Sunday, December 31, 2006

Happy New Years!

Cheers! TO an amazing 2006, and an even better year to come. =)

Here's a pic of me & my girl Dayala in Puerto Vallarta last month.

Thursday, December 28, 2006

New bubble share albums

I added a few new albums to my bubbleshare page.

Here's an album of our eBay Holiday party:

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

UPDATED

Yay, finallly got my new site design up... now I just have to fill in the blanks. Check it out!

Friday, December 22, 2006

Bubbleshare Baby!

Met a guy in Canada who is a VC for BubbleShare. I'm going to start making albums for my new site using this product instead of flickr or shutterfly. I think their features are pretty cool. THey also generate code for you to have a'bubble slider' to post on your blog. Neat eh?

Here's an album I created when i was in Toronto:


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Swamped..

Yep. You guessed it...I have been swamped.

With work.. with my own work, with other people's work... with end of the year quotas, redesigns, random projects, ... putting out fires.. etc etc...i feel like my head is about to explode. And then there's yoga, poker parties, christmas parties, writing cards, wrapping presents.. shopping shopping shopping..

No time to blog I guess. I have lotsa fun pix, so as soon as I find some time to come up for air, I will definitely do a lil update to appease my buddies who have complained to me about the lack of bloggin... hehe

yes i will post pix soon. I am also working on my redesign again. I started one over the summer, and decided to scrap it. SO im working on a better one.

What else is new? TONS.. but I'm not gonna share right now. =x hehehe.

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Halloween @ eBay


me as the devil again =P for halloween


Irwin, 'Jack,' and Me


Group shot


Corey and me


the pumpkin carving contest


Friday Hernans


Lanny and Teo


Me and JT


Elmo and Jack


Beatriz and me


The Blue Man Group

Some cubes were really nicely decorated...


Aloha Jake!


arrrg ... Shiver me timbers!


Sam in black eyeliner


Irwin n me


Trick or treat!

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMMY!

Went to the city on Friday for Em's girls' night out birthday. FUn times!









































Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Mom and I on Cingular

Go here http://www.cingular.com/cell-phone-service/welcome/?_requestid=81099 and then click "plans" on the gray bar in the middle of the screen


CAFR.EBAY.CA LAUNCHED!!!!




Sorry for the MAJOR hiatus, but I've been sooo incredibly busy. BIG NEWS!

The French Canadian Site is live: http://www.cafr.ebay.ca

Here are a few articles from the local news papers.

MONTREAL GAZETTE

GLOBE INVESTOR

GLOBE AND MAIL

Some comments from members of Powerseller Preview (Translated by the ebay team in Canada):

Comment from Blumingdales (744)
This is wonderful; I think I am going to fall down my chair!
Thank you eBay, finally!!! I am so happy for all the francophone users out there and I think I will cry! A few typos, but everything is perfect! I am so thrilled!

Comment from Funky Watch (2142)This is super cool! (not use to writing in French on the Boards) There must have been a Quebecker who yelled loud and clear to get this done. Let's hope they will have a big campaign to support the site. I would suggest we change the term Buy it now... to Immediate purchase. What do you think? I wonder where all the eBay employees who are developing and maintaining the site are. Ciao, Eric

Friday, September 15, 2006

All I Need to Know about Life I Learned from My Dog

-If you stare at someone long enough, eventually you'll get what you want.

-If at first you don't succeed... beg, whimper, give the puppy dog eyes.

-Don't go out without I.D.

-Be direct with people; let them know exactly how you feel by peeing on their shoes.

-Be aware of when to hold your tongue, and when to use it.

-Leave room in your schedule for a good nap.

-Always give people a friendly greeting.

-When you do something wrong, always take responsibility for it (as soon as you're dragged out from under the bed).

-If it's not wet and sloppy, it's not a real kiss.

My Dog's Philosophy of Life: "Life is short; bite hard."

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Home sweeeet home

Yes, it is GREAT to be back. I've been so busy, I've had absolutely no time to blog. What can I say - life is great. Of course there are the ups and downs... but that's what makes the ups SO MUCH better. =)

I had a BBQ last Saturday, and it was so awesome to see so many of my buddies again. Too bad I passed out at 7:30pm! yep. Over-did the alcohol thing by taking 20 shots of vodka within the first 3 hours. =p sigh. I was just trying to be a good host and drink with every group of friends that came in. You know.. I always feel it's my job to peer pressure everyone into getting buzzed... Next thing u know.... I woke up at 4am.... not knowing where the heck i was.

ANyway, luckily, i was not the only retard - my bro passed out at 8:30pm. and the word on the street is - i went out a lot more gracefully than he did. MUHAHAHAHA. booya!

So I woke up at 4am, and my brother and i both were like "WHAT HAPPENED?! THE PARTY's OVER?! NOOOOooOOO!!!! DO YOU REMEMBER NIGHT TIME? I DON't!" hahaha we lamented over it, and then decided that we must have a DO-OVER.

