Aloha from the Pacific Northwest

[sppam]

Aloha! I was looking for a chow fun recipe the other day and ran across this website. I'm excited to see that there is a site for people to gather and chat about the islands.

My name is Cassy, and I lived on Maui for 4 years (2000-2004) before moving back to the mainland. I still think of Maui as my home. It was where my husband and I got married and started our lives together. I had the pleasure and honor to teach 1st grade in Kahului, and my husband the opportunity to help on the government clean up of Kaho'olawe. Our first daughter is a Hawaii girl. (We now have 2.) The reason we left the islands is because all of our family was back on the mainland, and it was hard starting a family and not having that family support (which I really loved about my friends there...they were my ohana). I would love to move back, but know it's not going to happen for a while. In the meanwhile, I hold the spirit of Aloha in my heart.

[blueyecicle]

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Welcome...from Oregon HT is fun. Even for us non-residents.

[damontucker]

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Interesting Nickname...

enjoy ht

[achow]

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Aloha sppam! E komo mai and welcome to HT! Its a lot of fun! I went to see Keali'i Reichel in concert this past Saturday night. He is from Maui! Hope that you will enjoy your stay here at HT.

[Mokihana]

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Aloha back from the Pacific Northwest! I'm out here mauka of Portland by about 20 miles. Nice to find another PNW wahine here!

[blueyecicle]

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Aloha back from the Pacific Northwest! I'm out here mauka of Portland by about 20 miles. Nice to find another PNW wahine here!

Damascus, Oregon very pretty area too.

[sppam]

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Thank you all for the warm welcome.

As for my screen name, when I first met my husband, it was (and still is) his screen name on ebay. I didn't know what sppam was until we moved to Hawaii and I had sppam musubi for the first time. To this day, I still love sppam this way!

[pikunikku]

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aloha pacific northwesterners! i am a honolulu girl, now been in boston, MA for the past 4 years (too long), and am hoping to move out to the Portland, OR area soon! now i just need a new job....

[blueyecicle]

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Well Portland has many to choose from. I have many friends/family that have moved there from all around because emplyment is better there.

[nachodaddy]

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Welcome to HT!!!!! Swell is starting to swing towards Winter and a lot of breaks north of you will be going off soon. I know a lot of Hawaiian ex pats will be filling the lineup. Winter scares the donkeys out of the water.

I localize a break way north of you, **** *** but if you see some people on the side of the road in wetsuits grinding on musubi and drinking coffee right out of the thermos, stop off and say hi.

[Bard]

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aloha pacific northwesterners! i am a honolulu girl, now been in boston, MA for the past 4 years (too long), and am hoping to move out to the Portland, OR area soon! now i just need a new job....

Hi there! What kind of work were you looking for? The job market is better here than elsewhere in Oregon, but unless you want to be a construction worker building new houses or work in retail/service, it's still not super hot.

[pikunikku]

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Unfortunately, I'm not built to do construction... I'd love to find something in the non-profit field (which I know, in Portland, can mean many many things). I've got a good amount of experience doing fundraising, project management, event planning, and admin/operations, and I'd be willing to do any of the above, as long as it's a stable, paying job that can support me & my little ohana while we settle into a new place. I've been doing plenty research on what's out there. I feel like I just need help making connections. If anybody feels they can kokua, I'd be happy to talk! thanks for asking, Bard!

[Bard]

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Fundraising, you said... plenty of that to be done out here! I can't walk through downtown in peace without being accosted by at least 2 fundraisers, signature-gatherers, or what-have-you each day. Ah well, I guess someone has to do it.

Good luck with your research and your move!

[sppam]

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There are definately lots of job opportunities in the Portland area. I used to know a few people who did that kind of work, but it's been years now since I was acquainted with them. I can't even remember what they worked for or their names...just faces now. I wish I could be of more help.

[christa]

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Aloha! I was looking for a chow fun recipe the other day and ran across this website. I'm excited to see that there is a site for people to gather and chat about the islands.

My name is Cassy, and I lived on Maui for 4 years (2000-2004) before moving back to the mainland. I still think of Maui as my home. It was where my husband and I got married and started our lives together. I had the pleasure and honor to teach 1st grade in Kahului, and my husband the opportunity to help on the government clean up of Kaho'olawe. Our first daughter is a Hawaii girl. (We now have 2.) The reason we left the islands is because all of our family was back on the mainland, and it was hard starting a family and not having that family support (which I really loved about my friends there...they were my ohana). I would love to move back, but know it's not going to happen for a while. In the meanwhile, I hold the spirit of Aloha in my heart.

*sigh* say hello to the beautiful colors of fall that you have right now. i miss that a LOT