The art of blogging.

Hello my friend,

Welcome to the colourful surreal world that lives in my mind….

please enjoy your stay here…

regards,

Aya.

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Hamster

got a cute hamster widget from http://abowman.com/
sadly i cannot put it on the CSS in here :p
love it so much!

Banana-chan gallery

And…for today’s photos…banana chan in action XD

thanks to Sisca that gave me time to *harass* his pisang-chan

you can go here to see the gallery

ahoy matey!

AHhhhhhh finally i’ve got them finished!

but for now, not for Zoro, i haven’t make his katana yet…XD

I already figure out how to make the katana with felt fabric, thanks to my friend on DA ( Deviant art )…

oh, I recently got active again there…coz i think it would be nice if i have some place to showcasing my artworks  there…it’s lovely to have new friends and meet awesome artists there…We can learn many from them…

*All of the accesories they have are removable…really painful work but it turn out good, that, I can change the clothes everytime i got bored with it XD*

More Zosan stuff.

Finally finished the Zoro and Sanji plushie! minus Zoro katana sadly, I wanna make it with paperclay later…and I didn’t find any felt fabric that have the exact colour as Zoro’s hair…well gonna do with this I think : (

and now in progress for making Nami : 3

A couple weeks ago, I bought Zoro and Sanji strap, and put it on my mobile phones, and somehow I saw this…and made a gag from it XD

And finally, my Poupee of the day…I love the background and the princess theme dress XD

new “babiez” at home.

This week I’ve got  a holiday for 5 days because of religious moslem day…enough for making me bored somehow XD

Got many things to do though…gonna make it one by one….

First, I’ve got new “babies at home” that you can see it here. A cute lil’ bunny and a couple of “monkeycups”  ( not a real monkey…its a pitcher plant nickname : 3 )

Finally,the OP Grandline men figure that I pre order come! altough this not mine ( mine still a week to go ) but I already borrow it from my friend and took a photos of it! really worth a fortune for this stuff…it have a nice detail…*joyful tears* : 3

MOnkey.D.Luffy and Portgas.D.Ace figure!…*nosebleed*

And I learn from my bro’ to put picture for linking to other site…how silly of me… XD
Drop by to my “evil twin bro” site…He is my partner in crime…LOL

wally the walrus.

“Wally the walrus…wall-ie…wall-ieee…

He is so plumpy…as a plum-pie-plum-pie…

Pinky-pink as he can be…pink-kie-pink…

There’s no other walrus as pink as he is…pinky-pie-pinky-pie…

he was made to greet you all…!love-love-love…”

plushie-o-rama.

Hello everyone,

Back again with me here…still with the new addiction things every week :p

And for today’s addiction, i mean this week are plushies and other clay thingy.

What is plushie you say?

“A stuffed toy is a toy sewn from cloth, plush, or other textiles, and stuffed with straw, beans, plastic pellets, cotton, synthetic fibers, or other similar materials. Stuffed toys are also known as plush toys (U.S. English) from plush, the outer material used, and soft toys or cuddly toys (British English). They are made in many different forms, often resembling animals, legendary creatures, cartoon characters or inanimate objects.

Some stuffed animals are very old – home made cloth dolls stuffed with straw go back to at least the 1830s, perhaps much older. The most well known type of stuffed toy is likely the teddy bear. They are often used as comfort objects.” ( taken from wikipedia.com )

To be honest, buying plushies are the second expensive hobby beside collecting action figures. Many times i wanna buy anime character plushies, but didn’t do it coz for me the cost was not acceptable. So, I think of why didn’t I make it myself? many peoples do this and they even do it better than the factory made! and the good thing is you can customize it anyway you like.

ok, there must be a bad things rite?

the bad things are, if you didn’t know how to DO it….I mean, you have at least know how to sew, how to make pattern, how to make plushie’s basic, etc. Plus…if you’re not patient enough…you’ll ruin everything you made XD

Back to the hand made thingy…

I finally push myself for doing this, coz I think it’s worth a try…with trial and error, and lots of *ouch* things ( damn the needle! ) finally i made some of them…some are original, some are anime character…

This is my first plushie, the gothic rabbit.I made the stitches rough so it looks like frankenstein rabbit…

All features like eyes, mouth, nose are pure stitches. I didn’t like using glue in my project ; )

Hiruma Yoichi fan art from Eyeshield 21. This plushie never finished coz i use trial and error technique…so I did many wrong pattern >_<

And the hair took so long to make ( coz i made it one by one ), but I love the final result though : )

My original character, this plushie reflecting myself. when I made this, I really have a bright red hair like this, and having a red contact lense. I love gothic things, so dark and red is my color here.

