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New Master Bedroom

Sander — Sat, 05 May 2012 11:00:57 +0000

We’ve been planning our house renovation for months now and we’re currently waiting on the final design as drawn by our architect friend. One of the most curious parts of the house is ofcourse the Master Bedrooom. I’ve already made sure that it will be attached directly to my future music and office room. We are not aiming for anything grand or expensive – rather we want it to be clutter free and simplistic, bed beside window like this one:

Since we just got our king size bed, we will probably still be using it after the renovation, maybe get a new foam mattress to make it feel brand new.

Up coming event – Gospel Jam

Sander — Wed, 02 May 2012 08:56:03 +0000

Will be backing up JJ Liao at Gospel Jam on May 6, 2012 at Center Stage.

Music workshop continues

Sander — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:13:48 +0000

It continues to be a very busy summer for me and my family as we continue to teach these eager learners how to play instruments and how to make music. The response to our music ministry workshop was overwhelming and thankfully the young music team musicians whom I’m supposed to train – doubled as teachers. Here is a pic taken while the students are busy following instructions and practicing.

music workshop

These workshops combined with the early morning basketball is taking its toll on my body. I’m planning to go to our favorite spa to have a nice massage with exotic oils like Cleopatra’s Choice Argan oil to get myself revved up and ready for more work. The work truly is never done.

Its in the blood

Sander — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:18:39 +0000

Zack is really into music – specifically guitar driven music. At first he would always ask for his favorite tracks to be playing on the iPad. Soon he began to start singing and mimicking my guitar playing with his toy guitars!

Practicing his licks

Morning Basketball

Sander — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:48:40 +0000

My wife and I have finally been able to push through with our daily early morning basketball routine and everything seems to be going really well. My son is gradually getting the hang of the game and has been shooting hoops. I’ve been teaching him the basics for now, and am building up his power, speed, flexibility, clutch and endurance. If we continue this in the coming months, we can finally be physically fit!

Zyke shooting some hoops

Lately, I’ve bee reading about various diseases and fitness problems – learning about diagnosis mesothelioma, kawasaki disease, heart problems and other health issues just makes me strive all the more to be more physically active. And ofcourse being a Dad demands us that we set an example for our kids in all aspects – specially sports and physical activity. By God’s grace, my son will grow to love the sport and probably be a great basketball player someday, who knows?

Israel Houghton and Planetshakers Concert

Sander — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:31:09 +0000

As early as February – when the news of their concert were out – my wife and I already bought our front seat tickets. And now after the concert – everything is totally worth more than the effort, money and time we spent. Joining Israel and Planetshakers in wroship along with the wonderful worship crowd – feels like an earthly rehearsal for how our heavenly worship is soon to be done! Everyone was jumping, raising their hands, crying their hearts our and lifting their voice to God! While the “stars” of the night were careful to make the real “star” shine and give back all the glory to God.

Here are some of the pics I took:

Israel Houghton in Manila

Stage and gear

Stage

mixer side

Everyone lighting up their phones at one point of the concert to symbolize our light!

Birthday!

Sander — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:05:28 +0000

Yesterday, my wife celebrated her birthday in a completely different manner. Usually we go out as a family for a swim or to eat somewhere nice – but this time around my wife opted to spend her special day participating at our women’s ministry event. The event was fun, with over 100 mothers within our community sharing the stage and their stories with plenty of food on the a buffet style table.

Different groups of moms showed their skills through presentations, first one was a touching drama presentation complete with nice props (though I wish they had a hanging chair in one of their scenes). There was a choral number that sang a joyful tune and ofcourse there was a hip dance number which my wife was part of.

Instead of enjoying herself, I was surprised to see my wife help out on the event and she even ended up dancing with the other moms – to give glory to God. Happy Birthday mommy J!

Mall-’ing

Sander — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:55:19 +0000

Yes, mall is a verb from where I live as people love to go Mall-’ing. Every free time that people have here, the first and most convenient option is always to get to the nearest big mall, with cool air conditioning and where everything you need is easily accessible. You can eat almost anything and buy everything from toy guns to real guns, get a bandage or a medical cart, get the latest books and ofcourse the latest technology gadgets. Gone are the days when people went to parks for physical activities.

Sadly, my family has also been victimized by this mall-’ing mentality for quite some time now, thankfully we now have established alternative physical activities and we now prefer going to our community’s covered court for our daily basketball and walking exercise, and we also now prefer going to parks instead of malls. Hope we can steer clear of unhealthy habits for long so we can be fit and productive.

White Home Decor

Sander — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:23:35 +0000

In a few months we may be starting the construction of our new home. But as early as now we’re already researching on home decorating tips in the internet. We have browsed countless home decorating websites and we both agree that our next home will primarily be white. That means we will have white walls, white furniture, and even White photo frames to display our family pictures.

Check out the sample we found online. That’s exactly what we want to do with our frames.

The white walls and frames will make sure our pictures pop out. It doesn’t matter if we choose black and white or vividly colorful pictures – they will all fit nicely in those frames.

If you are wondering where to find those stunningly white photo frames do check out The White Company. It definitely is the site to browse for the widest collection of white photo frames.

Physical Toys

Sander — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:58:31 +0000

My son is sadly part of the generation bombarded by digital toys and entertainment. Kids are no longer playing the toys that used to be popular when I was a kid. Once such toy is the yoyo, yoyoplay for yomega have a lot of interesting yoyos, but when I showed it to my son, he didn’t seem very interested. So what I did was buy a yoyo and showed him how to play with it. Thankfully Zyke responded and grew interested with the yoyo – specially I bought him a Naruto branded one. However I know that his interest will soon be shortlived because the other kids just want to play with their computer games. Its pretty boring to be a kid in this generation – which is why I try my best to spend quality time playing physical toys with my eldest.