Health, Wealth and Happiness

Rick E. Health, Wealth, Happiness Honolulu, HI

9/21/20

I gave them one star out of five.

I bought a brand new Elantra in WI.  When I shipped myself here to get married, I brought the Elantra, too.  I ONLY knew of Tony Hyundai and of course, needed to maintain my car, so I went there.

As I had my car serviced, I enjoyed coffee, the TV, the surroundings and they didn’t mind that I brought work in while  waiting.  A couple of times I used the shuttle, but a few times, it seemed that the shuttle seemed to be somewhat negotiatle, not on a hard schedule.  A few times.

I met one of their sales people and he’s fantastic.  Due to this reivew, I will not mention his name.  He did a great job of selling my wife and I a car for her.  We LOVE our Tucson.  My wife’s car had been giving her problems before the new purchase, she gladly offered to trade it in.  At that point her Kia Rio (admittedly a tuna can) had around 40K miles on it.  The body was not perfect and there was engine issues.  

They offered her 500 ONLY for her trade.  I understand we had the choice to accept or not, and we did.  It still was a ripoff.  Obviously we did not want to have to sell it on Craigs List, but I am sure that with a little work, Tony resold for it for at least 6k.  (We learned our lesson.)

As I continued to come to Tony I felt that they only wanted my business if they could charge me at least 500 each time.  Some of what I did WAS on Warranty, and that is one of the reasons I bought a Hyundai.  However, alomst every time I received a printout of all the things they wanted to fix, and had to make decisions to go elsewhere to save money.  Every time I did that, I saved money or found out that I did not need to have that work done.  Except one time, I believe.

One time I towed the car in for some work and it happened to be on Employee Appreciation Day.  I had to wait for hours, and they really did not want to fix it, it seemed.  I had a real good idea what the problem was, but they kept ‘checking or testing’ or whatever.  I had talks with the service person (lady) and then the Service Manager.  Finally, I stopped a manager from one of the other Tony Brands and he was helpful.  I finally got serviced, and the car was fixed ‘enough’ to drive back home to town.

The next day, I had to have another Service Person, at Kahala Shell take a look at my engine and he was surprised.  He asked me who had worked on it and when I told him the dealer, he seemed concerned.  He felt that the engine had been tampered with and even sabotaged.  We finally got the car fixed, but I had lost my trust for Tony then.

As I accompanied my wife to get her Tucson serviced (oil change) last week, I asked the Service Dept. to quote a price to fix my transmission issue.  I had gotten a diagnostic report from a friend who does service, (but was too busy to take it in.)  The Parts Guy was a nice guy and gave me two engine diagrams showing me the exact part, or what he thought was the correct part.  Shift Solenoid D was what the diagnostic had said.

The parts guy could not give me a quote.

I called back and was told that my car would NOT be under warranty.  Gavin, I believe, quoted 585.00 for the labor.  (I wonder how much they would have charged for the part.)  My friend who did the diagnostic said another Transmission Shop would probably fix it for “between 400 and 600.”  Knowing what I did I said no.

Today, I called another service guy, Eric at  Auto Air & Associates, who DID have the time & room to do the work.  He looked at it and thought that the car was under warranty.  As I assured him that I was the original owner, he also told me that there was another Hyundai Dealer on the island.  He took the time to read the warranty and double-checked.  It was clear.  It was under warranty.

As I called Hyundai Windward, Edison, in Service took care of me.  He checked the warranty, twice and asked me for the 3rd time at least, whether I was the original owner.  I assure him I was.

It IS under warranty.  Now, there possibly could be more work once they get in there,  BUT, if I had left it at Tony, I believe I would be out 1 thousand for starters.  I believe they knew the warranty facts, based on previous experiences with them.

I owe Eric for his help obviously.

Tony has lost my service business, the next new car I buy or lease, the next new car my wife buys (or leases) and any after that.  We LOVE Hyundai, but it takes more than a great saleperson to satsify my wife and I.

Thank God I Had a Heart Attack, Rick Emmerich

Thank God I Lost My Job!  Thank God My Mom Died….

Thank God I Had Breast Cancer  Thank God My Favorite Uncle Molested Me

Thank God I Went to Iraq      Thank God I Saw My Son’s Drowning

These are all chapters in the new book.  You will be inspired as I have been.

