The past two decades has witnessed an ever-growing rate in the house price. Many middle-class people who have worked fiercely for about 20 years get shocked when seeing their dreams of buying a new house breaking down, let alone the youngsters who are about to step into society or have just stepped into society. Thanks to second life, they can at least enjoy the feeling of being masters of their land and houses at a low price.
In second life, everyone can be the master of their own land with a small amount of money. There are four types of land regions including Mainland, Private Region, Homestead and Open space in second life. The users in second life can purchase land from either Linden Lab or a private seller. With only $5, they can buy a piece of land of 512 m2, far cheaper than what is in reality. After buying the land, it can be used for any purpose that it is not prohibited by the Second Life Terms of Service. The owners can first build the house to their own design, after which, they can decorate it and make it their unique styles.
Before the youngsters can afford to buy a house, there’s much to do. First, shake off the housing pressure in reality and enjoy being a master in second life. Actually, second life is exactly the place for us to figure out what kind of house we would like to live in and what kind of house is able to represent our identities.
2010年4月28日星期三
2010年4月9日星期五
Jessie as the orgnization
(1) dialogue
[19:03] Ding Atolia: i think my story is too personal
[19:04] Ding Atolia: sonny5258.blogspot.com
[19:04] Susie223 Chun: What is Jujube ?
[19:04] Ruby Lysios: i'm also curious about it
[19:05] Ding Atolia: zao
[19:05] Ruby Lysios: what's jujube
[19:05] Ruby Lysios: ?
[19:05] Susie223 Chun: got it
[19:05] Ding Atolia: 青枣
[19:05] Ruby Lysios: oh, i see
[19:05] Ding Atolia: hah
[19:05] Ding Atolia: it's delicious
[19:07] Susie223 Chun: well, it's a good story,but it's not a news.:)
[19:07] Ruby Lysios: yes...
[19:07] Ding Atolia: yes
[19:08] Ding Atolia: i am aware of that, it's too personal
[19:08] Ruby Lysios: i don't know; will news should be formal?
[19:08] Ding Atolia: but i thought we could just write that
[19:08] Ruby Lysios: like your diary
[19:08] Susie223 Chun: actually,no...
[19:08] Ding Atolia: like the dogs in ncu campus
[19:08] Ruby Lysios: hum...
[19:09] Susie223 Chun: after all, you can't post this kind of stories on newspapers
[19:09] Susie223 Chun: magazines will be ok
[19:09] Ding Atolia: so we have to use a story to reveal some social aspects?
[19:10] Ruby Lysios: but you should report something, and people could not get the point what you try to say to us
[19:10] Susie223 Chun: yes
[19:10] Ding Atolia: good point, ok ,i see
[19:10] Susie223 Chun: not only social event
[19:10] Ruby Lysios: it's better to say the topic at the beginning
[19:10] Susie223 Chun: but it shouldn't be so persona;
[19:10] Susie223 Chun: l
[19:11] Lucky Board: This prize wasn't claimed... so let's try a new magic letter.
[19:11] Lucky Board: Next Prize: breeding coop
[19:11] Lucky Board: Looking for a winner whose name begins with.... J.
[19:11] Susie223 Chun: it's a dairy story,not a news story
[19:11] Ruby Lysios: i know, at the beginnig, you could say taiwanese are nice, haha
[19:11] Jessie Passerine: well though it's not a piece of news ,but it's a good story
[19:11] Susie223 Chun: yes
[19:11] Ruby Lysios: and try to say something support your idea
[19:11] Ding Atolia: haha, yes
[19:11] Ding Atolia: it could be like this
[19:12] Ding Atolia: the first time i came here, i find the people here so nice
[19:12] Ding Atolia: and then i use my story to prove it
[19:12] Ding Atolia: then i could talk about some culture difference
[19:12] Susie223 Chun: yeah
[19:12] Ding Atolia: how differently nice between tw and mainland peole
[19:13] Susie223 Chun: differences will be more attractive
[19:13] Jessie Passerine: hey it's ten now shouldn't we be going to CNN iReport Island now?
