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 Hilary Fong Wong (St. John) as told to Paul St. John
This is a story my dad, who was born in a plantation camp called Ola'a 9 Miles, told me. I guess it was because it was nine miles outside of Ola'a.
He told me that in the camp, all of the kids were taken care of by everyone. If one of them misbehaved, just about anyone could and would spank the kid.
His story went like this: "We were playing chase mastah and Cousin Marco was "IT". Well, he was running after Ah Sang and they ran around this big bunch of bushes. They were gone a long time and I
Read more: Bad Day at Ola’a 9 Miles
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Written by Douglas-Bryant L. Souza
Back in the 70's wen Oahu wuzent as crowded, I had an unko Tony and his family that had a place down North Shoa side of Oahu. It wuz not far from Kami's store Mauka of Kam Highway. That time we used to go visit him during the summa months. He had
Read more: North Shoa
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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 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
Read more: Being Hawaiian and American
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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 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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