The challenge (with great rewards) is to say and actually mean those words and any that apply to your own situation.  What are the options anyway?  To wallow in pain, depression, storing bitterness in your heart and body? Then what?

Anyway, you certainly don’t have to ‘get it’ to be inspired by Thank God I…Triumph through Tragedy.  I am a published author and I would appreciate it if you buy this book.  My story is on page 187.

John Castagnini, the Editor says WE ALL SUFFER. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US.  and also, YOU CANNOT BE HAPPY ALL THE TIME.  The way we all choose to deal with issues, the more major the more important, is what the Thank God I lifestyle is all about.  For more background, see Dr. John Demartini.

Thank God I Had a Heart Attack, go to http://www.thankgodi.com/cmd.php?Clk=4313438

Rick Emmerich

Thank God I have my wife, my God, my cats, my blog, my health, family, the weather here in paradise and my career.  I wish you all love, peace and happiness at this time of year, AND thought you might like this.

Aloha Team,

Mele Kilikimaka – Hawaiian
Happy Holidays – English
Gozhqq Keshmish – Apache
ᖱᒣᖳᒐᒉᑊᖿᒪᔪᖱᖽᐧᒡᒧᐧᖾᒍ – Blackfoot
Maligayang Pasko – Tagalog
メリークリスマス – Japanese
圣诞快乐 新年快乐 – Mandarin
Fröhliche Weihnachten – German
Q Ná merye i turuhalmeri! – Elvish
Naragsak a Paskua – Ilokano
즐거운 성탄절 보내세요 및 새해 복 많이 받으세요 – Korean
Feliz Natal – Portuguese
Manuia le Kerisimasi – Samoan
С наступающим Новым Годом – Russian
Nollaig chridheil – Gaelic
Bon Natali – Mafia Sicilian
Feliz Navidad- Español
Ia orana no te noere – Tahitian
krismas mubarak – Urdu
Chúc Giáng Sinh Vui Vẻ và Chúc Năm Mới Tốt Lành – Vietnamese
Sinifesela uKhisimusi oMuhle noNyaka oMusha oNempumelelo- Zulu
QISmaS DatIvjaj ‘ej DIS chu’ DatIvjaj – Klingon
01001101011001010111001001110010011110010010000001 00001101101000011100100110100101110011011101000110 11010110000101110011 – in Binary Code
Natale hilare et Annum Faustum – Latin
Resistance is Futile- Borg
Mithag Crithagsigathmithags – Jibberish

All the Best in 2010, and as I do, take some time to just breathe, relax, sleep some and get ready for a hot 2010.  Rick Emmerich

   Thank God I had a heart attack.  It changed my life, and I have a life now, of immeasureable gratitude.  My goal is to be grateful every day and express that to God and to others.  This arena helps, of course.

   Whati is your Thank God experience?  What can you add at the end of that little phrase that is real for you and you can share with the world?  John Demarrtin ihas taken me through the Breakthrough Experience several times where we ‘confront’ and process situations in our lives that were challenging and that shaped our current situation.

   Many are not pretty.  Many of us became victims, and were quite ready to tell eveyone how bad the world was treating us.  I could see and sense my impoending doom and ‘knew’ that my health was in danger 5 years ago.  It took the heart attack to shock me into change.  Now, I am not 100% where I want to be.  I am a work in progress for sure.  But lots has happened, and Lots CAN happen when we get disatisfied with where we have brought our lives.

   Go from Victim to Victor.  John’s books share his teachings and his magnificent and intense Breatkthrough Weekends may be coming to a metropolitan area near you.; He loves to come to Honolulu, but it’s not what you think, or what I had thoought.  Since his mission or purpose it to travel the world speaking to as many as possible and to get paid handsomel;y for it, this guy never seems to enjoy the scenery when he’s here. It’s work work work.

   But that’s his passion.  What is yours?  Or what would it be if you could do anything you wanted?

   Thank God I is a community of like-minded people and authors, (not that we have any non-people authors.)  Anyone can visit and I especially urge those who have the talent to write to share your experiences.  Heck, you may even be a part of a book one of these days.  John Castagnini, the founder of Thank God I (no relation to John Demartini has the passion to share this project and help empower others and enlighten thousands in the process.

