Things that impress me living in Hawaii 1-Owning lychee tree 2-Owning avocado tree 3-Owning tangerine tree Mangos and papaya grow in state parks, no big deal
I work outer-islands- Once when we landed in Kauai "Chava" left his truck at the airport for us to use- He said it would be open with the keys in the ignition Great! When we go to the airport parking and found it we called him while going to Hanalei to surf - we thanked him. Also commented on his beautiful Chevy truck- Braddah went say "I no more chevy truck! I get 1 ford! OOPS! so we go back to the airport parking- We find da kine's truck- da real one. I also noticed almost ALL the cars had the keys in the ignitions- Where you gonna take a stolen car on Kauai? There is only one road across the island- I love Kauai!
So true! What I loved most about being born and raised in Hawaii was how people respected each others culture and how we treated each other for our character and not status. Also find it interesting how friends react when you always come back to the island, they have so many questions of where you’ve e been. Miss my home but too expensive, I no can afford. Great video!
This is hilarious. I like your impressions. I grew up here in town on Oahu before moving to New York City, and back again. Going away and coming back makes me appreciate hawaii so much more than when I felt stuck as a high schooler here.. relearning/learning new things about hawaii is also great.
Great videos, just found your channel, I'm back in Hawaii. Growing up in California & NY, whenever I spoke, locals would say, "Speaking the king's English, sista, you go Punahoe or what?" LOL
We call it House Poor because it takes all your cash to pay the mortgage, taxes, insurance, HOA fees, maintenance, utilities, etc. You are rich on payday, and poor when you pay those bills.
@@just88 True, but the reason you are "house poor" is because you are spending so much on the house, you have no cash left every month. You might build some equity, but it doesn't help you pay your other bills each month. The house makes you poor.
The humor is in the presentation... locals relate to his perspective...his antics hit home. Tip: We don’t call ourselves Hawaiian unless one is native or partly native Hawaiian. “From Hawaii” or “Local” is the term to use.
Pretty different where I live. People don't care much about private school or dining out. Connections are nice, but rarely talked about as well. Trips/houses are valued but what you do for your career/how much money you make is impressive.
Really love your videos. The black and white "cut aways" to your local-kine self are funny, and the info is spot-on. I grew up in Samoa and Hilo, moved away to mainland for 20 years, and am now in the process of moving back to Oahu, and everything you say really hits home. Keep it up!
I dunno, I have a big house so I guess other people owning a big house doesn’t really impress me. I think if you’re really good at a water sport impresses me way more than excess material things.
Yup...my family bought a HUGE house in Mililani mauka back in the 90's......a whopping 1200sf with no a/c lol. That's microscopic and no a/c is not tolerated in the mainland. In Hawaii that is a mansion!
1200 sf?? no, son - that's a tiny matchbox, a postage stamp sized house: Lilliputian, for sure! and I feel you.🙋🏾♀️ because I was raised in [and a few years ago came back to live in] one of the most expensive counties in the lower 48..to be near to my elderly mother..and the only reason that was possible was because after my grandparents were gone my single, meaning *divorced* mother, she sold our house, the one we were raised in very nearby..and then she leveraged her good credit, etc., and bought out her remaining sibling re: our grandparents' house. and via a family discount, I now live in the apartment she had built on our grandparent's property..one she had rented out to one lone tenant for over a decade..but otherwise? NO WAY would I be able to rent or buy here..even working with my RN license..and I mean, sure: I could have 'purchased' [only] a tiny to moderate sized home..but I have NO 'got dam' interest in experiencing that kind of struggle, not even with a husband [b/c it would be a struggle even for 2 working people🤦🏾♀️]. and I know when *'that day'* comes, I will NOT be staying in this area..that I'll be taking the money somewhere else..maybe back to the tiny town I lived in..down in the southwest USA..maybe even to another country, which seems more likely every day..and re: not just the money issue but also the current socio-political climate here in the States. and I'll leave it at that re: politics, other than to say that ex-pat uploads take up a LOT of my video watching right now..esp., those re: columbia, ecuador, panama..mexico was on the list some years ago but since I was last there [and it was crazy back then in many places] things have gotten much worse, safety-wise..and locals are saying to stay away for now. but I'm remaining open-minded, as well..about some of the less expensive places in europe, too...because I do like it over there..also considering a short list of places in africa..so, I have a few trips to take...it's a strange time and I have a lot to think about these days. and *not* saying at all that I'm going full Tina Turner [who I adore]..because she gave up her citizenship after she moved to Switzerland..I'm only intending to consider doing what a lot of Americans have done - by maybe moving to a place where our hard earned dollars go much further..and where the quality of life is good and things are, in maybe not all - but in many ways - a bit more healthy and sane..even IF we have to give up a few everyday things to *live* that other kind of Life..because, truthfully, I'm tired.😐
What a great video! I love this! I'm not from Hawaii or Asian, but this video was still great. Love to see the difference in culture there versus the mainland.
