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i can't seem to think of a title. but i just want to share how thankful i am to God for His faithfulness. that was the message last night at church. Evangelist Bill Hill showed us in the Bible over and over again, how the Lord has promised that He will be faithful to us. 

my prayer is that i will always be faithful to Him, no matter what. 

last night, it was so wonderful how minutes before the service started, He had already answered my prayers! God is truly faithful! 

i can't wait for Him to show me more of the things He has for me to do! 

more to blog tomorrow! =)

6,8,12

6 months, 8 days, 12 hours since you went away... that's what's singing in my head right now. LSS... last song syndrome kasi! how can someone count those days? i think i stopped counting at a week. i mean if they walk out of your life, they'll find their way back right? if they ever want to come back. 

now, since i did the walking, i won't do the counting. 

anyway, it's been almost 12 hours since the craziest two weeks of my life or 2008 has ended! now that i can count! it was a wonderfully tiring week. from driving back and forth, going up and down the stairs (wow! nicer calves!!), to just making sure everyone had everything they needed. it was so much fun because i was doing it for the best boss of my life.... The Lord! no great earthly rewards, but the heavenly jewels are waaaaaay worth it! 

in between, i've been meeting with rom and top, just discussing our bags and how we need forms for ordering and purchasing the materials. it's so exciting. we're going full force with this project as well, and Lord-willing we will be at the Intercontinental Hotel for a bazaar this coming month!! 

the blouses did great at both bazaars. we are excited about the ones that are coming up very soon! new styles, colors to come!! =) i just have to remember to focus and be patient with all this that is happening... 

here's to a wonderful week!! 

creations

when i first made this blog, i had good intentions about making it my scrappin' blog. but yeah. day to day stuff is here too. i have been creating... as promised. a few layouts here and there. here are a few of my recent layouts. my most favorite one is the one entitled Someday. a good friend of mine snapped it with my camera as we were waiting for the wedding of RnK to start. the picture gives you a sneak peek into my feelings about marriage and settling down. SOMEDAY... i know it'll come. someday. i believe it. as much as i want to be ready for it, there are little things that scare me about it. but someday. someday i'll be ready. and that someday, will be the perfect day. i love how he captured the train of kristen's dress, the lovely flowers, my watch (signifying time) and most importantly, me sitting and waiting patiently! 

the others naman are about my family, my sister and my favorite project in life - spending time with children. 

last year, before robbie got married, we got the chance to go to EK as a family. 4 kami with george (alex's bf) and milli (our inaanak). ang saya saya ko. kasi lahat kami together. we all had a blast talaga. this was the week before jorgie flew off to iloilo and alex naman went back to toronto na. it was important to me kasi nga we were apart as a family since robbie went to college, tapos alex and i went to canada na rin. these moments are truly precious kasi nga it's very difficult to make up for the past. we can only create moments for the future. 

alex is my only sister. and she and i are pretty close. there isn't anything i wouldn't do for her and vice versa. this photo was taken right before the wedding. sobrang puyat kasi sila ni mikee kaka-gimmick that she fell asleep on a chair after the photo shoot. =) 

the last layout is of alex and majorn, an orphan at the sta rita orphanage. every chance i get, i'm there, spending time with the kids. they do have the basics in life, food, shelter, clothing. pero kulang sila sa hugs. there's so much of them and not enough hugs to go around. not enough love. si majorn, sobrang special. lagi yan when she sees me, takbo, talon, akap... ayaw bumitaw!! sobrang sweet. nakakalambot ng puso sobra. 

thanks for taking time to look!

Online Crop

wow. i've always been intrigued by online crops... like what takes place at one of those, who gets to play, etc... grabe. sobrang saya pala. it's like going to a crop without leaving your house. :) you have all your tools and toys at your fingertips. astig. 

anyway, i cropped with ladies from manila and singapore tonight. it was fun! check out the photos of the album that we worked on. 

no title

i just need to get this off my chest. chances are, no one will ever read this entry, so i have nothing to worry about. 

i am very lonely. i didn't know it until today at about 2:45pm, when i drove away from my brother's house sobbing uncontrollably. di ko na nga makita yung kalye. lately, laging ganito ang feeling ko. i'm surrounded by people, i laugh, i talk, i make people smile. but inside, my heart is so broken, so lonely. i can't even figure out why. i'm not ungrateful, no. i am very blessed and i never fail to recount as much as i can to remind me. but i am still lonely. i long to talk to someone and just tell them how i wish i could get a hug. just one long hug. or someone to hold my hand and remind me everything will be ok. that everything will fall into place. 

i know i have a ton of friends that i can call on. but i don't want to make that call. nahihiya akong sabihing, "sit with me naman. sobrang lungkot ko lang." siguro nga pride lang rin yun. pero sobrang i just long to have a friend who can see through me and see how sad i am. 

