"Hala Kahiki" is the Hawaiian word for Pineapple. This is because the Hawaiians thought pineapple resembled the"Hala" fruit. "Kahiki" means foreign, hence pineapple became "Foreign Hana's" in Hawaii.
The pineapple is recognized as a traditional expression of “welcome”. The fruit symbolizes those intangible assets we appreciate in a home: warmth, welcome, friendship and hospitality.
The story behind my pineapple is actually pretty funny... I met this girl on the street that's traveling from Iceland during Halloween night. We immediately bonded like soulmates so we decided to get a matching tattoo together and so yesterday we went to the tattoo store and get these pineapples to celebrate our ONE WEEK friendship anniversary!! It was definitely a drunken idea but we are still glad we got it and loving it. Just like how people said, you only have one life so you gotta make it memorable. (Can't wait to tell my mom....)
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I think that's cool you two got pineapple tattoo! Is it a permanent tattoo is those ones that are temporary?
ReplyDeleteIt is a real tattoo that will stay on my body forever.
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