I was born and raised on Oahu in Pearl City. My mom is from the island-maui- and my dad is from the mainland and very white. I look like my father, and it wasn’t easy growing up there although I loved it, there were times I was picked on for my skin color, I was the odd looking family member, and always prayed I could have darker skin so I didn’t stand out. When we finally left the island, it was the first time I realized it was ok to be blond and blue eyes. There is no other place like Hawaii. The warmth of the people, the easy lifestyle and above all, the lack of materialism. It’s the one place you’re in the raw, and my experience is materialistic people aren’t admired , but the kind and caring are,
1: Vacation trips to mainland or international ,being able to miss work for vacation 2: eating out 3: private school 4: live in big house 5: who you know and being related to families
@@surfewa EVERYONE drives a Toyota truck here- They just last forever- Many times I tried to get into the wrong blue Toyota Tacoma that I thought was mine- OOPS!
I love Hawaii, been there many times. I'm born on mainland yet I have visited there multiple times and lived in Waikele for 6months. If I watched your videos before hand...wow..lets just say I would have saved bundle and avoided a lot of issues. I'm glad I visited and will be back again and again.. 😊🙏 thank you for sharing the truth..Aloha nui loa
I live in France, but I lived in Hawaii for 6 months a year for 7 years. I am also licensed to practice law in Hawaii. In 20 years, Hawaii has changed just like the USA has changed. It is no longer a good place to live.
no TJ's?? no IKEA?? oh, then I'm definitely OUT, hahahahaha!!😄 and they're not "exclusive," LoL!!😁 just not in Hawaii, I guess.😐 but well, I'd be happy to send you a care package..from TJ's, I mean..because as the song goes: "🎼if I had a million dollars, I would buuuyyy you a house."🎶 anyway, if you happen to ever see this comment, I shop for food, etc., more frequently than anyone else in our family..although, probably and sorry that it would likely have to be a small-ish one..but still, maybe make a video about your fav TJ's items?..and I did sub to your channel after seeing only 1 video [rarely do I do that but it's because you have an awesome personality!👍] and contact me directly IF it seems I might have missed it - and we'll see what we can do for you guys [saw a wedding ring?]..as we'd be happy to send y'all some goodies.🙋🏾♀️
Tons of truth. Moved from Maui almost 2 years ago, lived there awhile. Would say, and I don't *know* this, but, my perception would be that private schools and knowing places to eat(smaller island)would not be quite as much in play there, as on Oahu. Great vid!
Hawaiians are impressed by visual artists. When people learn you are an artist, it's big deal. I'm an artist my wife is in the medical field. They are impressed by me being an artist more than medical... just the opposite on the mainland.
Great video, I grew up in Hawaii I live in South Flordia... (Went to Kamehameha Schools never thought about it being "High MakaMaka" but I guess I can see how people think that) You forgot #1 RESPECT in Hawaii... BIG FISH. You catch big Tuna, Ono, Mahi, Marlin ect... I lived on the Big Island and you catch fish your always popular! Quiet cool...
Ever try to give away 500 pounds of Marlin? You end up calling people you nevah talk to in 5 years saying "Ho CUZ! I went hit da load! You like Kajiki!? I get choke! Try come cuz and tell you maddah Antie everybody! ALOHA!
Wow! You said it all!! Thump ☝ exactly the truth!!! You so funny n a nice guy. We local guys like 2 make people comfortable n think positive n no talk stink about anybody!! We have that"aloha" deep inside of us!! Plenty love n hug n 💋 ALOHA!!
Very good insights, good job on your channel. It will get bigger i think, hope u can take the camera outside and show some places, and foods etc. introduce to people, maybe to Japan some day to eat some Ramen? ^^ peace from Macau.
Brada you stay da kine on da "1" Yah my maddah waz first wahine to evah open japani restaurant on O'ahu...Karen's Yakiniku House. En den my faddah was da first Kane to open termite business🤣 Eh Kaimuki bulldogs all da way!! Lol....I totally enjoyed YoU!! 🤙You cracked me and that's a good thing...Mahalo for sharing your local- moko- humor..luved it!! Aloha no...frenchie
Enjoyed this video! I think it may even vary by islands. I live on the Big Island and yes like others mentioned having a Tacoma truck is impressive. Having lots of friends and partying. Catching a lot of fish. And way back when I dont know about today but having Japanese-Caucasian girlfriend or boyfriend..
Big truck. That is like the fucking status symbol. How big your truck is. I don't care if you're Samoan, Hawaiian, Filipino, tonga, whatever.... The bigger your truck is, the bigger your status. Doesn't work with Haloes but with the locals, your truck matters.
Love your videos. Born and raised in Makaha, the Westside of Oahu is predominantly hawaiian and either at poverty threshold or below and the people are working hard all the time. I promise what will impress me from visitors is your knowledge of and love for my culture and compassion for what we go thru just to survive. Just picking up trash at the beach warms my heart or knowing what an ahupua'a is, for me if you genuinely love the islands and culture thats what impresses me. The part about who you know especially in family is spot on lol but money, houses and fancy cars just makes me mad lol. Great video.
