11-01-2007, 12:15 PM
Aloha, all. My name is Mark, and I'm looking forward to moving to the BI in a couple of years.
I was born in Queen Liliuokalani Hospital in the Territory of Hawaii in 1957, so that makes me kama'aina. Unfortunately, I've spent most of my adult life on the mainland. I'm a battalion chief with the local county fire department in SoCal (yeah we got our butts kicked this year), and I'll be able to retire in late '09, possibly early '10.
My wife Pamela and I got married on the BI this summer, and had a wonderful two week vacation. We spent most of our time doing touristy things - shopping, snorkling, eating, snorkling, flying in a helicopter (oops, sorry), snorkling, you get the idea.
The hidden agenda for taking Pamela to the BI to get married, of course, was to see if she'd cosider the idea of moving there. She bought it hook, line, and sinker, so now it's just a matter of when and where.
I'm grateful for this website, mahalo, and intend to make use of it to make a daydream turn into a real retirement plan. Either the realtors here, or the builders, or builders' helpers (thank you, Cat), or all of you will help Pam and I to either buy or build a home in paradise.
I can't wait. I'm a kama'aina haole Hawaiian boy who just got lost for about forty years. I always knew I'd find my way back home, I just haven't got there quite yet.
Aloha, mark.
How do I know?
I was born in Queen Liliuokalani Hospital in the Territory of Hawaii in 1957, so that makes me kama'aina. Unfortunately, I've spent most of my adult life on the mainland. I'm a battalion chief with the local county fire department in SoCal (yeah we got our butts kicked this year), and I'll be able to retire in late '09, possibly early '10.
My wife Pamela and I got married on the BI this summer, and had a wonderful two week vacation. We spent most of our time doing touristy things - shopping, snorkling, eating, snorkling, flying in a helicopter (oops, sorry), snorkling, you get the idea.
The hidden agenda for taking Pamela to the BI to get married, of course, was to see if she'd cosider the idea of moving there. She bought it hook, line, and sinker, so now it's just a matter of when and where.
I'm grateful for this website, mahalo, and intend to make use of it to make a daydream turn into a real retirement plan. Either the realtors here, or the builders, or builders' helpers (thank you, Cat), or all of you will help Pam and I to either buy or build a home in paradise.
I can't wait. I'm a kama'aina haole Hawaiian boy who just got lost for about forty years. I always knew I'd find my way back home, I just haven't got there quite yet.
Aloha, mark.
How do I know?
Aloha! ;-)