Welcome to my website. I've called it "Passion4Paradise" because as I was growing up, I have always had a passion in my heart for paradise. I remember always doodling on my class notebooks a sketch of palm trees (just ask any of my friends).  I guess it was a slight indication of where my passion lied. 

When I refer to "Paradise", it isn't just the places like Hawaii, Bali or Tahiti that I mean, it is the "true paradise" that everyone searches for in life. The "true paradise" that comes with a full-filled life, with the "living for today" and "seizing the moment" (carpe diem) type of attitude. Because I learned at a very young age that life is short, and that we only have one life. Losing my mom at the young age of eight years old teaches you to grow up fast... So why not make the most of what we have today, and live each day as if it were our last. I would like to think that is my philosophy for my life, and in that, I am continually searching and striving.

Is it coincidence or fate that I create a website called "Passion4Paradise" back in 1998 while living in Venice Beach, California, and find myself moving to Hawaii in 2001? I am a firm believer that all things happen for a reason, and that I am now living in Paradise.  The metaphor or the reality? or both? ... 

I hope you enjoy the photo albums of my adventures in search of "paradise". May you too share in the passion to find your true paradise... Enjoy the adventure!   as I always say, "Life is an adventure, just flow with it..."    Who knows, you too may find yourself living in Paradise one day...

With much Aloha,
~ Maricar Lagman

maricar@passion4paradise.com