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Description: Church campuses often have beautiful monuments, most of which are too difficult for me to create on gmax. Luckily, a cross is not complicated, but still meaningful to your Christian sims, especially as Christmas approaches. This landmark is built and maintained by the faithful at no cost to your city. Stats: Plop (bulldoze): 0 (33) Lot size:1x1 Wealth: Unassigned Water: 0 Electricity: 0 Pollution: 0/0/0/0 @ 0/0/0/0 Dependencies: The number of times Jesus sinned. -
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Description: At the top of Guam's mountain peaks, visible from the highway below, are crosses. These are actually there as part of the stations of the cross, a Catholic tradition during the season of Lent. Catholicism being the predominant faith on the island, a Good Friday trek up the mountain trail, with some locals carrying a heavy cross themselves to simulate the leadup to Jesus' crucifixion, is popular each year. This lot is slope conforming to allow it to be placed on mountains and has no base texture so that it can blend in to those surroundings, but it could be placed anywhere the Sim faithful at the local House of Worship want it to be. Except underwater. And elevated in the air. But most other places. Stats: Plop Cost (Bulldoze): 33 (3) Maintenance Cost: 15 Lot Size: 5x5 Landmark Effect: 20 over 5 Park Effect: 30 over 10 Pollution: 0/0/0/0 @ 0/0/0/0 Dependencies: None. -
From the album Photoshop Challenge (S3-05-E)
Before you cast your vote, please view the first comment to see it in full resolution! Photoshop enhancements: Crashing waves, custom water texture, custom beach texture, fog/mist, boat reflections, boat ripples, and the usual stuff that I include in nearly all of my pictures (which includes finding a suitable filter, faded black borders, slight tilt shift, editing some of the color values to make them "pop", and then varying levels of saturation, glow, and sharpening) From my "South Pacific" entry in my CJ, True Earth: "...After getting off our cruise ship, we make our way across Easter Island to Anakena Beach. Anakena is one of two beaches that Easter Island has to offer - the rest of the island is quite rocky and barren, making it a popular tourist destination. We're surrounded by wild horses, endless palm trees, and the sound of crashing waves once we get to the beach, and Moai statues face inwards towards the island to greet us once we get there. The Rapa Nui people purposely placed the Moai facing inland while they were being constructed some 600-800 years ago - to show that they were protecting and honoring the people of Easter Island. The mysterious Moai statues offer more questions than answers: how were they built, how were they set up, and how did the Rapa Nui people move the statues across the island? No one really knows for certain, so we just sit back and admire their greatness. After checking out the Moai, we spend the rest of our day lounging around in our inner tubes, taking in the natural beauty of the island - it's truly a one of a kind destination." -
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I have changed the name of my country for some business and personal reasons. Please feel free to visit this site for more details. Also Devon News Online Journal have transferred to a new and better site, check this site out for more details and please do not forget to vote on the site's survey on the upper right! Disclaimer: Some pictures are not mine, all of them are credited to their rightful owners. They are used under the fair-usage policy. If you want your pictures removed, feel free to message me. Replies to comments: NielsC007: Thanks! That map surely did take some time to make. I am happy you liked it. Houston: Thanks Houston! I might need to use photoshop also soon. SimRico: Yay! I love Peyton-Stepford-Troy too! I'm working on with the summit as we speak. Took some time but I might be ale to pull it off sooner. Terring: Thanks Terring!ī 89James89: Thanks James. I am happy you liked this entry. I also love that scene in The Residences. It's the first high rise in this area fyi. Kisa Atsuko: Hahaha. I am glad you liked the images. NMUSpidey: Thank you NMUSpidey. Well I must say that learning is a gradual process. Hahahaha Neto Dari: Thanks Neto! Richie99: Yes, I did make a map for it. Hahaha Oh well, those BATs took time to find and I must say BAT hunting isn't easy. Roman_Samudra: I am not sure. Hahaha. Well took quite time to plan things out. Glad you liked it. titanesk: Done. CorpusDei: I love Krispy Kreme too! sarthakknight: Well so much for shopping, you have to find a work too! Mayor Gaetan: Done. andisart: Thanks for the beautiful BAT Andisart! I really love that building and I am glad I came across upon it. sarthakknight: Mini Dubai? Nope. I have quite a different plan in mind. Hahaha Magneto: Thanks Magneto! I must say that the long road to being a good CJournalist is still a way ahead. -- Hajimemashite. First off, I would like to apologize for this late entry. I had not been feeling well lately because of flu, fever and mild headaches. If you are wondering why, you will find it out in this journal entry. By the way, I am Kuroko Tetsuya. For those who had been with me in my past adventures in Kirisaki Daichi looking for some awesome vanilla milkshakes then you must have probably met me. However for the sake of those who don't allow me to reintroduce myself. Once again I am Kuroko Tetsuya, a young enthusiastic 100% Teikonian who is unfortunately tasked