This time I really have a progress, and minimize the error things.

This is the new plushie I make. It’s Sanji from One Piece.

Ok for now it’s not done yet, he still naked here…LOL…

This time, I already search all over the internet for pattern and technique. I feel this time I really make a high progress for doing this plushie things.

For now I can make the wearable things can be unattach yay!I’m so happy…altough, uhmmm…there some mistakes too XD

I wanna make all the Strawhat crew plushie, but I don’t think I can…we’ll see…

Next : we’ll be Zoro plushie…hope can be done neatly XD

until next time…!

fandom kills me ( my wallet ).

Let get this straight… ^^;

“Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, freedom, etc.) is a term used to refer to a subculture composed of fans characterized by a feeling of sympathy and camaraderie with others who share a common interest.”

( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom )

I know for long ago that collecting everything about this fandom things could break your heart…and kill you in an instant ( literally )…by any means, it’s ripping off your wallet really fast…for me, this is an expensive hobby! but thanks to my passion to anime/manga…I fell for this one…really…

In fact, I ever mentioned to myself that i don’t want to collecting any of anime/manga figures coz its not worth it…expensive price and voila! you only got some tiny figure ( sometimes really tiny ) that only you and other otaku understand the beautiful of the figures…sometimes lack of detail and art ( for me )

take a look at this one for example, its MacFarlane’s dragons figure that I bought many, many years ago for a price of Rp.350,000,- ( about $35 )

But it has a lot of details, big figures ( about 20 – 30 cm tall ), it looks real, great color…its worth of the price for me…

The other sample of anime figures ( that actually not worth it…but ironically, i bought it too ~__~ ) of Ace&Luffy Grandline men series, with only 15cm tall… ( still preorder, i borrowed this from internet, i’ll switch it when my package come ) that cost about $50 for both of them, ouch! just compare it with the dragon one, and i think you’ll understand what i means…

And if you ask me why i still bought this figures…it’s because I love Ace & Luffy…as simple as that!

Maybe this what calls a hobby rite? collectors stuffz…and when you admire one character that you love, you wanna own it too ( literally )…

so….I think i’m beginning to understand why some peoples really into action figures…altough sometimes may not seems worth the price…

there goes my empty wallet for this one, especially for One Piece figures for now that I collect….and I think the number of the figures will grow eventually…LOL XD

Here are some of my collection of figures, you can see it here in my gallery…

For the next one, i’m going to buy Thousand Sunny ship!… : )

But really….If I think it again….

Why I bought this stuff for…I wonder… ~___~

Jogjakarta.

Finally got back to Jakarta after 5 days travelling to Jogjakarta – Solo with my office team, Edward Suhadi photography : )

Here some of our picture : )

At Taman Sari – Jogja ( Taman Sari or Water castle,  is a bathing place for the King and Princesses )

the second picture  is a mosque build with an underwater passage below the manmade lake. It’s non functional now thought because the lake has been drained.

We divide our group into 3 teams, and having a small photo contest competition. Our team name is “Wow, mantap!” ( means, Wow cool! )

One of the competition theme is “unity of the team or cohesive team”, and with this one we came as the winner of the competition :p

At Grojogan Sewu – Solo ( Grojogan means waterfall )

But still some of my soul attached in there, being soo tipsy and always sleepy here…like, hey! i still wanna go dreaming don’t wake me up from this dream,LOL!

Yeah, Jogja is a beautiful city,i love it so much despite 3-4 times I go there, and still wanna go again. It’s a city that resembles Bali in the mystical way, and traditional way…

Not gonna spoiled about Jogja here, you can see it on the internet about it :p

But i’m pretty happy with this trip…good company ( my teammate ), good food ( we always eat everytime there…. ), good place…everything!

