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 Kawika Gapero
This story may not be your typical funny incident or normal "hanabuddah" type story you may have read. I felt that the treasure of my life experiences might give you a different perspective on what it was like being Hawaiian in a changing time. The only aina that I knew was of a culture that was rich with Aloha in the true sense of the word.
Let me take you back to a time in Hawaii before we became a state of the union, we talking early 1950's. I was born and raised on the island of Maui at a
Read more: Being Hawaiian and American
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Written by Susie Scott
My memories of Hawaii capture my heart with peaceful feelings. Warm thoughts that bring a smile to my face when I'm lonely.
I loved the warm, and sometimes wet, sidewalk slapping against my feet as I ran from our apartment to Uncle William's house
Read more: Alanalohalani, Beautiful Gift of Love from Heaven
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Written by Tim Aukake Brown
At sixteen years old, da most awesome babes in school wuz Kainoa Kane. She was fine. And she wen' know dat too! She made one list of da bestest!
- Best Legs
- Bestest Sexy Smile
- Bestest Big Muscle Body
- Best Nicest White Teets (in da mouth li'
Read more: Jes U Wait Kainoa
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Written by Mark Irish Payne
Long time ago in a past, distant, and magical land lived a little boy growing up in one place called Kaneohe, one small town in dah shadows of dah Koolau mountain range.
Deyah he played and had good fun wit all his uku pilah cousins. Some people
Read more: My Hanabuddah Days
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Written by Lina J. Cardenas
I was the oldest of four children who grew up in Kilauea, a small sugar plantation town on the North east side of Kauai. Kilauea has grown since and its townsfolks have come and gone, but my memories are as clear as the crystal shores of Kahiliwai
Read more: Stringing Me Along
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Written by Renato "Richard" Costales
One of my favorite bes places as a hanabuddah kid was a place dat I was not supposed to go to. It was a hideout, campground, playground, and even a learning centa. It was not a pretty place but it had one beeg putt in my life. Da place was jus like
Read more: Old Glory
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Written by Kamaka Brown
When I was eight years old my mudder had my bruddah. Hoo..at first was good cause I neva have to watch him and change his stinky diapers. But den da dreaded "Big Brother" syndrome wen strike.I suddenly became da built in babysitter. You gotta
Read more: The Baby Bruddah
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Written by George Kea Cabral
O.K. den all da kids in da neighba-hood get bikes, but not me. Always gotta ask for ride your friends' bike. Make "A" wen you do dat.
The Yeun family lived up da road. The father had all kinds of bikes and bike parts but for some reason he just
Read more: Of Bikes and Football
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Written by Scott Haililani Mahoney
The 1950's and 60's sure was a fun time to be growing up in Hawaii. It was a time when music had real tunes and real words! It was a time when gang violence meant two "bulls" from different areas of Kalihi punching it out in some park bathroom and
Read more: People and Games
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