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Second Life Paskong Pinoy Party (12/18/07, 8:30pm SLT)

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

As promised, I took paparazzi photos of the party. I teleported in at around 8:30 pm SLT. There were about 20 to 25 avatars there. Some names were familiar but many were not. Isadora Fiddlesticks said hello and I said hello back. After that, while rezzing, I searched for a spot where I can take my photos. LOL! I also need to hurry since we were already having lunch and my wife does not like to keep the food waiting.

I spent like 30 to 45 minutes taking snapshots of the party. I did not use Windlight to take my snaps because I’m quite sure it will lag, big time! After my photo taking session. I logged out and logged back in using a third party Second Life client and I even logged Kabalyero Kidd in.

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Returning after lunch, I noticed that Kabalyero Kidd got logged out. I didn’t bother to log him back in and I kept Rom Ireton logged in using the 3rd party client and went back to my Real Life work. I was busy designing a wordpress blog template for a client and just stole some time to drop by and take photos. LOL!

Unfortunately, the client Rom Ireton was using crashed after a few minutes of working in Photoshop. I guess I ran out of memory again. I really need a new computer! LOL!

When I was there taking snapshots, one avatar really took my attention and that was Sylar Boyd who was sporting an ERAP look and he was waving furiously to the crowd. LOL! It was really funny! Standing next to him was the famous Shai Delacroix of Casa Del Shai.

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Not too far from Shai Delacroix is the publisher and editor of HodgePodge Magazine and organizer of the event, Isadora Fiddlesticks. If you walk a few steps from them you’ll find Steve Hansen of HOMME Magazine dancing with Colleen Desmoulins.

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DJ’ing the event was Tukso Okey and he was wearing a Pinoy Pride T-Shirt. I didn’t catch any of the songs he played because my streaming audio was off to reduce lag. LOL!

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It was also very unfortunate that the Sploder didn’t work because the pot was very big. I think the pot was at 2,000L$. I joined twice but the sploder didn’t pay out and if it did then everyone would have gotten some big bucks from it.

Here is an incomplete list of avatars who attended the Paskong Pinoy Party. I compiled the list before I left for lunch. If anyone left or joined afterwards then they’ll won’t be in this list. Besides, I might not have seen everyone there but I’m sure Pinoy Second Life Millionaire Chino Yalin and her partner Cynara Cortes weren’t there.

Ghabriel Hirvi
AlessandraMarie Blanco
Shai Delacroix
Zandy Spitteler
Steve Hansen
Chloe Motova
Noelia Bing
Corde Bailey
Rowr Aliev
Kazu Arashi
Adriana Alonzo
Fooballer Balut
Dominique Kuhn
Rik Riel
Rodion Resistance
Isadora Fiddlesticks
Tukso Okey
Lovelette Yifu
Throughthesewalls Moody
Narda Republic
Vheronica Shepherd
Datu Ruttan
Colleen Desmoulins

There will be another party on December 19, 2007 at 6:00 am SLT. Isadora Fiddlestick and her team did a lot of work to make this event a reality. So, if you are a Pinoy living a Second Life then don’t hesitate to attend the event. It will be a great opportunity for you to meet and network with other Pinoy Second Life residents.

Tags: christmas, event, filipino, party, pasko, paskong pinoy, pinoy, Second Life
Posted in Living A Second Life, Second Life, Virtual Life | 10 Comments »

Paskong Pinoy Update

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

A new group notice regarding the event was sent today by Fooballer Balut. I was a little bit surprised about the announcement because it used the term Filipino Christmas Sim. Surprised and amazed. Wow! An entire sim?! Well, it’s not really an entire sim. My bad! LOL!

So, I dropped by to take a look at the place and there were two avatars there, Fooballer Balut and Maxene Lane. They were busy decorating the place. A lot of things were added since the last time I was there like there are now tables, chairs, food decorations (I call them decorations because you can’t actually eat them, LOL), benches and some other decorative stuff. Oh, there is also a Christmas Tree and I think that they’re also waiting for a lechon from someone which will be placed on the center portion of the buffet table.

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I was asked if I want to contribute anything but unfortunately I don’t have anything to contribute that would fit the theme of the event. Oh yeah, I forgot. I did contribute something, the Philippine Flag. I just hope they use it. LOL!

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I wasn’t very chatty when I was there because I was to busy tweaking my Windlight settings for my snapshots. LOL!

The event will be on December 18, 2007 at around 8:00pm SLT (Second Life Time). Hopefully, you might even meet some members of the Filipino Second Life Elite like Chino Yalin, Shai Delacroix, Cynara Cortes, Steve Hansen, mikaela Yifu and others (Honestly, I don’t know many of them. I just read some of their names from group chat and other places. LOL).

I will drop by to take paparazzi snaphots of these Filipino Second Life Celebrities and sell them to Second Life magazines like HodgePodge. LOL! *joke*

Tags: christmas, filipino, hodgepodge, pasko, paskong pinoy, pinoy
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Update To My Little Philippines

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Last week, my very helpful landlord sent all my objects back to me. No, he was not evicting me but instead he was helping me with some problems on the land where my place is located. The problem was, while working on My Little Philippines, I tried to rez some grass by dragging it on the ground. The grass didn’t rez so I tried again and every time it didn’t rez I will try again and again. What I didn’t notice was that even though the grass didn’t rez it still used a prim bringing my prim number closer to the limit. This was clearly a bug and after trying everything we can my landlord suggested to clear the parcel of all my objects by returning them to me and then just rebuild or put everything back. At first I didn’t want to do it but because there was no other way I agreed to it.

