You can understand and speak Pidgin Englis
h.
You go to dinner and "make one plate" with all the e
xtra food leftover.

You automatically take off your
shoes in people's homes.

You wear rubber slippers
to the beach.

You eat rice every single day.
It's "shave ice" not snow cones".

You know NEVER
to turn your back facing the ocean.

You know what u
kus are and have had them at least once before when you was
one little keiki.

You've been to almost all of the
other islands.

You get impatient with all of those
bikers on the road that came from Haleakala.

When
someone says to "dress up" it means one nice aloha shirt an
d jeans.

You eat coconuts straight from the shell -
and drink the juice.

You went to the War Memorial
Stadium parking lot to learn how to drive.

You've w
orked in the pineapple fields.

You know where all t
he creepy places (like burial sites) are in the island.


You know you aren't supposed to whistle at night time,
cross your chopsticks, or stick your fork straight out of y
our rice.

You have highlighted hair.

You ea
t Arare.

You know what "tutu" means.

You le
arned to play the ukulele in elementary school.

It'
s SHOYU, not soy sauce.

To you, sushi means sushi,
not RAW FISH!

You eat malasadas.

You have a
billion pairs of slippers in front your door when your fami
ly gets together.

Your house has residue from the sa
lty ocean air.

You eat Portuguese sausage, eggs, an
d rice for breakfast.

You buy large quantities of t
oilet paper in case theres a longshoreman strike.

Y
ou don't understand why anyone would buy less than a 20 lb
bag of rice.

You would serve spam as a meat for dinn
er.

You can taste the difference between teriyaki an
d kal-bi.