Believe me, my wife and me now what you are talking about restaurants, when we were there, staying at the Ala Moana, we went to the 5th floor, there's a restaurant there, right next to a beauty salon, we couldn't believe the prices, $47 for a hamburger, and when we got it, it looked that everything but a hamburger, i looked like it had a dead cat stuck between the buns. Then on another day, a friend we had met in face Book, treated us to a Pilipino restaurant, they served us a soup, which was quiet delicious, But the met that was in it looked like the locknet monster, I said to myself ( I ain't eating this thing )
Being related to a Hawaiian family that has been rich and/or famous for decades seems to be similar to being listed by the British government as the 25th person in line to receive the throne of England. Did you know that the British government always keeps an updated list of who is genetically eligible to ascend the British throne all the way down past the 50th person in the genetic lineage??!!? I seems to me that they could have stopped the list at 25 but it's not my list.
Sun Dried Specialties (Now called Kona Grill House) the best poké, fish sandwich and fish plates on the planet. Brian the owner along with his wife are the acrchitects of their entrée and dessert. Brian comes from a long line of Japanese fisherman. Their restaurant started out producing ahi jerky. This restaurant should have several Michelin stars. Sitting on the hillsides of the little town of Kealakekua the restaurant is just a must eat restaurant.
When I go to the US Mainland, and sometimes show my driver's license as ID, I get "Wow? You're from Hawaii? What are you doing _here_?" Or ""You're from Hawaii - why would you ever leave?" Well, you've probably heard "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." Plus, I enjoy going to Europe. I worked 23 years in Hawaii very hard, 40 years total, and was able to retire. Restaurants are interesting - the secret local places - I totally agree with you! Plus, if you are a good cook, and open a Syrian, or an Ethiopian restaurant, and again, you cook well, your restaurant will be jammed.
If you say youhave surfed "pipeline" any where you go in the world you are considered an "Honorary Surf God." Pipeline is "Mecca" for surfers- If you are not on your game you will find out REAL fast- I've spent countless hours there- trying not to get killed- Yokahamas 2nd dip on the west side is even more dangerous and that's just the locals' Ive been grinded over "Hamburger reef- Not fun- Aloha!
Ha ha, house rich, Keith Robinson with whole island and 51,000 acres on Kaua'i, but his family is basically broke. I remember taking some girls from Kane'ohe to La Mariana's and I surprised they 'd never been (Although in fairness Sand Island is kinda of a dive). The stereo types on private school kids is totally true and still true. The public vs private vs not attention HS in Hawai'i really hurt me socially and career wise more than anything, my work was super cliquey. I went to Cornell, but it was meaningless on O'ahu all the local haoles from Kailua, Kahala where kinda stand off if you didn't go to Punahou, Iolani St. Louis or some such place. Plus I joined the Hawai'i club at Cornell they where all Aloha-nui loa - Ohana-ish but when I got to island they where snotty and cold an ice. The problem with the public schools is vary so tremendously Kaimuki, Kalani on end to Waianae, Nānākuli on other, so they all get stigmatized especially when overflow rooms are made from shipping containers. My biggest education concern is kids go UH for undergrad, master and/or PhD, then become professor in one straight go. It's the only Univ I know of where that's allowed
My last trip to Hawaii I decided to not rent a car and used Lyft/Uber. Live and learn. I will never do that again. Every Lyft/Uber driver and locals I met had minimum 2-3 jobs. I did not meet any locals that worked 9-5 and just went home.
Food, food 🥘 plus food. It is all about food. Socialistic state they are always hungry. Las Vegas is called the 9th island 🌴 from Hawaii. Do you want to impress them. “Say that you went to Japan” you can see their eyes getting bigger. 😳 Japan 🇯🇵 is on the top of the ranks for them.
I think another reason houses are smaller here is because we live outside so much. Another thing that impresses us is the best surfers and people who are true Hawaiians or have a lot Hawaiian. One time my blue eyed, blonde haired daughter was getting taunted by a Filipino kid who told her to go back to the mainland. I told her go back and tell him our family got here (1912) before his family! That’s one thing a haole can never be here: a local, I don’t care how many generations the family lol.
The problem here is everyone wants to impress the nobodys. Do whats best for you. The impressions of other people arent worth spit. Its a dog eat dog world.
Braddah stay spot on wit dis kine video- Try listen to braddah- Da kine is Akamai-Always spread da Aloha or bumbai you get dirty lickinz- Mahalo Bully! -Maile Point boyz
Wow, your state really has multi-generational families living together? Like , you mean-people did in the old days, and some fortunate families still do? (Such as the South or on farms or large homes) That’s a *genuine* advantage, which you don’t even seem to be aware that it *has* value.
