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Post by Joel on Aug 1, 2006 6:11:18 GMT -5
I know alot of people who want to move somewhere far away from home but they don`t have the guts to actually do it,so they stay and regret it for the rest of their lives.It`s so cool that you will do it. Are you moving alone or with a friend of yours? Wait till we have seen the pics and we`ll all move there together. I wish you the best of luck!.
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Post by *Sonya* on Aug 1, 2006 8:26:38 GMT -5
I completely understand your need to be live in a place like Hawaii. I think if I ever went there I wouldn't come home. It's hard enough for me to come back from a trip to a North Carolina beach. I think people who live in environments like that have a totally different way of life. Everything seems to move slower and trivial shit doesn't bother you anymore. I lived at a beach for about 6 months and it was so different from anywhere else I lived. I would move back in a heartbeat if I could afford to.
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Post by Barbara on Aug 1, 2006 12:28:22 GMT -5
I envy thee... but as soon as I save up enough money I'm coming to visit!! Me too! hehe But the vigil is first for now! I completely understand you too, Gabbee. That's why I didn't want to stay in Paris even a day longer that I needed to. I can't say if all the big cities are like this cause Paris is the only really big one I lived in but I always get the feeling that most people in big cities forget what life is about...relationships between people get so wierd cause they are so many...they don't trust each other and close themselves. I mean this in general, in the city...they won't talk to you that easily as they do it for example here in Slovenia, everything is so different, even when you go in a store or in whatever public place...you're just "someone" for everyone, sometimes you "could" be even an "enemy", it's kind of unhuman, really. Not to mention all the noise of the cars and air that STINKS SO MUCH! The worst thing is that in the end I felt I'm beginning to become like those people. I was aware of it but couldn't help it. I didn't have enough resistance to it I guess. And I sure DON'T WANT to become like this! Well, there was really a lot of things I didn't like about this city although it's nice and has PLENTY of great things, expositions, concerts, movement everywhere, tons of things goin on ALL the time.... but I think it's really nice and beautiful when you come to visit it as a turist. The place where I wanted to move is the northen french coast, but that would mean I'd move in a village and it really wouldn't be appropriate for what I want to do in life - being a photographer, and this is more important to me. You need to be in a city if you want to do what I want, at least in the beginning. But I like Slovenia for that, cause the biggest city (the capital) has 300.000 inhabitants and the whole country is really small (20.000 square km, 2.000.000 inhabitants) You can travel around the country and it'll take you no time at all. You can be from Alps to the sea in like two hours and the landscape in between will change a million times! Gabee, I think I just beat you on getting carried away! haha! Anyway, wish you good luck and all the best!!! Oh, I have to tell this too! There's a friend of my mother who, about a year ago, just got a feeling she HAS to move to Mexico although she's never been there, never had anything to do with it. At the time, she just created an enterprise here in Slovenia and the buisness started going well, she moved with her boyfriend and all...you know, like a settled life, everything going great...and she just left everything! She sold/gave everything she had, let the enterprise down and moved to Mexico!!! Without knowing someone there, but she had more or less an idea of what she wanted to do there - build an ashram (not sure if you call it like that) and heal people, she felt that she had a special power to do it and she hasn't developed it enough yet. And now she's there and on a good way to make it, I know she will anyway! My mom saw her (she's here on a visit) and said there was a crazy strong energy comming from her! I understood that it was a similar one that I felt when a bioenergetic healed me. I just admire people like this. It's so courageous. Like joel said, there are so many people that want to move but don't do it and then regret it for the rest of their lives (although it's never too late when you really want it and they could still do it...ok, if you have small kids it may be more complicated but you can wait until they grow up ) OMG, BEAT ME NOW, GABEE!
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Post by Gabbee on Aug 3, 2006 23:39:59 GMT -5
I envy thee... but as soon as I save up enough money I'm coming to visit!! Please do! Like I said, everyone in this forum has an open invitation for life!
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Post by Gabbee on Aug 3, 2006 23:52:41 GMT -5
I know alot of people who want to move somewhere far away from home but they don`t have the guts to actually do it,so they stay and regret it for the rest of their lives.It`s so cool that you will do it. Are you moving alone or with a friend of yours? Wait till we have seen the pics and we`ll all move there together. I wish you the best of luck!. Yeah see, the big problem is I am usually one of those people. I've moved around with my family too much, and although it's hard I guess I liked it and got used to it. Im itching to get out of Texas, I've had some terrible and wonderful times here, but it's getting old... 5 years IS a long time! See Ive made plans and looked into moving to Australia and Canada... Not to mention the time I got offered a job in England and the time I talked about moving to Spain. But now it's different for many reasons. One, I've BEEN there, I know exactly how it is and I love it. Two, I dont just have acquaintances or online friends there, my sister and all of her close friends actually live there so not only can they help me get settled, if anything goes wrong I know I wont be homeless. And the most important one is that Im not an American citizen yet. So if I took off to a foreign country, I'd basically have to give up the naturalization process, which could actually mean I wouldnt be able to come back here, at least for a long time.. That's fucking scary knowing that if I go I might not be able to come back... But since Hawaii is in the US nothing would affect that process.. anything goes wrong I'll just need about 400 bucks to get back to TX and back to what Im doing right now.. Sounds like a good deal to me, I have nothing to lose Oh yeah and I have a very close friend of mine (who actually went on the trip with me) who really wants to move there too.. So it'll be nice to have yet another person I know well on the island. As for you all wanting to move there... LET'S DO IT! Heck, we always talk about having our little SLEEPYHOUSE, why not do it in Hawaii? ??
