(see IM part I)

cyph: er… im uncomfortable with the number of !

aileen: hahahha!
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cyph: stop cheapening the !

aileen: this is so going on the blog

cyph: grr…
i know this is the age of IM but please do not substitute punctuation for words

aileen: u prude.

cyph: haha

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cyph: hey just to remind you, i need to go for reservist training* in june

aileen: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cyph: 2weeks

aileen: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cyph: and btw i need to go for another 2 weeks after that holiday!!

aileen: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cyph: marking 1 year of almost continuous work

aileen: …

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*Singapore’s compulsory military training i.e. no laptops, no internet

**Update: Shoot, how could I forget! I deserve to be shot. ok, maybe not but lunch on me. (for Praise only, you pig!) Big big BIG thank you to Praise for doing such a wonderful job on organizing the event.

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For the last 2 weeks, we’ve been intensely rehearsing for a RL demo to Singapore’s IDM (Interactive Digital Media) Steering Committee. Present at the demo were 3 ministers including ex-Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Tony Tan, Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan and Mr. Gan Kim Yong, and 10 other top-level government officials.

Thought I’d share some pictures with you guys (click on the picture for larger view.)

We had 3 HUGE ASS projector screens to play with. How cool is that? *drools* They were so huge I couldn’t even get them into the picture. (Note to self: time to buy new wide-angle camera)Thought we’d do something fun for the demo so we had both myself and Tyra wear the same outfit…

… unfortunately this also meant that I had to wear the same outfit for almost every rehearsal. People were coming up to me to ask me how come I didn’t change my clothes.
We got real cards printed for the guests. They absolutely loved it. (Oh no, now everyone’s gonna want one too! =x)
Poster for First Meta, courtesy of the nice folks at the IDM Program Office.Finally, play time after the demo was over. Half of the RL team (hey, where are all the guys?!)

From L to R: Joy (Joy Laperriere), Minky (Minky Mousehold), MJ (Munchkinnn Canning), Praise (Praise Sadofsky) and me (Tyra Fierrens).
Cute little MJ with RL neko ears! Unfortunately they don’t twitch like the ones in SL.Post-demo video: We were not able to get pictures of the ministers (busy working!) nor the other SL folks that came down (Limkopi Davis, Mutan Vestel and LoneWolf Switchblade). I’ll try to see if I can mooch pictures off the others later.Some articles if you’re interested to read more about the event (psst… FM was featured!)

• Over 90 digital media projects on show at Temasek Poly
• Virtual credit card moves into the real world
• Singapore To Build a Vibrant Interactive Digital Media Eco-System
• Research in digital media bears fruit
• Reality and fantasy unite in virtual world projects

~ Tyra

I kid you not. One of the guys found this on a website: