Energy Star items

testing... organic skin care

Check out some eco-friendly products on eBay

courtesy of eBay togo

eBay Neighborhoods Launch!

eBay Neighborhoods has launched, and I have to give kudos to the 'hoods' team for their awesome work!!


Check it out and hang out at your fav Neighborhood…

http://neighborhoods.ebay.com

Here is the buzz from the street...
Mashable
"The best thing about Neighborhoods is the centralized manner in which you can find products related to the group type."
http://mashable.com/2007/10/09/ebay-neighborhoods/

Techcrunch
"Visually, the neighborhood pages are an improvement from the bare-bones utility I normally associate with eBay....What would really be smart would be if eBay allowed anyone to easily take any module on a neighborhood page—the reviews, the visual product search, the discussions, or the eBay blog posts—and embed them on other Web pages like Facebook, MySpace, or their blogs."

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/ebay-launches-shopping-social-networks/

Some new pics

Uploaded a few pix from the JT concert this past weekend here






and some of our Maui pix here

Getting rid of some old DVDs... on eBay

Over the weekend, I decided to do some Fall cleaning, and listed 17 DVDs on eBay from my old DVD collection: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/sandswirl

A good number of these DVDs are completely new and still in the shrink wrap. Just in case you're wondering why the selection is so random, a lot of them are from back when I did entertainment PR, or from when I worked for Warner Bros. Online. Some were gifts, or duplicates from combining my dvd collection w/ JT's.

If you're interested, please go and bid! =) All the auctions are ending in just 4 days, and you can win the auction for as little as 99 cents. If you live close, I can even drop it off at your house and waive the shipping costs. Just want to reduce clutter at my new place. Thanks.

Update!

So I finally got around to uploading all the pics that have been stuck in my camera for soooo long.

You can see what I've been up to in the last few months on my flickr site!

Here are some recaps in reverse chronological order:

We celebrated my brother's 27th bday at Vivid 'ULTRA LOUNGE' in San Jose. More pix here.


Pinky Chung came to town last weekend, and we had a girls night out at the IMPALA, then had a lil sleepover awww. More pix here


My lil cous graduated from highschool. Check it out here.


Marilyn (my college roommy) n Josh's wedding was sooo beautiful. I'm soooo happy for you two!

Posted the pix here.

We met up with Karen and Danny in Vegas, and checked out Le Reve. Amazing show =) More pix here.

We celebrated Sherry's quarter-of-a-century:

More pix here.

OH, and LAST but not least. We are slowly but surely... settling in to our new PAD! It's starting to feel homey =)


WOOHOOO!!!!

Finally moved in

We're finally moved in!

Though we're still unpacking stuff, it's starting to get better... done with most of the painting, replacing the carpets, bathroom tiles, pool and pond in backyard ... I'm seriously learning a lot about house maintenance.. It's cool being a home owner and being able to do whatever you want to a place... fixing up and personalizing... but it's also TON of work! Lucky for me, I have JT to show me the ropes, our trusty family handy man who has been here day in and day out ... and the most awesome parents and brother who have been tremendously helpful... SERIOUSLY I am so grateful. My dad's been working non-stop on our yard, my mom's been dropping by after work to help put things away, vacumn, and bringing yummy food... and my brother's been here doing all my heavy lifting and painting with us too! I love my fam so so much, they are so so awesome =)

It's been a rewarding, exhausting, frustrating, and exciting all at the same time.

Life has been completely different these days. I spend my free time painting, cleaning and lining cabinets, building furniture, putting things away, working on the pond in the back yard, watering plants, folding clothes, going to home depot ... I think I've turned three shades darker from all the labor in the sun! lol...

I've been feeling extremely unattractive these days like the sandy-monster has come to town... haha I've been randomly falling asleep out of exhaustion on the couch and waking up in the middle of the night w/ my contacts still on... skin is breaking out from the lack of maintenance... and I'm in major need of a pedicure, since I've been running around in sandals to places I shouldn't... like the rock quarries. My hands feel like sandpaper from all the sanding, painting, and rock carrying...and will probably take months of intense moisturizing lotion to repair (if even possible!!)...

