My experiences in Second Life on November 16th

Second Life is a good virtual world for people to learn the language and culture without pressure. During the mission in Second Life, I did not communicate with people face-to-face, I still felt really natural and comfortable in the conversation. I do like this virtual world and I think I will spend more time on it.

Through the mission on November 16th, I had learned some new traditional activities about Halloween. Jason told us it is popular for people to play “bob-for-the-apple”. It’s really new to me and I can imagine that people will get wet during the game. I think it is hard to bob the apples especially in cold days. Anyway, what an interesting game! I would like to give it a try if I have the chance next time.

I know children will play trick-or-treat on Halloween but sometimes they may meet some “bad” neighbors. I was wondering what if the neighbors do some bad things to the children, what can the children do? Because Taiwanese parents always warn their children do not take the stranger’s gifts or candy without their permissions. And Jason gave me the answer, “That’s why their parents always go with them from door to door.” It helps me to break the myth that I thought trick-or-treat is children’s adventure only. Safety is important, too. What’s more, some parents will keep the candy for their children during the activity because they want to prevent their children from eating too much candy. That’s interesting.