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"A profusion of pink roses bending ragged in the rain speaks to me of all gentleness and its enduring."

~ William Carlos Williams

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Finally updated my bloggie. FINALLY!!!! 

Busy day today i guess...

Taught my tuition kid in the morning... he's finally hardworking. I can feel he's making an effort to listen and know what i've been trying to teach him for the past year. Finally! That's great news but, hmmm.. he's still lazy. Hopefully he's more interested in Maths then before.. Hopefully...

Then was Piano Class... surprisely, no nagging from my teacher, although there was frequent breakdowns in my three exam pieces because not practising my piano at all for the past weeks because of exams and projects. But i'm determined! To practise my piano daily during my 3 weeks of holidays! I still remembered during my persuasion class with Dr. Andrew Sachs, in order to do what you plan to do. you have to write it down, and you WILL do it. I WILL PRACTISE MY PIANO PIECES DAILY DURING MY 3 WEEKS OF HOLIDAYS! I WILL! ha ha.. hopefull it works!

Well, i just lurved it when my parents ask me, how long is your hoiliday? "3 weeks", i answered. "SO LONG!!! What are you going to do?", they repied with the stunned voice. "I'm gonna stay at home" i replied calmly. Hahaha.. they went speechless. YEAH!!!

Went home after class and slacked, waiting for time to pass to go for soccer match. Told my parents i need to drive, and finally, i removed the self-revoked status of my driving license. Taking cabs in Singapore can kill, especiall during peak hours and when you need a cab urgently. Paying just SURCHARGE for a cab is seriously so not worth it. Thus, i intend to remove that self-revoked status and start to drive.

Picked Bryan up. Told him, i have not been driving for a LONG time, you have just boarded the pirate's car. Speechless he went. Then picked BABY up, hmmm... can't stand him heaving sighs, i'm more anxious and "gan cheong" then he is! Is it that stressful to sit in my car?? Thanks to the GPS system, got to sembawang secondary. Thankfully i could park properly and nicely at the multi-storey carpark. I have not parked in HDB multi-storey carparks before. That's scary. Skinny ramps and tight parking lots. Madness!

Went to the field. Gate was locked. After ordering my Mac, i was told that the match was cancelled. Oh Shooooot!!!!! They guys didn't wanna go home, they played at the nearby field. So drove over to another multi-storey carpark to park my car. Sat at the sides, watching the guys play for like 20 mins, and i can't take the scorching sun. It's torturing. You can feel the sun rays burning on your skin! It's certainly not nice at all to be at that place. So i decided to drive my car down. Parked at some loading/unloading bay of the block and waited for them. Asked yingying and qiuxin to join me to in the car. Can't believe i spent like 1 hour 15 mins in the car waiting for the boys. Discussing about the songs we heard over the radio. Boy are we patient girlfriends! The boys should glad to have such patient girlfriends *evil grin*.

Finally i can see the boys walking from the field towards us. Finally. As usual, dilly dallying, cleaning themselves up, packing their stuff, etc. They are damn slow, very wishy washy. Even my baby!!! Saw this baby?? Then after discussing, finally to causeway point for dinner. So tired by then! Went to fodcourt for dinner, ate and left. Felt so bad cause qiuxian wanna go to the funfair but, i was very tired, and i still have to drive back, so i have to leave early, that was so unusual of sabbie. But wat to do?

Got to the car, baby figetted wit the GPS system to get directions to his house but it wasn't working. Thanks GPS. When i needed it the most, it failed me!!!!! So David and Josiah suggested that we should follow our intuition and i landed us at Mandai. But we finally got back to Baby's house, den to Josiah's and Ted's place, den to david's place den to bryan's den finlly to mine.

Long day i had! Blogging with a glass of "lychee" white wine. It tastes good. I just loved the lychee aftertaste. The wine seller says, it's not made from lychee, it's due to the cork and stuff etc, perhaps, after my rest tonight, i shall go research on it tomorrow and blog about it tomorrow.

