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aursquared
edited July 2009 in General
I'm Ryan and I'm headed to SFU for the fall semester. I'm from Hawaii but I'm kind of a dork and no, I do not surf. In fact, I'm not near the beach at all, I don't have a beautiful hawaiian lover, nor do I live a house made of coconuts.

I'm looking forward to Vancouver and meeting some new people and doing some new things because living on a tiny rock can really make someone go crazy. I hope it's going to be a great experience and that I will talk to you all in future.

Its definitely going to be a change for me, and any advice for a new student would be great. Otherwise just say hi!

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  • lazyGUY
    edited July 2009
    aursquared;58181 said:
    I'm Ryan and I'm headed to SFU for the fall semester. I'm from Hawaii but I'm kind of a dork and no, I do not surf. In fact, I'm not near the beach at all, I don't have a beautiful hawaiian lover, nor do I live a house made of coconuts.
    !
    you could have lied to us :angry:

    but welcome i guess....
  • aursquared
    edited July 2009
    I know. I'm a huge disappointment. It's better to find out sooner than later I suppose.
  • ikkaku
    edited July 2009
    when I saw the title, I was expecting some person from Montreal. ceci ne'st pas un thread, alors qu'est-ce que c'est?

    Hawaii is awesome, waikiki beach is like a paradise. Too bad a lot of places around town doesn't use aircon, though. Asian girls galore on the beach! I also miss paying a premium for purchasing macadamia nuts at the factory.
  • imelting
    edited July 2009
    aursquared;58181 said:
    nor do I live a house made of coconuts.
    oh how sweet it would be.. maybe a giant version of this
    2432280978_662f850b45.jpg

    lol welcome to the site :D
  • Justin Credible
    edited July 2009
    hi! Welcome to the forum. :D
  • hikin
    edited July 2009
    welcome to the forum :D

    i surf, live near a beach, have lived in a house made from the leaves of coconut trees, and spent 3 days living off of just coconuts :D

    maybe now that you're over in vancouver you can try,

    snowboarding, living near a mountain, spending time living in a house made from trees, not being a dork :D
  • buflibufli
    edited July 2009
    ikkaku;58187 said:

    Hawaii is awesome, waikiki beach is like a paradise. Too bad a lot of places around town doesn't use aircon, though. Asian girls galore on the beach! I also miss paying a premium for purchasing macadamia nuts at the factory.
    i beg to differ, waikiki aint nothin special, the only thing special about it is the sand thats imported :tongue:
    i honestly got bored in hawaii so i can see how living there can drive someone crazy lol
    their traffic is like x2 as bad as ours too and the highways are much wider

    btw welcome to the forum
  • aursquared
    edited July 2009
    It seems like most people are associating Hawaii with Honolulu. I happen to live on the island that's all farms, jungles, and wild pigs so it's a bit more boring. Unless you're into that sort of thing.
  • buflibufli
    edited July 2009
    aursquared;58212 said:
    It seems like most people are associating Hawaii with Honolulu. I happen to live on the island that's all farms, jungles, and wild pigs so it's a bit more boring. Unless you're into that sort of thing.
    well Waikiki is probably the first thing that jumps into peoples minds when they think Hawaii since the beach is pretty famous
    if i were to go back, which i wouldn't do, id hit up Maui

    can i ask why u never picked up surfing? everytime i go to a beach with decent waves i try and work on my surfing but im still a noob lol
    im probably going to central america this winter to take some surf lessons @ my friends surf school :)
  • edenhall00
    edited July 2009
    welcome~welcome~~

    lol Honolulu~~my favorite
  • aursquared
    edited July 2009
    bufli;58213 said:
    can i ask why u never picked up surfing? everytime i go to a beach with decent waves i try and work on my surfing but im still a noob lol
    im probably going to central america this winter to take some surf lessons @ my friends surf school :)
    I don't know, I just never got into it, I'm uncoordinated and not that driven towards it. It's not like a prerequisite to living here. It's kind of funny how I feel like people think of me less when I say that. I know people who don't even go in the ocean and live here.
  • hikin
    edited July 2009
    aursquared;58212 said:
    It seems like most people are associating Hawaii with Honolulu. I happen to live on the island that's all farms, jungles, and wild pigs so it's a bit more boring. Unless you're into that sort of thing.

    i far prefer that kinda terrain, especially the jungle, over beaches anyday :P
  • buflibufli
    edited July 2009
    aursquared;58217 said:
    I don't know, I just never got into it, I'm uncoordinated and not that driven towards it. It's not like a prerequisite to living here. It's kind of funny how I feel like people think of me less when I say that. I know people who don't even go in the ocean and live here.
    oh ic, i dont see why people would think less of you, thats silly IMO.
    i was just curious

    @hikin
    ya the inlands of the Hawaiian islands provide some awesome hiking areas
  • Ether
    edited July 2009
    aursquared;58212 said:
    It seems like most people are associating Hawaii with Honolulu. I happen to live on the island that's all farms, jungles, and wild pigs so it's a bit more boring. Unless you're into that sort of thing.
    Is that the one with the Smoke Monster, Jacob, and the remains of the Dharma Initiative?
  • hikin
    edited July 2009
    nothing tastes better than wild pigs. especially if you catch them yourself :D
  • siuying
    edited July 2009
    pigs... that reminds me of lord of the flies.. x_X
  • aursquared
    edited July 2009
    Ether;58227 said:
    Is that the one with the Smoke Monster, Jacob, and the remains of the Dharma Initiative?
    Nope. There aren't even any velociraptors.

    It's not quite jungly enough to attract film crews.
  • justinbh2
    edited July 2009
    Welcome man,

    I've been to maui oncewhen i was 16. We were in an area called kehey which I think translates to mean "the desert".

    I didnt see too many coconut homes when I was there, but certainly lots of babes.:tongue:
  • ikkaku
    edited July 2009
    I've never actually explored Hawaii, as it was merely a Hawaii cruise and we had a few hours to kill before our flight back to Vancouver :P

    If I were to go back, I would hit up the other islands though. Would also like to see more Volcanoes. But damn I love macadamia nuts :P
  • aursquared
    edited July 2009
    ikkaku;58268 said:

    If I were to go back, I would hit up the other islands though. Would also like to see more Volcanoes. But damn I love macadamia nuts :P
    I live about 2 hours from the volcano national park. It's pretty cool but the volcanic fog can get pretty bad sometimes. It's just like a big wave of ashy, smokey air that just floats around for days. Macadamia nuts are pretty great, we had a tree at my old house and I really miss it.

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