“Quote of the Month”
~"Si pigliano piu mosche in una goccia di miele che in un barile d'aceto."
- "You will catch more flies with a spoonful of honey that with a gallon
of vinegar."

Marcelo Tassara
well. I am Marcelo Tassara, I live in Brazil, I do not now how to speak in English very well, so I'm gonna try.
I wanna know more about you, I want to know all the Tassara's family.
Why do you have this idea of consctruct this site?
what dou you do, I wanna know everything, trust me. If possible, I would like to meet you personally (in live), I know that I live far from you, but I don't know... I don't even know that you are man or woman, I'm 20, and I'm waiting a answer, thanks, see yo

Beth Hair
This is very hard &you may not be able to do it but give it a try!

Take your time and see if you can read each line aloud without mistake.
The average person can't.

   This is this cat
   This is is cat
   This is how cat
   This is to cat
   This is keep cat
   This is an cat
   This is old cat
   This is person cat
   This is busy cat
   This is for cat
   This is forty cat
   This is seconds cat
Now go back and read the THIRD word in each line from the top down, and
I betcha you can't resist passing it on.

The Tassara's from Santiago, Chile
Hello, this is our first Tassara Newsletter. We are happy to join the community. We hope that you get to meet us through the distance. For that, we decided to include something about each family member.

Carolina
(oldest daughter; 28 years old):

Carolina is a Business Manager. She works in a house and hold manufacture company. Her main interests revolve around animals. With the help of her dad, she picks up homeless dogs so that they can become part of the family. For example; last week she took home a little brown puppy 8 months old, that was living outside a supermarket. She immediately took the puppy to the veterinary and after several revisions, “Letty” became the 8 th family member (Letty was named after princess Leticia of Spain). Now Letty lives happily together with her 7 other dog brothers in a farm like house located in La Reina ( Santiago ). (Carolina.jpg)

Carlos III
(Intermediate Son; 25 years old):

Carlos (TAZ) is an applied Business and Administration student. He enjoys sports, particularly soccer. Every weekend, he invites his pals over and plays “pichangas”. One of the things Carlos enjoys the most is editing videos. With the help of his MAC G5, Carlos is recovering old “Beta” tapes and transferring them it onto DVDs. Currently, he is working on a special family movie, in which, old footage is fully restored. (Tassara.jpg)

Paula
(Youngest Daughter; 22 years old):

Paula is a very rebel girl who loves to play the guitar, sing and dance “Cueca”. Last summer vacations, Paula went backpacking to the south of Chile , at a location called “Torres del Paine”. She also visited the beautiful glaciers down south. On her last vacation weekend she visited “Zapallar”, a beautiful beach located about 150 Km from Santiago . This beautiful place is evergreen and looks like a forest surrounded by native trees and beautiful houses by the sea side. This place resembles Rapallo , due to his history (battles took place here) and beautiful scenery. (Paula.jpg)

Fresia
(Mother; NN years):

Fresia works as a medical teacher of demography and biostatistics, at the University of Chile and on other private universities, such as Andres Bello. Fresia is part of a technological breakthrough in Chile , by becoming one the first faculty members to teach through the internet. We can say that she is very close to her sisters (6) and that she is always trying to maintain her family together. Her main hobby is gardening, an activity that has been with her for many years. She grows all types of plant species, especially vegetables, her favourite. With the vegetables she harvests every season, she makes delicious plates and all sorts of marmalades. (mom.jpg)

Carlos
(The grandfather; 82 years old) :

Chatting with him, I told him about the Tassara site. Since then, he began to remember old memories like when his great grand parents arrived to Chile in 1890´ and when his relatives opened a small store in the Port of Valparaíso . It is funny to see old pictures of him, his father and his brother, because they all used moustaches that had “wings”. (tata .jpg )

Mauricio (My brother; 55 years old);

