Aloha to my friends, my Cali "Ohana" (hawaiian for family) !! Can you believe I am currently living my 6th month here on Oahu ?? Time has just passed by !! So far, the hawaiian summer has been wonderful !! Nothing beats the steady island weather 80-85 degrees for a high, with lows in the 75 degree for a low ~~ cool trade winds ~~ warm waters in Waikiki !! Sorry, its taken 2 months to update this blog, but it has been somewhat of a revolving door, at "Casa DeOcampo" and I love you all for coming to visit me this summer !!! With visitors here @ my B & B, I am continuing to experience new places to take them, and new restaurants to check out !! ~~~ I have survived the forecasted Hurricane Flosse, the BigIsland 5.3 earthquake, and the Tsunami warning, that happened this past week ~~ even on an island, there are still those weather conditions to be aware of !! ~~ Yesterday, I went to a a "Made In Hawaii Festival" - they had vendors visit from outter islands, with booths of all kinds of Hawaiian art you can imagine !! Also, lots of food tasting, with the different hawaiian sauces and breads, and of course, all kinds of macadamia nuts dipped in dark, white chocolates and freshing baked -- warm cinammon macadamias are my favorite right now !! ~~ Right now, I'm about 50/50 about the idea of living here ~~ its a very different culture here, as I've mentioned before-- yesterday was another state holiday, called Admissions Day (can't keep track of all the state holidays here)-- the day Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state ~~ very different "vacationing" here versus "living here". My co-wrkers here continue to be very welcoming & teaching me to understand the island ways, as I continue to learn from them. The latest word learned this week from my co-wrkrs, is the Hawaiian Name for Filipino --> "Bok-Bok", and that they call Japanese "Hon-Hon" -- I am currently looking to taking a Hawaiian language class and attempt to sign-up for Hula lessons !! ~~~ If you do not know, I am very much looking forward to coming back to visit Cali at the end of this month, and will stay there until Sept 12th -- Planning on staying up north for the beginning of my trip, then going to SLO for Labor Day and then plant myself in the OC -- will end up working from my Fountain Valley office that week ~~~ I really hope that I get a chance to see some of you this trip, and if we don't I am flying back to Cali at the end of September, will be flying directly to NoCal for a family 50th bday, then possibly going back down to OC the week after. ~~~ Miss all of you -- and I miss Maggianos, In/Out Burgers, DelTaco, good authentic MexicanFood, TraderJoes, Target, Wine Tasting....~~ I guess its due, that I come get my Cali fix for these items that I miss ~~ Overall, I'm doing okay and continuing to adjust to the island life & culture out here (does the adjustment period ever end?? ).... I guess, its really not that bad.... I am very happy to have gotten this opportunity to "live the island life" for now ~~
