I learned one thing while making this drawing... If you ask Gabriella: "What else should I add?" She makes you draw all kinds of stuff... You don't want to know... Okay, so... I felt like drawing and just started to draw and ended up with this, eh, him again. Yeah... This is worse than addiction... The kind of book (and the ivy around it), the castle, the deer (that's as big as one floor of the castle, it's a super deer but you can't see the red cloak!) and the hills were Gabriella's ideas. I tried to keep the shadows simple and worked with only 3 different tones per colour, and then an extra for light. I don't know which way of colouring is the best, I just like it all!
Yesterday I went to a sushi restaurant. It was an 'all you can eat' restaurant. You could order as much as you wanted, but if you left something you had to pay extra for it. So, all you ordered you had to eat. There were a lot different dishes. We took some of almost everything! Besides normal sushi, and special sushi rolls, there were also tempura dishes and fried dishes. I ate sushi, horns with rice, salad and tuna, tempura shrimps, dim sum, fried duck, fried mushrooms, tempura squid (I'm not sure how it's called in English), ... But my favorite was definitely tempura courgettes! For dessert there were different ice creams. I had a lychee ice cream. It was great! I really loved this dinner, I will definitely go back to that place! Today I made a fish sandwich again. Some of you might remember it as the Christmas Sandwich. Pictures... Bonus pictures! I found this picture in the newspaper. I'm having my driving license exam soon and this picture is a good example of how roads are in Belgium. They're far from as bad as on this picture but I thought it was funny.
My mother got this box when she went shopping and needed a box to put some stuff in. Isn't it fancy?
Ignore the title... I haven't been posting much lately so I decided to give you a little update! What brightens my world
There are a few things these days that fill me with love and happiness. I seem to feel better lately (actually I feel pretty happy) and that's thanks to the following... First of all. My tiger.
Or well... The person behind the tiger. He makes every day a better day. He makes me smile, makes me laugh. He fills me with love. When I look at him, a tiny smile playing on his lips, his sparkling eyes... my heart feels fuzzy and I want to dance and sing. I could have never imagined I'd be able to call him mine one day but today I can reply him with... I love you too!
Secondly... Gabriella.
I've met her years ago on Habbo (wow yes I used to play Habbo one day...). Me and a friend visited some 'foreign' hotels to meet and talk to people from other countries. One of those people was Gabriella. I added her on MSN but we didn't really talk much. She wasn't online much, but recently she got online again and we started to talk again. After all the events lately I feel at peace with her. She's honest and true. She always makes me smile and laugh. We spend so much time talking about candies, cookies and chocolate. Mostly chocolate actually. I love being silly with her. I really hope I can mean as much to her as she means to me. I know I'm not a perfect friend but I'll try my best to make her smile. I'm really thankful for the friendship she gives me! Thirdly. Ludovico Einaudi.
Yes I talk too much about him. You already know him. But... Once more... I love his music! His music calms me down and fills me with a strange, great feeling. I love watching him play. Eh, fine I'll shut up. Fourthly. Piano.
I used to have piano lessons for two years but quit because of... stuff. I started to play again and I wouldn't want to stop anymore. I love playing the piano. I play a lot on my grandmother's piano. She loves it when I play there (I keep hearing that from people) but she feeds me chocolates and other things every time I go. Playing the piano makes me fat! And last but not least. Tipi!
My sweet, little cat. You're so beautiful. I'm sorry that I keep picking you up and squeeze you even though you don't like it but you're irresistible. Things I have been doing lately. I started to watch 'Friends' the TV series. I'm at season 3 now. Today I realized there are 10 seasons. I won't be finished any time soon. Two weeks ago I decided to try Skyrim again and now... I'm addicted to it again. I bought the DLC (expansions) and can't stop playing anymore! I already played 170 hours on my main character, which is nothing compared to Flyff actually... (Playtime: 259Day 6Hours 51Minutes 18Seconds ) With the left over points I bought Alan Wake. It's a story-thriller game. I hate thrillers. I'm so easily scared. Why am I playing this game...
