This is my "Hall of Dreams", and like any dream, it's only passing.....most of what you can see here may look very different in a day or two....to sum it up, I'm redecorating it all, and most graphic elements will change before long.

Still, hopefully, the look of this place, no matter at which stage of redecorating I'll be in, will let you know that I'm very much into asian culture. While Japan is definitely my main focus (see my Japanese Connection links above), I am very interested in basically every single country of Asia, so don't be surprised if you spot graphics here that look suspisciously chinese or indian for instance ^-^

I first joined Ancient Worlds in July 2004. While it took me a few weeks to become really active, I have since then pretty much been on most days. In the end of January 2005, I was nominated became part of the administration for an almost two years term, which has been a fantastic experience, both because this gives you a better possibility to make a difference in your world, and because it has given my the chance to work in close quarters with such wonderful people as Sankira Qin, Lalita Ashoka, Shanti Ashoka and my sister japanese scribe, Shibori Murasaka. A huge thanks to all these people for making this experience such a enjoyable one (yes, I loved it even when I was talking your ears off about all the things that didn't want to go the way I wanted them too :p)

Since November 5, 2006, I've been enjoying a busy retirement, trying to be more active in all worlds under one persona or another. However, I am still at your disposal should you have any question, be it related to the site or Asian history. Your primary source of help for everything administrative and site-related should be the scribes of the Orient: please feel free to contact Shanti Ashoka (who has also a great knowledge of all things archeology and related to India), Shibori Murasaka (our anime/poser/kimono fanatic), and Jia Li Shen, our newest oriental scribe

I have been working on a few projects since I've retired. Feel free to have a look and I hope you'll enjoy the visit!

When I am not at AW, I am working on a few projects of mine:

Since I'm still in the process of learning about both Ancient History and creating a website, comments and constructive criticism on both issues are welcome!

Website's updates will be first announced here at my journal, so come have a look once in a while to see what's new. And, if you're curious to know what other interests I have, you can always go check my live journal:

I'd like to thank a few people who helped me in one way or another to work on this place: Sank and Damon were both sources of inspiration for me (I know Sank, there's way too much pink, LOL! I promise, not much pink in store for the next pages *g*). And of course, many, many thanks to Shanti for 1) being a constant source of inspiration (I mean, have you seen her home? Her gallery at AAW? What's not to like?) 2)always be there to provide precious advice and keep me from straying....too far :P and 3) for coping with my bad temper as it flares basically at every single stage of the building of this layout, since it never turns out the way I had envisaged it!

Credits: regarding the "Japanese connection thingy, the basic idea of the layout was mine, but not all of its elements: I used the set of brushes vered set up for the tutorial "Fake Real Texture Tutorial". And the orchids come from a picture by juicystyle that was in her flickr gallery. Her picture (and therefore that specific derivative work) is licenced under that Creative Commons licence.