He is a person fully dedicated to his business and to financial advising. I also showed him this site and met his “homonymous” Mauro. He felt envy when saw the pictures from Maui and hoped to live someday in a place like this (he will not practice surf, since he will be a little old by then) . (Mauricio.jpg)

Carlos
(Myself; 59 years old):
Few days ago, I have been in contact with Luis Tassara using the messenger program with the camera and the audio resource. It took us a while but finally we got in contact correctly. It immediately struck me that Luis was wearing a swimming suit while I was wearing a hat, coat and scarf. It is very pleasant to be in touch with somebody who is a relative that lives far away and with whom I have many things in common. Thanks to technology, we have been able to talk and see each other for hours. Now we can say that distance is not barrier (14,000 kilometers will not set us apart).
Hope to hear from everyone around the globe, Saludos para todos mis parientes y nuevos amigos,
Best wishes,
Tassara Family from Santiago.

Mauricio Tassara
This might be too late for the july newsletter, but here it goes.
Life has been pretty crazy lately with a new baby, but Kayla is the cutiest baby. She has started to smile and make sounds as if she is trying to talk. She holds her head pretty steady now and looks around all the time with those big round eyes. I think she looks a lot like paola as a baby sometimes, but she definitely has aldo’s eyelashes. Leandro is doing great and enjoying his preschool. He is talking so much these days and it is amazing to actually be able to understand what he is saying. He is communicating very well now and it gets better every day. Angela is doing well, although pretty tired from having 2 kids around when I am work. But she is very happy with her son and new baby girl. As for me, I really can’t complain, I have a wonderful wife that I love very much, a good job to be able to support them in everything in life. Work has been pretty good and hoping for some advancement soon. The only thing I can think of that hasn’t been good has been my knee injury this past april. I haven’t surfed for almost 3 months( longest stretch for about 6 years now). That has really been a bummer. It is feeling a lot better and actually pulled my board out to check and see if it needed any work before paddling out again. I need to get ready because I hope to surf with my sister and cousins in SD for Marco & Teri’s wedding if possible.
I hope all the family is doing well around the world. I have been enjoying the visits from other Tassara family members that we don’t even know. It is truly amazing what technology has done.
Keep up the good work marco, and everyone make sure and drop by the messageboard for a chat about whatever you want to talk about.
Aloha
Mauricio, Angela, Leandro, & Kayla Tassara

Aldo Tassara
Summer has sprung into action out here on Maui. The island is packed with tourists enjoying their adventures in paradise.
The Diving has been incredible and continues to amaze me more and more everyday. Lately, I have been diving with over 60 Grey reef sharks. All babies about 2 feet in size. We have a Grey reef shark nursery just off “Reef’s End” (dive site) at Molokini Crater.
It sure is a treat when the “momma grey” shows up every so often, she’s about 8 feet long and gearthy, very gearthy. She gives me the “willies” but that’s what it’s all about. Last week, a 20 foot Oceanic Manta Ray decided to pay me a visit. I was all by myself in the deep blue and it continued its approach and stayed with me for a total of 8 minutes. It was by far the most incredible experience I have had, lately….jajajajaja.
Business is going great. More and more people visiting the island and interested in the undersea world. I started DIVETV last year and just now am starting to get feedback from everyone. People on island are stoked to see what is happening beneath the surface.
We are making our transition to DVD’s and it has been a bit of a struggle since we are ahead of technology due to the demand. It is very exciting to move forward in this world of technologies. A lot has been going on this year and will continue to enhance our lives. Our family seems to be growing more and more everyday. From newborns to family members abroad. It’s exciting to hear the enthusiasm for the opportunity that Marco has created for us to come together and share our lives no matter where we are on this amazing planet. Someday I will be emailing you guys from the depths of our beautiful ocean.
That’s all for now and am looking forward to the next newsletter.Maybe we can get a chat room going on the site so that we all may chat together…..just an idea.
“Aloha” to all my beautiful family and “ahui hou”.