BUT ... it's soooo worth it. In the short time we've had this house, I've become a piece of it -- and I really wouldn't have it any other way. NO way am I gonna let JT have all the glory! hehehehe It's MINE too! =)

Townhouse for rent

This is a beautiful and modern 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath 2 story 1600 square feet Townhouse located in North Valley San Jose off of Berryessa exit on the 680 freeway.

This property also includes:

1 car garage plus storage space
Newly remodeled Kitchen floors, stainless steel sink
All new steel appliances
Newly remodeled bathrooms
New curtains
New carpet
Refrigerator, dishwasher, gas stove, oven, new washer/dryer, outdoor BBQ
Partially furnished with shelves and more (furniture optional)

This home is located in HOA with swimming pool and play area. It is walking distance to a big park, and is within 5 minutes driving distance to Safeway, Long Drugs, banks, post-office as well as the Asian Market and restaurants. It is near the 880, 680, and 101 Freeways.

The property will be ready for move-in on June 30th. Please email us for the address and to set up a time to view it.

$2000.00 month rent/ minimum of 1 year lease
We are asking for first and last month's rent, plus $700 deposit to move in.















Thanks!
sandswirl@gmail.com

PURPLE RAZR ... arggg. sooo SEXY

sooooooooooooo sexy *droool*

Happy Mother's Day!

Today was a nice and productive day. I got some cleaning in during the afternoon and then went to church and dinner with my family.

Look, it's me n mommy on dear sugar:


What is your Favorite Mother/Daughter Ritual?
My mommy and I occasionally get hired to do lifestyle shoots. You can also find us in the Costco handbook scrapbooking.

-s

Look it's me!

...on mycokerewards.com. Not my most fav pic... =P but still cool.



go to mycokerewards.com

click on Rewards & Contests > Fashion/Beauty Category

25 and LOVING it.

I had a BLAST celebrating my 25th bday in LA with some of my nearest and dearest =)

Here are some pix... you can view the rest on my flikr site.









Got to LA on Friday night. My buddy Justin planned an awesome bday bash for me... I felt soooo loved =)

We had dinner at Warung Cafe (warungcafela.com) It was sooo yum. Then we headed to Edison for drinks (http://www.edisondowntown.com/) Then ended up at JLounge (http://www.jloungela.com/)

As an experienced 25 year old *wink wink* I held my alcohol and did not end up collapsing or blacking out like several past bdays I've had Hahahahahaa. I was the perfect level of buzzed =) yay. It was sweet. My friends are so awesome, thoughtful, conisderate, fun. I truly feel blessed!! truly truly truly...

ok enough cheeeese hehehe..

On Saturday, Karen, JT, and I went to see Wicked.

It was such an amazing musical. GOodnesss.. have the time I had chills, and half the time I was cracking up so bad. Definitely one of my favorite musicals.

Afterwards, I got to spend some time with my future in-laws =) Then had dinner the next day w/ so friends.

We ended the weekend nice and chill with some shopping and lotsa quality time.

Although I had planned on celebrating two weekends in a row... it turned out that one party weekend was all I could handle. hahahha. I got pretty sick after my bday weekend =p caught a cold/major allergies or something.. it was bad. I lost my voice, couldn't breathe out of my nose... etc.

But i'm ALL better now!

Also ... I'm taking some huge steps in my first month of being a 25 year old. =P I'm in the process of buying a home!!!

Stay tuned...

Quarter Life Crisis!

I never thought this day would come! I am officially 25!!! ahhh! =/

I am definitely going through my Quarter-Life Crisis a bit. Yesterday, I ran to the nearest hair/nail salon to get highlights and a pedicure... ANYTHING to feel 21 again! hahahaha

So I freaked out a bit yesterday... hahah

But today is different. I woke up this morning with a great sense of joy. I feel incredibly happy with my life -- I feel that I'm moving in the right direction in every aspect of my life. I have super duper friends and family whom I love sooo dearly! I have the most amazing fiance who is the super encouraging and mature, who ALSO happens to be a total goofball and makes me laugh all the time AND makes me feel o-so-special =). I love my job, I feel challenged enough, but not too much that I get too stressed (most of the time =P)-- and I am always working on new things, and learning new tricks from all the talented people that surround me at work.

