decision

i have made a decision... i guess i won't be blogging here from now onwards. but it'll still be up here just in case students out there search about things that they need for their assignments here.. i'll link up to the other blog that i've frequently (too frequently) update... it's kinda hard juggling two blogs.. just say everything that i want at one place...

at the moment i can't edit my layouts (which is annoying lah).. so everyone out there can go to my other blog from the side bar...

enjoy, and feel free to comment.. :P

Sinar Fusika

A fellow member of Sinar Fusika set-up a myspace website for us. Our songs that we did for our demo recording is complete and you can listen to them there. Here's the link: Sinar Fusika Myspace...

we're doing another set of demo recording in may... see how it goes...

ok, now what?

so today was the last day of COM125. It wasn't emotional, but fun instead. PC and Pearlene decided to crash the "party". Had revision for abt 1/2, then it was fun time... Kevin gave out awards. Priyanka got for scoring the highest, which was more than the maximum... the Deadly Trios won the Best Group Vocal for our Singshot competition. Hahaha... more like funniest group lah... Then i got for one of the highest rank in Technorati... Apparently there weren't enough medals and i didn't get one... *sobs *sobs... shld have asked for the candies from Kevin... Can I?

so, now what?

after com125 is over, am i still keeping this blog? well, most probably.. having to juggle 2 blogs is not joke or fun... always finding hard time to decide what to blog where... hmmm, maybe i'll blog one abt sch and the other abt my personal stuff... well, maybe lah hah...

and becoz of com125 and this blog, i really learned plenty of stuff that's out there that people think they know a lot about it. i'm now even a more avid blogger inspired by Kevin. Now PC and Pearlene is hoping that Kevon will come back and teach the current 1st com125.. hehe.. pray hard lah guys... and thankfully i didn't drop com125 to take com300... life this semester would be a disaster... hahaha.. oops!

aniway, it has been a fun experience for com125, and i'm gonna miss the medal that i didn't get... although i did get the award.. ??? hahaha... weird..

aniway, i'll still post nice pictures and photos especially when i've bought a LOMO... yummy.. cookie monster... hahaha...

gd luck for you exams, and i'll sure need the luck too!! hope to see you guys next semester.. what a crazy bunch... honestly, i like the seniors more than my own cohort... hahaha.. hmmmmm, wonder y??

Yesterday

By Liyana, Priyanka and Rosalyn

Here Without You

Enjoy!

QotW10: Venturing my Second Life

Welcome!!

Let's meet Liyana Amat in Second Life


Meet Liyana Zainal in Real Life...

Any similarities??

It's really tough to make the both of them look similar. Not sure if you can see but both of them has similar hair length. But it's obvious that they have different hair color. Liyana Zainal just wished that she could have the same or similar hair color with Liyana Amat. So to make them be almost similar, Liyana Amat goes hunting for guitar.


Why did I choose Liyana Amat?

Obviously, Liyana is her name. The choices that she had for her second name were mostly of them are English name, and she wanted her name to sound Malay, because she is one, and Amat sounds Malay (if you pronounce it like one). They're both females who likes to dress comfortably, jeans and t-shirt, with a pinch of humor (the hat).


My Favorite Place (at the moment)

Exploring Second Life, Liyana went to find places where she can find entertainment, and in Second Life, she found this place called Nomasha Syaka.


Admiring the guitars that is impossible for her to own in Second Life and Real Life

There, she found guitars that she can never imagine owning one! One her 5th time there, she got herself a guitar for FREE! How amazing! It's totally impossible to get a guitar for FREE! So the moment she got that guitar, she went skanking!!

Liyana Skanking!!

Nomasha Syaka also has furniture that you can buy if you have some lindens.

The furniture at Nomasha Syaka.


Don't get too comfy!

Liyana testing out some furniture!

Nomasha Syaka is a nice play to explore, but it would be better if you have lindens.

