Ok we are not hungry in Second Life. That means famine is unknown. Admitted we can live here, without money, and thanks to charity, all the free clothes around, actually we don’t need anything, but to amuse ourselves. A big and daunting task, if you think about it!
Indeed leaving hunger behind is good, but I am missing the food and the times of savoring dishes with friends! The pleasure of eating, the talks about great diners during diner, and don’t forget the wines. There is always the problem not to eat too much. Drinking too much is out of the question, what is the point of drinking when you don’t even taste it anymore, because you’re already drunk? Ok, some people might have another opinion. But I go for the exquisite tastes, more then for the alcohol.
Since eating is not necessary, you can ask about the reason for having restaurants in this virtual world. Just as others habits coming from real life, like building houses with roofs and staircases, you can think that these restaurants are only left-overs from this real world. I should say, from "that" world, "overthere".
But no!
Strolling through the world Five encountered a superb restaurant in Little Tokyo. Five likes this Japanese sim, it is built on a human size, and has a lot of surprises to offer. One of these is a Japanese restaurant where the design is superb. Human too! There are splendid simple drawings on the wall, there are menu cards. (In Japanese, maybe I should ask my Japanese friend Sin Nagy, from a former blogg to translate the cards.) So all is in Japanese. There is very much to discover, th hidden thing is doing it's work, you stay a long time looking around. The food offered looks very seducing. And then, but you have to search them, the pose balls, at the bar.
I liked very much the sleeping on the bar pose. Again all the detail here is stunning. This is really a "taste" for the eye! But can this ever replace a nice red wine?
And then a Japanese entered, Rogue Merlin, not a very Japanese name! Immediately I asked him about these restaurants, the texts, the drawings. He explained a bit about the menu cards.
[9:16] Rogue Merlin: This meny explains the course menu.
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[9:16] Rogue Merlin: snack
Then I asked about the drawings on the wall, I was very curious about them, being half naive, but also very much designed.
[9:17] You: and what are the drawings behind us at the wall?
[9:19] Rogue Merlin: Kind of autograph
[9:19] You: but that is indeed on the walls in resto's like these?
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Then some other Japanese came in and they started talking Japanese. Time to get the Babbler in action. (See the other blogg, Five talks Japanese.) The Babbler is a free translator, you have to instruct it which person to translate.
As expected, it produced some funny translations.
First of all the test:
[9:31] Rogue Merlin: 日本語
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[9:31] You: ha ha it just said you talked Japanese....
[9:31] Rogue Merlin: 私は
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[9:31] Rogue Merlin: 日本人です
[9:31] De-Babbler 1.1c: Rogue Merlin: It is the Japanese
Someone else came in:
[9:33] Rogue Merlin: 今日は
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[9:33] Rogue Merlin: こんにちは
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[9:34] Rogue Merlin: I said hello in Japanese
[9:34] De-Babbler 1.1c: Rogue Merlin: I said hello in Japanese
[9:34] You: yes understand
Ok so today is hello in Japanese. Just like our Good day!
Then from another customer, who was, by the way, only a few days old:
She was dressed in a very pink shirt. We will meet her again at the end of the story!
[9:34] Takashikun Nishi: まだ初心者でよくわかりません
[9:34] De-Babbler 1.1c: Takashikun Nishi: The beginner it is not understood still be possible to be.
I can just understand what she said! This is reality: (being drunk anyway!) Just the opposite of what I told you in the beginning!
[9:37] Rogue Merlin: バーチャル二日酔いの集まりなんだ
[9:37] De-Babbler 1.1c: Rogue Merlin: It is gathering what of virtual hangover
[9:41] Rogue Merlin: 今日はインターナショナルな酔っ払いの集まりだな
[9:41] De-Babbler 1.1c: Rogue Merlin: Today gathering shelf of international drunkard
Still drinking her beer was the lady in pink, I wanted to compliment her on her shirt, asked Rogue Merlin to do it…look how it is translated…..
[9:44] Rogue Merlin: March さんが、君の事気に入ったらしいよ
[9:44] De-Babbler 1.1c: Rogue Merlin: When March likes, your thing, it forces,
But well, maybe I have to admit, restaurants have a place in Second Life.
PS
[9:46] Rogue Merlin: Takeshikun is boys name.
[9:46] De-Babbler 1.1c: Rogue Merlin: Takeshikun is boys name.
[9:46] Rogue Merlin: In japan
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[9:47] Rogue Merlin: Maybe She is he in real life
[9:47] De-Babbler 1.1c: Rogue Merlin: Maybe She is he in real life
[9:47] Rogue Merlin: Very confusing
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