To say Happy Birthday Suw(h)at is still funny to actually put in writing.

It's your fault, really. You who risked into getting your hands (and money) into something that we created on a dusty corner of a house. An idea that was inspired by pop-culture and recycled papers. You see, when our first order came in through email, we actually screamed both internally and externally. It wasn't so much of gaining profit from it really (to be honest, I am *this* close to making it a non-profit organization. lel.) but it was mostly a scream of 'wow, someone actually wants one' kind of screams.

About 10 bazaars to date, about 500 notebooks stitched and released, a three to four digit likes on our social media pages, we still can't believe it all happening.

Those milestones we never really etched into stone in the first place, but you engraved it for us. And we can only come up with little ways to repay you in ways to have you celebrate with us. We have whipped up some contests and giveaways to all of you. And for those who have sworn fealty to us since the start, you may want to check your inboxes one of these days.

From all of us at Suw(h)at, thank you! And to many more notebooks and birthdays to come!

So March is coming. And suw(h)at is still "bracing for the New Year"... which isn't bad, mind you, but the "bracing" just took longer than we would've liked. Granted, we've been beefing up our arsenal these few months (we got a new killer cutter and puncher set that'll definitely spice things up in our product list) and we've already plotted out the events we'll be attending this year to keep us focused. So that's an achievement.


What's left in our to-do list really is an overdue photoshoot of our products and finding time for that has been hard.

I'm not going to lie and say that things have been smooth-sailing for suw(h)at ever since because it hasn't; but we got over those hurdles and managed to push on which is more than I could have hoped for in a team.

We're eternally grateful for the people that have reached out to us as of late. You remind us people still think of suw(h)at from time to time :D

All that to say, suw(h)at has been through a few roughs and tumbles these past few weeks but we're still fighting to keep us, and the community we've worked so hard to build, growing. We'll be at tomorrow night's #basabalak event at Handuraaw to support the literary community and to hopefully sell some notebooks. Our order form will be back online not long after that, too.

We've got tons planned for the year and I hope you'll still be around to fabulously breeze through the journey with us. Keep the fire burning and, as always, long live notebooks.