[19:13] Susie223 Chun: no
[19:13] Ruby Lysios: no
[19:13] Susie223 Chun: did you see the plan?
[19:13] Susie223 Chun: we have two hous here
[19:13] Susie223 Chun: OK~
[19:13] Ding Atolia: maybe what's the unique side of the two
[19:13] Susie223 Chun: yes
[19:14] Susie223 Chun: think about it
[19:14] Ding Atolia: to make it in a broader sense
[19:14] Susie223 Chun: when you come back home
[19:14] Susie223 Chun: your friend will be more interested in the diferejces\
[19:14] Jessie Passerine: ok~ what i saw is for last time
[19:14] Susie223 Chun: differences
[19:15] Ding Atolia: yes, i see
[19:15] Ruby Lysios: i just find one punctuation error
[19:15] Susie223 Chun: ?
[19:15] Ruby Lysios: I felt an overwhelming stream of both coolness and warmth running over my body, the former for bringing a breeze in that burning weather, and the latter for bringing a comfort for my homesick heart.
[19:16] Ding Atolia: the first,
[19:16] Ding Atolia: should be:
[19:16] Ruby Lysios: I felt an overwhelming stream of both coolness and warmth running over my body :
[19:16] Ding Atolia: right?
[19:16] Ruby Lysios: ;
[19:16] Ruby Lysios: yes
[19:16] Ding Atolia: haha, got it ,thanks
[19:16] Ruby Lysios: i like some of your terms
[19:16] Susie223 Chun: Ruby...
[19:16] Ruby Lysios: like "embrace your soul"
[19:16] Ding Atolia: haha, thanx
[19:17] Susie223 Chun: there's another mistake in your story
[19:17] Susie223 Chun: I mean ,in Ruby's,you remind me just now
[19:17] Ruby Lysios: oh, thanks
[19:17] Ruby Lysios: what
[19:17] Susie223 Chun: Hopefully we could try our best to let them feel Taiwan people’s warm and friendliness.
[19:18] Ding Atolia: warth
[19:18] Ding Atolia: warmth
[19:18] Susie223 Chun: feel TW people's warmth?I think
[19:18] Ruby Lysios: oh!
[19:18] Susie223 Chun: warm is adj
[19:18] Ruby Lysios: yes
[19:18] Susie223 Chun: ok ,let's continue
[19:19] Susie223 Chun: editor?
[19:19] Susie223 Chun: any other mistakes?
[19:19] Ruby Lysios: no
[19:19] Susie223 Chun: great
[19:20] Ding Atolia: ok, so we are done with mine?
[19:20] Susie223 Chun: well ,we still have ten minute for Ding
[19:20] Ruby Lysios: The dogs running or lying on campus; the little squirrel enjoying eating under a little pine tree; the helpful and friendly teachers and students… all these images distract me from the thought that I’m so far away from home.
[19:20] Ruby Lysios: maybe you could just use , , ,
[19:20] Ruby Lysios: because it's not a sentence
[19:21] Ding Atolia: you mean the; can be changed to ,
[19:21] Ding Atolia: right?
[19:21] Lucky Board: This prize wasn't claimed... so let's try a new magic letter.
[19:21] Lucky Board: Next Prize: breeding coop
[19:21] Lucky Board: Looking for a winner whose name begins with.... X.
[19:21] Ding Atolia: Ruby?
[19:21] Ruby Lysios: yes
[19:21] Ding Atolia: ok
[19:22] Ding Atolia: by the way, since we have a little time
[19:22] Ding Atolia: should we edit this story and re-post it?
[19:22] Susie223 Chun: need a break?
[19:22] Ding Atolia: or anything else we should do?
[19:22] Susie223 Chun: that'll be fine
[19:22] Ruby Lysios: a revision
[19:23] Ding Atolia: ok
[19:23] Ruby Lysios: the teacher had posted in the class blog
[19:23] Ruby Lysios: wanna a break
[19:23] Ruby Lysios: haha
[19:23] Susie223 Chun: ok
(2)a summary of the reader’s and the editor’s suggested revisions
The reader, Susie, thinks that it's a good story instead of a piece of news, she would like to see more about the cultural difference Ding is experiencing and find more about Taiwan people’s friendliness. The editor, Ruby, thinks it’s more like a personal diary, and gave the suggestion that it's better to say the topic at the beginning and try to say something support the idea. She also found some spelling error and grammar mistakes in the article.