I think i’m beginning to love travelling…to the place that not many people go…

Some people say that traveling is wasting money,

but hey! we only lives once! why should bother?

We don’t know when we die rite? it could be tomorrow, now, 1 hour from now, who knows?

Next plan is going to Ambon, hope I can go this December…

I can’t wait!

quote of the day.

For today, a qoutes from me…inspired by One Piece : )

*btw i’ve got a cool site for looking quotes over the world, check this site here.

“I may be an idiot,

but i will never throw away my imaginations and my dreams!

I may be stupid,

but i’ll never be an adult who forget my inner child dreams! F*ck off you who said to be an adult have to be forgetting all your inner child’s dream!

my favorite quotes from the manga :

Monkey D. Luffy:

> “I’ve set myself to become the King of the Pirates… and if I die trying… then at least I tried!”

> “DYING IS NOT REPAYING A DEBT!!! THAT’S NOT WHAT HE SAVED YOU FOR!!! ONLY WEAK MEN WOULD DIE AFTER SOMEONE SPARED THEIR LIVES!!!- talking to Sanji

> “Of course I don’t know anything about swords, you moron! I can’t navigate! I can’t cook! I can’t even lie! I know I need friends to help me if I want to get ahead in life!“

>” That’s no good! If I stay like this…If strong guys like this are going to appear once again on our road, if I don’t get stronger…I won’t be able to protect my crew…That’s because even if they aren’t strong, I have dear friends that I want to keep with me…If I don’t get stronger than anyone else, I’ll lose them all!

I thought about a way to fight at my fullest.So that I don’t lose anyone…So that I don’t let anyone drift away…”

Shanks :

> “Listen up… You can pour drinks on me, you can throw food at me… You can even spit on me. I’ll just laugh that stuff off. But… Good reason or not… Nobody hurts a friend of mine!!!”

Bon Clay:

> “One may stray from the path of a man, one may stray from the path of a woman, but there is no straying from the path of a HUMAN! All friends must scatter into the sky of truth, and blossom!”

gomennnnn XD

kyaaaa…it’s been so long since I write again…gomennnn m(-_-)!m

very busy with stuff and such things, altough i’ve got many things so write here…sob sob*
ok then, let’s start with new updates XD

1. Finally the Alice photoshoot was finished! and i’m gonna make the layout design on my new pages at www.salvadorkatz.com later : ) i really

*ahhhhhh i haven’t make a new updates on my site… >____<

2. I finally make a new account at livejournal, coz for some stupid mistake, i lost the first one…very stupid mistake XD

you can find me here.

3. The reason I make a new account…ehhhmmmm…coz my latest addiction are searching for doujinshi scanlation ( one piece pair…especially zorroxsanji…kyaaa…) and find a community for doing a fangirling things…( i’m just a normal girl who still wanna gossiping about boys :p )

>>>>oh how i wish to kick you sissssss!!!!it’s because of youuu!! *kick kick* <<< just my mumbling…don’t bother with it :p

4. I’m gonna upload my images from now to tinypic coz images**ck cannot make an album and sometimes got error, it sucks really… : (

sorry for the inconvenient if some of my post didn’t show the images there, please tell me and i’ll fix it.

5. I have some “present” from my big bro ( not related by blood :p ) and i love it so much…and the two of my bro, gave me the presents with  some moments that i’ll never forget XD

It is a strap of 2 fluffy bun….its really realistic that even the smell of the bun are real…can you imagine that???I don’t know how they make it really…but i love this so much coz it’s really unique :p

from my bro, Ronald, who bought this one for me as a “bribe” when accompanying him for searching a present for her cousin…and it was a really funny moment…i can’t tell you the strory coz he will kick me :p

This one is from my other bro’ at Subang, Adhe…he bought this unique lamp from Pangandaran beach.

This is the sweet present really, coz i don’t know what he bought for me ( it’s a surprise ).