Public vs. private school - there are a few really good public schools, but many are not that great. They don't get the support they should, unfortunately. Also, the attitude of the parents is paramount. If your parents think education is a good thing, even if you go to a so-so school, your parents will help you with school. A lot of folks, in Hawaii and on the US Mainland, don't think education is that important. So funny - I went to get my eyes checked in the mid 1990s, and the optometrist gave me a 10% discount because I worked with his sister!
Crazyism , My wealthy comrade had a pal who owned a restaurant and loved to gamble at Casino's in Missouri and Illinois we warmed him about flashing money one night he won 14'000 USD $$ at Casino Queen in Illinois took it all in cash Robber's followed him home & shot him killing him . Most of my Comrades with wealth and money on the mainland , keep low profiles maybe it's different in Hawaii but on the mainland money can get you killed or kidnapped ect... In June 2020 business men was lured to Tijuana Mexico from San Diego , California 11 miles from San Diego , kidnapped and ransoms demanded the ransom money was paid and then the kidnappers killed the victims they kidnapped and tossed their bodies in Rivers and lakes in Tijuana Mexico .
Toyota truck House Punahou (some of the time - most of us consider P. grads to be snobs) Can surf? Close with family? Can cook good? Make killah peppah watah?
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Things that impress me living in Hawaii
1-Owning lychee tree
2-Owning avocado tree
3-Owning tangerine tree
Mangos and papaya grow in state parks, no big deal
:)
I live here with a lychee from the 1950s and different kind Avos. Barbecue Kai!
I would be impressed by a bergamot tree. Very rare and smell amazing!
Okay, that's impressive.
Owning a lychee tree is definitely up there for me!
You forgot, how lifted is your Tacoma is. Lol. Good insight bro!
lol
LMAO, I was just thinking that and saw this comment.
😂
LOL OMG this is my biggest pet peeve of living in Hawaii. I literally go around saying exactly how much I hate lifted Tacomas!
I work outer-islands- Once when we landed in Kauai "Chava" left his truck at the airport for us to use- He said it would be open with the keys in the ignition Great! When we go to the airport parking and found it we called him while going to Hanalei to surf - we thanked him. Also commented on his beautiful Chevy truck- Braddah went say "I no more chevy truck! I get 1 ford! OOPS! so we go back to the airport parking- We find da kine's truck- da real one. I also noticed almost ALL the cars had the keys in the ignitions- Where you gonna take a stolen car on Kauai? There is only one road across the island- I love Kauai!
I love Kauai too.
@@HelloFromHawaiiDomi!
Braw.....your alternate ego is super funny. Real good job with having fun. Love it.
So true! What I loved most about being born and raised in Hawaii was how people respected each others culture and how we treated each other for our character and not status. Also find it interesting how friends react when you always come back to the island, they have so many questions of where you’ve e been. Miss my home but too expensive, I no can afford. Great video!
This is hilarious. I like your impressions. I grew up here in town on Oahu before moving to New York City, and back again. Going away and coming back makes me appreciate hawaii so much more than when I felt stuck as a high schooler here.. relearning/learning new things about hawaii is also great.
Great videos, just found your channel, I'm back in Hawaii. Growing up in California & NY, whenever I spoke, locals would say, "Speaking the king's English, sista, you go Punahoe or what?" LOL
lol. 🤙
😂😂😂
We call it “house poor” 😊.
We call it House Poor because it takes all your cash to pay the mortgage, taxes, insurance, HOA fees, maintenance, utilities, etc. You are rich on payday, and poor when you pay those bills.
@@just88 True, but the reason you are "house poor" is because you are spending so much on the house, you have no cash left every month. You might build some equity, but it doesn't help you pay your other bills each month. The house makes you poor.
Sounds like the biggest issue in Hawaii is the weak economy. Wish you the best in Hawaii. Grass is always greener....cheers
You forgot badass lifted trucks, specifically Toyota Tacomas!
Hawaiians are impressed by trips, houses, private schools, dining out and connections... So you're saying hawaiian people are a lot like people 🤔
The humor is in the presentation... locals relate to his perspective...his antics hit home. Tip: We don’t call ourselves Hawaiian unless one is native or partly native Hawaiian. “From Hawaii” or “Local” is the term to use.
It's the same in the mainland.
Pretty different where I live. People don't care much about private school or dining out. Connections are nice, but rarely talked about as well. Trips/houses are valued but what you do for your career/how much money you make is impressive.
I’m sorry you experienced racism , it’s terrible, I’m impressed that you are not completely bitter
lifted truck, ink sleeve, mma, play music, surf, and gold chain.
And broke
@@inbetweenutube exactly but then they are the first to be in line for free food handouts "cuz day no mo' da kine to pay fo' necessities."
Lol. So true.
Really love your videos. The black and white "cut aways" to your local-kine self are funny, and the info is spot-on. I grew up in Samoa and Hilo, moved away to mainland for 20 years, and am now in the process of moving back to Oahu, and everything you say really hits home. Keep it up!