(3)a brief comment on the entire article
The article is somehow well organized, in a personal writing form. But it’s not a standard news style, in which the writer should give the main point at the beginning. The story is neither too long nor too short, with logic writing and true feelings. Though there are some mistakes in grammar and spelling, it’s a good personal writing overall.
[19:03] Ding Atolia: i think my story is too personal
[19:04] Ding Atolia: sonny5258.blogspot.com
[19:04] Susie223 Chun: What is Jujube ?
[19:04] Ruby Lysios: i'm also curious about it
[19:05] Ding Atolia: zao
[19:05] Ruby Lysios: what's jujube
[19:05] Ruby Lysios: ?
[19:05] Susie223 Chun: got it
[19:05] Ding Atolia: 青枣
[19:05] Ruby Lysios: oh, i see
[19:05] Ding Atolia: hah
[19:05] Ding Atolia: it's delicious
[19:07] Susie223 Chun: well, it's a good story,but it's not a news.:)
[19:07] Ruby Lysios: yes...
[19:07] Ding Atolia: yes
[19:08] Ding Atolia: i am aware of that, it's too personal
[19:08] Ruby Lysios: i don't know; will news should be formal?
[19:08] Ding Atolia: but i thought we could just write that
[19:08] Ruby Lysios: like your diary
[19:08] Susie223 Chun: actually,no...
[19:08] Ding Atolia: like the dogs in ncu campus
[19:08] Ruby Lysios: hum...
[19:09] Susie223 Chun: after all, you can't post this kind of stories on newspapers
[19:09] Susie223 Chun: magazines will be ok
[19:09] Ding Atolia: so we have to use a story to reveal some social aspects?
[19:10] Ruby Lysios: but you should report something, and people could not get the point what you try to say to us
[19:10] Susie223 Chun: yes
[19:10] Ding Atolia: good point, ok ,i see
[19:10] Susie223 Chun: not only social event
[19:10] Ruby Lysios: it's better to say the topic at the beginning
[19:10] Susie223 Chun: but it shouldn't be so persona;
[19:10] Susie223 Chun: l
[19:11] Lucky Board: This prize wasn't claimed... so let's try a new magic letter.
[19:11] Lucky Board: Next Prize: breeding coop
[19:11] Lucky Board: Looking for a winner whose name begins with.... J.
[19:11] Susie223 Chun: it's a dairy story,not a news story
[19:11] Ruby Lysios: i know, at the beginnig, you could say taiwanese are nice, haha
[19:11] Jessie Passerine: well though it's not a piece of news ,but it's a good story
[19:11] Susie223 Chun: yes
[19:11] Ruby Lysios: and try to say something support your idea
[19:11] Ding Atolia: haha, yes
[19:11] Ding Atolia: it could be like this
[19:12] Ding Atolia: the first time i came here, i find the people here so nice
[19:12] Ding Atolia: and then i use my story to prove it
[19:12] Ding Atolia: then i could talk about some culture difference
[19:12] Susie223 Chun: yeah
[19:12] Ding Atolia: how differently nice between tw and mainland peole
[19:13] Susie223 Chun: differences will be more attractive
[19:13] Jessie Passerine: hey it's ten now shouldn't we be going to CNN iReport Island now?
[19:13] Susie223 Chun: no
[19:13] Ruby Lysios: no
[19:13] Susie223 Chun: did you see the plan?
