ALOHA FRIDAY - inspired by my hawaiian friends ..mao loa...

ALOHA FRIDAY - INSPIRED BY MY HAWAIIAN FRIENDS ..MAO LOA..
  Aloha Friday , is a term I heard from my Hawaiian friends many years ago,. and since I was close to them and they considered a a Hawaiian brother..because of my spirit and passion for life and friends.. On thing I learned from them was.. We are brothers and we will protect one another.. No matter what? Right or wrong.. blind loyalty , perhaps.. But if you ever hung out with or partied with Hawaiians , they are like that.. They friendly and kind,, and passionate.. but cross them.. oh brother.. Some of the most brutal fights I have ever seen was with Hawaiian surfers .. They don't give up no matter what the odds or punishment they take.. I loved that spirit.. They have kind spirit , but also a protective one too.. \
  Ok back to aloha Friday.. I saw this first hand at my first command when my ship went to Hawaii for a week,, My supervisor sent me to turn in haz mat.. problem was ,,is it was Friday morning.. We got there and they were ???? well not really there.. They were celebrating the weekend early,, thus aloha Friday.. so being young and dumb.. I decided to chill them... needless to say,, my supervisors weren't happy i brought back the haz mat.,. and had to explain what happened?? So it takes the whole morning to find that out.. Needless to say my day was spoiled ,, while everyone else went on liberty call-- meaning hit the port , hit the beach.. in this case.. I was left behind returning the haz mat in the space and securing it until Monday.. Plus cleaning up all the spaces.. But it was ok.. My Hawaiian navy brothers helped me and off we went.. and Let me say this,, Hawaii for the first time.. as a young dumb sailor. yes we did it up.. But that's my introduction to aloha friday.. in the old navy i grew up,, Friday was refereed to as " ROPE YARN" a day to take care of things you didn't have time during the week. like appointment's,, buying stuff.. haircuts. etc.. Those were the days,, and ever since those early aloha fridays,, I always embraced fridays.. At all my commands friday was either a half day,, a gold day.. a casual civilian clothes day,, potluck day,,, aloha friday.. those days would be a head start to the weekend.. and I enjoyed many fridays at many commands.. So despite the long deployments , the long watches , the field days,, the suffering heat in the gulf.. atleast i enjoyed aloha fridays,, well on shore duty.. at sea.. its a rough and tough life,, I;m sure many of you cant imagine or rather not,..But its the price I paid ,, so i have a free education for me and my family, the lifelong pension , and other entitlements.. TO me since I retired.. months ago. everyday has been aloha friday.. and it has been fun.. so today,,. we ae all Hawaiians and celebrate their passion and spirit of love and brotherhood and sisterhood. Its a spirit un challenged and if you know true Hawaiians and are friends with them.. you are blessed because they are the sweetest and kindest people on earth unless you cross them.. then you wished otherwise. but for now.. go out,, chill, listen to relaxing music and think aloha friday... Take care and have a great day and weekend..!!Me ke  aloha =with love..
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