   Npw this is not the right place to give you an in-depth sudy of Dr. John’s techings, it’s much too small to do them justice.  Nor have I devoted enough time to really tell about Thank God I, but you can research both, and I recommend that.  John says a few things that I repeat often and here they are;  “I am perfect the way I am”  “Whoever I am and what ever I have done, I am worthy of love.”  (I may have paraphrased that one.)  “I do what I love, and I love what I do”

   The idea is that we can stand up and scream “Thank God I” and then fill in the blank with that terrible thing that happened, the pain that we have had for years, or the situation tha was up-til now holding us back.

   If you are intrigued, go to http://www.thankgodi.com/184.html   In early 2010 Thank God I will have our 3rd book on the shelves and I expect to be one of the authors.  Also some previews are at http://rickemmerich.com

Make money without selling anything.

Just sign up and the checks start rolling in.

The newest, best, most exotic, highest this or that value.

Make a check in one week.

We ALL have heard those, right?  I’m no different, I get ‘em every week at least.  For those that are serious network marketers, I guess, just get used to it.  The newest next best thing comes out every 4 or 5 days, like clockwork.

There ARE ways to assess if you have a good thing going.  Obviously, if you are getting fat checks every month, you know you are in the right place.  I mean, I DON’T get in something only for the money, but the reason I feel, to be involved is to get rewarded for your efforts, and others’.

So, one of my bits of wisdom is to find a product/company that you love, and look at the pillars that form the foundation of the business.  They should have a comp plan that allows the heavy hitters to make big bucks, but also, allows those starting up to get to levels easily enough to start drawing checks.

Hopefully, your product is high quality and is consumable.  In other words, to paraphrase Richard DeVos of Amway fame:  You use it and and use it up, it eventually goes down the plumbing and you need more.  I would stress that it needs to be something the you CAN’T just go to Target and buy (for cheaper?)

Ideally you have what is called a categtory-creator and those are few and very far between.  Often, it’s another juice, or a nutritional product that you will need to have faith in, until it starts working-or doesn’t.

Guess what then.  You have to put some work into the process.  I have been blessed enough to have the perfect upline in my business.  He can’t wait to serve and work with my downline distributors.  You then have to get on national calls, and have a mentor, or mentors.

I would like to impress upon you the necessity to get ready to work NOW, because for you networkers, there is no time like the present.

If you are interested in creating a secondary income with products that are unique, not sold in stores and that WORK, get back to me.  Or go to http://www.LivGreenHawaii.com

aloha, Rick Emmerich

“Lanikai Oh Lanikai”, sung to the tune of Galveston, by Glenn Campbell.

It’s unbelievable here.  It’s now 2 AM and I am typing this in my loft office as the breezes dominate the sounds outside, rather than the old H-1 and 16th Ave. noises my wife and I were used to.  Around 11PM and sometimes midnight every night, it seemed there would be the extreme blasts of the fast cars or motorcycles on H-1.  I figured it was the exact time of shift change for HPD.

Honolulu seems like a distant memory to me already.

None of that here.  I guess the mansion next door has automatic sprinklers, cuz they just kicked in.  My wife would think it was raining.

For those of you who don’t know Lanikai, stick around.  When we were first offered the chance to stay here for a short while, I told Malia NO, and went over the list of reasons, so matter-of-factly, so logically.  I was Ben Franklin, with the legal pad with the pros and the right and the cons on the left.  By the way that method is over-rated, we all know we can manipulate the process. 

Anyway, like many things, talking about Lanikai Beach, connected to Kailua Beach, is just NOT good enough.  It has to be experienced.  You could notice, some night in the area, how extravagant the moon and stars look through the tops of the palm trees, but chances are you’d miss it. 

You could ‘luck out’ and catch a photo with the fading available light as the sun dips behind the mountain here.  You know, it is more of a hill, but mountain sounds good, doesn’t it?

You may catch a nice picture of the Mokes, (the Mokulua Islands), but not really ‘get it.’

There is really nothing like the daily “hey, I’m on vacation” feel here.  It is incredible to catch the various shades of shadowy light in the evening and snap as many ‘perfect’ pics as you want.  And I can’t wait to catch another unique sunrise from behind the Mokes.  In 3 more hours….ouch.