to you guide you around Teiko in some episodes. I am an acquaintance of Kise Ryouta, the incumbent minister for Internal and External Communications (MICE). Moving forward, I hope you like this entry and drop a comment below, vote a star or give us +1. They are all highly appreciated. Lastly, please do not despise my sickened appearance. Oh well.. enough with those stuff. I could feel like I'm writing this episode from bottom to top. Two days ago, our corporate team decided to go out for the Easter day. Well frankly, more than a religious occasion, we in Teiko treat it a national holiday for some other reason I haven't figured out yet. So, we in Seirin Enterprise Holdings Corporation decided to go to Hamada City. Where is Hamada City? Just little over to the north of Kamizaki District and left of Daisuke District. Hamada City is the second largest city in Beika Prefecture and is quite full of oddities. Arriving in Hamada City by car was the worst experience I could get. It was dawn when we reached the city boundary, somebody should have advised to use the train which is more comfortable not to mention faster. Hamada City boundary with Daisuke District. After another painstaking session of road riding, we finally arrived at the hotel we are required to stay. Teito Hotel Hamada, a small tourist hotel outside the city downtown. The hotel was small but comfy, seems like the company is cutting expenses lately, this hotel was in basically in the middle of nowhere or better yet in the middle of farmlands. Another shot of Hotel Teiko Hamada, it has around 150 rooms and a few amenities but it does not have a pool. To its front are rice fields. It was a tiring morning, so we did not go out prior to lunch time. I wanted to go to the city but I was forbidden to go alone so in the end we all decided to eat in a restaurant nearby. Hamada Square (it's not really a square, its more of a strip) in the middle of the rice fields, a popular tourist destination. Afterwards, we spent the whole afternoon there until we went to the onsen at around 5PM. Hamada Onsen, the only onsen in Hamada City and the nearest from Teiko Metropolitan Area. That's me, yes please don't be dazzled on how cute I am. My two superiors also enjoying their onsen experience. Well, it was really a good experience. I need to remind myself of visiting it once in a while. Relaxation for the body is the best rejuvenation style there is. The following day we decided to visit the Inoue Shrine sitting on top overlooking Hamada City. Inoue Shrine, a USESCO hailed heritage site. This place is one of the oldest remnants of the Bashimatsu Empire, Teiko's predecessor nation. Another view of Inoue Shrine. Inoue Shrine (bottom center) overlooking the onsen we visited earlier and the Inoue Temple. Afterwards we decided to visit the downtown since all we had did in the city was visit rice fields and old buildings. Whole Seirin Team walking through the streets of Hamada City. We decided a quick stroll around the town to buy some good souvenirs but I guess it wasn't a really very good idea. The downtown was quite far but we did go anyway. We finally got a taste of REAL urbanity in after a few walks. A little bit more to the north... Hamada Central Station, I'll definitely try my best to take the train back home after this... So my wish got granted earlier. We took a train from Hamada Central Station to Hamada Business Ward Station 1. Hamada Business Ward Station 1 which is also locally known as Shin Station in Dowtown Hamada, a few kilometers to the north. Well I never knew we can walk through the flyover but I guess that's only in Teiko. Shin-Niji Flyover connecting the two business wards of Hamada City (Shin and Niji). Shops at Shin District in Hamada City. We did a quick stroll around looking for whatever we can find that is cheap. Teiko's economy is quite a little but slow these days as the national election is fast approaching. It was a great day touring the downtown but rain fell hardly out of nowhere that we immediately decided to go back to the hotel Hard rain over downtown Hamada City. With nothing to do left, we decided that there is one last option to make: Leave..... It's sad but all vacations are just temporary, we have work the following day and for that matter the others agreed to take the train in going back to Teiko. At least my request got granted again, to say at least. Train leaving Hamada City, the last thing you should see would be the military outpost just the outskirts of the city. Well, that is it. Another week had gone by and another chapter closes but I wish to bring you around Teiko more in the coming days so please keep posted for updates! Lastly, as a souvenir, we took this picture from Kodak at Downtown Hamada. The place in the left is called Hamada Town Circle (Wait, they have a square and now a circle? ) and is a place full of residential condominium complexes. There you have it, the transcript of our short/long vacation trip to Hamada City. Tomorrow, I need to file my liquidation report for all the expenses done here, great back to work again. In the end, I hope to see you again in my coming journeys, Ja mata! THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UNDYING SUPPORT, SEE YOU NEXT TIME! TEiKO. IT'S MORE FUN HERE! Disclaimer: Some pictures are not mine, all of them are credited to their rightful owners. They are used under the fair-usage policy. If you want your pictures removed, feel free to message me. Official site of Teiko is now available here.
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