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Post by Gabbee on Aug 4, 2006 0:14:55 GMT -5
I completely understand your need to be live in a place like Hawaii. I think if I ever went there I wouldn't come home. It's hard enough for me to come back from a trip to a North Carolina beach. I think people who live in environments like that have a totally different way of life. Everything seems to move slower and trivial shit doesn't bother you anymore. I lived at a beach for about 6 months and it was so different from anywhere else I lived. I would move back in a heartbeat if I could afford to. Exactly! And it makes sense, why bother about trivial shit when you have the lifestyle half the world wishes for? Man, everyone I met out there wear their swimsuits underneath their work clothes. On the way back from work you see a friends car parked by the beach so you stop to say hi and watch the sunset and next thing you know 10 other friends show up and it's a party.. Almost everyday! That happened so often while we were there I just couldnt believe it. Here to gather a few friends it takes a big event or a lot of planning. Where my sister lives (North Shore) there's absolutely no nightlife and that kinda shocked me at first. See Im totally a night person so I never thought I'd survive without bars, live music and drinks.. But heck, camping out with a bunch of friends, having a bonfire, getting stoned and watching the sunrise is 10x better!
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Post by Gabbee on Aug 4, 2006 0:39:39 GMT -5
I envy thee... but as soon as I save up enough money I'm coming to visit!! Me too! hehe But the vigil is first for now! Ahhh Barb, I really wish you could be at this year's vigil, I really want to meet you! And if I dont make it to the next one, you GOTTA stop by Hawaii on your way there ok? hehehe I sooooo hear you on this one. That's exactly how I feel here. There's nothing in TX, so it seems money is the center of EVERYTHING. If you're broke you can't do anything or go anywhere. People end up getting stuck at work, and out of 365 days they get maybe a week or two of vacation time when they'll actually go somewhere or do something they enjoy. I've been like that too, but I hate it. Heck, why work my ass off to have 7 days in paradise when I can spend 365 days there? Im sick of worrying about saving up for this or that and trying to figure out what I want to do with my life. Im sick of not living the NOW b/c Im too busy planning out TOMORROW. Im sick of people telling me I gotta go back to school, learn something, be someone. Why should I? How is a piece of paper going to be bring me happiness? Yeah, might make things easier.. then again, might not! Then I'll have wasted 4 yrs of my life and several thousand dollars. I just dont want to work my ass off the rest of my life and wait until Im 60 to retire and finally do the things I want to do like travel and do whatever it is that gives me pleasure. I might not make it to 60 or be sick in a bed. God, why am I even bringing this up in a Hawaii thread? LOL, sorry Barb, you might have typed a lot, but no one can beat me in venting and going from one subject to another completely. Man that sounds like an amazing person. I like to meet people who follow their instincts like that and have enough will to go after what they want, no matter how crazy or impossible it sounds. If I had followed my instincts and had enough will to do everything I once wanted to do, I bet I'd be so much wiser now. But instead, I always end up taking the easy way out like most people I guess. hahaha I think I just did.. Especially if you add all my previous replies together.. *blushes* OMG, another one of these posts and you guys will be banning me from this forum.. hahaha Oh yeah!! Promise Im about to finish up but Barbara, have you read "Veronika Decides to Die" by Paulo Coelho? It takes place in Slovenia, so I just thought I'd bring it up. hehehe
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Post by Barbara on Aug 7, 2006 17:21:02 GMT -5
hahaha I think I just did.. Especially if you add all my previous replies together.. *blushes* OMG, another one of these posts and you guys will be banning me from this forum.. hahaha YOU SURE DID! hahaha! I give up! LOL PS: shhhhhhh, Gabbee, I don't think there's something about "not allowed to write too many or too long posts" in the "terms of use" agreement (although I didn't read it and never really do, I often wonder who does actualy) so I think it's ok, keep on with your posts!
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Post by Barbara on Aug 7, 2006 18:59:44 GMT -5
Ahhh Barb, I really wish you could be at this year's vigil, I really want to meet you! And if I dont make it to the next one, you GOTTA stop by Hawaii on your way there ok? hehehe Oh, I really want to meet you too!!! Well, you have to find a good job there and keep comming every year! I started looking for all the possibilities too late this year, so I won't make it You mentioned something about 400$ a ticket, aren't there cheaper ones? You know, it's not THAT impossible that I stop by Hawaii when I go to the vigil cause I plan to save A LOT of money (although I don't even have a job yet lol but I'm an optimist!). But 400$ is quite a lot of money... Oh yeah!! Promise Im about to finish up but Barbara, have you read "Veronika Decides to Die" by Paulo Coelho? It takes place in Slovenia, so I just thought I'd bring it up. hehehe I haven't read this book, but I know it's happening in Slovenia, in the capital, I think... Is it a good book? I really dont read much...reading a book is goin too slow for me lol It takes so long to read something that happens in a few seconds in a movie...but yeah, I know there are things that can never be told or described in a movie...or they are, but in another way.
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