Thanks. Hilo is great. Miss Cafe 100 loco mocos. Can't wait to go back.
I dunno, I have a big house so I guess other people owning a big house doesn’t really impress me. I think if you’re really good at a water sport impresses me way more than excess material things.
Yup...my family bought a HUGE house in Mililani mauka back in the 90's......a whopping 1200sf with no a/c lol.
That's microscopic and no a/c is not tolerated in the mainland. In Hawaii that is a mansion!
Shout out Mauka side!
1200 sf?? no, son - that's a tiny matchbox, a postage stamp sized house: Lilliputian, for sure! and I feel you.🙋🏾♀️
because I was raised in [and a few years ago came back to live in] one of the most expensive counties in the lower 48..to be near to my elderly mother..and the only reason that was possible was because after my grandparents were gone my single, meaning *divorced* mother, she sold our house, the one we were raised in very nearby..and then she leveraged her good credit, etc., and bought out her remaining sibling re: our grandparents' house.
and via a family discount, I now live in the apartment she had built on our grandparent's property..one she had rented out to one lone tenant for over a decade..but otherwise? NO WAY would I be able to rent or buy here..even working with my RN license..and I mean, sure:
I could have 'purchased' [only] a tiny to moderate sized home..but I have NO 'got dam' interest in experiencing that kind of struggle, not even with a husband [b/c it would be a struggle even for 2 working people🤦🏾♀️].
and I know when *'that day'* comes, I will NOT be staying in this area..that I'll be taking the money somewhere else..maybe back to the tiny town I lived in..down in the southwest USA..maybe even to another country, which seems more likely every day..and re: not just the money issue but also the current socio-political climate here in the States.
and I'll leave it at that re: politics, other than to say that ex-pat uploads take up a LOT of my video watching right now..esp., those re: columbia, ecuador, panama..mexico was on the list some years ago but since I was last there [and it was crazy back then in many places] things have gotten much worse, safety-wise..and locals are saying to stay away for now.
but I'm remaining open-minded, as well..about some of the less expensive places in europe, too...because I do like it over there..also considering a short list of places in africa..so, I have a few trips to take...it's a strange time and I have a lot to think about these days.
and *not* saying at all that I'm going full Tina Turner [who I adore]..because she gave up her citizenship after she moved to Switzerland..I'm only intending to consider doing what a lot of Americans have done - by maybe moving to a place where our hard earned dollars go much further..and where the quality of life is good and things are, in maybe not all - but in many ways - a bit more healthy and sane..even IF we have to give up a few everyday things to *live* that other kind of Life..because, truthfully, I'm tired.😐
@@jaylinks9157 they call it the cost of paradise. It's freak'n brutal.
What a great video! I love this! I'm not from Hawaii or Asian, but this video was still great. Love to see the difference in culture there versus the mainland.
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Coming to visit in a few weeks (dream coming true!) and you are helping me to learn about the culture!! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
I was born and raised on Oahu in Pearl City. My mom is from the island-maui- and my dad is from the mainland and very white. I look like my father, and it wasn’t easy growing up there although I loved it, there were times I was picked on for my skin color, I was the odd looking family member, and always prayed I could have darker skin so I didn’t stand out. When we finally left the island, it was the first time I realized it was ok to be blond and blue eyes. There is no other place like Hawaii. The warmth of the people, the easy lifestyle and above all, the lack of materialism. It’s the one place you’re in the raw, and my experience is materialistic people aren’t admired , but the kind and caring are,
Thanks for sharing.
They are admired for giving you free services, etc.?
Soo true, was working 60+ hours a week and people thought I was on vacation when I lived on Kauai lol
1. Nice house 2. Nice car 3. Nice waves 4. Good football team 5. good food
1: Vacation trips to mainland or international ,being able to miss work for vacation
2: eating out
3: private school
4: live in big house
5: who you know and being related to families
sounds like filipinos
I'm still impressed by these five things and I left Hawaii in 1953. I have all these things and cheaper too in Central Texas.
Hawaii is like America version of the Philippines!
All of this stuff is so TRUE!! 😆😂 When going to Vegas we go to a Savers.
For sure I would have thought “Be nice and thoughtful towards others” would be number one but it didn’t even make the list.
I love this channel! I learn sooo much about how amazing Hawai’i and its people are and the impressions crack me up! Thanks!
Robert Rieke this is his perspective of Hawaii. His impressions are lame.
I noticed on Maui the locals tend to like Toyota lifted trucks. Seems to be a status thing. Not sure if other islands are like that.
Adam Hansen ya Toyota’s just last forever I guess
@@surfewa EVERYONE drives a Toyota truck here- They just last forever- Many times I tried to get into the wrong blue Toyota Tacoma that I thought was mine- OOPS!
Taco trucks! It's a popular reliable car that's smaller than others to get into small parking spots.
