I fell in love with Paris (and who hasn’t?!) the first time I visited it in 1990 … since then, I’ve been able to return every season, every year, to monitor the changes in fashion collections and trends.
In 2000, I was finally able to live here and really learn what it takes to become a “resident” by living in the City of Dreams and Love.
If you want to discover Paris, AND, in fact, the Philippines where I was born, and Hong Kong, where I grew up in, let’s do it together.
I travel for work and as I’m fortunate to love my work, the travel is always filled with what I enjoy and discover when I visit a country, whether it’s to return to my stomping grounds and homes in Europe or my homes in Asia — for home is where the heart is and I “heart” many wonderful countries. My post will expand to include my adventures as I discover more on Terre Mère.
My name is Vina, and “Isla Maia” is a name I first coined three decades ago to represent my country, the Philippines. “Isla” stands for Islands, and “Ma’i” is the old Chinese name, pre-hispanic colonial era, given to the Philippines.
Welcome to my world, may we traipse kindly through life in peace and harmony, and may our Book of Life be a recording of the essence of our soul and the encounters and experiences we accumulate along the way.