Bonus Mission #2: Get your real Second Life now!

Usually as the end of the semester gets nearer, the things we learn gets more and more difficult. But the irony thing about COM125 is that as we get nearer to the end of the semester, the topics to blog gets more and more interesting! To close COM 125 course, we’re doing gaming!

Gaming to me is always something fun, interesting, and brings out the inner child in me that can make me forget not only on problems that I have, but also time because they really do flies fast when you’re gaming! But games these days are more that just for plain joy and pleasure. They use our cognitive and sometimes physical ability, and in COM125, our assignment on gaming is to go enter and experience Second Life.

The first time I hear of Second Life was in my first lecture, and question marks kept coming to my mind on what is Second Life? After hearing so much about it from Kevin, I starting to become convinced that Second Life is the in thing to know especially for a student doing Introduction to the Internet.

What is a game?

“A game is a structured or semi-structured activity, usually undertaken for enjoyment and sometimes also used as an educational tool” (Game, 2007).

Never experienced World of Warcraft before, it’s really hard for me to really differentiate if Second Life is a game or not, because there are similarities between the two. Both World of Warcraft and Second Life uses an avatar that represents themselves with pseudonyms. They also have their own currency and economy where uses can buy either the avatar of things that they might need in either Second Life or World of Warcraft. Avatars can also communicate with one another.

One thing that differentiates Second Life to any other game like World of Warcraft is that in Second Life, there is no progression to the level. Like any other games, World of Warcraft “builds up characters at their own pace, shielded from predators” (Levy, 2006).

Games are progressive, there will a time when you reach the highest level and you have nowhere else to go. One can go and find another game or go and make another avatar and challenge themselves again. They also have to follow steps before going up the level.

Second Life is not like any other computer program that needs one to be connected to the Internet. Second Life can give us information than we may not be able to find or experience on the Internet. For example one can experience schizophrenia that is merely impossible for one to experience in real life. Second Life can be used to explore other countries. Singapore herself is making name in Second Life. People can experience Singapore without having to leave the country. No hassle except to teleport! It’s really, really great.

Conclusion

With that, I have made a conclusion that Second Life is not a game. Although it may be a used to relieve stress and that a user can be immense into the virtual world, Second Life does not need a user to progress to the next level, and I don’t think that there is an end to it. You can do what ever you want with it, and your avatar can never die. It’s more educational than for entertainment purposes. In Second Life, there's more to explore!

Reference

Game. (2007, April 6). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12.06, 6 April, 2007, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game

Levy, Steven. (2006, September 18). World of Warcraft: Is it a game? Is World Of Warcraft a game, or is it a hardinger of virtual realities that we all might inhabit? Only a Night Elf knows for sure. Retrieved 16.05, 4 April, 2007, from
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14757769/site/newsweek/page/3/print/1/displaymode/1098/

Demo recording video

Demo recording

yesterday right after school, met my friends from Sinar Fusika to do our first ever demo recording at Music Zone (the site is not that updated, but no harm) at Woodlands beside Fuchun CC... we had so much free time before the recording, so we took this photo and i edited it... hehehe...

so we recorded 3 songs, Zapin Fusz, Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps and Jing Kli Nona Reggae... ya man!!! oo oo oo!! hehehe

we had fun. it was an experience and an eye opener to the world of music industry... not only money, but large amount of time spent... gorgeous!! hehe... i was there from 10.30pm to 2am while the rest who didn't have anything on today stayed till 4.30am... if i could, i would have.. but since i had class and a test and i had to make a move... so sad!! well, the recording is not done yet... the sound is still raw and out in many places.. that's why we're putting the technical stuff in the hands of the producer, Brader Nizam, and my naughty lil brader, ihsan... pray that it turn out fine... btw, does anybody know how to embed song to the blog?? help!! hehehe...

anyway, i did a video and it's currently being uploaded to youtube.com and Sinar Fusika's website...

back to business!!

pics??