Mg friend get rad Nissan 4" lift, Fuel wheels.
I love Hawaii, been there many times. I'm born on mainland yet I have visited there multiple times and lived in Waikele for 6months. If I watched your videos before hand...wow..lets just say I would have saved bundle and avoided a lot of issues.
I'm glad I visited and will be back again and again.. 😊🙏 thank you for sharing the truth..Aloha nui loa
Mahalo for watching. Yeah, I just went to Waikele the other day. Very busy during the holiday season.
Too much work there. Low paying work there too. I ended up in New York. Its mostly Asian foods there actually.
I live in France, but I lived in Hawaii for 6 months a year for 7 years. I am also licensed to practice law in Hawaii.
In 20 years, Hawaii has changed just like the USA has changed. It is no longer a good place to live.
no TJ's?? no IKEA?? oh, then I'm definitely OUT, hahahahaha!!😄
and they're not "exclusive," LoL!!😁 just not in Hawaii, I guess.😐 but well, I'd be happy to send you a care package..from TJ's, I mean..because as the song goes:
"🎼if I had a million dollars, I would buuuyyy you a house."🎶
anyway, if you happen to ever see this comment, I shop for food, etc., more frequently than anyone else in our family..although, probably and sorry that it would likely have to be a small-ish one..but still, maybe make a video about your fav TJ's items?..and I did sub to your channel after seeing only 1 video [rarely do I do that but it's because you have an awesome personality!👍] and contact me directly IF it seems I might have missed it - and we'll see what we can do for you guys [saw a wedding ring?]..as we'd be happy to send y'all some goodies.🙋🏾♀️
Best video so far!!! Super funny!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Glad you liked it!!
Thanks to Covid, No Mo Travel, No Mo Da Kitchen, and No Mo School
Tons of truth. Moved from Maui almost 2 years ago, lived there awhile. Would say, and I don't *know* this, but, my perception would be that private schools and knowing places to eat(smaller island)would not be quite as much in play there, as on Oahu.
Great vid!
Thanks. How was Maui? Good experiences?
Hawaiians are impressed by visual artists. When people learn you are an artist, it's big deal. I'm an artist my wife is in the medical field. They are impressed by me being an artist more than medical... just the opposite on the mainland.
Great video, I grew up in Hawaii I live in South Flordia... (Went to Kamehameha Schools never thought about it being "High MakaMaka" but I guess I can see how people think that) You forgot #1 RESPECT in Hawaii... BIG FISH. You catch big Tuna, Ono, Mahi, Marlin ect... I lived on the Big Island and you catch fish your always popular! Quiet cool...
Ever try to give away 500 pounds of Marlin? You end up calling people you nevah talk to in 5 years saying "Ho CUZ! I went hit da load! You like Kajiki!? I get choke! Try come cuz and tell you maddah Antie everybody! ALOHA!
HANA HOU!
@@francistirado7231 Daz righ'. Broke da mout brah!
I adore your pidgin alter ego.
I think the pidgin version is the real one and the persona on the video is the alter ego 🤣
Tony from NYC enjoy your video, thank you for your advice 🤙👍🙋♂️
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Wow! You said it all!! Thump ☝ exactly the truth!!! You so funny n a nice guy. We local guys like 2 make people comfortable n think positive n no talk stink about anybody!! We have that"aloha" deep inside of us!! Plenty love n hug n 💋 ALOHA!!
As a kid when first there i '79-82, i was amazed at no hated towards the Japanese touring Pearl Harbor 😞
Love your pigeon!!
awesome vid brah. made me laugh because of how true everything u said is lol
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$10- $20 on the lower end had me dying man I live in La my average meal is $25-$28 I’ll be saving money moving to Hawaii 😂
Air conditioner in the house, how many cases of beer you give to the garbage man at Christmas, whoever brought the meat at the bbq.
True....lol 😆 🤣 I dream of vacations all the time 😅 my kids go private school ❤💙 homes are expensive 🙃 who you know is like everything 😂
this past winter my kids and family visited me in Ca. my daughter in law was so impressed with my fire place, cause she never experienced it before.
Yeah, I remember the first time I saw a fireplace in Colorado.
Just discovered this channel...subscribed just for the subtitles. Lol...appreciate hearing some pidgin on this platform. #DasDaHow
Thanks, or "Tanks". :)
Are you related to BJ Penn? Impressive....
Very good insights, good job on your channel. It will get bigger i think, hope u can take the camera outside and show some places, and foods etc. introduce to people, maybe to Japan some day to eat some Ramen? ^^ peace from Macau.
Thanks. Hoping to go outside more once the restrictions are lifted.
1. Being a steward of the aina.
2. Be pono.
3. Know and respect culture.
4. Be humble.
5. Show Aloha instead of expecting (and know meaning of Aloha)
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Giving Thanks ... Aloha... All together Beautiful..Word Sound Power 😌 loving this chanel from The Big Island. Bless Up ✊🏼🔥😌🤙🏼
Thanks for watching
Love to see your video. This one give me a smile.
