Not " Maui Wowie! "?
Charlie Chan would work well. Probably used already.
And since Charlie Chan is always played by a white guy anyway, it might work well.
Siam Sam, good luck with all that. I relocated to the Seattle area after 25 years in mainly China. It took a while. Plus a lot of vitamin D owing to the lack of sunlight. Hawaii is at least half Asian, and has sunlight, so I think you should be okay. 
If I need vitamin D anywhere, it might be Thailand, where the long-term expats stay indoors due to the heavily oppressive climate. Especially in Bangkok and especially this time of year. Hawaii’s much milder climate I’m definitely looking forward to again.
Which half ?
Why? 
Hmmm. Doper Milestones, eh?
Don’t know if many people here remember me now - I only pop in about once a year, usually around May 5th when my WWII thread gets bumped.
But on February 29th of this year, the lovely Heloise and I celebrated our 12th (or 3rd :)) wedding anniversary.
Also, on June 23rd of 2015, our son Julian was born. He’ll be one year old in about 7 weeks! It’s definitely THE milestone of my life, at my ripe old age! He’s doing great, and is quite the charmer.
Wow! Congratulations, Coldfire!
I remember you and your long distance relationship. Congrats on the anniversary and the son.
On April 29th, my second grandchild, a girl, was born right when she should have been (as opposed to my first grandchild who was 3 1/2 months early), and is healthy and lovely. Big brother is doing well, too, with very few repercussions from his early arrival.
I am so happy to have these beautiful little members of the next generation show up in time for me to get to know them and spend some time with them.
I guess I should mention that I finally got married, for the first time, less than a month before my 50th birthday
My wife has been married before, and has children, and her son has two children, so I’ve become an instant grandfather. And I pointed out to my mom that she’s suddenly a great-grandmother, so she can stop nagging me for kids. My wife and I will not be having children (duh); my sister has taken care of providing a couple of natural grandchildren for my mom. And sorry, Dad, but I won’t be continuing the family name.
Fun story:
My car broke down a few days before the wedding, and I didn’t have the wherewithal to get it fixed in time, so my wife’s maid of honor loaned us her car to tide us over until I got my car fixed (she had another car she could use in the meantime). After the wedding, we all went to my best friend’s birthday party, which was happening the same day. (My best friend, Lewie, would have been my best man, but he suffered a stroke a few years ago and still can neither speak nor write.) After the birthday party, my wife and I, along with my best man, the maid of honor, and my sister and her husband, went to my favorite karaoke bar and had a good time. Then, it was back home for the wedding night. (Honeymoon will happen later.)
Shortly after returning home, there was a knock on the door. It was the maid of honor, asking for her car key. Okay, well, I thought we’d have her car for a few more days, but whatever. It was our wedding night and we had other things on our mind, so we handed over the key.
The next morning, the maid of honor returned the car key to us. It also so happened that, while the car was parked on the street near my apartment, some random asshole came along and smashed the rear window and the left-rear passenger door window.
I should mention that the maid of honor was not the first choice for the job. My bride had chosen somebody else, when our wedding was scheduled for early March. Circumstances forced us to postpone the wedding until late April, and the original maid of honor was not available. So my bride asked this other woman.
So, anyway, my understanding was that the maid of honor’s insurance was going to take care of the damage. Imagine my surprise, a couple weeks later, when I got ambushed by the maid of honor … and her lawyer. I was getting out of my car after a trip to Costco, and suddenly there was the maid of honor banging on my window before I could even get out of my car, and then once I got out of my car she started talking about paying for the damage to her car, and I’m all, “BWUH?!”
It seems that it wasn’t HER insurance we were waiting for, it was MINE.
Lawyer says, “You have a nice car. You can sell it to pay for this.”
I’m all, “Wait, wait, wait!” And thinking, “Fuck you, I’m not selling my ride!”
I excused myself to go inside to speak with my wife. It turns out that she thought this was something she could work out between friends. I told her, “Babe, you need to tell me stuff.” I was blindsided.
So, together, my wife and I sat down (on the front porch), while “maid of honor” proceeded to scream profanity at my wife, threatening to sue us. I sat there calm and rational, promising to speak with my insurance agent. “Maid of honor” yelled, “You have until 9:00AM Monday to figure this out, and then I’m suing you!” Yeah, okay. Maybe tell us that earlier than late-afternoon on Friday.
They left, and then it occurred to me: “Wait a minute. She came and asked for the car key, and we handed it over. When we came home, I parked the car right in front of the building, in the same spot where I normally park my own car. Where I have parked my own cars for more than four years, with no trouble. I handed the key back to her, and then went about my wedding night business. She then, for reasons of her own, moved the car and parked it half a block away. After she parked the car, and then drove away in the other car she was using, at some point in the early morning hours, the windows got smashed.”
I realized then that, when the damage happened, I was not in possession of that vehicle. It was in the possession of its owner. I was not responsible for it at that point.
I did make good on my promise to speak with my car insurance agent, and he agreed with my take: I was not in possession of the car when the damage happened.
My wife called the lawyer and pointed out the possession thing. She also mentioned the maid of honor’s threats to visit our church and my job to raise hell about this.
A couple hours later, the maid of honor texted my wife to let her know that she’d found a way to pay for fixing the damage. I guess her lawyer told her she didn’t have a case.
Anyway … MARRIED! DRAMA!
I got married on Friday! No drama here! We’ve been together for 20 years so we figured it was about time.
Congratulations. Talk about a long engagement.
Technically we were only engaged a couple of months, that’s when we bought the ring. We were just together for a long time. We always meant to make it legal, it just took a lot longer than anticipated.
Ironically, his mom said to us, “I wish [my other son] had lived together with his wife before they got married!” They are having serious marital difficulties, you see. And now they have two kids and can’t stand each other. Very sad.
But me, I am happy!
Wow, congratulations Coldfire and Heloise! That’s totally awesome and happy for the 3 of you!
Congratulations Anaamika! that’s a heckuva long whatever before tying the knot. Now, I hope I don’t embarrass myself but your hubby is from Taiwan, correct? Did you do the whole proper Taiwan wedding banquet thing? That’s a great wedding party!
Well, his parents are from Hong Kong, but he’s from America. But yes, his mom is going to throw us a banquet in August.
Best wishes to Anaamika, and congratulations to Mr. Mika!
Pics?
Regards,
Shodan
Congrats, Anaamika! My wife and I lived together for a year before we got married, having courted for four years before that, and I’m firmly convinced it can make a big difference for a couple in figuring out if they’re well-suited for each other. We’ll celebrate our 26th anniversary in August.