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....

a little bit of glitter

its december. i know its techinically november 29, but i can feel december just springing in and taking over. the thought of jorge's birthday being a week away, alex's flight home, my birthday, christmas morning, lahat! parang natataranta ako! i feel that i havent even begun to work on what needs to be done!

the invitations, the gifts, the shopping, the planning. lahat! ayayay!

but then i look at my workstation, and i see glitter all over the place. actually, all over my body too!! kasi naman, it sticks talaga! but its a reminder that those twinkling lights, fancy ribbon and big boxes are not what christmas is all about.

its the CHILD, the KING, the FATHER. its all about HIM!! He who came to take our place.

the glitz and the glamor should be all about HIS birthday, not mine. =)