Vol. 11 New Housemate Interview
Translated and subbed by tapdancingpimp
I'm Cheri Maria Sumikawa Lavoie.
I'm 25 years old.
I'm a real estate agent on the Big Island.
I was born on the Big Island, but
I moved back one year ago.
Since then I've always been there.
[On Work] If there's someone
who wants to buy a house on the island,
I show them different houses and condos.
If there's a property they like,
I make the offer for it.
I go between the seller and buyer.
I make sure things go smoothly
and help with communication.
In the future,
I want to make Hawaii Island my base.
There's not a lot of good jobs here,
but if I'm in real estate,
I have job stability and can stay.
That's why I'm a real estate agent.
[Miss Hawaii Island] Last year,
I entered the Miss Hawaii Island contest.
I was picked to be Miss Hawaii Island
out of 11 women.
I do events, TV, commercials, parades.
[On Joining Terrace House] As a real estate agent,
I want to work with Japanese people.
So, I want to speak Japanese smoothly and
communicate better with Japanese.
I want more exposure to Japanese culture.
[On Communal Living] When I was in college,
I lived with different people for 4 years.
The first year I lived with a boyfriend.
After we broke up,
I shared an apartment with girl friends.
Male soccer players had the other 3 rooms.
It was 5 of us living together.
There was a point where
I liked one of them.
But we were...
maybe he had a girlfriend, so....
nothing happened.
[On Love] There's no one right now.
I want someone
who walks the walk and talks the talk.
Of course, this is the Big Island;
Someone with a sense of adventure.
Looks don't matter.
I now realize what's inside matters.
If there's someone I'm into,
I wanna hang out with them, go out to eat.
I'll ask him out, I'm not shy about that.