all the people around me have things going on rin naman, kaya nihihiya akong abalahin pa sila. they have things to do, places to go and people to see.

wish ko lang, one day, i'll be on someone's list of people to see, house to visit for no reason at all. yung dadalawin mo lang ako dahil gusto mo akong kamustahin. hindi yung dahil may pagagawa ka, or may hihiramin ka, or you need help with something. just visit ME. ask me how i am doing. 

i want a friend to spend saturday afternoons with. maybe at the mall, or at the nearest coffeeshop. i want someone to make plans with for the evening. kahit anong kalokohan lang. kahit to walk the aisles of the grocery. and i just want a friend. i don't need a lifetime plan, or a promise. i just want a friend. no strings attached. just a true friend. 

movies and tears

alright, i have to admit... i am a sucker for sappy movies. alam mo yung feeling when may sobrang romantic or mushy scene, your heart can feel this like gentle pain? yeah... those. i had one of those last night. and it's just funny because i do cry at movies (kaya sobrang nakakahiya akong date! hahaha), but there are a few moments when i find it hard to breathe. i guess it's because i can totally relate to movies. 

minsan nga i feel dapat wag nang manuod ng mga tagalog movies na yan. pero kasi sa totoo lang, ang sarap kiligin. ang sarap ma-feel yung like ligawan stage where all the kilig moments happen. although i always find myself wondering, "does this kind of kilig really exist in real life?" or better yet, parang gusto makita yung life nila sa movie like maybe 4-5 years later... is it still the same? nakaka-kilig pa ba? or may kilig pa ba? 

the other day i saw PS: I Love You (Hilary Swank). ganda. i won't blow it if you haven't seen it, but i suggest that you do. wonderful lesson for couples. (i know... i'm not part of a couple right now, but hey! malapit na yan!!) anyway, ayun... i was sobbing through out the movie. and i think a few hours after it pa! grabe. buti na lang sa house lang ako nanuod. can you imagine!? may ka-date ka tapos YUCKIEEE!! umiiyak sa movie! hahaha. 

anyway, this should be one of my last OT entries. i promised joanne yap more of my scrap-happenings entries...

no qwento

alam ko, super long overdue na talaga yung serious na qwento and update on my life. its just been very busy since i got home. the carinderia is doing well. waaaay better than when it first started. i believe that we are turning the corner already and all it needs is for us to be focused on what we have before us. 

i was drafted to work on a fundraiser for LBBCA since they are scheduled to go to Palawan for the National Student Convention. we've been doing pretty good naman. yun lang, the pressure of the ticket purchase is creeping up on us and I don't know what we are going to do.... I pray that we'll have the money to buy the tickets na! the Lord will provide. I know He will!! 

i've also been working closely with another church friend, on raising funds for our future camp site in antipolo! we are off to a slow start, but we have leads. its just a matter of time and working on the leads that we have. it's been very exciting to see how The Lord works in as far as stretching my vision is concerned. there are days that i get panicky but HE is quick in reminding that i just need to trust. 

the benefit concert is coming up.... aaaaaaah!! stress. but it's a good stress. i think it's only a matter of time before we start having full rehearsals and things start falling into place! i can't wait for a lovely performance!! 

PreOwned Stuff for Sale

You scrappers know how it is... You're out on a sunny afternoon, with all intentions of just "checking out what's new"... right? Before you know it, your bill is sky high! Your bag of goodies need to live in the trunk for a few days just so your hunee doesn't notice...

i have so much stuff that i need to PURGE! it's tough to let go, but i have to do it! so if you're interested, please send me an email at sasuncion@yahoo.com. thanks for looking!! 

Vancouver & Daddy

vancouver has always been a city that intrigued me! i mean, its pretty from a few thousand feet up in the air, the airport is gorgeous and well from what i hear... its just pretty all together. 

so i think this year it'll be my next stop. i will make it a point to visit vancouver and spend say a week here, who knows... i may just move here... hahaha. yeah. knowing my track record for moving and picking up... who knows right? 

dad and i had a great time yesterday. we went to dimsum with ninong paeng and ninang sylvia. it was fun. we just talked about old times and just how much things have changed. and then dad and i hit mississauga and visited lola. after that we did more stuff before settling down for dinner at swiss chalet. hmm... sarap sobra! 

so this morning, as i was getting ready to leave, i could not help but think of how much of a daddy's & mommy's girl i am. at my age, you'd think saying goodbye and getting on a plane would be easy. something i've gotten used to. i still choke up when i hear daddy say "i love you hija. i'll be praying for your safe trip." it makes me well up inside and just want to run back and stay there. be with him. be with him and mommy. not because it's comfortable being around them... no. it's because i love being with them. the talks that we have, sometimes the arguments, the silly things we talk about. the dreams that we talk about, the prayers we whisper as a family. i cannot wait until we meet in hong kong this month. it'll be the perfect way to celebrate father's day and their wedding anniversary. 

i love you dad. can't wait to see you.

