Memorial Day Weekend

Andy just left this evening and I already miss him sooooo soo much. He came to visit me for his memorial day weekend, and we had such a blast.

It was really such a great feeling to be able to spend some good quality time with Andy this weekend... I can barely describe how great it was to have a loved one here visiting me. After spending a month in a foreign place with new faces everywhere, a person really grows to value the familiarity, friends, loved ones, family to a greater level...

The weekend was eventful but also pretty chill. We packed so much into the three day weekend -- did the touristy stuff: visited the CN tower, had drinks at panorama with will and Judy... watched a lot of movies: da vinci code (didn't like it), and XMen the last stand (liked this one a lot)..

we also rented charlie and the chocolate factory, walk the line, and hoodwinked. Dang.. we watched 5 movies this weekend... we are such movie fanatics.

Andy and I had lotsa good food this weekend toooo.. great cantonese food, korean bbq, italian food.. ate so much i REALLy feel the need to work out now.

And finally... summer has arrived in Toronto... and it's not just warm now, its HOT... I'll post some pix soon. =)

Thank you Andy for coming to visit meeee, for helping me kill all the bugs in my apartment, for helping me carry a box of bottled water from the supermarket, and for simply being the best and most pleasant company a girl could ask for. MUAh!

LOST SEASON 2 FINALE

ok.. So i just watch the Season 2 FInale of LOST and it was pretty freakin awesome. This finale definitely helped keep the mystery alive. I am just sooooo pissed that i totally missed the last part... the part about Penelope. Someone who has watched it... PLEASE fill me in!!

So, anyway, I can't believe MICHAEL.. what a selfish guy..he better somehow redeem himself and save everyone. But for some reason I feel like he's not really going to be rescued.. I just have a feeling he's going to sail to nowhere...

Before watching this episode, I thought it was going to end up being one big experiment for ppl in need of reform.. sent there by somebody they know. But now, there's obviously something way bigger.. maybe the island IS supernatural.. either that.. or their world is all fake.. and the magnetic stuff was built in . who knows. I'm totally sitting on the edge of my seat. Can't wait until Season 3!

Victoria Day Weekend

I had lotsa fun this weekend. On Friday, I went to K-town with Judy and Will to eat at a Korean restaurant. Afterwards, we went to the Chinese market where I got to buy a lot of good chinese food that i was missing and craving -- rice, zong zi (sticky rice wrapped in a leaf), dumplings, and other goodies. =) I also bought some chopsticks, and the big fat soup spoons that I miss using from home.

After that, they took me to a trendy asian tea place that was pretty neat too.

On Sunday night, we went to a Bday party at a lounge called 8 Under, and then took a cab to a club called Inside. I met a lot of really cool girls this weekend, and really had a blast. =)

Severe Thunderstorm in Toronto

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED For Toronto BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA BULLETIN ISSUED AT: 2:27 PM EDT WEDNESDAY 17 MAY 2006 ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.


=( The weather was nice for the first three days I was in toronto... and now it's just cold, windy, rainy... I just heard thunder and it's completely dark outside at 4pm. waaahhh. I'm scared for the walk home.

Missing mes amis

Although Canada is really coool and exciting, and all things are going really great with work... I really wish I had ppl to share this experience with. It can get kinda lonely out here.. and one big thing that sux is that I have nobody to eat dinner with, so I'm missing out on all the good restaurants out here (saving money though).. but just going home afterwork everyday n cookin my own meals, which aren't that great since I don't have all the proper tools and ingredients here. Somebody come visit me!! =P

Canadian sights

I spent most of my weekend at the gigantic four level mall called Eaton Centre. the shopping in toronto is GREAT! I walked around in there until my feet hurt, and I didn't even get to finish shoppin the whole thing =P



On Sunday, I decided to take the subway to University of Toronto area...


The subway system is very clean and safe. =) Another cool thing is, almost every subway station is attached to a little shopping mall or food court, and the ebay office is attached as well =P


The University of Toronto campus is reallly nice.




Lots of black squirrels... scared me at first. they're pretty big.

The Toronto Scene

On Friday, my friend Will from NY took me out and introduced me to his girlfriend Judy and her friends who live in Toronto. They were really sweet and we had lotsa fun =)


Leilani, Sara, Judy, and Me


Toronto takes clubbin seriously =P ... there were at least 4 stretch limos parked outside the huge warehouse type club that we went to on Friday. It was reallllly fun, but I wish I hadn't worn my good jeans since the ground got pretty dirty, and 90% of the girls were in skirts. =P


Everyone orders budweiser in Canada... it's soo funny. It's Canada's import of choice.


me and Will


The girls

My New Temp Home in TORONTO!

my room


my living room with switch on fireplace, cable tv and dvd player, furnished, kitchen, high speed internet... i am in heaven =P hehe and I found it in less than two weeks




There's also a room with a little pool table


eBay office in this building




my nice lil work station

Another Birthday/ Send off celebration

me, em, wendy, and amanda


Andrea Ho - my bff at ebay =) not only did we share an office, we shared a hip. =P my coffee break, bagel, tea, hard-boiled egg, shopping buddy. I miss PINBACK and my ebay twin! waah


it's old school HILLEGASS girls and our house boy.. except he got a big promotion since then. haha =P these ppl are like family to me.


iris is so cute in this pic. I will spare the details. but JT, u are one *lucky* guy =)


American Idol Nam n me =P


dre, JT, irwin, n me... def some of my favorite ppl from ebay


nam, why do you always have to look so annoying? =P hahaha


the best big bro in the whole world, nuf said.


my girls =) MUAHHH


Wendy Louie is sooooo gorgeous, and one of the sweetest girls I know.


JT, wat a pimp ha ha


dave n james , so trendy... =P hehe

eBay SJ knows how to partay!

my send off and cinqo de mayo celebration


Surprised me with a birthday cake!


and boooze on the same day to celebrate Victor's 5 year anniversary at eBAY! yay! Victor is the coolest. Not only did we have beer, we had tequila shots! =P drinkin on the job. =p haha


And yet ANOTHER surprise =P this is right before they slammed some chocolate in my face. haha


A group shot at Chevy's


CA, SG, HK, and NA =P


Aren't my co-workers just awesome?

My Family Bday Dinner

bro n me =)


mom n me


a cute fobby cake


yummmmmmy foooood!

flowers make a girl feel special

colorful daisies from my bro bro


and a beautiful bouquet of pink roses from my sweetie pie andy

... and of course my gorgeous 3 flat screen monitor set up that I miss so dearly. =P hehe