Blog post 2

Hi there, welcome to second life. Here is our secret spot. Since you just arrive, the first thing you can do is shopping at Freebie Galaxy. Most of the items there are free. You can purchase anything such as outfits, decorations, and buildings. But first of all, let me show you our five important spots. We will hold some great activities there. Remember to add them to your landmarks since it will be more convenient for you to find in the future. 

Home spot.

First, you can open the world map and type in the location box, 92.220.29 .  Then click the teleport button. You will be teleported to a place in Motru area. This place is near the avenue.You will right see a yellow school bus, yellow fog and a green board. The green boards mark our five spots so you will also see them in other spots. And when you look up, you will see a giant photo of our three friends. They were close friends and fought together for building a greater empire . The five spots were just created by them.

First spot.

An avenue behind the first spot.

Oops I spent too much time talking about those old stories. It’s time to show you the second spot which is in Hilbert area. Please type 5,235,50 in the location box and teleport yourself there. The green board is at the right side of pine trees. And there is a Gamer Girl Belt above the board. When you walk around, you will find yourself surrounded by many huge boards. They are the articles or journals we wrote before. We love to share our ideas here and record on the boards. 

The second spot.

         While you walk closer, you can see countless butterflies. It is believed that couples who see the cluster of butterflies together could accompany each other for the rest of their lives.

The second spot with butterflies around.

            It’s so romantic, right? I almost burst into tears. But we have to visit the third place now. You just turn right and walk straight then you will find the green board. For your reference, the location number is 82,253,44. The green board is nailed on the cypress tree. And on the right side, there are two wooden houses. 

The third spot.

Well I guess it’s time to take you to the welcome party. Time for beers and dance. Yeah. It is hold at our fourth spot. The location number is 161, 227, 46. You will see a gazebo with yellow dome and six white collars. The green board is nailed on the hedges. There is an angel statue on your right side. Before the welcome party begins, you might stroll around or run at ease since the vast prairie is on your left side. Or maybe take a look at our photos near the gazebo.

The fourth spot.

By the way, the fifth spot is just behind the gazeboo. The location number is 155,192,44. Many people love to take picture at the Hedge Entrance. There are two patrons at the entrance, one with black outfits and the other with red dress and wings. Besides, the cluster of butterflies and pink flowers are not only for decorations, they might bite boring people. So watch out. Just forget vexation and show your craziness here. Get ready to party!

   

 

The fifth spot.

The patron flowers.

         The map below can guide you to the above five spots. Have fun!

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[17:43] ruby101102502: hey~~

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[17:47] tonylu5656: 安安

[17:47] ruby101102502: hi

[17:52] tonylu5656: Oh I met you Ruby!

[17:52] tonylu5656: Glad to see you

[17:52] ruby101102502: how can we get to those location?

[17:52] tonylu5656: We are like 牛郎織女

[17:53] tonylu5656: It's hard for us to meet each other

[17:55] tonylu5656: Let's take a snapshot before we go to the other places

[17:55] ruby101102502: sure!! Let's do it!

[17:58] tonylu5656: first, we should let our faces to face the camera.

[17:58] ruby101102502: ok got it

[17:58] ruby101102502: which gesture do you like

[17:58] tonylu5656: Do you have any post idea?

[17:58] tonylu5656: Oh

[17:58] tonylu5656: let me check

[17:59] ruby101102502: this one is good haha

[17:59] ruby101102502: or laughing

[17:59] ruby101102502: how to do that?

[17:59] ruby101102502: muscle gesture

[17:59] tonylu5656: yeah

[17:59] tonylu5656: you are right

[17:59] tonylu5656: let's do it together after you find it

[18:00] tonylu5656: Do you find it

[18:00] ruby101102502: not yet

[18:01] tonylu5656: you can just click on it twice

[18:02] tonylu5656: If you don't have the muscle gesture we can tryb another one

[18:03] tonylu5656: Okay

[18:04] tonylu5656: let's take a picture together

[18:04] ruby101102502: ok!

[18:08] ruby101102502: we can go

[18:08] tonylu5656: SURE

[18:08] tonylu5656: let's try destination no.5

[18:08] ruby101102502: ok let's do it

[18:10] tonylu5656: I think there is a pool near it

[18:10] tonylu5656: Do you find it??

[18:10] ruby101102502: wait a minute

[18:11] ruby101102502: let's teleport to 91.240.21

[18:14] tonylu5656: where r u Ruby?

[18:14] tonylu5656: I can't find you

[18:14] ruby101102502: i am near aq grey house

[18:14] tonylu5656: gimme the three number of ur place

[18:15] ruby101102502: 81 175 22

[18:16] ruby101102502: i see you!

[18:16] ruby101102502: finally

[18:16] tonylu5656: great!

[18:16] tonylu5656: let's find it

[18:17] tonylu5656: the logo

[18:17] ruby101102502: let's go

[18:17] ruby101102502: which direction

[18:19] tonylu5656: it's not circle!!!!!!

