even if it seems impossible. Don't leave us. Don't leave
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The previous time I had the opportunity to stay in MBS, my friends and I were eager and excited to visit Ku De Ta for the first time. We heard about the $50 cover charge on usual nights, but on that fateful night it was free entry, so we decided to check it out!
Much to our disappointment, the place was filled with socialites and people of finer standings. There was a supposed dancefloor, but it was empty throughout the time we were there, and the music were not the usual beats you get at Zouk or Butter. People were mostly mingling amongst themselves and drinking champagne.
Even though the place wasn't exactly crowded, it took us quite awhile before we finally managed to secure a seat. The place certainly wasn't big, there are only a handful of sofas, mostly it was just tables whereby people had to stand around. There were more beautiful and comfortable couches at the back, but that area was for members-only.
One redeeming factor of Ku De Ta would be the awesome view it offers. Located at the highest level of MBS, you will be blown-away by the spectacular skyline of Singapore City in the night.
All-in-all, I find Ku De Ta a really classy place, not really suitable for a simpleton like me. If you are looking for a place to party and have fun, Ku De Ta is definitely not a choice location.
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I'd been to the Observation Deck at MBS before, so had never really seen the point of visiting Ku De Ta for over priced drinks and a view I had already paid to see. But when my friend visited and dragged me to the bar, I had to eat my words as I realised that it was actually a really lovely bar. The beer that I had wasn't the most expensive that I've ever had in my life, and the view is free, unlike the skydeck which is just underneath, something that to me doesn't really make much sense.
Service took a while, but then again I am at one of the most popular spots in Singapore, so that's to be expected really. Being able to enjoy the view of Singapore when at such an amazing bar is something you can't really describe, and it's a pretty fancy so I wouldn't recommend trying to rock up in just shorts and flip flops.
I'd say that it's good for a one time trip, you can get similar views at many other bars for a cheaper price, and unless you can splash the cash you can't spend your whole night there. It's more of an opportunity to show off Singapore to your visiting friends or family, and is a place that everyone should go a least once.
Well, pretty much what everyone has said here, the view you get from the bar is amazing. The ambience is really great. But make sure you don't bring an empty wallet, because the drinks here are really pricey.
But I'm someone who really values my surrounding atmosphere, and something small can kill my mood easily. You don't get the usual crowds like the bars around clarke quay so I think it's perfect simply sitting around and soaking in the serene environment, while sipping wine or cocktails.
That said, it's definitely not for party-goers who are looking for some serious clubbing or drinking, or you might just really burn a hole in that wallet. It's nice to come here just once in a while - I'd probably get bored if I make it a frequent affair, and my wallet honestly can't sustain such a luxurious indulgence.
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KuDeTa, carrying the name of the famous Balinese beachfront club, allows patrons a full view of the city from the top of Singapore's most iconic building. The crowd and atmosphere suits a more chilled night, rather than a crazy drunken experience, although you do get the occasional rowdy bunch.
KuDeTa is known for their 'unique' cocktails, such as Wassup, B?, which is a cocktail of secret wasabi mary with Grey Goose vodka and a wasabi grilled prawn.
As the previous reviewer said, be prepared to pay the 50SGD entry, but to some the breathtaking view and the chilled out atmosphere may just be worth it. In my opinion, it is only worth it if you are allowed into the VIP section. If not, it might be a better play to head to other rooftop bars such as Lantern (Fullerton Bay).
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The name itself sounds delectably expensive. Located atop the highest level of the Marina Bay Sands, Ku De Ta is both a restaurant and a luxurious nightclub for those who love to party in style. The club dynamics range from hotel guests to expatriates to Singaporeans willing to pay to have a good time. With an older crowd, ranging from the late twenties to early forties, do not expect a rowdy, drunkard scene at this place.
With a slightly smaller dance floor for dancing, Ku De Ta expands out into the balcony, facing the stellar skyline of Singapore; the perfect place to sip margaritas and mingle with new acquaintances. The VIP section comprises a terrace filled with more spacious couches, reminiscent of a beach patio, for couples to lounge around under the stars and a more private bar for more drinks.
Unless you know the dancers or someone who can get you in the club for free, be expected to pay a minimum of 50 dollars cover charge (inclusive of a free drink). I managed to get into the club for free and party in the VIP area because I had a friend whose friends were dancing that night at the club. Drinks were not free though. I paid 26 dollars for a lychee concoction aptly named "Lady be Mine", causing a slight dent in my wallet for a measly drink, but it was worth every dollar. Even a simple gin and tonic would set you back 25 dollars.