He is Great!

The past few months have been very exciting... crazy and wild. But all I can say is that GOD IS GOOD! He has been so faithful to us. Just always protecting us from late nights, long hours, sickness. The business has been picking up like you can't believe. When people said we couldnt... Or that we wouldn't last.... Obviously, they don't know our GOD and how HE IS GREAT!!

To add to the long list of blessings we have, we got an apartment just this morning. When we thought it was going to be a difficult one, it wasn't!! So Alex and Mom are going to move in this weekend since its a long weekend.

And just when we thought we were SUPER BLESSED, dad called us to let us know that the Canadian embassy wrote mom about her citizenship! They've verified it and now we are moving on to the final step of Jorge's (pictured on the right!) adoption! PRAISE HIM PRAISE HIM!!

Count your blessings!

Name them one by one!

Count your many blessings!

See what God has done!

I'll be back in Manila in a few days and I'll be blogging my journey from there... Or whenever I have time!

each day is a chance to learn

i learned something new today!! =) i haven't been into my blog only because i can never figure things out on it... but today, i learned something new! i figured out how to add links to my page! how cool is that!?!?

i dont believe that old dog can't learn new tricks... they so can! the trick is they have to want to learn new tricks! and as scary and freaky as the internet or the computer age gets, i find myself wanting to dabble in it... so here i am today, proud and excited about my new discovery!!

have a great day!

in with the new and stay with the old

i've grown so much. i used to be very aggressive on certain things... i still am, but i am more picky about what... i have learned to "choose my battles" as jun dela cruz would say it. and one of the changes i have seen in me, is just the way i look at things... kahit luma na, i still appreciate it and see it with NEW EYES!

living in manila has been wonderful! i've always loved living in manila. this time, i have learned to appreciate it in a different way! i am more attentive to the new things that are coming up like restos, stores, specialty stores. i also find myself craving for things that have always been there!! like little quiapo's halo halo and pancit palabok. or this hole in the wall extra rice. their binagoongan flakes is to die for. then of course there's the all time favorite shakey's thin crust manager's choice pizza.

then there's the new... brooklyn pizza. love it! love their pizza and the wings. ok fine! the pasta too. it's good to share, but there's never enough. sophie's garden is another. i love the fact that you can be in the city yet seem so far away.

my favorite thing do to: the SPA!! a few faves are relaksasi in SM southmall which makes me feel that i am in another country. just the atmosphere, the quiet instrumental music and of course the sound of water falling quietly in corner is just perfect. and then of course there is princess carol. our favorite hangout for manis and pedis. and their 30min massages... ooh. i miss it!

but those are just the little things.

the most important to me is my faith and my church. i've been going to lighthouse for over 18 years now. can you imagine? well i lived away for almost 6 years... things have definitely changed for me. the church is still the same. we believe in the same things, do things the same way, but its just that the people are different now. we have grown. we have changed... and i love it! the kids are older, they feel the burden we have for those around us.

i love how being away has taught me so many things. being more appreciative for small things. being more careful about how others may feel. also realizing that others may not be as careful about others as i am. thinking about tomorrow than just dwelling on what went wrong today.

there's a lot about me that has changed. but the old me is still here... just brought in some new things!

so encouraging

my friend grace...
i met her a few years ago via scrapbook.com. she was my neighbor online and in real life! so after a few emails we both decided to have lunch and just meet up! oh boy!! we connected in so many different levels!!

she's filipina like i am!
she's from paranaque, like i am!
she's addicted to scrapbooking, like i am!
most importantly, she loves The Lord like i do!

those are just a few of the reasons we connected that afternoon! throughout our friendship, we've exchanged thoughts on our creations, our tools and our idols. but one of the things that she has done for me was encourage me about my passion to create. we had our one of our conversations just tonight and she mentioned updating my blog and just keeping friends posted about where i'm at...

so here i am today, updating my blog and promising that i will do whatever it takes to update this site.

my move to manila has been wonderful! The Lord provided me with a home that i have grown to love so much and most importantly, the opportunity for me to serve in church!! with the support of my pastor, the youth and our entire church family, we were able to launch COINS FOR CAMP 2008! Lord willing, it'll be an annual fundraiser to support our camp ministries. our drive started out with mineral water bottels being converted into piggy banks. we distributed it to the youth, and the rest of the church family so that they can start saving their coins (and cash!) months before camp. the second event was a garage sale which helped us raise P12,000!! they also hosted a bake sale and will be doing a FISHBALL SALE before the end of this month! Help us pray for the success of these activities!

robbie and kristen had a wonderful wedding! imagine almost 450 guests in their chruch and 385 at their reception! theirs was a ten year love story that we all prayed for! and it ended in a wonderful celebration! it was a wonderful time for friends and family to get together as well! photos are available on my friendster and facebook pages!!

i'll be posting another update tomorrow....