The LoLee Planet

You remember how we almost moved to Hawaii last year! Well, if we weren’t ready, certainly Laifu was. And all of you who want to visit us only because we’re in Hawaii =p. And believe me we’d love to have you visit us in Honolulu too!

If you don’t know why I’m still in Kingston, the story went like this:
Flora contacts Craig
Craig offers exciting opportunities in Hawaii
Flora gets excited
Flora gets Jason excited
Flora and Jason look into real estate and surfing classes (exciting!!)
Flora and Craig exchange emails and phone calls madly
Flora gets Laifu ready for immigrating to an island (needs to get blood tested at least 3 months before moving and the test must be done in one specific lab in the US)
Craig disappears and Flora/Jason/Laifu stay in Kingston

So, a little more than one year later (now), Craig and I got in touch again!

This time, Craig offers an exciting opportunity (yes this sounds familiar, doesn’t it!)! But one has to be aware of the fact that things may just fall through the exact same way. Either I’m too stupid, or I just REALLY want to visit Hawaii! I am still pumped about the potential opportunity, but I know I should not be too optimistic until I get to meet Craig face to face and get some actions on paper. So I will update if there’s any exciting news, or i’ll update next year this time when I talk to Craig again ;=D

I’ve set a new personal & professional goal: I will only visit a developing country if I can give back in return. Giving back in return means I’ll work (for profit) on projects that have net positive environmental/social impacts or volunteer on projects that reach the same goal. The exceptions will include going to conferences (if I must), getting invited for special occasions, and stopping-over countries.

Now this is an extremely hard decision because I may not get to travel for a long time, and I may NEVER get to go to to some countries! And that’s in conflict with my other goal of seeing the whole world with my own eyes and walking all over the world with my feet! I hope I can have a good strategy to accomplish both in the future. If you have any idea you let me know.

The reason why I have set this goal is because I want to do more than just visiting these countries!  I want to do something while appreciating the sceneries, history, and culture.  I guess I want to act rather than just understand their challenges?  Most importantly, I believe that having a more energy efficient and environmentally sustainable community will be beneficial economically and socially for these countries.

Well, I’ll check in after I have a action plan =p

Been Adding to the Lolee Planet while trying out the Flickr photo service. It has turned out pretty well with the help of the plugin provided by Silas Partners (Joe Tan)
Check out my Flickr Albums and blogs all at once. Granted most of the photos are of Laifu.

One more quick word; Happy Lunar New Year to All. Let the New Year begin in good fortune!