The beach is slowly eroding or disappearing….choose your word.  Even knowing that, it remains one  of God’s masterpieces.  It is great to join the tourists on the beach and just chill.  No one will bother you, and this whole area is filled with athletic or not-so-athletic types that are always jogging, swimming, boarding or paddling.

Our time here may be limited.  If this is heaven, God, I DO want to stay here forever.  Just wanted to get THAT out there.  We are so blessed.  Thank God I married wisely….. 

Of course I will show pics soon.  But give me a minute, we just got the computer set up today.  So it’s me and the cats off to bed for now…………aloha 

she hasn’t, I know it….I think it’s cuz I didn’t read my neice’s story she wrote for HS Lit class.  I admit it, I did not read it.  It sat, neatly typed on my mom’s desk for me all 4 days that I was there back in Oct.  I guess the Bears game, and some late night Google searches on her lap top were all more important.  I just kept putting it off.

C’mon, it wasn’t flagrant.  I spaced it.  Honest uncle mistake.  Chelsea doesn’t know, (I don’t think.)  Heck, we’re both on Facebook, talk about uncle Rick being progressive, or is it regressing.  I don’t know. 

Since I enjoy writing.  So I know I gotta read others’ stuff.  I’ll just sweet talk her, and we’ll be cool again. 

Not sure, though, she HAS over 600 friends, I think.  What if she told them all how cruel her uncle is.  I am going back to thinking she doesn’t know I didn’t read it.

And how does uncle Rick act cool with the neices and nephew anyhoo?  I mean, Chelsea swore on her Facebook entry today, I guess she’s ‘in trouble’ Monday.  That’s the edited version.  I mean, should I say something?  HELLO, she’s got like 600 friends.

That’s crazy.  I haven’t met 600 people in my 51 years, and she’s got that many to say that she’s their friend.  WOW.  What if I said something to her about her swearing, she could tell 600 people how square her uncle is!  Heck they probably say that word too.  (I know, I know, I used to say that word, but I gave it up about 14 years ago, btw, I never typed it for 600+ people to see.)

I know, by the time I wake up tomorrow, she’ll have edited it, and moved on to another crisis.

Oh yeah, back to mom.  You know I married the coolest lady in the world and she gives great gifts.  Mom just got her Harry and David fruit basket from us, and I know we BOTH signed the card.  It’s time to get back on her good side.

BTW, I DID read one of my mom’s books, actually two.  She is a rather well-known children’s author, and her book, The Legend of Lady Ilena, by Patricia Malone is great.  Order it from your local book store, and give it to a girl from the age of 10 to 16.  I bet she’ll love it.  See mom, I got your back.

Note to any of mom’s writing buddies that may read this.  Come on, help me out here.  Tell her to back off.  I am good most of the time.  Heck, my dark years are all in the rear-view year.

And besides, I gotta be on all of your good sides, I am part of a book that will come out next year.  (Thank God I Have A Home Based Business)  I’ll get to THAT later, but suffice to say that I will preview my chapter in the book here, so stay tuned….and Chelsea, just email me that thing to read.       Uncle Rick

It’s been raining for the last two days.  We got more rain in the last two days than we had in August, September, and October combined.  Constant drip, drip, drip, even now as I type.  OK, I know Diamond Head will be green, not brown.  It’s good…..for the farmers.

Remember that from when we were kids,”It’s good for the farmers.”  Our parents always said that when it rained, especially on a Saturday.  It would happen when we went camping.  I remember the time we set up the tent FACING a hill and it rained.  That’s a lesson you only have to learn once.

We don’t usually get lightning here on Oahu.  We did this time.  We lost power for a bit, well actually the power flickered here.  The poor dudes two valleys over lost it for two hours.

You know what it’s like when they get snow in South Carolina.  People freak out like they’ve never seen it before.  (Some of them haven’t.)  Lotsa wrecks.  Sometimes that happens here with the rain.

But we went to church.  We used mind control on the traffic.  They all left us alone.

And you know how in the midwest (tell me someone in the midwest is reading my blog,  puhleeeeeaze) you know how it always rains on Memorial Day Weekend and wrecks everyone’s plans.         Except the farmers.