so we returned from hawai’i, much more tan than when we left and much more married as well. we had so much fun in hawai’i, it was insane.
i will maybe post a diary that chels kept on our trip later, but just wanted to put a quick post up while i was thinking about it.
if you are ever in the position where you are debating wether or not to go to hawai’i… GO!! it’s awesome.
the one thing about hawai’i that i really like is aloha.
if you read my blog religiously, and i know you do, then you know i’m all about the plur.
plur is an acronym that stands for peace, love, unity, respect.
aloha is a much more emotional version of plur. it, too, is an acronym (from what i’m told, although i’m not sure if the acronym was made to fit the word, since ancient hawai’ians had no written language), although it’s in hawai’ian.
aloha (from a sign in the honolulu airport):
A stood for the word aloha meaning welcome, what i have you may have, share with me.
L stood for the hawai’ian word loko maika’i which meant, what i have said comes from my heart, good intentions.
O stood for the hawai’ian word ‘olu’olu meaning happy. this is part of our heritage – a happy hawai’ian people – happy doing for others.
H stood for the hawai’ian word ha’aha’a meaning humility and meekness. we welcome you, we do things for you, because we are happy and very humble to serve.
A stood for the hawai’ian word a’a ka maka which meant, our eyes are wide open but our lips are sealed. if you have taken all from us, who are we to say, for we knew what we were doing.
thats just cool.
so plur and aloha