Remember YOUR "small keed time"?
Those were the good old days! YOU were young, innocent, naive and maybe even a little bit "kolohe" (rascal). When you look back, I bet you cannot help but grin, yeah? I bet you can just feel a longing oozing up inside of you for a time when life was much simpler. Wherever you live now, if you grew up in Hawaii, you must remember your "hanabuddah days". Eh, no shame ... we all had "hanabuddah".
Eh … right now get choke stories already online written by Hawaiians and Hawaiians at heart. Most all writers had the unique life experience of growing up in Hawaii. That’s why the site is called ”Hanabuddah Days”.
Enjoy these personal stories.
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Written by Teddy Kamai
Growing up in the early 60's to the 80's was a time, in Lai'e, that I will cherish forever. I remember big family gatherings, church functions, playing softball or basketball at Lai'e Park. Tackle football on the beach was against anyone who wanted to take us on !! And you know..we never did lose a game !! Playing "hide and seek" in the Lai'e cemetery...eh no worry..we didn't step on any graves!!
I was just a country boy who took everything for granted because all around me
Read more: Growing Up in Lai'e, Oahu
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Written by Mokihana White
I was one lucky keiki. I grew up in beautiful Manoa Valley on O'ahu. This was before the days that real estate got so expensive there. I lived my first 4 years up Tantalus, then we moved to Manoa, valley of na anuenue... the rainbow.
I have many
Read more: Golden Children
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Written by Richard Costales
In da ol days, wen I use to live on Maui, I used to live wit my beeg sista in uppa Paia. Da town was called Orpheum Camp. I donno wai but only filipinos lived there. Funny yeah, how all da difarent people had dare own sexshen. Oh, I had any kine
Read more: Da Tolet
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Written by Kirby Wright
Moloka'i's first ever East End Rodeo was held on the Fourth of July at a working ranch in Kamalo. The ranch was "working" in the sense that cattle and pigs were raised on it and slaughtered. Kualapuu Suprette sent a meat truck twice a month from the
Read more: The East End Rodeo
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Written by Armand Ines
This story wasn't from when I was small kid time but I thought it would be funny to share it with da ohana.
If you are from Hawaii, you must know all about the Filipino accent (buk buk accent). We were raised with all those Filipino jokes and
Read more: Filipino Accents
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Written by Skippy Duponte
My story is about my fada and all my bruddas going to a football game at the old stadium. I can rememba i had jus got back from da service and us guys went decide we going watch the Kam vs Kaimuki High game.
We stay driving down King Street just
Read more: I No Like Beef
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Written by Frank D. Ramirez
The days of my youth in Damon Tract were the best times of my life. If you do not know where Damon Tract is, or were born after Hawaii became a state, you better talk with your parents or grandparents.
When I was real young, about 6 or 7 years old
Read more: 477 P Road Damon Tract
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Written by Eilene Vina Cabral
Yes, when I was growing up in Palama, in Akepo Lane in fact, there were so many mom and pops store all over. Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and they all had their specialties. Like B and K store made the best seeds, like prune mui
Read more: Palama Days
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Written by Gary Ignacio
Growing up in the Filipino camp of Aiea we were privy to many things. Our family knew everyone ... every Filipino that is. We weren't rich but our family made every effort to enjoy Hawaii (America) as much as possible. It seems that every time
Read more: Holo Holo Afta Da Fights