When it came to my office, the packaging is very odd and scary, it’s kinda like a wood box contain dangerous things, LOL! and the box inside is very strange too, coz its assymetric ( and yes, he told me that he made himself the box :p )…but aside this, i really surprise w/ the gift…i love it so much…i’m really touched with this one XD

thx! i love you bothhh <3 <3 <3

6. In a couple days, I’m gonna transform the storage room in my house to be my new “lounge room” for relaxing and reading books…hope it turns out ok , i’ll upload the pics when i’m finished : )

7. Bought a couple stuff for myself…I’l update it in my gallery later  : )

8. I’m searching for a moss ball now, anyone can tell me where i can buy it ?? :p

why moss ball?

as i said earlier, i’m addicted with one piece ( again ). And my favorite character is Roronoa Zoro which Sanji always called him “marimo head” ( moss ball head > despite his green spiky hair )…

and the rest is history :p

Oh, and if you all noticing, i change the header for my blog…it is one of the alice project photoshoot i made with my friends. I’ll upload it later in my gallery : )

see you all soon!

Quote for today.

It’s raining heavy here in Jakarta, and im getting gloomy here…lol…i’ll post another later, for now i have a very nice quote for all of yoou : )

“You can’t decide the length of life, but you can control how you want to live it.

You can’t control the weather, but you can control your mood.

You can’t change your look, but you can smile.

You can’t control others, but you can control yourself.

You can’t foresee tomorrow, but you can utilize today wisely.

You can’t win everything, but you can try your very best to achieve that.

Hope everyone can face the daily life positively and always happy….”

play hard, work hard.

Hello guys,

This week i’m beginning to have a “monotone” feeling with my facebook  and so i decide to open my mass add friends again on my facebook…and start playing passive games again…

ex. like the vampire wars that keep me addicted for now…( i love the gothic style u know :p ) the avatar mode custom is very interesting here, and my avatar look like this. I called her Galatea, the red lady  : )

By salvadorkatz at 2009-05-26 ( Galatea, the red lady )
 

For a while ago, i didn’t play my dragon wars anymore coz its really boring.Why? because it has no new updates or anything…they only updates mafia and vampire wars…( maybe it’s because so many play this games?? )

I try the farm town game too, and find that the little fat pig was so cute ( and resemble someone…lol…), and the game resemble a bit like harvest moon games, but different of course. Actually i don’t like the avatar design for this game, except the pig :p

 

By salvadorkatz at 2009-05-26

 

A couple days ago , finally i’ve got the fashion item for making my poupee like a nekomimi yay!

after a long search in the market, and spending a coins…finally!…oh, do you know that the cat’s tail from my poupee can move, wiggling little like the real cat, ahhhh so cute… XD

By salvadorkatz at 2009-05-26

 

Mousehunt games? still playing too. And they got the new weird trap…it resemble the insect eating plant, i mean the venus flytrap ^^;

By salvadorkatz at 2009-05-26

my principle of my humble, simple life.

for me,

 

life is like an RPG, adventure game.

 

You face many battles…

 

searching experiences…

searching for a way ( to get treasures…lol )…

getting new items…

upgrading your weapon, armor, magic…

meet with new peoples…

find friends…

maybe love of your life…

 

Technically,

sometimes you loose,

sometimes you win…

 

but all of this give you experiences to keep levelling up : )

So,

 

there’s no such things as LOOSER, or WINNER…

 

we all the winner for our own life…

 

uh, ok, maybe you loose if you kill yourself :p

( in real life , it’s a game over! lol )

But this one too, are just choice in life we cannot blame if someone do this.

 

And to people who run from their problems,

it’s not running away,

it’s just choosing to run, thats it…

 

 

God give us choices to choose on.

Don’t waste it…

 

Ever…

a very merry mad tea party.

I’ve been lazy lately, because of many thought and works to do…I’ve got so many things to write here, but haven’t got the mood for writing :p

next month, My friend from Surabaya come to Jakarta and she ask me for having a photoshoot together with my other friend, Sisca. Ok, this pretty sudden and i’m so excited.

For a week i searching idea for a theme,

and final desicion are, we’re gonna take a “mad tea party” theme from alice in wonderland. Pretty lame? nah, i don’t care. I know many people out there do the same theme for this…and i’m telling you, i’m not gonna “cosplaying” Alice, but make our own Alice.