All my objects were returned to me which cleared the land of all the objects including the bugged grass objects. I then started to put everything back. Putting the objects back wasn’t that difficult because when I got them they were already grouped so I just drag it back out of my inventory and, while everything was still selected, positioned it to its original place.

I also took the opportunity to update My Little Philippines by placing it inside my building and transforming it as the third level of the place.

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I also moved some of the objects around and changed the Bahay Kubo. I’m almost out of prim but I still want to put some more objects in. I’ve also added a very simple Mini Monument of Rizal and on it is a “Proud To Be A Pinoy” Badge giver. If you touch it, you will be given a badge with the Philippine flag and the words “Proud To Be A Pinoy” on it.

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I wanted to add some more objects like rocks, small plants and even animals to add more texture to the place but because of my prim limit I can’t. Anyway, I’m happy with the place and have set the landing point there.

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It may not be the most amazing place or location in Second Life but it is my home and I love it!

Tags: bahay kubo, bug, building, darna, grass, home, inventory, jose rizal, philippine flag, philippines, pinoy, problems, Second Life
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My Little Philippines

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

If you have been to my place in-world, 3 Stars and a Sun, at Scaramanga then I’m sure you have seen my little garden inspired by my country’s culture, the Philippines. I’m proud to be a Filipino, I’m proud of my culture, heritage and history. Not even poverty nor death will make me leave my country. My allegiance is only to one flag and my loyalty is only to one country, my home, the Philippines.

Anyway, my place, 3 Stars and a Sun, used to have 3 levels or floors and the third floor was a mini-garden inspired and dedicated to my country. That was before, now you won’t see it but it’s not gone. I just moved it. Moved it way, way up and since not too many people goes there anyway, I turned it into a personal space.

But today, I set my landing spot there. Anyone who teleports to 3 Stars and a Sun will land there. The place is not really big because I have a very little space to build in. It’s 2o meters wide and it’s 500 meters above ground.

And just like before, I went for a countryside look with bahay kubos ((nipa huts)), folk dancers and palm trees. There is also a big picture viewer that shows some beautiful places in my country.

I even have a superhero patrolling the sky (not always though) and you’ll be greeted by one of the Philippines’ greatest comic book superheroine, Darna! LOL!

With limited space and prims, my ability to put more objects in is very limited but I’ll try to squeeze in some more prims and we’ll see.

Tags: bahay kubo, darna, filipino, folk dance, garden, itik-itik, jeep, jeepney, karitela, nipa hut, philippine flag, philippines, pilipinas, pinoy, singkil, superpinoy
Posted in Living A Second Life | 1 Comment »

The Barong Tagalog

Monday, August 13th, 2007

This week, I spent some considerable amount of time trying to create a Barong Tagalog ((The Barong Tagalog is the Philippines’ National Costume for Filipinos)) for myself. I was using a real life photo of a Barong Tagalog as a guide but it wasn’t as easy as I originally thought it was.

Barong Tagalog

Creating a Barong Tagalog was much harder than a T-Shirt because it has more details and patterns in it. I really wanted to have a Barong Tagalog to compliment the Filipiniana ((Pertaining to Philippine Culture and Tradition)) Themed 3rd. Level of 3 Stars and a Sun.

While thinking of what to do, I suddenly remembered some pictures that was given to me by a Filipina SL resident and in the picture they were wearing traditional Filipino costumes (a Barong Tagalog and a Maria Clara ((Maria Clara is a fictional character created by our National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, in his novel Noli Me Tangere)) Gown). I see those pictures everyday but since I was too occupied in creating my own Barong Tagalog, I never really examined it. From what I was told, the Barong in the picture was designed by a famous Filipina designer in Second Life but I just can’t remember her name.

After a few more days, while googling for websites related to Second Life, I chanced upon a blog entry about the establishment of a Philippine Embassy in Second Life. The blog entry also mentioned something about the Barong Tagalog, it’s price (500L$) and the name of the creator. All I need now was the money and today I went to the creators’ shop and bought myself a Barong Tagalog.

Barong Tagalog

There were like six variations but I selected the traditional antique one (shown above). The package includes a pair of pants, an underwear, a camiso de chino shirt/jacket and the Barong Tagalog itself. I was also expecting a pair of socks and shoes but it wasn’t included. Too bad it would have made the package complete.

I’m generally happy with it and now that I’ve seen how it looked (all sides/angles) I may now be able to create my own line of Barong Tagalog.

Chink in the Armor

Overall the Barong Tagalog was very good. The color and shading, as well as the pattern were nicely done and I like it very much but I just can’t help myself from noticing one minor detail and that was the seams were not aligned in some parts especially in the arms and in the belly/belt area.

Disregarding that minor detail, the Barong Tagalog looks very nice and every Filipino in Second Life should have one since the price is very reasonable but if you would like one for free then wait until I finish my very own Barong Tagalog. When? That I do not know. LOL!

Tags: barong tagalong, filipino, philippines, pinoy, Second Life, traditional costume, websites
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