Thanks to Ton and Karen Concepcion for allowing me to share their photos. They were at Tokyo Disney Sea when the earthquake happened. What an experience it must have been…glad you are all safe and back home!
by Ton Concepcion
That was the biggest and longest earthquake i ever felt. followed by several very strong aftershocks!
New admiration for the japanese people – very kind, polite, disciplined. so many good people out there helping each other out. we were helped out by some anonymous kind souls. japan rocks!
From my cousin, Donnie. A beautiful story Heart2Heart would like to pass on.
“Wanted to share with you a short story that I heard from a priest during his homily yesterday (Greenbelt Chapel). I thought its a nice message to receive during this first week of lent and right after the Tsunami.”
It was mid-day when a farmer was tending to the fruit trees in his orchard. His orchard was a hill that looked out into the sea. He thanked the Lord as he looked upon the abundance, the size the fruits of his tree. He spent nearly a lifetime nurturing each tree since they were just seeds.
He then turned his head to look out into the sea; he noticed a huge wave moving very quickly towards land. It was a Tsunami and he thanked God that he, his orchard and his family would be safe because they were on the hill. He looked down into the coast and from the distance saw his friends gathered for a party; they were enjoying each other’s company and were completely oblivious to the disaster that was about to hit them.The farmer panicked; he had to help his friends and he had to do it very fast. The only solution he could think of was to draw their attention by burning down his orchard. He quickly set about burning his orchard. He prayed hard that his friends would see it, be alerted, and somehow do something to save themselves from the approaching Tsunami. The people in the party saw the orchard burning. Some of them saw the orchard burning, stopped what they were doing and enjoying in the party. They were worried about the the farmer and his orchard; they rushed up the hill to help save the farmer, his family and his orchard from the fire. THEY WERE SAVED from the TSUNAMI. They thought they were doing something good, a favor for the farmer. In the end, it was the farmer who did them a favor at a huge sacrifice to himself. The others who ignored the fire and thus did not rush up the hill perished.
Travel and fairy tales once again inspire the Leitmotiv for the Furla Talent Hub accessory collection. After chasing the White Rabbit to Wonderland and searching for the Wizard of Oz, the concept of the collection moves between the planets of the Solar System, together with a blond child: the Little Prince. The collection evokes the immaterial nature of a metaphorical journey, the colours are pale and white predominates. The prints retrace the steps of the Little Prince, along with representations of the symbolic figures that accompany him: the rose, the aeroplane, the fox and naturally his blond hair and curious expression. The planets float on glossy surfaces and the various elements are lit up with the colours of fluorescent pink, his hair and spinning tops. The collection is aimed at travellers, and once again comprises all the accessories needed to accompany adventurous spirits with a desire to make discoveries and lose themselves. Bags, practical, capacious shoppers, cosmetic cases, briefcases and handbags, the special new features of which are the clasps: little plaques, like asteroids containing the message revealed by the story of the Little Prince. We only really see with the heart.
With the innovative Furla Talent Hub project, launched in 2007, the company offers young international designers, presently unknown to the general public, the opportunity to design a collection for the label and associate their names to a brand recognized worldwide. With the Spring Summer 2011 Leitmotiv collection, the company continues to accompany the effervescence and energy of young and promising fashion designers, reworking traditional fashion codes with original and unexpected proposals always avant-garde.
LEITMOTIV
The Leitmotv is a guiding melody, the recurring musical theme associated with a character or emotion, place or idea. In the case of Juan Caro and Fabio Sasso, dreamlike creativity is the common thread of a young, successful artistic fellowship. Juan, who is South American, transferred to Europe where he specialized in the visual arts. Fabio, an Italian student at Dams in Bologna, conducted research into the relationship between art and fashion. And in the meantime he trained as a tailor.
The meeting of the two worlds created a curious imagination which struck and amazed international critics thanks to the innovative strength of their language. Leitmotiv participated in two editions of Pitti Rooms, the area dedicated by Pitti Uomo to the new visions of emerging creators. In 2008, with the “Life with butterfly” collection, they won Fashion Incubator, the competition of the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (National Chamber for Italian Fashion).
They showed the same collection at both Milano Moda Donna and Tokyo Fashion week. And in 2009 they began a new adventure, creating an original capsule collection of accessories for Furla Talent Hub. The atmosphere of their creations is always a dialogue between the baroque decorative style of Fabio Sasso and the gothic mood of Juan Caro. Their inspiration comes from a precious iconographic pot-pourri, blending complex ideas that enter and depart from fairy-tale, surreal worlds. Influences that give life to unique creations.
New Creative Director
Fabio Fusi is the Creative Director of Furla from the Autumn Winter 2010. Fusi, 40 years old, a native of Florence, has had notable previous collaborations with big names in the world of luxury, including Salvatore Ferragamo, Cartier and Etro, with whom he served as Accessories Design Director. Today Furla has assigned him the task of determining the stylistic guidelines of the women’s and men’s collections and to supervise the projects of the Furla Talent Hub.
In the Philippines, Furla is exclusively distributed by Stores Specialists, Inc. (SSI) and is located at Greenbelt 5, Rustan’s Makati, and Shangri-La Plaza Mall.
For all of us who have been to Japan or who just get inspired by the Japanese – whether it be their high standards, high quality and advanced ways of living, efficiency in doing things, their good food, high technology and excellence in everything they do- we admire them and hope to be like them. Heart2Heart loves Japan!
Featuring a beautiful home ( in the Philippines ) of a friend who lived in Japan for 9 years and fell in love with the country. She is not an interior designer but she did the interiors of her home and did a great job!!! She put together many of the beautiful antique pieces she bought during her stay in Japan, some from antique flea markets. Take note of the collections around the house
A beautiful tapestry she put up for the Year of the Rabbit
A collection of mirrors, this is the back of the mirror
A collection of japanese charms
Open Kitchen in the living room
Guest bathroom
An antique medicine cabinet which she built in the bathroom counter
Another collection of Geisha hair pieces
Close up on the open kitchen by the living room
Collection of Japanese teacups
Dining Room
Stairs leading to the second floor
Master Bedroom
And love the herb garden which she fixed so nicely on top of a wooden table
Oh my gosh!! Heart2Heart likes this chocolate from Japan!!
I thought it was pretzels covered with chocolate, but it is just shaped like pretzels and it comes in thin slices of chocolate lined up inside the box. Yum Yum and addicting!
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