Hey guys..

[JimmySTLOUIS]

... in response to Hey guys.., posted by livinginhawai on Jul 24, 2004

Howzit

Sorry if this is off topic but I love Hawaii. I spent 28 days on Kauai just hiking and swimming etc. I have been 8 times and even took my grandfather who was 88 at the time.

I had a plan to move there. I thought I would live on Maui or Kauai for sure -
Never thought at that time I would be getting married to a 19 year old girl ....

oh well
some times life works out for the best

PERU NO KA OI!!!!
TE AMO PERU!!!!

jim

[stefang]

... in response to Re: Hey guys.., posted by JimmySTLOUIS on Jul 24, 2004

I loved Hawaii, I actually had to work three weeks during 9/11. We had to
install new data cabling into Liberty Houses at night which were bought
out by Macy's. First two weeks were on Maui and we did the island circle
tour and also go to the top of Maui. The last week was on Oahu but I was
too tired to  site see. I would of loved to move there also, but I am not
sure my type of job would pay that well to survive.

One thing the locals were telling me especially on Maui was that a lot of
guys especially stock traders moved to Hawaii because of the time
difference. By 10 AM in the morning the NYSE was closed. You could take
a two hour nap and be surfing by 1, what a good way to do your job and
then have your afternoon of freedom.

[livinginhawai]

... in response to Re: Re: Hey guys.., posted by stefang on Jul 25, 2004

Stefang,

You are absolutely correct dude!  Alot of stock traders move to Hawaii because of the lifestyle and time zones that is so interchangeable ;-)

In any case, as far as the job goes, I spoke with the hawaiian real estate lady that sold me the newly built mansion that I am having interiorly decorated and she was telling me that alot of people, especially asian(as well as some mainland americans) move to Hawaii knowing full well that they are expecting a 40% paycheck cut!  They love it so much until they're not bothered by the pay cut at all...

As for trading, I do nothing but 'position' trade.  Since I trade options, I put in my trade on Monday morning and let it expired at 10pm Wenesday night.  Since I only look at the top 10 currency pairs to option trade, I usually only look at the market for 30 minutes on Sunday and 15 minutes monday.

Now, when I finalize everything with my home, instead of placing my trade at 6 am or so on Monday; I'll be placing the same trade at 1am or 2 am on a monday morning, which will be my only working day :-)

The secret is that the market, within the top 10 currency pairs make the same pattern moves week after week man. It's like clockwork.  But, you have to know what to look for and more importantly, you have to know what the heck you're doing or you'll get eaten alive by the market.  Also, your timing has to be perfect.

When I first started, I was so bad, I was nearly giving my money away.  But, as time progressed and I became more 'aware' of what was happening around me(the market), and saw certain patterns happen over and over and over again, week after week, then I started making money.  Because of the kind of lifestyle I choose to live(I don't want to be stuck in front of my computer trading 6-8 hours a day), I have gotten so good at trading until I'm able to put a total or max of 1 hour of total work week time in and make 10 times as much, in a single week, then the top 1% of the top fortune 500 CEO's make in a year.

But, in hawaii, like I said in my other post, you've got to have money to live there.  For me, it's going to be vacation and beach bumbing every day man :-)

aloha..

[stefang]

... in response to Stefang.., posted by livinginhawai on Jul 25, 2004

That is good for you. You have the cake and get to eat it to. One other
thing is you will not have to worry about the woman that you marry not
liking the place that she lives. Any South American woman would have to
love the idea of getting to live in Hawaii.

[livinginhawai]

... in response to Re: Stefang.., posted by stefang on Jul 25, 2004

Hey man..

Yeah, I don't want to put too much stock(no pun intended on stocks..he..he..he) into betting that ANY women would want to live in hawaii.  But, if 95% would, then at least the odds are on my side :-)

Talk to you later man...gotta go see a couple of movies at the theatre(Catwoman and IBots with Will Smith)..

later..

[livinginhawai]

... in response to Re: Hey guys.., posted by JimmySTLOUIS on Jul 24, 2004

Jim,

One thing I love about Hawaii is that it is ranked not only as one of the most beautiful places in the world, but it is ranked, something like in the top 3 places, for having the most beautiful people.  It is highly racially diverse and nobody can separate themselves from anyone else.  Hawaii is at least 200 years ahead of the mainland USA in this category alone.  So, in order to live there, a person has to be very open minded.  I mean, this place(hawaii) is no backwoods of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississipi, Alabama, Texas, or Florida.

There are alot of caucasian guys on this board that love dark complected women.  And, hey, that's cool by me.  There are also alot of african american men, on this board, that would prefer lighter women.  That's cool too.

The thing about hawaii is that 'interracial' marriage consist of over 50% of all marriages in hawaii!  On mainland, interracial marriages are only 2.4% of the total population. So, as you can see, if a guy didn't have financial problems and had the financial means to live in hawaii, and he was in a 'mixed marriage' Hawaii is THE place to go.  There are pockets of diversity on mainland.  But, in Hawaii, there's no such thing as 'pockets of diversity'.  Everybody is mixed everywhere.  It's such a beautiful site to see bro.

