:: To help Japan ::

I am pretty sure all of you have been glued to the TV's and watching the heartbreak of Japanese nation and the scale of this tragedy is just impossible to grasp. The military base I live on has organized taking and transporting donations to the affected areas. Blankets, non-perishable food, water, basic medical aid. As I am already here and just donating money didn't feel enough of what I could do.

So from March 14 for the next 2 weeks - 85% of my knitting pattern sales would go to Japanese people. I (with the help of hubby) would buy available provisions to donate for the Japanese victims relief.

You can buy them via sidebar on my blog or via Ravelry. Or if you just want to donate couple dollars, you can also click donate button.

Thank you everyone for your support!!!

I know the first transportation of donations from our base would be leaving sometime today-tomorrow.

Please spread the word! And let's hope and pray for the aftershocks to slow down, because it has been still pretty rocky..

:: eye candy ::

In little attempts to go back to normalcy, I am leaving you with one of my favorite images from recent fashion weeks.

Preen A/W 2011-12

Photo via Style Bubble

what a sad day..

I want to assure everyone that we are OK.

This has been really a scary experience.... our building is usually quite well absorbing small quakes and tremors... not today.
In fact today I planned the photoshoot for new designs and was getting ready with my make up and dressing while I felt shaking and then doors started swaying.. then all of my apartment, cabinets with glass in them started rattling, shelves, things that just laid were places there fell out on the floor and my poor cat just hid in a closet and simply won't budge when I tried to grab him and go downstairs just to wait the worst of it out..
Since the biggest earthquake at around 3pm, we've had over 30 aftershocks and all 5-6+ scale.. what one can do.. wait out the worst... I am really far from the coast so we are safe on Tsunami front and live on a 5th floor.

My heart goes out to all the victim families and areas that are affected by tsunami..death toll is rising and so many are still missing.. I guess Japan will deal with the rest of it in the morning... for now.. just prayers.