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    Saturday, April 14, 2007

    urgggh...i hope the internet connection could be better...

    had a hard time singing in singshot.....hmmm..

    is my first attempt trying..not too good....

    but hope u guys enjoy it!!!!

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    urgggh..laggineeessss~


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    Thursday, April 05, 2007

    im in a bloggin mood...seriously...

    have been bloggin for a few hrs...wheter is the sch assignment or my own blog...haha..this is scary...

    anyway...i haven't really been blogging anything real interesting and informal here yet...so here i am!!!!

    todae is a super weird dae....

    most ppl are wearing my fav color---
    yellow!!!!!!!

    i wonder why most of us felt like wearing yellow todae...but aniwae..yellow is a nice color..i love love love yellow!!!!!!!

    pic taken with elaine too..she is wearing yellow..


    i even had my bdae party theme as yellow...everyone has to be dressed in yellow inclusing my family members or they will be punished..lol....

    my bdae is some time ago...but i shall put a pic with my sim pals...real yellow rite??the cake is yellow too...



    tis was my e-invitation...lol..done by my sister..



    ok..im obsessed with yellow....

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    Qotw10: My new identity


    Hey everyone, i am Jychris Yoshikawa.You must be thinking why this name. Well, Jychris is the initial and favourite name of my owner and as for Yoshikawa, i guess my owner suddenly had this interest for japanese names.

    My owner had great difficulty 'giving birth' to me. There are too many problems encountered. My owner aborted m
    y sister(my old account ), jchris zenovka as she is not really working well and healthy.

    I am what my owner fantasized to be like. I am thin and has a slightly tanned complexion.My owner yearns to wear heels and wanted to dress more chic but due to some personal problems, s
    he is unable to do that in reality.So here i am, wearing what she wanted to wear. My owner loves accesories so i surely have to wear a necklace.

    I love how i look in second life and i am sure that i can make lots of friends here!


    my first new friend in second life. Jaiden from chicago. she is actually a guy,trying to make more male friends there. I love this place--gukyeol. It has nice architecture and simply a less crowded place. It is like a nice park. Too bad i forgot to take some nice snapshots of the place.



    another guy joining into our conversation about shopping and actually owns a shop. He wanted to teleport us there to his shop but too bad the school computer has some problems teleporting me over.


    here with a London 18 year old guy. It is interesting talking to him as he reveals that many guys actually pretended to be girls so as to meet more guys.

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    Bonus mission #2: Why is second life not a game?

    Before Mr. Kelvin told us in detail about second life, I have to admit that I have no idea what the whole thing is. It seems to me that it is another online game that people gets obsessed in. Personally, I am not pretty much of a game person but since we have to do this for our assignment, I decided to give it a try.

    The Sims

    At the first glance of the second life, it reminds me of the other game that I used to play in—The Sims. With reference to the Wikipedia, The Sims is a strategic life stimulation computer game created by a game designer Will Wright. The game basically is about day-to-day activities of one or more virtual people in a suburban household located near Sim City. Players are able to control their ‘own life’ such as making decision on how their time should be spent. (The Sims, 2007) I recalled that I could build houses in the Sim city and design how I want my house to be like. Other than that, I have to move my characters around and make decisions such as going to the toilet and maintaining personal hygiene within my house area. I could even make my character and another character fall in love. However, they do not really communicate. I am not sure about the newest Sims game but when I played it, no words came out of them. Simply said, I got bored of the game as they seem to be like living zombies walking around and not really communicating with other people. It is a game, afterall.

    Second life

    Second life, on the other hand, is different from the Sims. Second life is an internet-based virtual world that enables its users, called residents, to interact with each other through motivational avatars, creating a social networking service. Residents are able to explore different virtual places, meet other residents, participate in individual and group activities and create or trade items and services to each other. (Second Life, 2007) The War Craft may seem similar to the second life as there is interaction among players and has its own economy. As mentioned in the ‘World of War Craft: Is it a game’, the gold and exotic armor and weaponry that players accumulate can be traded and sold in real money. Similar to the second life, avatars of your own characters can be chosen to represent you. (Steven Levy, 2007) However, the second life ‘does not have points, scores, winners or losers, levels, an end-strategy, or most of the other characteristics of games’. It is communication that takes place in the game setting. When I tried out Second life, I found myself not only trying to edit my own appearance and exploring the different virtual settings, but also interacting with other residents when I am in different locations. Within an hour in Second life, I can meet different people around the world, other than my own friends. I even met a person who has an avatar of a girl but actually is a guy. He admitted to me that he is gay, trying to meet other guys. I found that real interesting.

    Second life definitely is not purely a game. There are lots of interaction and activities going on. Groups of the same interest such as our group com 125 can be formed to enable people to interact within their own arena. Most importantly, it is free. Unlike the Sims when one has to pay to get the software, Second life can be easily downloaded. It is another channel for interaction other than the normal social networking sites.

    Let’s give it a try and welcome this new social networking environment!


    References

    Second Life. (2007, April 4). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved, April 5 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Second_Life&oldid=120268909

    The Sims. (2007, April 2). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 5, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Sims&oldid=119832651

    Levy, S. (2006). In World of Warcraft: Is It a Game. Retrieved April 5 2007, from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14757769/site/newsweek/page/3/print/1/displaymode/1098/.


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