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celebrating Temasek's tenth anniversary in Second Life :-)

today is a very happy day for me - ten years’ ago, some friends and i opened the island of Temasek in Second Life to the general public to visit :-)

it’s fantastic to know that of the original team of architects, Derekcsy Cortes, Sanspareil London, and Lim Pikajuna are still active builders in Second Life.

God has blessed us with a lasting friendship and brotherhood, for which we will always be grateful.

to God be the glory!

visit Singapore in Second Life through treet.tv

with gratitude to Saffia Widdershins, Zander Greene, Elrik Merlin, Aisling Sinclair, Wildstar Beaumont, Petlove Petshop, and the crew from treet.tv, experience Singapore in Second Life through their eyes, as they visit Temasek :-)

new year, new horizons :-)

Happy New Year, to all visitors of this blog :-)

i honestly didn't plan it this way, but in God's perfect timing, my first new experience of 2011 was my avatar's tentative steps using Chris Collins's rather excellent Canvas viewer :-)

thank you very much, Chris!

visiting the Peranakan Shophouses through Canvas!

Happy First Anniversary, Temasek :-)

Temasek - the sim which has been designed to showcase the culture, ecology and history of Singapore - turns one, today :-)

i would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have contributed to the design and construction, as well as to all who have chosen to call it home.

'the Future of Virtual Worlds' - my personal take

the one-hundred-and-seventy-fifth episode of ventriloquy shares with you my personal interpretation of the theme 'the Future of Virtual Worlds', that has been chosen by Linden Lab to characterise the sixth anniversary celebrations of Second Life (SL6B) later this month.

in this 1.8 MB download, i take the opportunity to foreground two personally significant anniversaries in Second Life - both occurring this week: on June 16, the Singapore-themed sim of Temasek celebrates its first anniversary, and on June 20 & 21, the cruise-ship SS Galaxy celebrates her second anniversary.

please do accept my invitation to visit either or both of these regions, especially over the coming week :-)

Additional reading:
- Lowell Cremorne's 14 June blog entry (Beautiful Kate - virtual worlds as normality) The Metaverse Journal
- I Love the Knight Life episode at tv.com (Knight Rider)
- Down the Rabbit Hole episode at wikipedia (CSI: NY)

Temasek - Orange Fashion Photo Contest (all entries)

further to my earlier posts here and here,

i would just like to acknowledge the breadth of talent and the time and effort that ALL photographers and models who visited Temasek last week spent.

in all, 51 photographs from Temasek were submitted.

quite apart from the photographs which were shortlisted for the finalists, i would strongly encourage all of us, when we can spend some time, to browse the creative output of six people in particular, whose work i have not featured on these pages till now.

- dixmix Source (in-world Galerie)
- Madeliefste Oh
- Monroe Snook (in-world Art Maniac Research)
- Rhi Rossini
- Timetraveler Georgia (in-world Chupacabra Gallery at Lauk's Nest)
- Wren Carling (in-world Photo Wrenovations)

Technorati Tags: Second Life, Singapore, Temasek

Temasek - Orange Fashion Photo Contest Grand Prix!!

wow!

the results of the Orange Fashion Photo Contest have just been announced :-)

on behalf of the architectural team behind Temasek, i would like to congratulate Trinidad Anatine, Halllie Larsson, and Gweneth Lange for being awarded First, Second and Third Places respectively, for their entries taken at Temasek :-)

you can have a look at their entries here, and also in-world at the Oceanview Deck, where they will be on permanent display.

i am absolutely thrilled, because Trinidad's entry - Singapore by Boat - was chosen as the overall Grand Prix winner for the entire contest!

Singapore by Boat was chosen from 46 other finalist photographs taken from five estates across the Second Life grid, including from the London sims and the SS Galaxy.

this is testament to Trinidad's talent, Halllie's beauty (she was the model), and the creative effort that went into the planning, landscaping, and building of Temasek by the architectural team.

thanks be to God, and heartfelt thanks to all photographers and models who took the time to visit Temasek this past week.

:-)

Morning Fog by Hallllie Larsson - an especial favourite of mine

Singapore by Boat - Photographer Trinidad Anatine, Model Halllie Larsson

this photograph won the Grand Prix at the inaugural Orange Fashion Photo Contest

Temasek - Orange Fashion Photo Contest (continued)

further to my post earlier this week, i am very pleased to say that the photographs from the finalists are now on permanent display at the Oceanview Deck :-)

Heartfelt congratulations to:
Aurora Autopoiesis;
Gweneth Lange;
Halllie Larsson;
Ksharian Sass;
Lotte;
Tara Yeats; and
Trinidad Anatine

:-)

w00t!

i just want to acknowledge and thank all visitors to Temasek, as well as those who have chosen to take up residence there.

i would also like to thank God for blessing me with such a talented and selfless team of architects.

:-)

Additional reading:
- (About Traffic) the Second Life Wiki

Alpha Delta

thanks to the exquisite craftsmanship of Asterion Coen, visitors to Temasek now have the opportunity to get up-close-and-personal with Concorde :-)

built to full-scale, Concorde at Temasek is a replica of G-BOAD.

you can read more about Alpha Delta here :-)

Alpha Delta resplendent in her livery from 1979, making a low pass over Temasek at sunset