Bwindi Orphans is going to the big world

Yes, it is going, but to any old world. So, it is commonly known now that Second Life celebrates its sixth birthday. The big complex of several sims – SL6B – is the main place, where is concentrated whole event. So, there are a lot of things to be seen there. Bwindi Orphans is not missing there too. The project guarantors – Fanda Ryba and Shiny Iceberg – created nice stand with information about BWO, pictures of Uganda children and one surprise there. Such presence here is not only praiseworthy, but it is unique occasion to show, what our Czech and Slovak community knows and what it is doing for others.
SLurl: BWO na SL6B.

(Sources: Druhý život, BWO)

SS Galaxy

(Author's note: I intended this contribution originally for my Czech blog, but it was exclusively published in Czech in-world magazine Globe in Second Life on 8.7.2009. It was a bit different version because of the specific of Second Life. Here is the original version.)

I cannot remember at all, when I sailed first time. Actually, when I was small child, thus my parents took me and my sister on some steamship, which sailed Brno dam. Then it was in probably in former The Soviet Union in Sochi, today of course in Russia. We sailed by some fast ship by the sea. I remember that I felt very badly, but it was classic sea sickness. The next way by the sea was one trip from north-German city Bremerhaven to Helgoland island. When I was in Italy, we used also the ship namely three times. Firstly, it was the passage over the Messina Strait – it is all the way to the Italian toe – to Sicily island. This ferryboat swallowed us with the whole bus and also the rail ran inside, so some train can pull in. Secondly, it was already the big ferryboat from the Sicilian small town Milazzo to north to Lipari e Eoli Isles, to one of them Vulcano. The third passage was at return way. We visited the island Elba – involuntary place of Napoleon Bonaparte stay.

Well, for the last time in RL I sailed probably the biggest craft from Dutch Rotterdam to English Kingston upon Hull. Then we continued at the mainland to Scotland. This ferryboat had eleven decks, the big shopping mall, duty free shop, concert hall and of course the cabins to sleep, but without the windows. So as far as one did not want to sleep through all 14 hours voyage, thus he/she could have a good time at thee upper decks till morning. And when we anchored by Albion coast next morning, the right English fog had welcomed us. It flowed around as like thick milk.

When I boarded it first time by the fully other occasion, I had not became conscious of its so huge largeness. Yes, I am talking about the ship named Galaxy Queen of the Sagittarian Sea. It is anchored in Sagittaria Estate and with its 650 meters length it cover 3 sims in Second Life. Its 8 decks offer whole amount of any entertainment, which one can imagine oneself. It is luxurious, grandiose and ingeniously built ship, which have no any analogy in SL. It offers really many things. I cannot specify all, but I try.

As usual, one must board any ship and also here it is no exception. The boarding terminal is amazing. Look the first picture and compare avatar size and ship itself. The basic information is in the reception. There are also here the model of the whole ship and ship map, which serves also as teleporter. You can find this one also in other parts of the ship. There are many accommodation possibilities here from the classic cabins to the opulent suites. The prizes begin at 35 L$ per night (2 nights minimum) to the Captain Suite for 5500 L$ per week. However, this one offers 1500 prims limit, 3 levels in the front of the ship, private balconies,
Built-in Hot Tub, and forward helipad. Information could be found in the reception.

Boarding, Reception

If you are somewhere on the ship longtime, you can also do shopping. SS Galaxy offers 5 big shopping malls and one Gift Shop.

Galaxy Mall, Deck 1, Zodiac Shops,
Galaxy Pool Deck Shops , Galaxy-Sag Walkway Shops, Central Prim Mall Counter, Gift Certificate Center

Do you like dance and have a good time? Nothing is possible. There are 4 places to amusement.

Boiler Room Night Club, Zodiac Ball Room, The Zenith Gazebo, Coral Lagoon Pool Deck

But one must eat too. Even if it is not necessary here in Second Life, for we do not need to replenish energy like in RL. Nevertheless, it is worth going in some restaurant or bar.

Moonlight Terrace,
Japanese Restaurant, Starlight Lounge, Constellation Lounge

If you can relax your body, visit some of the sport centers. You can indulge in bathing, sauna or massage. You can jogging, play basketball or minigolf, shoot artificial pigeons, parachute, fish or climb mountain wall.

Coral Lagoon Pool Deck:
Jogging Track, Spa & Fittness Center

Of course, on would like to have a good time also otherwise than dance. SS Galaxy offers plentiful amounts of the entertainment starting with holodeck (I recommend it by all means), possibility to fly in helicopter, playing different games, including chess and golf, watching fireworks, skating on never melting ice, movie theater and art gallery.

HoloDeck Rec Room, Glacier Café & Ice Skating Rink, Galaxy Theater, Nova Straaf Galery

The possibilities continue in the field of business. The ship offers several smaller or bigger conferences room. The wedding chapel is not missing and you can visit the captain bridge.

Poseidon Hall Conference Center, Wedding Chapel

You can close your visit here by walking along the walkway to the Sagitaria Estate, where SS Galaxy anchors. There is beautiful view from the last floor of Chiron Towers.

Galaxy-Sag Walkway

Maybe time is over and ship will be anchor elsewhere. We boarded the ship by sunset and we are leaving it also by sunset. We are listening sea and watching flashing floats. Our boat is coming.

(Sources: SS Galaxy blog, SS Galaxy Notecard)

Boarding

Raception

Reception

Zodiac Ball Room

The Zenith Gazebo

Japanese Restaurant

Japanese Restaurant

Spa and Fitness Center

Poseidon Hall Conference Center

Wedding Chapel

Wedding Chapel

Leaving

Inspiration

Fallen Wood by C. D.

