You know you're chinese..
Nicked this from alrischa
You unwrap Christmas gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping (and especially those bows) next year.
You only buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when they are 50% off.
When there is a sale on toilet paper, you buy 100 rolls and store them in your closet or in the bedroom of an adult child who has moved out.
You have a vinyl table cloth on your kitchen table.
Your stove is covered with aluminum foil.
You use the dishwasher as a dish rack.
You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times.
You eat all meals in the kitchen.
You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers.
You use grocery bags to hold garbage.
You always leave your shoes at the door. (yes, definitely.. and I just found out that I'm one of the few people in college who do that.. O_o Like... doh?)
You have a piano in your living room. (Used to.. but.. mehh.. dad sold it :()
You twirl your pen around your fingers. (I'm totally addicted to this X_x)
Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them. (well, I try to most of the time.. O_o)
You don't own any real Tupperware (this is soo not true. I have this huge collection of tupperware at home.. LOL)
You also use the jam jars as drinking glasses.
You've eaten a red bean Popsicle. (Although I don't really like it.. =/)
You bring oranges (or other produce) with you as a gift when you visit people's homes. (well, when it's chinese new years.. doh..)
You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel.
The condiments in your fridge are either Price Club sized or come in plastic packets, which you save/steal every time you get take out or go to McDonald's.
Ditto for paper napkins.
You never order room service. (but that's coz it's ridiculously expensive and it wouldn't kill you to get it yourself.. o_O)
You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes). These travel snacks are always dried. As in not just dried plums, dried ginger, and beef/pork jerky, but dried cuttlefish (SQUID).
Your parents vehemently refuse the sack of gold coin oranges that their guests just brought just to be courteous.
Your dad thinks he can fix everything himself.
You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine or law. (for the first 14 years of my life, I wanted to be a lawyer, then the next 3 years was spent wanting to be an engineer.. now, I'm doing accounting.. LMAO)
When you go to a dance party, there are a wall of guys surrounding the dance floor trying to look cool. (dudeee.. posers are so not cool..)
You live with your parents and you are 30 years old (and they prefer it that way). Or if you're married and 30 years old, you live in the apartment next door to your parents, or at least in the same neighborhood.
You don't use measuring cups.
You feel like you've gotten a good deal if you didn't pay tax.
You beat eggs with chopsticks. (well sometimes, though I usually use a fork..)
Your parents' house is always cold.
You have a teacup with a cover on it.
You reuse teabags.
Your mom drives her Mercedes to the Price Club.
You tip Chinese delivery guys / waiters more.
You're a wok user. (very occasionally since I can barely cook..)
You like Chinese films in their original undubbed versions.
You have acquired a taste for bittermelon. (NO! No! NEVER!!)
You like congee with thousand year old eggs. (used to totally love it.. )
You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached -- it means they're fresh.
You never call your parents just to say hi.
You always cook too much. (I would actually, if I could cook.. O.o)
If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten rice, even if it's midnight. (no, my parents don't do that, but my grandma does.. like 5 times in 10 minutes.. :p)
Your parents tell you to boil herbs and stay inside when you get sick. They also tell you not to eat fried foods or baked goods because they produce hot air. (not hot air, yo! It's called "heaty food")
Your parents never go to the movies. (SOOO not true, my mom is forever making me go to the movies with her.. especially when it's a Harry Potter film.. O_O)
Your parents send money to their relatives in China.
You use a face cloth.
Your parents use a clothes line. (more like bamboo sticks.. :p)
You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don't eat the last piece of food on the table.
You starve yourself before going to all you can eat sushi.
You've joined a CD club at least once.
You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewelry or electronics.
You never discuss your love life with your parents. (might be due to a lack thereof though.. )
Your parents are never happy with your grades.
You keep most of your money in a savings account.
You've been on the Love Boat or know someone who has.
Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin. (but that's coz I'm too lazy to buy new ones.. :( )
You love Chinese Martial Arts films. (well, sorta..)
You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing.
Shao Lin and Wu Tang actually mean something to you.
You love to go to $1.75 movies.
You love to go to $1.50 movies even more.
You never order sweet-n-sour pork, egg foo young, or chop suey at a Chinese restaurant.
You hate to spend more than $5 for lunch. (well, that is if I was eating at a hawker center or food court, which isn't often anyways.. :p Although.. I've yet to find lunch anywhere that goes below $5 here in Aussie.. *mumbles*)
Someone in your family drives a Honda... with custom rims.
You have a Chinese knick-knack hanging from your rear-view mirror. (Haven't got my licence, yo! Though my dad has this crystal thing in his car.. it's some geomancy thingie..)
You like to eat chicken feet. (NO! NO! NO! Although everyone else in the house does..)