Why i choose this one? don’t know, just pooping out from my mind…i tend to be like that, when idea comes from nowhere in my mind..just when i’m not thinking anything ^^;

 

pretty weird…but i’ve heard many “artsy” peoples like that..lol :p

 

some other day ago, i’ve tried searching for my fave song from soul eater…no luck, but some good fellow write it down n the yahoo answer, thx guys :p

 

Death the Kid you know how it is,
Hate to dismiss any mistake,
If it ain’t right then you must be kiddin’,
Joke’s mislead because you now slippin’.

Oh believe my dedicated fix,
Simply blast it, it ain’t a trick,
Just one click, then a second click,
Rest is oh my goodness you’re history.

You don’t really need a history, to entry, just then I’m not so intrigued,
Don’t get it wrong sir, I’m a sweet treat,
BANG BANG BANG BANG, have a nice dream.
If it ain’t proper its incomplete,
You might give a shimmer because you like the heat.
Stop takin’ chances, it’s real steep,
Watch where you step, because I’m gonna scream.

addiction this week : watchmen.

As the title says…i love the watchmen movie!

*even though its not for kids underage and you people who don’t want to think too much a.k.a don’t like twisted / complex story…lol ( i mean it! )

By salvadorkatz at 2009-05-06 ( the character from the movie )

By salvadorkatz at 2009-05-09

 

i don’t want to write a review or spoiler here as always, you can search it yourself at the internet :p

but i wanna share that in my opinion, even a superheroes, is a “normal superheroes”,

 

they don’t always do right or good things,

they have their past,

their privacy,

their own life,

they have dark side too… : )

 

i love this movie, coz its very twisted and complex for me, the character, the plot, the story, everything

 

except the sex scene that really annoy me…too much and spoiled the story T____T

I was wondering, why do hollywood movies always put sex scene! well…if you wanna see sex movies don’t mixed it with the not sex moves you-know-what-i-mean? i hate it really…. =__=

 

 ok forget bout this one, back to topics XD

 

this movie was adapted from the comicbook, very “old” comic…1985 cmiiw…

personally i don’t quite fond of western comics, not that i hate it, just not like it too much.

But this one slapped me in the face! i love it so much, and now i currently searching for the comicbook, 12 issues that is! XD

By salvadorkatz at 2009-05-06 ( cover from the comic )

 

oh yeah, i love the main character,

Rorschach…

and i’m surprised about his name,

it’s actually the term for psychological test Rorschach ink blots picture,

it’s the same with the pattern that keep changin on his face

By salvadorkatz at 2009-05-06 ( my fave character XD )
and if you wondering what the spoiler, check this site, http://watchmen.wikia.com/wiki/

 

my favorite phrases :

 

 

“None of you understand…

I’m not locked up in here with you…

you’re locked up in here with me.”

~ Rorschach

 

 

that’s it for today, gotta help my friend’s web design now….see ya!

 

By salvadorkatz at 2009-05-05

( my new avatar on restaurant city, i wanna make her look like hagu chan from honey & clover… : 3 )

this week update.

ach…there’s a couple of work to do too this week so i’ll be a bit late for updating : (

and i’m still preparing the design for my own site www.salvadorkatz.com…please visit it when i’m done guys! at first i wanna make it an illustration web w/ my own hand drawing…but in the end, yes it’s still illustration, but fully vector one XD

 

 

i hope it did turn out good  :p

 

By salvadorkatz at 2009-04-14 ( a pic w/ my bff – bestfriend )

my own lounge ( on facebook :p ).

Hello everyone!

sorry guys, i’ve got a holiday a couple days ago and took trip to Bandung for having a culinary travel…

ehhmmm…actually i want to relax and having a holiday, but it turns to be culinary travel at the end ^^;

 

when i’m in Bandung, I saw my friend playing restaurant city at facebook, and i got addicted to it now…lol…

the game was simple.

just choose the avatar, buy furniture etc. and choose a recipe, then open it :p

this is my *cough* katz lounge in there : )

By salvadorkatz at 2009-04-22 ( my katz lounge : p )

 

By salvadorkatz at 2009-04-22

( and my cute lil’ chara…i really love her cute rabbit ear :p )

square enix addiction.

hello and good day everyone…

currently i’m listening to chocobo racing OST now at the office…

I’m a big fan of Square Enix products ( beside Apple macintosh products…LOL ) especially Final Fantasy and Star Ocean games and the stuff. I’ve been playing so long for now, the first Final Fantasy i played was Final Fantasy VIII and i fell in love with this game ( and Squall Leonheart was so cool…kyaaaa XD ) and then comes Star Ocean 2 ( when Enix still standing oneself ).

