2009.04.01 01:00 - Happy Birthday PAB, Year 2

Tarmel Udimo was guardian this morning. The comments are hers. This session was the first to usher in the second year of PaB. While modest in celebration, it was a very heartfelt hour, with a larger number of AV's showing up than usual. Several of us 'dressed' for the occasion. We also seemed to spend a long time saying hello. It felt like we needed to touch base with everyone that showed up.

Adelene Dawner: Hi Tarmel, Pema :)
Pema Pera: HI Tarmel!
Susi Alcott: hi Pema
Pema Pera: Hi Adelene, Susi!
Susi Alcott: Hello Tarmel
Tarmel Udimo: hi susi, pema, ade
Tarmel Udimo: thought i would dress for the occasion, Pab's first birthday:-)
Susi Alcott: ah
Pema Pera: hehehe, looking fiery and feisty!
Tarmel Udimo: yes fiery and feisty... a bit like Kate in Taming of the Shrew
Pema Pera: :)
Pema Pera: Hi Wol !
Tarmel Udimo: and Ade has dressed too:-)
Adelene Dawner: :)
Tarmel Udimo: just realised it matches Pema's hair:-)
Tarmel Udimo: hey Wol
Wol Euler: good morning everyone! Happy birthday PaB!
Pema Pera: wow, everybody getting so dressed up!
Susi Alcott: good morning Wol :)
Wol Euler is in the office and so may have to disappear randomly
Tarmel Udimo: ahhh susi your egyptian number
Pema Pera: yes, it is a happy birthday indeed!
Pema Pera: hi Gaya!
Tarmel Udimo: and gaya - lovely
Gaya Ethaniel: Morning and happy birthday PaB!
Pema Pera: yes, what a great entourage we all have here!
Gaya Ethaniel: Thank you :) Miyako odori today.
Susi Alcott: hi Gaya
Pema Pera: :)
Susi Alcott: Happy birth day PaB
Pema Pera: Thank you all, how wonderful to be here with you, after a year!
Tarmel Udimo: yes!
Gaya Ethaniel smiles.
Wol Euler smiles. It's been a great time, thank you so much for starting it, Pema
Pema Pera: Tarmel, I bet you don't get such a crowd here on Wednesday early mornings very often :)
Tarmel Udimo: nooooooooo
Pema Pera: Thank you all for coming to make it possible, Wol!
Pema Pera: Hi Stargate!
Tarmel Udimo: hi Stargate
Stargate Tone: Happy birth day PaB
Wol Euler: hello Star
Stargate Tone: Hello Gaya, Adelene, Tarmel, Pema, Wol, Susi
Gaya Ethaniel: Hi there
Pema Pera: Hi Fael!
Stargate Tone: smiles *
Stargate Tone: Hello Fael :)*
Fael Illyar: Hi Everyone :)
Tarmel Udimo: hey Fael
Gaya Ethaniel: Hello Fael
Susi Alcott: Hi Fael
Wol Euler: morning fael!

Pema then talked about the early days of PaB. It must have felt really poignant for him, acknowledging that his creation had survived for a whole year...

