That rubber slippers are not called flip flops and that you have to grip them with your toes when you walk. Easier said than done when you grew up with sneakers!
That you have to respect your Japanese elders even though they can be very annoying. Bite your tongue and show them respect.
That when people refers to you as “haole,” they don’t mean “#%@! haole,” just as “that Pake” refers simply to a persons ancestral background.
That Hawaiian time really does mean “late.”
That local people don’t like bullshitters, so don’t say things you don’t mean. We’re not easily fooled.
We travel in boxes.
Ama crab are not called spider crabs.
We don’t see sashimi as RAW fish, even though it is.
Mahalo does not mean “trash”.
When Mom “insinuates, ” she really means what she says.
~Sweetiedogno1