[19:13] Susie223 Chun: we have two hous here
[19:13] Susie223 Chun: OK~
[19:13] Ding Atolia: maybe what's the unique side of the two
[19:13] Susie223 Chun: yes
[19:14] Susie223 Chun: think about it
[19:14] Ding Atolia: to make it in a broader sense
[19:14] Susie223 Chun: when you come back home
[19:14] Susie223 Chun: your friend will be more interested in the diferejces\
[19:14] Jessie Passerine: ok~ what i saw is for last time
[19:14] Susie223 Chun: differences
[19:15] Ding Atolia: yes, i see
[19:15] Ruby Lysios: i just find one punctuation error
[19:15] Susie223 Chun: ?
[19:15] Ruby Lysios: I felt an overwhelming stream of both coolness and warmth running over my body, the former for bringing a breeze in that burning weather, and the latter for bringing a comfort for my homesick heart.
[19:16] Ding Atolia: the first,
[19:16] Ding Atolia: should be:
[19:16] Ruby Lysios: I felt an overwhelming stream of both coolness and warmth running over my body :
[19:16] Ding Atolia: right?
[19:16] Ruby Lysios: ;
[19:16] Ruby Lysios: yes
[19:16] Ding Atolia: haha, got it ,thanks
[19:16] Ruby Lysios: i like some of your terms
[19:16] Susie223 Chun: Ruby...
[19:16] Ruby Lysios: like "embrace your soul"
[19:16] Ding Atolia: haha, thanx
[19:17] Susie223 Chun: there's another mistake in your story
[19:17] Susie223 Chun: I mean ,in Ruby's,you remind me just now
[19:17] Ruby Lysios: oh, thanks
[19:17] Ruby Lysios: what
[19:17] Susie223 Chun: Hopefully we could try our best to let them feel Taiwan people’s warm and friendliness.
[19:18] Ding Atolia: warth
[19:18] Ding Atolia: warmth
[19:18] Susie223 Chun: feel TW people's warmth?I think
[19:18] Ruby Lysios: oh!
[19:18] Susie223 Chun: warm is adj
[19:18] Ruby Lysios: yes
[19:18] Susie223 Chun: ok ,let's continue
[19:19] Susie223 Chun: editor?
[19:19] Susie223 Chun: any other mistakes?
[19:19] Ruby Lysios: no
[19:19] Susie223 Chun: great
[19:20] Ding Atolia: ok, so we are done with mine?
[19:20] Susie223 Chun: well ,we still have ten minute for Ding
[19:20] Ruby Lysios: The dogs running or lying on campus; the little squirrel enjoying eating under a little pine tree; the helpful and friendly teachers and students… all these images distract me from the thought that I’m so far away from home.
[19:20] Ruby Lysios: maybe you could just use , , ,
[19:20] Ruby Lysios: because it's not a sentence
[19:21] Ding Atolia: you mean the; can be changed to ,
[19:21] Ding Atolia: right?
[19:21] Lucky Board: This prize wasn't claimed... so let's try a new magic letter.
[19:21] Lucky Board: Next Prize: breeding coop
[19:21] Lucky Board: Looking for a winner whose name begins with.... X.
[19:21] Ding Atolia: Ruby?
[19:21] Ruby Lysios: yes
[19:21] Ding Atolia: ok
[19:22] Ding Atolia: by the way, since we have a little time
[19:22] Ding Atolia: should we edit this story and re-post it?
[19:22] Susie223 Chun: need a break?
[19:22] Ding Atolia: or anything else we should do?
[19:22] Susie223 Chun: that'll be fine
[19:22] Ruby Lysios: a revision
[19:23] Ding Atolia: ok
[19:23] Ruby Lysios: the teacher had posted in the class blog
[19:23] Ruby Lysios: wanna a break
[19:23] Ruby Lysios: haha
[19:23] Susie223 Chun: ok
(2)a summary of the reader’s and the editor’s suggested revisions
The reader, Susie, thinks that it's a good story instead of a piece of news, she would like to see more about the cultural difference Ding is experiencing and find more about Taiwan people’s friendliness. The editor, Ruby, thinks it’s more like a personal diary, and gave the suggestion that it's better to say the topic at the beginning and try to say something support the idea. She also found some spelling error and grammar mistakes in the article.
