Aloha means hello and goodbye
In 2010, a friend of mine told me about a new series coming to Australian television, Hawaii 5–0. It was a remake of the 1970’s original series which ran from 1968–1980
At the time I knew I had seen it advertised, but because I wasn’t a fan of the original, I wasn’t really interested in watching it.
Anyway, she persisted and told me it was new and that the main character was an Australian.
So I thought, okay I’ll check it out.
Still do this day, I remember that was episode four of season 1. I was immediately drawn in.
Australian TV is a little behind the U.S and other countries with airing shows, so it was further along by than in other countries.
So naturally, I went onto Facebook and found groups already set up for fans of the series and joined. Pretty soon I was online friends with many other fans around the world. We would compare notes on our thoughts on storylines and characters. We learned through the series of Hawaiian words like Ohana, which means family, and aloha which means hello and goodbye.
I went on eBay to buy the DVD boxset so I could catch up on the first few episodes that I had missed. I loved it and was thrilled to be part of the fandom.