I think your segment is referring to Oahu. Remember, there are 4 main island.
Brada you stay da kine on da "1"
Yah my maddah waz first wahine to evah open japani restaurant on O'ahu...Karen's Yakiniku House. En den my faddah was da first Kane to open termite business🤣
Eh Kaimuki bulldogs all da way!! Lol....I totally enjoyed YoU!! 🤙You cracked me and that's a good thing...Mahalo for sharing your local- moko- humor..luved it!!
Aloha no...frenchie
Enjoyed this video! I think it may even vary by islands. I live on the Big Island and yes like others mentioned having a Tacoma truck is impressive. Having lots of friends and partying. Catching a lot of fish. And way back when I dont know about today but having Japanese-Caucasian girlfriend or boyfriend..
Big truck. That is like the fucking status symbol. How big your truck is. I don't care if you're Samoan, Hawaiian, Filipino, tonga, whatever.... The bigger your truck is, the bigger your status. Doesn't work with Haloes but with the locals, your truck matters.
Fun presentation
Great video! So much insight and very interesting!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I travel live on 400 a month look at me car I'm retarded n poor as heck I love musubi and watching my diet 711 still got food for $3
Love your videos. Born and raised in Makaha, the Westside of Oahu is predominantly hawaiian and either at poverty threshold or below and the people are working hard all the time. I promise what will impress me from visitors is your knowledge of and love for my culture and compassion for what we go thru just to survive. Just picking up trash at the beach warms my heart or knowing what an ahupua'a is, for me if you genuinely love the islands and culture thats what impresses me. The part about who you know especially in family is spot on lol but money, houses and fancy cars just makes me mad lol. Great video.
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Believe me, my wife and me now what you are talking about restaurants, when we were there, staying at the Ala Moana, we went to the 5th floor, there's a restaurant there, right next to a beauty salon, we couldn't believe the prices, $47 for a hamburger, and when we got it, it looked that everything but a hamburger, i looked like it had a dead cat stuck between the buns. Then on another day, a friend we had met in face Book, treated us to a Pilipino restaurant, they served us a soup, which was quiet delicious, But the met that was in it looked like the locknet monster, I said to myself ( I ain't eating this thing )
Being related to a Hawaiian family that has been rich and/or famous for decades seems to be similar to being listed by the British government as the 25th person in line to receive the throne of England. Did you know that the British government always keeps an updated list of who is genetically eligible to ascend the British throne all the way down past the 50th person in the genetic lineage??!!? I seems to me that they could have stopped the list at 25 but it's not my list.
Sun Dried Specialties (Now called Kona Grill House) the best poké, fish sandwich and fish plates on the planet. Brian the owner along with his wife are the acrchitects of their entrée and dessert. Brian comes from a long line of Japanese fisherman. Their restaurant started out producing ahi jerky. This restaurant should have several Michelin stars. Sitting on the hillsides of the little town of Kealakekua the restaurant is just a must eat restaurant.
Thanks for sharing
It's more about community, family and social connections in Hawaii, more so than in places such as the Bay Area and LA.
When I go to the US Mainland, and sometimes show my driver's license as ID, I get "Wow? You're from Hawaii? What are you doing _here_?" Or ""You're from Hawaii - why would you ever leave?" Well, you've probably heard "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." Plus, I enjoy going to Europe. I worked 23 years in Hawaii very hard, 40 years total, and was able to retire.
Restaurants are interesting - the secret local places - I totally agree with you! Plus, if you are a good cook, and open a Syrian, or an Ethiopian restaurant, and again, you cook well, your restaurant will be jammed.
If you say youhave surfed "pipeline" any where you go in the world you are considered an "Honorary Surf God." Pipeline is "Mecca" for surfers- If you are not on your game you will find out REAL fast- I've spent countless hours there- trying not to get killed- Yokahamas 2nd dip on the west side is even more dangerous and that's just the locals' Ive been grinded over "Hamburger reef- Not fun- Aloha!
@1:15 thats so funny because whole USA wants go to Hawaii 😂😂& locals wanna get out Wow.
I think its most impressive here when u know plenty people.
If u know everybody . . . .
nobody gonna mess wit u.