Adelene Dawner wonders if Pema might have heard us singing to him in his sleep, four hours ago. :)
Gaya Ethaniel smiles.
Pema Pera: ah, I wasn't asleep yet, four hours ago, but now that you mention it . . . . :-)
Adelene Dawner: hehehe ^.^
Tarmel Udimo: its 4;00am pema for you I think
Pema Pera: yes, indeed!
Pema Pera: and, haha, a year ago I was wiser and didn't get up at 4 am . . . :)
Tarmel Udimo: grins
Pema Pera: in April we only had 7 am, 1 pm, 7 pm
Pema Pera: We started the 1 am in early May
Tarmel Udimo: hummm
Fael Illyar: do you remember the date?
Pema Pera: but I'm really glad we did, so that we can now reach all time zones
Pema Pera: May 6 I believe it was
Tarmel Udimo: 1:00am's hard for most people but not today:-)
Pema Pera: I feel touched seeing you all out here!
Gaya Ethaniel smiles.
Wol Euler smiles and gives your hand a squeeze
Pema Pera: and seeing all that has happened over the whole year . . . .
Pema Pera smiles back
Fael Illyar: rather massive for 1am meeting today :)
Pema Pera: yes
Tarmel Udimo: ****Howlllzzzzzzzz****
Pema Pera: hahaha !!!
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Pema Pera: I really had no idea what t expect, when I started it all a year ago . . . or whether anything would happen at all, really
Pema Pera: I just came to the original tea hut, told a few friends that I'd be there three times a day, and just waited to see what would happen
Pema Pera: I was curious to try out that new idea of the 9 sec every 15 minutes myself, and beyond that, the more the merrier
Wol Euler: we can consider that a testimonial to your powers of inspiratio, then :)
Pema Pera: thank you, Wol -- and certainly also to the environment of SL and the wonderful people in it, such as all of you!
Pema Pera: Nothing comparable happened in the year before, when I was trying a similar experiment in Qwaq
Pema Pera: :-)
Gaya Ethaniel: Your enthusiam is something that keeps the group together partly I think.
Wol Euler: heh
Tarmel Udimo: hummm and wisdom
Pema Pera bows and blushes
Wol Euler: (to pema)
Fael Illyar: Yes, Pema is important part of greeping the group together :)
Pema Pera: groping to keep together :-)
Squee: In the middle of a world that has always been a bit mad, the cat walks with confidence.
Pema Pera: :)
Gaya Ethaniel smiles.

I then attached Moon's beautiful garden for all of us to enjoy.

Pema Pera: A moonless garden!
Fael Illyar: seems so :)
Tarmel Udimo: yes where is Moooooooooooon?
Pema Pera: yesterday Moon already set off quite some fireworks
Fael Illyar: ah, the grass in named Tarmel :)
Fael Illyar: *is
Adelene Dawner: He's at work now. :)
Tarmel Udimo: a present from moon?
Tarmel Udimo: ahhh
Gaya Ethaniel: How lovely... thank you Moon :)
Pema Pera: ah, Tarmel, how nice!
Fael Illyar smiles.
Tarmel Udimo: celebrations
Tarmel Udimo: its raining where i am
Tarmel Udimo: a downpour
Tarmel Udimo: I have the door to my balcony open
Tarmel Udimo: beautiful
Tarmel Udimo: rain for thegarden
Pema Pera: no wonder your garden sprouted here so quickly :)
Tarmel Udimo: yes:-)