... leave it to the CHANGS to pass out at their own party. hehehhee. At least everyone had a blast... and a BIG GIANT HUG AND THANK YOU TO ALL MY LOVELY FRIENDS who kept our home so impeccably clean. Man, I have the best gosh darn friends in the world =) Yep I'm lucky to know all of you.

Of course -- Pictures soon to follow. =)

Again, it's so00oooo GOOD TO BE HOME. Home, sweet home.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

The Heart of the Matter

Download the version by India Arie -- AMAZING.

I've been trying to live without you now
But I miss you, baby
The more I know, the less I understand
And all the things I thought I figured out, I have to learn again
I've been tryin' to get down to the Heart of the Matter
But my will gets weak
And my heart is so shattered
But I think it's about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don't love me anymore

All the people in your life who've come and gone
They let you down, you know they hurt your pride
Better put it all behind you; cause life goes on
You keep carrin' that anger, it'll eat you up inside

I wanna be happily everafter
And my heart is so shattered
But I know it's about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don't love me anymore

Monday, August 21, 2006

Dear eBay.ca Family:

I’ve had an absolutely amazing time living and working here in Toronto at eBay.ca for the last three and a half months. I am so grateful that my time here has been just long enough to truly experience the love of the eBay.ca family, to taste the great diverse food selection that Toronto restaurants have to offer, to go to all the fun summer events, to party at a bunch of clubs downtown -- but just short enough to avoid the FREEZING wintertime that I keep hearing horror stories about.


You’ve all done such a remarkable job making me feel right at home here, and I will always hold all of those caring gestures dear to my heart.

So, it’s confirmed – the rumors are true:

- Canadians are more welcoming, friendly, down-to-earth, chill, and don’t stress out as much.

- In my opinion, the Toronto party scene definitely rivals Vegas.

- Canadians sound words out differently like: ‘aboot’ and ‘surry,’… and my all time favorite is: Ya’ll love saying ‘ay?’ at the end of sentences. =)

- The food here is amazing.

- There is a true ‘melting pot’ vibe where everyone really feels like they belong.

- It is way cleaner and safer here, and people make such a better effort to keep it that way.

Yup, Toronto is definitely going down in my books as one of the greatest places I’ve been privileged to spend some good quality time. I will definitely be back to visit – as this place will always feel like somewhat of a home away from home to me!

One very important lesson I’ve learned here is to watch my step when in high heels! Those crazy sidewalk vents are everywhere, and you never know when you’ll get a heel stuck in there and fall face forward on one of those MONSTER garbage/recycling bins! Yes, it was an extremely rough lesson learned – however, somehow I feel I’ve gained so much knowing I can get through something like that. A huge thanks to everyone for showing all the support and care. I am truly grateful.

All I have to say is: I really feel like I am one lucky girl.

THANKS TORONTO! You’ve been more than amazing to me! Be SURE email me or give me a ring to let me know when you are coming to my hood, because I will be so happy to have the chance to extend the same welcome to any of you.

Tomorrow is my last day here, but I hope to see you all again. =)

Sincerely,
Sandy Chang

Friday, August 18, 2006

Taste of Danforth Weekend w/ Jason James and Judy

Enjoy the pix! Since I haven't had time to write/blog .. here's some excerpts from my brother's xanga about his time here in Toronto hehhee:

"Well, found some time to blog in Toronto. It's I guess 5am Toronto time. The clubs here are off the da hook. Crazier than anything in SF hands down. So many clubs, so many people coming out.

I'm happy I came out to a place like Toronto where there are tons more cute females at the club than SF, where the parties are ridiculously huge and ginormous, and go on even after last call.... it's seriously nothing I've ever seen outside of Vegas. Canadians... it's like they have nothing better to do.

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For some funny reason, it's always Saturdays -- not Fridays -- that I have more fun at the club. Tonight was a really awesome night at the club. Perhaps just by a stroke of luck.

On a side note, my sister kicks ass. She has gotten me into the club for free, and gotten me free drinks pretty much every time I've gone to the club. Absolutely hilarious I tell you. My sister is one of those attractive party girl types and she knows all the who's-who at ALL the clubs. I mooch off all these guys who get bottle service and crap and it's all gravy.. har har har. so hilarious. anyway, both friday and saturday at toronto, we literally skip the lines at the clubs and just straight up move to the front of the line, then we head to the back room with bottle service and take shots of grey goose... ALL FOR FREE. har har har.. women... so many hookups.. lucky brother that I am to get hooked up by association.. har har har...

anyway, toronto is alright, but clubbin' is still not my thing. it's definitely my sister's thing. but it surely is not mine. it's fun. i danced with some women and talked to some cuties, for sure. but, I think i'm just going to stick to the grad parties and law skoo stuff. too bad toronto's winter sucks ass, otherwise this place seriously kicks major ass."

-Jason