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"Just breathing isn't living!" - Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna
Like most of you, I knew 2017 wasn't going to be the greatest. The political climate was horrible, work was stressing me out and I started my New Year with what felt like the superflu from Stephen King's The Stand. It all looked bleak, but I am nothing if not an optimist. Maybe, just maybe I could make 2017 work.
Narrator: She didn't make this year work.
Presenting My 2017 Year in Review.
One of the first things I did was start this blog. I named it after a quote from Final Fantasy 3 (you can read more here) which was ironically a game I was re-playing in a direct attempt to avoid writing. I thought a blog would kick-start me into getting words down again and so I introduced The Licentious Howler - a blog about nothing in particular. The goal was to update it frequently and put my oh-so-clever thoughts out there for all too see.
Narrator: NONE of the ideas were clever. And she updated it maybe once a month.
National Novel Writing Month, submit all the articles I've been thinking of writing for publication and get those 25 short story ideas out of my head and on to paper. Well...I continued writing here. Once a month. If that.
Narrator: Told you.
Of course there was always social media to distract me, especially Twitter which is great for talking with fellow writers,
conversing with people all over the world about horror movies, etc. But
even that turned sour. I would go online to find racists, Nazis and
xenophobes now emboldened by somebody who was their baby-king. And so
I'd sit there, slack-jawed wanting to send out a silly tweet about, I dunno, cake
or something, but instead of delicious cake, I found myself writing angry tweets to people who apparently
loved racism, Nazis and xenophobia. For someone who has to work quite a
bit, social media was sort of an outlet. Now it was becoming a pit of
vipers. It seemed like the lunatics had taken over the asylum. And my cake? Well, it was a lie.
Narrator: I hate Trump.
Me too Narrator! We should totally go out for coffee sometime!
Narrator: No.
However, there was one thing that kept me going through the horrible first half of the year. In July, 52 members of my family and extended family were going to go on a European vacation. That meant one thing - I had to get in shape. I was going to be lean, mean and ripped, like 'Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2' kind of ripped. Never mind the fact that I can barely lift a 3 lb dumbbell without straining. I was going to be so in shape y'all. I had a gym membership and everything. But you know, work was busy and I had a lot of time demands.
It didn't happen, but there was still my trip though and I was super-excited because I had never been to Europe. I was going to have the time of my life and visit places I've only ever read about. The idea kept me going through all the nonsense and craziness. Of course my boss let me know, right before I left that she had been laid off. so I didn't even know if I would have a job when I came back. Of course. Because the high-pitched girlie optimism of little Miss Pollyanna had to be put to the test somehow.
But guess what happened? I actually had a blast. We started out in Barcelona, then visited France and Italy. And I think I have a love affair going with Rome. I want to marry it.
Narrator: Hell's "lesser demons"? Don't flatter yourself. You're an imp if that.
You know what 'Narrator I created in my brain'? Shut up. I created you, I can "uncreate" you.
Narrator: But then this post wouldn't be nearly as entertaining now, would it?
Stop bothering me with facts.
Anyway, I came back exhausted but eager to see what the rest of the year would bring. Since the first half had sucked donkey cojones I thought the second half had to be better, right? I apparently still had a job which is nice because steady income and insurance makes life a little easier. But I was working from home and it was pretty darn draining. In theory, it sounds wonderful. You roll out of bed, grab some coffee, get to your laptop, and start answering your emails in your PJs. But before you know it's after 6, you haven't left the house, you haven't had face to face communication with an actual human being all day, and no, Skype meetings don't count. Eventually doing things like brushing your hair and showering becomes optional. Day after day, I'd sit there, headset seemingly permanently attached to my brain, remembering that awesome sunset in Naples.and wondering how the hell I got back to this.
Shush you! The funny thing was, this tweet wasn't political. It wasn't mean-spirited. It wasn't controversial. It was just a nice little movie fact I posted. Judd Apatow retweeted me. It wasn't as nice as when Cher replied
to something I wrote or Eric Idle retweeted me, but it was nice
And full disclosure - I only knew this fact because I always had a crush on stuffy Brit man who gets killed in the tube. Sue me - I like them, those stuffy Brit guys.
Narrator: Oh so you're joining us on the pessimist side?
Maybe. But you know what? I think things WILL change. I think I can make it - no, I KNOW I will make it awesome. I can feel it. 2018 is DEFINITELY going to be my year. C'mon 2018! Bring it.


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