It's so different.  Also, Hawaii is ranked very high for having the best most healthy population in the world due to Hawaii having NO pollution.

Also, besides having a hurricane(which never touches the island of oahu due to it being surrounded an buffed by hundreds of other islands) once every 20 years, there's no extreme heat advisories, no sleet, cold, ice, earthquakes, or tornadoes.  Gotta love it man!

On the downside, I must admit that the cost of living in Paradise is high and you must have money to live in Hawaii. Making $2,000 - $5,000 a month doesn't go very far in Hawaii.  You could manage to live on such an income, but the pickings would be slim.  And, I am anything but slim on the picking(laughing).

Hey man, you should move there if your finances allows you to.

For the most part, what keeps people from to Hawaii is the job issue.  There are jobs in Hawaii but not to the extent that there is on mainland.

All the islands are beautiful, but Oahu is the most developed.

peace...

[burbuja2]

... in response to Hey Jim, posted by livinginhawai on Jul 24, 2004

I looked on a map of Louisiana and I couldn't quite find an area or town called "backwoods".  Can you please tell me exactly where that might be?

[Red Clay]

... in response to Hey Jim, posted by livinginhawai on Jul 24, 2004

Hmmm, I must be in a "pocket of diversity" here in the backwoods of Tennessee and didn't realize it.

[zack]

... in response to Hey Jim, posted by livinginhawai on Jul 24, 2004

[This message has been edited by zack]

Livinginhawaii,

Great post! I have visited Hawaii just once and made a goal to retire there. It is the closest place to "perfect" on the planet. But my only problem with living in Hawaii, besides the high cost of living, is the develpoment of island fever. It is SOOO far from home. And every so often I would have to fork out several thousand dollars just to attend a freind's wedding back home. You know what I mean.

Regarding the natural disasters- agreed. Hardly ever a worry, that is, until I visited Hawaii!! LOL! When I was there, a large brush fire swept across east Maui, causing rt30 to close for six hours. No big deal unless route 30 is the only way to get from your hotel to the airport. The minute it opened I was in my car driving thru smoke and burning amburs. I arrived at the airport and just BARELY made my flight. The plane was  closing its doors and leaving when I showed up, sweating, caughing, and covered with soot. I think they let me on out of pity )

Zack

[livinginhawai]

... in response to excellent post, posted by zack on Jul 25, 2004

Zack,

Oahu, the main island has 90% of the population of hawaii, as a state.  There's a reason for that too.

In any case, you need to get your butt to Oahu.  I tell you this, everybody thinks that Oahu is a small island; and it is from the point of view of a map.  But, it's bigger than what most people think :-)

Round trip around Oahu would take you 3.5 hours which in my estimation is a good 'joy ride' man.  

Don't worry about 'rock fever'.  When I visited Jamaica, it felt like an extension of where I just came from except the weather was better there than it was at the place where I was living at the time.

Alot of people worry about Rock Fever.  Nothing to worry about.  I can still get on the internet and order anything I want and the shipping will cost the same no matter what I order :-)

I ordered me a dell computer and it was shipped to me for FREE!

Also, there's 8 major islands for you to travel to.  You can either take a helicopter to any of the 8 major islands or you can go on a cruise, on any kind of boat you can imagine, to any of the 8 islands.  The trips are not expensive.  

Also, Oahu has communication satallites that are not available in the united states but are strictly geared for world wide communication for all the countries of the world.  Oahu is a technological paradise for computer geeks man(laughing)..

peace..

[zack]

... in response to Zack my man.., posted by livinginhawai on Jul 25, 2004

Actually, I have aleady been to Oahu. A beautiful, historical island with lots to see but I could never live there. Way too much traffic, especially in Honolulu. But still a great place to visit.

I'm surprized that you can order anything online with no difference in shipping costs.  That must take away some of that "island fever" feeling.

And there are 8 major Hawaiian islands?? Wait a munite, there's the Big island, Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, and Kahoolawe. I counted 7 islands. Where is the 8th island? I must be missing something.

All in All, I agree, Hawaii is the best place on the planet to live in my opinion. If you ever know of any good job openings in Hawaii, please let me know )

Zack

[Chris F]

... in response to Hey guys.., posted by livinginhawai on Jul 24, 2004

From my experience with Cali using Latin Best as well as Latin Encounters...both had very good service but both had their share of "no shows" as far as dates were concerned.

[livinginhawai]

... in response to Re: Hey guys.., posted by Chris F on Jul 24, 2004

Chris,

There's another agency called 'All Colombian Girls' or something like that.  I think that's the name but not sure.

What are they like versus Latin Encounters and Latin Best?

Thanks man..

[Chris F]

... in response to Chris.., posted by livinginhawai on Jul 24, 2004

All Colombian Girls is owned and run by Margareth's ex husband. She owns Latin Encounters. I have never been there but have not heard anything really negative about them posted here. The only thing I have heard is that the girls there tend to be mostly on the younger side  (18-22)  Depending how old you are...this age group is fine to date or live there with..but bringing somebody back here in that age category if your 20 plus years older is real risky.

Good Luck!!

[livinginhawai]

... in response to Re: Chris.., posted by Chris F on Jul 24, 2004

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