Practicing piano, piano, piano... I'm making a surprise gift for Gabriella but since it's still a surprise I really can't tell you anything about it yet. Even though I'd love to tell. But... !!! If anyone is wondering about the papercraft I'm working on... I'm still working on it, sometimes. I finished the arms now. Now I need new ink so I can start with the rest of the body. Pictures come later. I'm reading the last 5th book (which is actually the 6th) book of Game of Thrones. Since I buy them all I got a nice collection now. I love it! Bonus pictures. My grandmother's library. Filled with French, English, Dutch and German books. Awesome stuff. My messy desk. Because I really think I'm making too much mess right now...
My cat in a basket in a basket.
And since a certain someone kept spamming me comics while working on this blog post I'll post one of them too. Yey.
Dear Mr Einaudi, I want to thank you for creating such beautiful music. I've liked piano music ever since I was young, not only because I started playing piano myself. My first favourite composers were Wim Mertens and Yann Tiersen. I liked their music and listened a lot to them but when I discovered your music (a few months ago) a very different feeling filled my heart. Your music touches me deeply. The melodies, the simplicity, the complexity... You put so many feelings into every note you play... When I see you play I can't stop looking. Your fingers move so smoothly over the piano keys. I really hope I'll be able to play with as much emotion as you do. You define the reason why piano is so great to me, to express emotions and feelings. You give your own touch to music, you got your own unique style. You're not afraid to experiment with different instruments, nor afraid to play alone. Even though other instruments join with your piano play, the melody stays one. You bring your passion onto the other musicians. Every time I'm restless, annoyed, depressed, sad or upset, your music calms me down. Not that I only listen to your music when I'm in a less good mood! I love listening to it any time of the day, with any mood. When I'm waking up, when I do my morning shores, when I sit in the bright noon sun, when I'm drawing in the afternoon, when I'm having a chat with friends at evenings, when I sit in my bed before sleeping and when I fall asleep... I could listen to your music every moment of the day. I mostly listen to your concert from the Royal Albert Hall. Those versions of your songs are even greater than the 'original' ones. Thank you, Ludovico Einaudi. Lisa.
Shehan, known as Gamer on Flyff (though he doesn't play anymore), a fellow Twilight Dentifrice member made his first song! Take a moment to listen and... like!
This Monday my oldest cat Felix passed away. He was around 16-17 years old. When I was 5-6 years old we got a cat from neighbors. We named her Discovery. She was a very lively young cat and became friends with an older cat from the neighborhood (we also think Felix might have been the father of Discovery). He was the cat from our neighbors and was named Felix. The daughter of our neighbors was a little spoiled and stopped giving attention to Felix as soon as he grew older. That's why Felix visited our house. He was a very shy and frightened cat but my brother was patient and got to know Felix. Slowly Felix started to come nearer to our house and started eating at our house. In the beginning only my brother could get near him, eventually even pat him. Later on he became used to the rest of my family. After a few years we moved to another town. Felix basically lived with us already by then and we asked his owners if we could take him with us. They agreed. I've never been really close to Felix. I used to bully my cats (I was young!) and became friends later on with Discovery. My brother was the one being really close to Felix. They had a very special bound. Felix would catch mice and drop them at my brother's bed (which freaked him out). When someone else slept in my brother's bed, Felix left a nice poo on the bed. Felix would purr when my brother pat him, while he almost never did that with me. When my brother would be gone for a few days, Felix would wander through the house meowing and searching him. When my brother studied, Felix lay on his desk or sofa to keep him company and when my brother walked into the garden, to a sunny spot, Felix would follow him and lay with him. I took care of Felix, like I did of Discovery, but I would sleep with Discovery, cuddle with Discovery and play with Discovery. In any case, Felix was still my, our, cat. A while ago he started acting weird. He wouldn't listen to his name anymore, would wander in the house and we'd find him on the strangest spots (like in the garage aside the motorbikes or at the top of the stairs). He'd jump on the table when we'd be having dinner while he knew he really couldn't do that. He started to eat less, eventually not eat at all anymore. He didn't drink anymore, or barely. Then... He started to get weak, his legs would slip away under him when he was standing somewhere... Eh... He just... It was sad to see him like that... We knew he was dying... And so he did, last Monday... My brother messaged me at morning. My father found him. Later that day, dad's girlfriend and my brother buried him. Rest in peace Felix. You were a great cat. We'll miss you.
