Friday 25 October 2013

Gaming

So I finally finished this drawing of me and Smoer surrounded by things we (both) really like.

It's been a while since I draw this and there are mistakes here and there but I think I'm improving a bit. (Except the hands, oh God the hands...)




The things you can see on the drawing are:

- Lays bell pepper flavoured chips
- Wicky fruit drinks
- Zwan sausages
- Kinder chocolate
- Flyff sticker
- Skyrim on the TV and poster
- Xbox 360 and games (Dragon Age II, Tomb Raider, Halo Reach, Red Dead Redemption, Skyrim, Assassin's Creed III)
- Wii and games (Super Smash Bros Brawl and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
- Smoer's Johnny Depp mustache T-shirt and mustache necklace
- Minecraft scenery
- Lilly of the valley flower
- Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr)
- Dango plush from anime 'Clannad'
- Yoshi plush
- Twilight Dentifrice T-shirt
- Stark banner from Game of Thrones
- Pictures of our pets that recently passed away
- My Altaïr Ibn La-Ahad papercraft
- Harry Potter book between the sofa and the bookshelf
- Assassin's Creed's Desmond Miles' hoodie (that I'm wearing)
- iPhones
- Book filled with holiday stories from me and Smoer (Smoer's hand is on it)

Sunday 20 October 2013

Papercraft: Update

I finally finished the main part of the body. There are 5 parts in this papercraft (head, body, legs and tail and the two wings) and I finished 2 of them now!











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Saturday 19 October 2013

My last week in Texas

I came home a week ago after spending about 65 days in Texas with Sonaj. I'm really glad I spend such a long time with him (I only intended to stay one month) and I even wish I could have stayed longer. I had an amazing time although not everything went perfectly fine (I've been sick twice).

Texas is very different from my country both in nature and climate as in people and environment. The places I stayed at were really warm and there were almost no trees. All plants looked different and even the grass felt different to my feet. A lot of the insects were unknown to me or bigger (some smaller) as I'm used to. For the first time in my life I saw cockroaches! All people are really friendly in Texas and all shops are really big and far spread from each other. The roads are much wider as I'm used to and the cars driving them are mostly bigger than the ones I see in my country (loads of pick ups!) You can see that they have a lot of space in Texas, which we don't have at all in my country. It was a really nice experience to be able to live there for two months.

I'm really happy that I met Sonaj's friends and some of his family. I've seen the schools Sonaj's been to, his houses and a lot of other places where Sonaj spends a lot of his time. I know now which world Sonaj lives in.

Being back in my country I am COLD (It's autumn here now) and of course I really miss Sonaj. I really hope he'll be able to come to Belgium soon and I'm really curious about what he'll think of my country!





Sunset in Sonaj's street.

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Church. Church in Texas was a lot different than in my country and I kind of liked it. They sometimes talked about very inspiring and interesting subjects. There was a live band each time and they'd play for about 30 minutes!

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Cotton plantations on our way back to Dallas.

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Views.

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The day before my birthday we went to Six Flags. I haven't been in many attractions since they looked so scary but I've been in this one! The batman ride! Sonaj has been in almost all of them.

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The whole park was Halloween themed. There were 6 haunted houses and we went into all of them. It was really fun.

Superman attraction in the background.

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Mr Freeze. Really scary attraction. Sonaj went into it.

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The newest attraction. Sonaj didn't go in this one since it was too scary.

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Sonaj is in this attraction!

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The day after my birthday we went to the State Fair. There was a mini zoo! Here's a kangaroo with baby and a turtle.

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Baby giraffe.

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Piggies!


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Donkeys!

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We stayed at Katy's again. She has two big dogs and this is one of them. Hunter! He's really sweet.

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At the state fair.

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Picture of the blue blue sky that I miss now.

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We went to the biggest mall of Dallas, the grapevine mall. This is a picture of the rain forest café we visited. The food wasn't that good but it was really nice inside.

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For my last dinner in Texas Katy took us a burger place at a close by lake. You can see the burgers on my food post. It was a really cozy place (and there were ducks).


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Back home I got this new iPhone cover from my mother!

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Thank you Sonaj for letting me stay that long. Spending so much time with you was amazing. Just waking up aside you, being able to have lazy days with you and cook for you... Doing all those simple things with you was amazing. It made me realize I can easily spend so much more time with you. Even after spending 2 months day in and day out with you, I never got tired of being around you. If I could I'd step on the first plane back to Texas to be with you again. Thank you for everything!

Papercraft: Sora without his keyblade

I forgot to take a picture of Sora WITH his keyblade and I can't really take a new picture since the papercraft is at the other side of the world. Sonaj can't take a picture either since he left it in his house at his university and he's home with his parents now.

Anyway. I made this papercraft while I was in Texas with Sonaj. Since putting a papercraft in a suitcase isn't such a great idea I decided to make a papercraft for Sonaj as I was there.







Food: Part 3

More burgers and self made dishes.






Foodruckers hamburger with fried potato slices.

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Top: Pasta with chicken. (wasn't yummy)
Bottom: Fried shrimps.

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Chicken with tarragon, green beans and self made croquettes. (Thanks to Sonaj for making all the different shapes)

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Salmon 'en croute' with yellow bell pepper and mini tomatoes. 

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Donuts from Krispy Kreme.

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A breakfast dish with eggs and potatoes in ' The Egg and I'. 

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Dippin' Dots ice cream.

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Pasta with ham and cheese (self made, wasn't that good).

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Indian dishes. (Sonaj any chance you could write what it is?)

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Indian sweet dessert.

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Home made chocolate chip cookies, with milk. (They're so good when they're right out of the oven)

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Mediterranean food at Ali Baba's.

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Lamb kebab.

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Lamb with steamed veggies.

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Funnel cake with strawberries and cream at Six Flags over Texas.

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Fries.

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Caramel nut apple.

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Cotton candy. 

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Fresh hamburgers (they were really good).

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Parmesan fries.

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Fried Oreos at the State Fair.

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Fried nutella at the State Fair.

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American pancakes.

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My last dinner in Texas, hamburger with fries.

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FINALLY BACK IN BELGIUM EATING AWESOME BELGIAN FRIES BECAUSE THEY'RE THE BEST.

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