West side boyz No Ka Oi
Ha ha, house rich, Keith Robinson with whole island and 51,000 acres on Kaua'i, but his family is basically broke. I remember taking some girls from Kane'ohe to La Mariana's and I surprised they 'd never been (Although in fairness Sand Island is kinda of a dive). The stereo types on private school kids is totally true and still true. The public vs private vs not attention HS in Hawai'i really hurt me socially and career wise more than anything, my work was super cliquey. I went to Cornell, but it was meaningless on O'ahu all the local haoles from Kailua, Kahala where kinda stand off if you didn't go to Punahou, Iolani St. Louis or some such place. Plus I joined the Hawai'i club at Cornell they where all Aloha-nui loa - Ohana-ish but when I got to island they where snotty and cold an ice. The problem with the public schools is vary so tremendously Kaimuki, Kalani on end to Waianae, Nānākuli on other, so they all get stigmatized especially when overflow rooms are made from shipping containers. My biggest education concern is kids go UH for undergrad, master and/or PhD, then become professor in one straight go. It's the only Univ I know of where that's allowed
Thanks for sharing. I didn't know UH allowed that.
for a second I thought you're talking about the Philippines. 🤣
Now suddenly George Clooney from The Descendent makes a lot of sense.
My last trip to Hawaii I decided to not rent a car and used Lyft/Uber. Live and learn. I will never do that again. Every Lyft/Uber driver and locals I met had minimum 2-3 jobs. I did not meet any locals that worked 9-5 and just went home.
That's how many locals make it. Multiple jobs.
At least they have a 90% amazing view while doing so 🤣
Food, food 🥘 plus food. It is all about food. Socialistic state they are always hungry. Las Vegas is called the 9th island 🌴 from Hawaii.
Do you want to impress them. “Say that you went to Japan” you can see their eyes getting bigger. 😳 Japan 🇯🇵 is on the top of the ranks for them.
lol Food!
I think another reason houses are smaller here is because we live outside so much. Another thing that impresses us is the best surfers and people who are true Hawaiians or have a lot Hawaiian. One time my blue eyed, blonde haired daughter was getting taunted by a Filipino kid who told her to go back to the mainland. I told her go back and tell him our family got here (1912) before his family! That’s one thing a haole can never be here: a local, I don’t care how many generations the family lol.
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I went to 1 of the big 4 you stated but honestly I would have rather gone to #Aiea lol ... Love my hometown #NaAliiPride but i love my #ILH!
I really like and enjoy your english. It's like being attending an excusite english lesson.
The problem here is everyone wants to impress the nobodys. Do whats best for you. The impressions of other people arent worth spit. Its a dog eat dog world.
Braddah stay spot on wit dis kine video- Try listen to braddah- Da kine is Akamai-Always spread da Aloha or bumbai you get dirty lickinz- Mahalo Bully! -Maile Point boyz
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Wow, your state really has multi-generational families living together? Like , you mean-people did in the old days, and some fortunate families still do?
(Such as the South or on farms or large homes)
That’s a *genuine* advantage, which you don’t even seem to be aware that it *has* value.
Love your videos 👍
There's an Ikea in peralridge
Sacred heart school for girls
Dont forget the SLIMY macaroni salad! Yuk!
Public vs. private school - there are a few really good public schools, but many are not that great. They don't get the support they should, unfortunately.
Also, the attitude of the parents is paramount. If your parents think education is a good thing, even if you go to a so-so school, your parents will help you with school. A lot of folks, in Hawaii and on the US Mainland, don't think education is that important.
So funny - I went to get my eyes checked in the mid 1990s, and the optometrist gave me a 10% discount because I worked with his sister!
Brah, Hawaii Braddah like da truck/4Runner. Not braddah drive small kine car
Nothing but tacomas new and old
Love this channel! It sounds a lot like east TN. Who's your momma? How's your daddy 'n em?
Thanks.
Love your channel! Accurate!
Everything you say that impresses Hawaii is the same for the rest of people on earth.
You missed being able to get someone else a job through a connection. That is a huge one.
HOOO BRAHHH!
Face it...if you speak PIGEON & have dark hair you might fit in...but I did say "might"🤔
Pidgin
Crazyism , My wealthy comrade had a pal who owned a restaurant and loved to gamble at Casino's in Missouri and Illinois we warmed him about flashing money one night he won 14'000 USD $$ at Casino Queen in Illinois took it all in cash Robber's followed him home & shot him killing him . Most of my Comrades with wealth and money on the mainland , keep low profiles maybe it's different in Hawaii but on the mainland money can get you killed or kidnapped ect... In June 2020 business men was lured to Tijuana Mexico from San Diego , California 11 miles from San Diego , kidnapped and ransoms demanded the ransom money was paid and then the kidnappers killed the victims they kidnapped and tossed their bodies in Rivers and lakes in Tijuana Mexico .
If you drop any early 2000’s local jams… you get da pass
Hahah...pretty much all true...hahah😅😅😅
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I was born with out any family so I can do whiteout
Good fun!
It's so good that I had to watch it again.
Brah what about da lifted trucks!? Haha
Those things are crazy. How do people get in them?
Yeah it gets really really boring after a while
I'm here just for his Gangster Alter Ego in SUNGLASSES lol
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Hawaii tattoos definitely don't, lol
Toyota truck
House
Punahou (some of the time - most of us consider P. grads to be snobs)
Can surf?
Close with family?
Can cook good? Make killah peppah watah?
Gotta drive one lifted yota
Why should people try to impress others?