By salvadorkatz at 2009-04-22 ( squall’s smile that very rare…so cute XD )

 

And this week, i’ve got a new hobby, downloading OST from various games, especially…yes, square enix :p

I just know now that Final Fantasy itself, have too many OST…really give me a headache, so many version of FF OST albums, i mean, you can get 2-3 type of FF VIII OST! ( original version, piano version, orchestra version,  etc. )Square Enix really know how to make money…lol ^^;

Latest games i really wanna play ( sadly i don’t have PSP ) is Final Fantasy Dissidia. 

“The game unites both protagonists and antagonists from installments of the main Final Fantasy series, their stories narrated by the first Final Fantasy game’s Cid of the Lufaine (voiced by Bunta Sugawara). Chaos (voiced by Norio Wakamoto) also makes an appearance as the god of discord, while a new character, Cosmos (voiced by Sumi Shimamoto), appears as the goddess of harmony. The game has an overarching storyline that requires playing through all of the characters to complete. The game contains twenty-two total playable characters: eleven heroes and eleven villains, one of each representing Final Fantasy through Final Fantasy X, and two secret characters: a heroine representing Final Fantasy XI, and a villain representing Final Fantasy XII.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Dissidia

By salvadorkatz at 2009-04-15 < my desktop wallpaper : ) >

oh, well…i can’t buy PSP rite now, coz i already have NDS. To many console now, i’m confuse XD

 

and for today’s poupee…i finally got the cat’s ear…and it’s a bargain XD

and now hunting for the cat’s tail : )

By salvadorkatz at 2009-04-15

the orange one and fluffy one.

achhh…i’m so sleepy again today…maybe still having a holiday syndrome… XD

 

I’m buying a “Kaya” jam today for accompanying my breakfast routine : )

before i know it, Kaya wasn’t a fruit “Srikaya”… it was made from coconut milk!

ack…the truth is, i don’t like eating bread with jam…any jam…don’t know why i just don’t like it…

but for a couple week ago, i sit on a Singaporean cafe with my friend, i accidentally order toast w/ kaya

 

and it’s wonderfull though…i love it

especially when you toast it with many unsalted butter …taste like heaven XD

 

………

ok i’m gonna make it tommorow morning…lol….

 

for today’s pic, i wanna share garfield comic strip that i got it from a good fellow who post it in avaxhome website, all from 1978 till now ( thanks man! ). I’m not a fanatic fans of this one, but i still love garfield…the ( cute maybe? ) fat orange cat that have a ( sarcastic? ) style speaking. I’d say i’m a big surprise that garfiled has accompany us from 1978 ( hey, i’m not here on earth yet! lol ) and still here w/ us….here are a sample from 1978 comic strip…yeah garfield still drawn realistic cat, in the present, a bt comical : )

 

enjoy!

By salvadorkatz at 2009-04-14 ( oh yeah, he’s a devil cat rite XD )

its raining ( pigs? ).

Happy easter for everyone….!!

and hello Jakarta! XD

here, we have a pretty long weekend ( about 4-5 days ) because of the easter day and the election day in here :p

I’m just having a lazy holiday in here, didn’t do anything though, and one night i suddenly have a good mood for retouching another of my photo…a bit confuse for the style i wanna bring in this one…i wanna made a mixed with real photo and handrawing object…i think it turn out pretty funny huh???

 

By salvadorkatz at 2009-04-13

 

*and here goes my bad habit,
i’m a perfectionist one…
so when something didn’t turn out perfect, i edited it, have a revision over and over again till i satisfied with my work.

That’s why sometimes i’m slow at doing a new project…*blush^^*

So for the final result, after i bothering my bro and some friends…i decide to take this one…
i called this…”it’s raining now (w/ pigs…LOL)”

 

By salvadorkatz at 2009-05-10

 

 

Why pigs u ask???

I don’t know…it just poops in mah’ mind
but i think its cute when it raining pigs like this…

isn’t it????

O___O