This may sound stupid- I know people are going to think I'm crazy to find anything wrong with paradise, but here are just a few things that have been bugging me lately about living on the island.
1. Everything has to be shipped in. If you can't find it on the island, you have to pay out the ass to have it shipped over.
2. Hawaiian commercials have the same professional quality as a high school AV club's production. PS- There are these places called "acting schools".
3. We are six hours behind EST, which is the time zone where most of the people I know live. That also means "live" television is never live (we can't vote on American Idol- boo!).
4. There is no Target, Victoria's Secret, H&M, CVS, Olive Garden, TGIFriday's, Bath and Body Works, Dunkin Donuts, Hardee's, The Limited, TJMaxx, etc. On any of the islands.
5. The attitude around here is a little too laidback. Hardly anything gets done on time- there's constantly construction everywhere.
6. H-1 sucks. Highways usually suck, but it seems like it's congested all the time.
7. The speed limit around here is 50 on the highway... and people drive slower than the speed limit.
8. There is only one season- summer. Doesn't sound like a bad thing, right? But I really do miss the other three seasons.
9. Most hawaiians are ridiculously under-educated. This is because hawaiian schools are some of the worst in the nation. And it's insanely frustrating.
10. Bouncy houses... everywhere... f-ing annoying.
11. Hawaiians can be too overly proud of their culture. I find that anything new or different, they usual oppose to it (SuperFerry, the rail system).
12. Getting off the island to go anywhere will cost an arm and a leg, especially back to the east coast.
13. You can drive around the entire island of Oahu in less than a day. And since it's an island, you can't drive to another state.
14. Tourists are everywhere!
15. A small percentage of kama'aina are very nasty to anyone that is not hawaiian and will yell it in your face.
16. There are bums and homeless people all over the island.
And here are a few things that I love about Hawaii.
1. There aren't too many animals to be scared of- no snakes, no alligators, no killer bees.
2. The spirit of aloha is generally everywhere and the kama'aina are very nice to malihini.
3. The hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters, which makes it easy to pronounce and spell hawaiian words.
4. The city is kept very clean and has the lowest crime rate for a US city of that size.
5. It's beautiful- everywhere you go looks like a postcard and the colors are so vibrant.
6. The tourists are fun to watch and chat with, especially the japanese tourists who don't speak english.
7. There are plenty of military perks that relieve the stress of the expensive lifestyle. Example: a gallon of milk out in town is over $8. Yeah...
8. There's a lot to do here, especially outdoors, and it's either very cheap or free.
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