We then went back to what everyone was doing and the beginings of PaB

Fael Illyar: There's a bar in SL that I've agreed to do some bartendering at that opens first time next friday at 22:00 JST
Pema Pera: where is that, Fael?
Fael Illyar: Amemura sim
Tarmel Udimo: JST?
Fael Illyar: Japan Standard Time
Tarmel Udimo: ahhh
Pema Pera: 6 am SLT
Wol Euler: ty, I was aobut to ask :)
Wol Euler: sounds cool, fael.
Stargate Tone gave you PaB 1.3.2009 1 hour meeting.
Fael Illyar: It's Wild West themed :)
Wol Euler: "have translator, will travel"
Fael Illyar: I'm there to handle English speaking guests :)
Pema Pera: and Finnish speaking?
Fael Illyar: if any pop up :)
Wol Euler: ty, star! we look positively mediaeval in that shot
Tarmel Udimo: thanks Star, will post with Log
Pema Pera: yes, thank you Stargate!
GreenTea(Matcha): Mmmhh... enjoy the best green tea Tarmel Udimo
Wol Euler: like chaucer's pilgrims in motley
Fael Illyar gave you +++"Wild West Village"+++ Amemur, Amemura (115, 229, 21).
Pema Pera: thank you, Fael
Gaya Ethaniel smiles. You are becoming a serious SLer Tarmel.
Stargate Tone: _/!\_
Pema Pera: motley we are . . . .
Wol Euler: but united in a quest, as they were
Pema Pera: definitely!
Wol Euler: and good friends and companions, as they were
Pema Pera: so also a crew . ..
Tarmel Udimo: yes can't seem to transfer though to you all the tea - its moon's i think
Gaya Ethaniel: I can't attend I'm afraid, will be busy with okiya events today Fael... perhaps next time.
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Pema Pera: wow, did it rain more ?
Fael Illyar: new sim even :)
Fael Illyar: I also have a branch shop set up there :)
Pema Pera: oh, wow!
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Fael Illyar: Gaya, it's next friday
Tarmel Udimo: sounds great fael
Gaya Ethaniel: ah ok :)
Pema Pera: (sorry, forgot about the bell, must be gettin sleepy :)
Tarmel Udimo: accidentally pressed TP
Fael Illyar: although ... it's friday in Japan
Tarmel Udimo: went for a fly in
Fael Illyar wonders if that means saturday here
Pema Pera: no, Friday here
Pema Pera: 6 am on Friday still
Fael Illyar: ok :)
Tarmel Udimo: how do people feel about stopping for 90 secs - is it a distraction?
Fael Illyar: so the time difference with SL is +16 :)
Pema Pera: no, Tarmel, I like it, and in many sessions I have heard very positive comments about it
Pema Pera: during the few days it has been here
Gaya Ethaniel likes it :)
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Pema Pera: so thank you for your original suggestion that led to it, Tarmel!
Pema Pera: and that then led Storm to implement it
Tarmel Udimo: ty and ty to Storm, but I have been concerned that one can lose energy because of it
Pema Pera: or gain :-)
Wol Euler: yes, I am waiting to see how that works out. It certainly slows the discussion, but htat might not be a bad thing (thinks of Sam)
Gaya Ethaniel: Pauses in fact do the opposite for me - energising I mean.
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Tarmel Udimo: ok
Fael Illyar: It depends on how you do the pauses :)
Pema Pera: in general, using text instead of voice has a similar effect already, continuously . . .
Fael Illyar: what you drop and what you don't.
Pema Pera: . . . which was a conscious choice right at the start
Pema Pera: after using voice only for a year in Qwaq
Pema Pera: I found it far more peaceful
Tarmel Udimo: hummm
Pema Pera: plus it left a trace
Pema Pera: and it gives more people an opportunity to jump in
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Pema Pera: without having to wait your turn, which may never come with more than three people talking
Tarmel Udimo: true
Pema Pera: also forces you to speak in more succinct way
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Tarmel Udimo: now if only we could have an inbuilt spell checker:-)
Gaya Ethaniel smiles.
Susi Alcott: sry; pc probs
Wol Euler: naaah, htat would spoil all the fun
Tarmel Udimo: wb susi
Susi Alcott: ty
Pema Pera: yes, would leave the typo inspired discussions out
Tarmel Udimo: grins
Fael Illyar: those are sometimes nice as well :)
Tarmel Udimo: nods
Tarmel Udimo: good luck on Friday fael, it may be a tad early for me or late depends on whether I've been out and about:-)
Pema Pera: 6 am SLT is 8 am for you, Tarmel?
Tarmel Udimo: no
Pema Pera: sorry, I mean:
Pema Pera: 10 pm JST is midnight for you?
Pema Pera: you're two hours ahead of Japan?
Tarmel Udimo: ohh okay
Pema Pera: so 18 hours ahead of SL time?
Tarmel Udimo: 7:00am used to be 2;00am
Tarmel Udimo: so now its 1:00am I think
Pema Pera: what time is it now for you?
Tarmel Udimo: 7:44pm wednesday
Pema Pera: ah, yes, 18 hours ahead
Tarmel Udimo: ty
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Pema Pera: well, I think I'll try to get a bit more sleep.
Pema Pera: It's really wonderful to celebrate here with you all !
Tarmel Udimo: is this your last week long session?
Pema Pera: But I have three more celebrations coming up, so I'd better be rested a bit beforehand :-)
Gaya Ethaniel: I'm afraid I have to get going... I and a sister will demonstrate a type of tea ceremony then there will be a dance at 9 am SLT. A repeat will be at 7 pm SLT.
Wol Euler: 'night pema, see you in five hours :)
Pema Pera: this is session 25 for me, Tarmel, three more to go :)
Gaya Ethaniel: Have a good day all. And than you Pema and everyone - glad to have been part of it.
Wol Euler: wow!
Susi Alcott: night Pema
Pema Pera: how nice, Gaya!
Tarmel Udimo: night pema, sleep well keep up the good work:-)
Pema Pera: thank you so much, all of you!
Pema Pera: in many ways
Gaya Ethaniel smiles and waves.
Adelene Dawner: Sleep well, Pem
Susi Alcott: _/!\_
Pema Pera: happy first, and see yuo soon!
Tarmel Udimo: bye gaya
Wol Euler: bye gaya, take care
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