I bet everyone back home partied it up, got super drunk, or just hung out at home or at a friend's house, and spent celebrating the new year with people close to them. Well, that's great and all, but I spent my New Year in beautiful PARADISE. A lot of people think Hawaii is overrated, but you really can't say anything if you haven't been here. I've been to Hawaii 9 times now, and every time I feel a great sense of calm, beauty, happiness and serenity. The only thing is that is different about this trip to Hawaii for me, is that this time I didn't just come here to enjoy myself. This time I came here with a purpose. That purpose is to find myself again, and enjoy the life I always had... a GREAT ONE, full of adventure, fun, curiosity and back to the old happy go lucky Jenn.
I've found that being single always let's me have time for myself... obviously. Usually, in the past, my time being single was mostly, occupying my time and distracting myself with work, school, music, partying, and anything that kept me out of the house. I always occupied my mind to forget about problems. I always ignored problems that I never resolved, and didn't even realize I had problems. This time being single is different. I know what problems I need to confront instead of running away from them. I know that instead of getting over something the easy way it isn't the right thing to do. I need to know that I am able to deal with anything that comes my way, and take it in with stride and bravery. I'm reading a book called "The Road Less Traveled" by Scott Peck, and one of the lines I like in it says "you need to be able to eat the cake before you get to the best part... the icing". I've been really taking that line to heart. I even watched "Eat, Pray, Love" on the plane, and I pretty much cried throughout the movie, just because I felt exactly the way she felt about her life. It was a little freakish at how much I related to her story. There were times where she had to really fight with herself, and really push herself to get through the hard part to really find her balance. When she got through that, she was so focused on making herself happy. That is the whole purpose of my trip, and the many more adventures I will have. I do love to eat, I love to do Yoga (balance), and I want to love again and for the right reasons. I consider Hawaii and second home to me. A place where I can get away from the stresses of life, and remember how lucky I am to have the life I have and even come to this paradise. Not everyone can say they've been to Hawaii 9 times. This is my fourth time in Oahu. I love it here. It has everything you need that doesn't stray too much from the comforts of home. Waikiki is the typical American strip, where most tourists stay. It's a really fun place to go out, drink, eat, shop. Waikiki beach is ALWAYS packed. Usually every time I come to Oahu, I usually stay in Waikiki. I loved going out to Senor Frogs, Zanzabar (no, not the strip club in Toronto!), and other clubs over there. I love going to the restaurants and visiting the International Market Place to buy great souvenirs and go to the Bautista Filipino restaurant in the food court.This time, I'm only going to visit Waikiki for one day.
I'm actually staying at the Ko'Olina Marriott vacation club resort. It's about a 30 minute drive from Waikiki. My parents have a timeshare here, so this is where we're staying this time. It is absolutely beautiful here. Although staying in resorts isn't my favourite thing to do, because I like to be with the locals and experience the real life of the places I go to, I really needed this serenity. I spent a beautiful day on the beach... the water was amazing, so warm and hardly salty at all. I already got a tan! I plan to get out of the resort soon though and drive around the island during the week.
Tomorrow morning, I am waking up at 6am to go for a jog on the boardwalk alongside the ocean. When I get back, I'm getting ready to go on my journey to Haleiwa Farmer's Market in the North Shore! I am totally excited to go, since I'll be buying some local produce and visiting a fish market so I could cook up a great dinner for tomorrow night! I'll be blogging about that soon. I have much more to blog about still, but I'm exhausted and going to bed! Aloha my friends... Hang loose!
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