Can't wait to go to milky way for my new hair cut tomorrow with my mummy. But guess not much difference because of the long hair.

Night sweeties~!
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Saturday, April 7, 2007

QotW10: A Singaporean's Second Life 

One thing I hated most about Second Life (SL) is it's ORIENTATION ISLAND!!! i got stuck with it for like 3 times, re-did their tutorial, especially MOVE for like umpteen of times!!! But finally, i got through all of them!

Then the Help Island. I reached there, so lost. Aimless, did not know what to do. And went to look for that green arrow, to exit to Main Island.
I visited the Singaporean landmarks that our fellow citizens have created. At that time when i logged in, that place is Soul-less. No one except me! But there's this place, "Sky Tower Serenity", it's full to the max, guess all the Singaporeans are in there.
Aniway, here are the landmarks that i have a visited. I believe this is could serve as a simple guide to where you will be able to find Singaporeans around. The coordinates are given, so you can easily search for the place and teleport there.
(1) Peranakan Corner - Featuring Straits Chinese Culture & Tradition

It's me infront of the Pernakan Corner's Door.

Showcasing the arts and culture of the Straits Chinese in Asia and Singapore
Area: 3840 sq. m.
Hyperborea 233, 207, 23


(2) Singapore Virtual Xin Pat Sat (Retrofitting)


Aerial View of Xin Pat Sat. Still quite empty though.

A taste of the Singapore Marketplace in SL. Radar, Bunkers, Military, Missile, Designer, Food, Chicken Rice, Asia, Builder

Area: 2560 sq. m.
Smoky 52, 45, 40
(3) The Thinc Cafe & Beach Bar, Singapore
This place is cool. Nice retro chairs. They even have a pool table and a cool swimming pool to chill in with all the fellow Singaporeans!

The retro creative hangout for all SL Singaporeans (and all beachbums!). Check out retro designer chairs! Lounge in 80s music!
Area: 4096 sq. m.
Serenity Islands CTR 222, 238, 22

(4) Sky Tower Serenity, Singapore
It was full when i want to be teleported there. Hopefully next time!

Sky Station above & Tower below.
Area: 2560 sq. m.
Spinach 92, 44, 507

(5) Singapore

Familiar right!! It's Singapore's Bus Stop with our SBS Transit Bus!!!

When i saw the No Smoking sign, i told myself i have to take this snap shot! No Smoking in th hawker centres even in Second Life Singapore ya!
It's Suntec's Fountain of Wealth!!! **Huat!!
Hawker centre stalls in Second Life? Hmm. I want char kway teow! More cockles!!!

Area: 15584 sq. m.
Lion City 130, 129, 23
Found this other place that many would find familiar! It's Ministry of Sound!!!! But not our local one, too bad. Perhaps someone should create Ministry of Sound Singapore in Second Life!!!

Didn't get the chance to visit virtual MoS. It was closed when i was there!

Minstry of Sound Night Club
Area: 32768 sq. m.
Glee 113, 179, 35

About Landmark: Singapore

I can see that the builders of Singapore are trying to build a Second Life Singapore with landmarks that we Singaporeans are familiar with. I saw our SBS bus, our local bus stops, Suntec's Fountain of Wealth, Peranaken Houses and our local scene of coffeeshops, those old open shop concept where you will sip your hot coffee under trees while you talk and catch up with your fellow friends.

When i first saw the hawker stalls in Second Life, i laughed! "What? Hawker stalls in Second Life? Hahaha... What are they gonna sell?". I can't wait for the stall owners to come in with their food most probaly Singapore Delicies like Laksa, Char Kway Teow, Chicken Rice?

It does gets more interesting when i see places that i am familiar with. I feel less lost. It gives you a feeling of home in "Second Life". Perhaps those Singaporeans that are not residing in Singapore would find SL bringing them closer to home with our popular landmarks in Singapore.

Hopefully in the near future we'll see HDB flats and other memorable lankmarks from Singapore in Second Life!

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