Mahalo is a Good Word

I'm back with more watercolor and this adorable lil' guy that my sister bought me cuz she loves me..

a lot ;).

(stamps: Sister Stamps Makai, Waltzingmouse Stamps My Island  other: Royal Langnickel Watercolor, My Mind's Eye Picket Fences Cardbase, Tim Holtz Distress Tool)

 This is thank you, Hawaiian style~

Simon Says (Wednesday): Thanks/Thanksgiving.

This is a public service announcement:

If you ever visit Hawaii, please know that if someone says to you "Mahalo"...it means thanks, k?

It's printed on trashcans too...

it doesn't mean you're being called trash.

I met a newbie stationed in Hawaii who tearfully admitted how hurt she was to be called "Mahalo" after every purchase she made.

She had to connect the dots for me because I was ????

"I see the word 'Mahalo' on trashcans and it infuriates me that locals say that to me.

I KNOW what they are calling me...I'm NOT TRASH!"

yikes.

I can see how that would have been misinterpreted.

This was years ago before google and all things internet...

 

 

with information at our fingertips.

Bless her heart.

 

 

I stifled my laugh (HAD TO,  she was soooo hurt), and I explained...

 

 

"Nooooo, they are THANKING you for throwing your trash away!"

 

 

She paused for a moment...and received it.

 

 

I make it a point to tell everyone that goes to Hawaii this translation...

~you never know.

;)