Aloha ~~ Its GroundHog Day and believe it or not, it is pouring rain right now @ 8am, in the morning!! The ground hog did not see his shadow here on the islands this morning, so I guess 6 more weeks of winter here in Hawaii as well. Hope everyone has been able to get a chance to get some down time in January and surely hope that all of you are staying warm out there in Cali – looking up the current weather for Costa Mesa shows low 40* degrees-high 60* F -- surely not very appetizing for me to come back to right now– lol I may need to get myself a membership at a tanning salon, for when I return – lol lol (seriously! I think, I’m addicted to the sun-or, is it only the “island sun god” that I am attracted to ??)
~~~~All is well since I last gave the update –- still have been pretty busy with Ceridian work out here from year-begin go-live accounts, and at the same time, trying to help build implementation& Project Manager's “best practices” documentations for the Hawaii district, prior to my departure here. At the same time, still venturing the Waikiki beaches and keep up on my golden tan in the winter :) :) It has been fairly “windy” here this past few weeks – trade winds have been strong, where the wind chill really feels like its 50* degrees sometimes (I’m serious- no joke!)
~~~~So, for the times I have not been to the beach, I have been following a couple of TV show repeat marathons à TopChef & Wifes of OC and The OC ---- LOL LOL (and yes, no elephant ears on my TV here – been setup with cable and all the channels, since I’ve lived here :) :) ) Okay, they did show some clips of South Coast Plaza on the Wifes of OC, and started to miss all the shopping, that SoCal has to offer !! there is NO good shopping here on the island at all !! The first Nordstrom on the island is actually opening March 7th here in Oahu. Coming soon – can you guys even believe, that Nordstrom is just now coming to the island ??? LOL LOL
~~~~ I did watch premiere of LOST last week, may start trying to watch that, but I think I need to catch up on the prior seasons. The whole LOST series is pretty popular here, since it is filmed here. I think, they shoot in an area that is on the Ewa side, before you hit the North Shore (Ewa, pronounces E-vaaa means West)
~~~~For this month of February, it will be quite busy with visitors -yeah! I have some relatives next week, Mark will be visiting and friends at the end of the month – YEAH ! I’m excited for visitors from the Mainland :) :) This weekend will be a weekend of rest, with Nicholas and Nambe –(shoot…. wish the rain would stop soon – crossing my fingers it stops in a couple of hours)
~~~~I did pick up a book to read the past week, to read while relaxing on the beach – its that book that’s out right now, and I guess some have mentioned she was on Oprah—book is called, “Eat, Pray, Love” , by Elizabeth Gilbert. Its interesting, as I had a friend recommend to go pick it up, and read it – As most of you know, I am not a book person, but this non-fiction book seemed to grab my attention---very interesting so far… will keep you posted – any of you have read it ??
~~~The latest hoopla here on the island, is preparing for Chinese New Years – I guess, it’s a big deal here – they have the parade and carnival all setup. From what I’ve read, there is a big Cantonese population here on the island that they go all out. Interesting though, no big advertisements for “Fat Tuesdays” – guess the islanders are not into the “Fat Tuesday-MardiGras” celebrations ??
~~~No flight planned right now, to come out, but will keep you posted when I’ll be out when I figure out where I’m going to plant myself to live, when I return, which will not be decided until around March time frame. Miss you all and ALOHA !! (btw, really pouring rain right now –- looks like, I may be staying in today )