[18:19] ruby101102502: haha yes

[18:19] tonylu5656: It's square

[18:19] ruby101102502: we got to add this landmark

[18:19] tonylu5656: ok'

[18:20] tonylu5656: So let's take a picture beside the square

[18:21] ruby101102502: sure

[18:28] tonylu5656: let's go take a pic with emma

[18:28] ruby101102502: haha alright

[18:30] ruby101102502: shall we go to next spot

[18:33] tonylu5656: okay

[18:36] ruby101102502: 31 13 29

[18:36] tonylu5656: we arrived!

[18:36] tonylu5656: yeah

[18:36] ruby101102502: it's raining

[18:36] ruby101102502: and chaos

[18:36] tonylu5656: yeah

[18:36] tonylu5656: cool here

[18:36] tonylu5656: i like it

[18:36] tonylu5656: Did you find a logo

[18:36] ruby101102502: not yet

[18:37] tonylu5656: let's find it

[18:37] ruby101102502: we walk together to find a logo?

[18:37] tonylu5656: okay

[18:37] ruby101102502: should we

[18:39] ruby101102502: i found a logo

[18:40] ruby101102502: go pass the wall

[18:40] ruby101102502: and walk straight we will find it

[18:40] ruby101102502: you

[18:40] tonylu5656: I got it

[18:40] tonylu5656: I'm here now

[18:41] ruby101102502: haha lets take a pic

[18:49] tonylu5656: hahahahahaha

[18:49] tonylu5656: it's a ferry

[18:49] tonylu5656: who it is

[18:49] ruby101102502: peggie

[18:49] ruby101102502: haah not peggie

[18:50] tonylu5656: shall we go to another place?

[18:52] ruby101102502: 254 218 55

[18:52] ruby101102502: i am here

[18:56] ruby101102502: 256 230 60

[18:56] ruby101102502: i found the logo

[18:56] tonylu5656: let me chck

[18:57] tonylu5656: check

[19:10] ruby101102502: 150 233 48

[19:10] ruby101102502: i found another logo

[19:18] tonylu5656: let's play paper scissor stone

[19:18] tonylu5656: hahahahahahaha

[19:18] ruby101102502: haah okay

Online English Learning - Blog post 1

        On February 26^th 2016, the class of Online English Learning visited the computer classroom in Zhi-xi Hall. It was the first time for students to explore the world of Second Life. We spent a lot of time shopping at freebie galaxy for free outfits. At first, it was difficult to take on and take off clothes and detach objects. Sometimes, I even took off the wrong parts and then the character’s waist just vanished. The picture below just showed this situation. She was frightened. 

 Figure 1. The woman with a sofa and invisible waist.   

        Having no idea about this situation, I still went on shopping and trying on various clothes. Finally I found out the choices in the inventory box and fixed the problem. Then she successfully changed her style and became a leopard woman. I stored this appearance immediately thus she could change back to this appearance anytime. She was stronger than before. The pose totally revealed her confidence.

Figure 2. The confident leopard woman.

         Next, I also added a tattoo on the leopard woman and had her hair dyed. She was quite satisfied and overjoyed. As the two pictures below showed, the leopard woman laughed out loud at the edge of the freebie galaxy. By pressing F8 on the keyboard, She laughed, first lifted her head and then bent over.   

Figure 3. The overjoyed leopard woman.

Figure 4. The leopard woman laughed ceaselessly.

        Afterwards I went upstairs and found a floor full of wedding gowns and jewelries. Those wedding gowns were so beautiful. I took off the leopard outfit immediately and tried on the white wedding bottom with lace top as a combination of purity and temptation. The woman’s ambivalent appearance resulted in her blue characteristic. She often became sad and cried without any reason. She covered her face and cried as fleeing from the doomed fate. 

Figure 5. Sobbing woman with incomplete wedding gown.

She felt lonely all the time yet refused to know other people in this world. She refused any eye contact. And she also ignored men’s pursuit since she deeply believed that her appearance would result in destruction.

Figure 6. The woman stood alone.

Figure 7. The women without eye contact.

                                      Figure 8. The ignored man.

        

        However, everything changed one day. It all started from the invitation from the teaching assistant. All the classmates were invited to visit a new place when they were obsessed with shopping. They were all teleported including this blue woman. They were once independent yet all desired for a sense of belonging. Thus, they met each other and regained the joy in this land. There were beautiful and calm beach here. No matter it was at sunrise, midday or sunset, the sceneries were all breathtaking and spellbound. Moreover, there was a torii which was built by previous students. They gathered around the torii and took the first photo together.  

Figure 9. Taking a photo with classmates.

        Thanks to the classmates, the woman became more positive. She even danced when she felt delightful. And she joined a group and got along with two crazy women especially. The two women loved to wear exaggerated clothes and even attached huge wings. The lighthouse was their secret spot. The three loved to meet there and had fun. Before they left, they took a picture together. They raised their right hands together as if saying, ‘‘Vote for us.’’ Or ‘‘We are the queens of the world.’’

Figure 10. The dancing woman.

Figure 11. The three women waiving hands together.