There was one place
There was one wood
Only silence and light was there
Million stars in the sky
And one felt into the deepside

MEOW

“MEOW” is quite funny name for a dance club. In fact, it is not bad name, because kitties and young tomcats meow. So, the club MEOW is just for them. The club is placed on Czech republic sim. Of course, everybody is welcome, not only fans of the Neko style, but also the others. Simple, the club is open for everyone. This creation is work of Nickov Smit. As it obvious from the first picture, I have talked to him by party on the last weekend. The club offers the dance floor and a lot of poseballs for pair dance. If you need to have a break, you find many places to sit here, no only the sofas in the ground floor, but also the chairs upstairs in the first floor with view to the dance floor or out of the window to sim. As Nick said to me, he himself is designer of the club and owner of many objects in the club. On the other hand, HaiLin Sirnah and Wiewie Wylie are actually club owners.

What is fascinating on cats? Just everything. The domestic cat accompanies human being already about 4000 – 7000 years. It was deified in the ancient Egypt and it had its own goddess – Bastet. The cat figurines and also mummified cats were found in the pharaoh crypts. People deified them in India and China. The known superstition – black cat brings bad luck – originates probably from China. But their anatomy and sense are the most fantastic features. The body structure makes from the cats general absolutely perfect predators including felids like tigers, lions, cheetahs, leopards, jaguars, and others. The sharp sight very helps them. There is no anything magnificent than to watch for example such cheetah by hunting. One can see elegant and slow moves, eyes watching future catch, slow stalking and then dazzling sprint with speed up to 115 km/h (71.46 mph).

So, come to club to show your elegant moves. The light speed is highly recommended.

SLurl: MEOW club

Commonwealth

Today I was on one sim that Georgez Oh. recommended me. Its name is Commonwealth 2 and you can find it here. So, it is again one of the silent oasis. There is beautiful nature there and you can not only walk but also ride a horse. After landing on the sim, you will see a horse corral nearby. There are several possibilities. Either you have already some horse and you can just mount it, or you buy one by the corral. The third possibility is to use free demo horse. You do not pay anything, but you can saddle up your horse only five times. Then it will be removed from your inventory automatically. Of course, there is no music there, only wind murmuring in tree branches or sea murmuring. It does only to walk and to listen.

Walt Whitmann
Out of the Rolling Ocean, the Crowd

1
Out of the rolling ocean, the crowd, came a drop gently to me,
Whispering, I love you, before long I die,
I have travel’d a long way, merely to look on you, to touch you,
For I could not die till I once look’d on you,
For I fear’d I might afterward lose you.

2
(Now we have met, we have look’d, we are safe;
Return in peace to the ocean, my love;
I too am part of that ocean, my love—we are not so much separated;
Behold the great rondure—the cohesion of all, how perfect!
But as for me, for you, the irresistible sea is to separate us,
As for an hour, carrying us diverse—yet cannot carry us diverse for ever;
Be not impatient—a little space—Know you, I salute the air, the ocean and the
land,
Every day, at sundown, for your dear sake, my love.)

Tattoo

Tattoo is old as a human being itself. This technique is known in Eurasia from the Neolithic times. Later also members of German and Celtic tribes used the tattoo. The Picts – warlike nation living in the north Scotland – was famous for your blue tattoo. They used indigo and maybe copper. On the other hand, people already used tattoo in Japan in the Paleolithic time. The tattoo, as we know nowadays, originates from Polynesia and it was discovered by the explorers in the 18th century.

There are a lot of reasons to make some tattoo on your own body. Tattoo had decorative and spiritual character. Today people chose it for cosmetic, sentimental, memorial, religion or magic reasons. It is used also as identification. There was notorious famous tattoo of people in the concentration camps during the Holocaust. The animals are also tattooed for the identification.

Whether there is any reason for tattoos, it is very popular not only in Real Live, but also in Second Life. And in the same way both in SL and RL, the tattoo creation is the art. Then, there is plentiful selection of patterns, colors and styles.

I wanted also some tattoo after my SL birth. Of course firstly, the newbie seeks except lindens also some clothes. The first place is of course some freebie shop. It was same by me. I received many tips and therefore I have my first tattoos for free. Later I bought many other free things there. It was some Spanish sim. I never seen it later, it disappeared with all things forever.

Later other tattoos came. Some of them I received from my friends and another I bough myself. The following picture set shows some small selection such creations on my body.

Addiction

There was some real situation in Real Life that I wrote today’s contribution. Two things cause a panic among my colleagues in job – the electricity failure and subsequently the main server fall after electricity switch on later.

Addiction is a state, when somebody or something is conditioned some circumstance or situation that one needs – or thinks he it needs – to his/her existence own.

So, it is a definition. And how is it related to this failure? In essence, I realized, what it is the net addiction, i.e. addiction in Internet, Email services, Instant Messengers like ICQ, etc. All at once, a lot o f my colleagues began to plod along job corridors from nothing to nothing. They all commented passionately and sometimes loud on current situation. “And how long will it take? Does anybody know it? It is horrible, what is happening? It is a question, if they only sit by their PC and browse through the net. I thought the same. Of course, some people use PC for mathematical simulation using the big PC clusters. Evidently, they cannot work without the net connection. On the other hand, one checked the connection failure as it could be to say – on her/his skin own. However, this situation took until next day. By the way, this bug caused that only one half of my colleagues were without net. The second half, maybe happy or happier half, was good. Even if anyone who knows.

I checked this situation myself what it means not to be in Second Life. I was bit angry at the beginning, but later I told myself – Surely the world does not collapse. Live Real Life. Just so Iva Frühling sings in movie – Román pro ženy (Romance for Women) – Où tu veux, quand tu veux.

(Source: YouTube.com)