I really couldn't ask for more. God is good to me. =)

It was soo nice this morning to open up my email to a bunch of happy bday messages -- and one of my co-workers had filled up my candy jar at work! AWwww...It's those random acts of kindness that really make me want to try to be a better friend... So my 25th Bday resolution (if there is such thing) is that I'm really gonna try harder to be a better friend... to do a better job of keeping in touch, to make sure I let people know how I feel about them, to remember bdays, etc.

I'm headed to LA for the weekend to spend some quality (PARTAY!!) time with the friends I don't get a chance to see very often. I'm super duper excited!!!

I will def be back for MORE mischief next weekend in NORCAL of course. *wink wink*

On the verge of getting sick...

Don't laugh -- but my whole right arm and shoulder is soooo sore and in pain, from shooting hoops (the far ones, not the close ones!) at Dave and Busters on Friday night. HAHAHAHA Ya.. I'm such a weaksauce. sigh.. a buncha guys were laughing at me while I was playing... cuz I was seriously throwing with all my might, and barely getting any rim. hahahaha.. at least I made a few in...

The weekend was pretty chill. JT n I were supposed to go to Marine World on Sat with Sherry n David, but it ended up raining!! =( booo, so we didn't get to go... We ended up staying in, sleeping and working instead..

It probably ended up for the better, since I've been on the verge of getting sick for the last 4 or 5 days ..and Marine World would have definitely put me over the top.

Other than that, I spent a good part of my weekend stressing about work -- and came in at 6:30am today, and got my shit done and on-time for the big presentation this afternoon. woohoo... what a relief.

I'm really looking forward to going home this evening, chilling out, and watching "THE BACHELOR -- an officer and gentleman'" hehehe... he's soooo cute.

teehee... lol .. naw.. i really watch it for the drama, of course.

Yup, definitely gonna lay low for a bit till I get better.

Turbo Tax baby!

Yay! So I got my emails of confirmation for my federal and state tax returns. =) I'm getting a nice lil chunk of change back in 9 days! wut wut! I'm so glad I e-filed this year. It was quick and painless. yay for turbo tax!

Lookie who's on the Yahoo homepage today!

I got an email from a friend asking if that was me on the Yahoo front page. I had to refresh a couple times to see it... but look! There I am!

The photo was by Bill Reitzer/Plush Studios taken about a year ago.

Girl's night out

On Sat night, I had dinner at Beldon Place with Han Em and Linda to celebrate my engagement! hehehe


Us, with our creme brulee and creme puffs that the guy at the table next to us paid for. hehehe


me and han hong =)


em and linpin lookin beautiful as usual


So I went to the bathroom during our meal, and looked up and saw that my girls had graffitied the bathroom wall. HOW CUTe hehehe.. the bathroom wall was a chalkboard.



Us outside at Belden Place -- linpin got me flowers! aww sooo sweet =)


Afterwards, we stopped by at Boss




Then Em, Han, and I headed over to Slide to meet up with Elaine:






han, emmy, and me .. awww like the good ol'days!

check out all the pix on my FLIKR site!

Summer Plans?

I LOVE planning ahead... cuz it helps give me things to look forward to.. ehehe... and since spring has already started, that means SUMMER is right around the corner!

Time to start thinking about what I wanna do this Summer...

-I definitely wanna plan a trip to Toronto! I miss it sooo much! Clubbin is awesome there.. food is GREAt, and I miss my party peeps =) Who's down to go with me? I'm thinkin end of June or beginning of July

-Will do a trip to LA, since I haven't been there in ages

-Can you believe I've never been to NAPA. wtf? What kind of NorCal person am I?

-Hawaii? some of my buddies are gonna be in hawaii this summer...

-I've ALWAYS wanted to go to Disney World in Florida! But since Florida is hot year round, I can always save this one for the fall or next spring...

Any other ideas?






-

Once a party girl...

me: i haven't been clubbin since JANUARY!
me: can you believe that!?
marcus: OMG
marcus: wuuut
marcus: who ARE you...
me: i know
me: LOL
me: AHAHHAHA

I think it's time to break out w/ the dancin shoes this weekend. hahaha