not really but it sounded good.
actually, we - the bar department - were taken on a tour of the volcano national forest today. second to snorkeling, it's the most amazing experience ever. the magnificence of the mountain, the craters... the solidity of the rocks around the area. smell of sulfur. the ability to walk through a lava tube that years ago carried hot magma... wow.
hawaii is such a beautiful place. it's somewhere that never entered into my mind unless someone mentioned its name. here it is out in the middle of the pacific. you land on its ground and cease to be amazed.
for instance, a large majority of the plants here are not native. after all, the island, i've learned, are nothing but the peaks of mountains and volcanoes that extend above sea level. plant life was unheard of mostly until birds carried seeds in their digestive tracts or on their wings to the islands. air currents brought others before humans contributed even more.
the language, all their own and made up of just fourteen letters is amazing. it's difficult to learn but a beatiful language.
then their is aloha... most of us believe it's simply hello and goodbye yet it's so much more. it's a spirit, a passion of the people. it's helping your neighbor... a way to say i love you... hello and goodbye, of course... it's just aloha... being great.
the people are so happy here. those on vacation and the locals (i learned the hawaiian word today but can't spell it off the top of my head...) are all smiles. makes my job wonderful and my spirit happy.
speaking of being happy... perhaps some of you will be getting some nuts for christmas. after the park, we toured the macadamia nut factory. rather simple and small but very interesting. i was expecting more but it's just a little warehouse in the middle of nowhere with about twenty-five workers, including the one who greets you with samples as you step off the bus...
we're sailing, which means that we'll be on the other side of the island in a couple hours to see the lava flowing into the sea. passengers love it and so do i. wow.
in other news... i just had a meeting with the head of h.r. all my ideas for the newsletter were approved. i'm assuming the name i suggested -- the americana -- will title it. eight pages. news, poetry, pictures, contests, classifieds, letters to the editor, department highlights/updates, etc.... i love my job but should it become mundane, this will give me yet another outlet to have fun.
and on that note and following the message that we're now out of red zone, i'm going to smoke, call a few people and get ready to head to the bar.
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