(3)a brief comment on the entire article
The article is somehow well organized, in a personal writing form. But it’s not a standard news style, in which the writer should give the main point at the beginning. The story is neither too long nor too short, with logic writing and true feelings. Though there are some mistakes in grammar and spelling, it’s a good personal writing overall.
the revision of Taiwan story-The Different Sunshine
Sonny Ding （981002902 丁潔瓊）
The Different Sunshine
Derived from the same Chinese cultural background, the hospitality that Taiwanese display is different from what the mainland people do. In fact, the overwhelming kindness and hospitality of Taiwanese have enabled many newcomers to better identify with this place and feel the sunshine of the island and its people.
This is what I have experienced in the street. One day when my friend and I were about to leave the sightseeing place, it was noon. Hot and hungry, we wanted to get into a nearby restaurant as soon as possible. Just as we were wandering along the street and looking for an eating place, three mid-aged women sitting under a big tree saw us and one of them came towards us with a bag in her hand. Approaching us, she filled her hands with candies and Taiwan Jujube and then handed them to each of us. “You must be from the mainland for your accents are not local, come and enjoy some of our sweet fruits in this hot weather.” she said.
Under the same situation, the mainland people are not likely to act in the same hospitable way. They might greet the people they meet in the streets and kindly give the directions if asked, but they won’t demonstrate themselves in such an instantly intimate way. As what one Taiwan student, who had been in mainland for a year, said in an interview: “being in an island which has been continuously receiving this kind of outside culture along its growing path from its youth, Taiwan, compared to mainland, China, is more quickly and ready to recognize the outsideness and embrace it with their unique hospitability.
Small as it is in terms of land area, Taiwan is more diverse than mainland China in a town of similar scale. It’s a small world with open-minded and hospitality-ready people, which has much room for outsiders like foreign tourists seen everywhere, from Japan, Korea, India, and so on.
Under the small culture that Taiwanese embrace, the people here tend to view the people they meet on the street not part of them, belonging to other cultures, more willing and eager to share their native culture with the people they meet. In mainland, China, people tend to identify everyone on the streets as part of them, thus they won’t be so quick and ready as Taiwanese, without the motivation to acknowledge the other culture, which they may not know belonging to other cultural backgrounds.
Thanks for the advice of Emma~
The Different Sunshine
Derived from the same Chinese cultural background, the hospitality that Taiwanese display is different from what the mainland people do. In fact, the overwhelming kindness and hospitality of Taiwanese have enabled many newcomers to better identify with this place and feel the sunshine of the island and its people.
This is what I have experienced in the street. One day when my friend and I were about to leave the sightseeing place, it was noon. Hot and hungry, we wanted to get into a nearby restaurant as soon as possible. Just as we were wandering along the street and looking for an eating place, three mid-aged women sitting under a big tree saw us and one of them came towards us with a bag in her hand. Approaching us, she filled her hands with candies and Taiwan Jujube and then handed them to each of us. “You must be from the mainland for your accents are not local, come and enjoy some of our sweet fruits in this hot weather.” she said.
Under the same situation, the mainland people are not likely to act in the same hospitable way. They might greet the people they meet in the streets and kindly give the directions if asked, but they won’t demonstrate themselves in such an instantly intimate way. As what one Taiwan student, who had been in mainland for a year, said in an interview: “being in an island which has been continuously receiving this kind of outside culture along its growing path from its youth, Taiwan, compared to mainland, China, is more quickly and ready to recognize the outsideness and embrace it with their unique hospitability.
Small as it is in terms of land area, Taiwan is more diverse than mainland China in a town of similar scale. It’s a small world with open-minded and hospitality-ready people, which has much room for outsiders like foreign tourists seen everywhere, from Japan, Korea, India, and so on.
Under the small culture that Taiwanese embrace, the people here tend to view the people they meet on the street not part of them, belonging to other cultures, more willing and eager to share their native culture with the people they meet. In mainland, China, people tend to identify everyone on the streets as part of them, thus they won’t be so quick and ready as Taiwanese, without the motivation to acknowledge the other culture, which they may not know belonging to other cultural backgrounds.
Thanks for the advice of Emma~
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