You suck on fish heads and fish fins. (ewww! )
You turn bright red after drinking two tablespoons of beer.
You can get a buzz on Coors O'Douls or Miller Sharps.
You look like you are eighteen. (Depends really.. on what I wear.. at least I can say I don't have height issues.. :p)
You only buy used cars.
You have more than five remotes in your house. (*counts* 3 tvs, dvd player, karaoke player, 2 hi-fi sets, 7 for a/c units,..erhh.. that's more than 5 already, isn't it? :P)
You leave the plastic on the lampshade for ten years or more.
You can't bear to throw things away. (meaningful things!)
Your dad washes his hair four times a day, or never at all.
Your unassisted vision is worse than 20/500. (don't wear glasses or contacts, yo!)
You've worn glasses at least since the fifth grade. (well, I did *try* wearing it for a couple of years before my eyes corrected themselves. :p)
Your parents (or some other close relative) own a grocery store or restaurant.
You drive around looking for the cheapest gas. (No I don't.. though those stupid people who queue out along Upp Bukit Timah Road do.. which is insane..)
You add twice the amount of water recommended when making orange juice from concentrate.
You've never seen your parents hug.
Your grandmother lives with you and your family. (nopes, she lives with my uncle.. :p)
You never order desserts at restaurants. (how could you not? :o)
You always have water when dining out.
You say "aiya!" and "wah!" frequently. (why not? I'm a Singaporean, lah!)
You love Las Vegas, slot machines, and blackjack.
You love to play mah jong. (Actually I don't.. but I always find myself playing it ANYWAYS..)
You have to read all your parents' mail written in English. (what? Are we still living in the 70s? My parents are bilingual as well, yo!)
You are constantly being set up with uninteresting (and usually ugly) people by your parents.
You hate eating cheese.
You have a big aquarium filled with colorful fish somewhere in your house. (my house has NO fish.. Although, last year's Chinese New Year was hilarious because 80% of the house I visited had at least 1 luohan/flowerhorn fishy...)
Your mother is strangely obsessed with plants.
White people look at you strangely if you tell them you are Buddhist. (what does this have to do with being Chinese, anyways? *hmpf* )
You notice the main topic at family get-togethers is food.
You seldom ever owned new clothes if you were a second child. (WHAT? I got new clothes every year, yo! )
Your folks never speak under 10 decibels at family gatherings.
You never made the school football or basketball team. (Ermm...? this is lame..)
You have two middle initials instead of one. (arghh.. you SO do not want to get me started with this again!!!!)
You grow your own bean sprouts in the kitchen.
Your mother made you peel water chestnuts and snow peas.
You have an lonely unmarried relative who frequently drops by during dinner time.
You received little red envelopes containing money on special occasions. (YEPS.. I LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!)
You use the underside of a porcelain bowl to sharpen your knives.
You cut your own hair… or had someone in your family do it.
Your grandmotherfather has a lot of gold teeth… especially in front.
You keep fresh garlic and ginger in the kitchen at all times.
You know what the term "lemon" or a "banana" means. (along with "rambutan" I think..:p )
You only have to shave every other day.
You wash and reuse ziplock bags.
You know at least three people named Alan Wong.
You never drank milk after eating cherries. (You mean you're supposed to..?)
Your parents collect jade jewelry.
You always drink tea after a meal. (well, more like chinese tea after dinner to wash away the oils.. :p)
Your dad owns at least one bird. (No birds, no.. the 2 parrots next door were traumatic enough..)
Your parents grow vegetables in a garden.
You use doilies to decorate your furniture.
Your grandmother rapped your knuckles with her chopsticks while reaching food with your fingers.
ANYWAYS, Whooots! Women's College won the Inter-college Athletics Meet! Went down to support my very first college event.. whoots whoots whoots! Hopefully, this puts us at the tops for the ICC (Inter-college championship) Cup for Sports.. and then if we do well at Choralfest and Dancefest and we win the Cultural Cup as well, we're sooo gonna rock! I think I love my college very muchos.. LOL.. Winning everything reminds me of my ex-Nanyang days when NY still rocked.. :p
You unwrap Christmas gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping (and especially those bows) next year.
You only buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when they are 50% off.
When there is a sale on toilet paper, you buy 100 rolls and store them in your closet or in the bedroom of an adult child who has moved out.
You have a vinyl table cloth on your kitchen table.
Your stove is covered with aluminum foil.
You use the dishwasher as a dish rack.
You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times.
You eat all meals in the kitchen.
You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers.
You use grocery bags to hold garbage.
You always leave your shoes at the door. (yes, definitely.. and I just found out that I'm one of the few people in college who do that.. O_o Like... doh?)
You have a piano in your living room. (Used to.. but.. mehh.. dad sold it :()
You twirl your pen around your fingers. (I'm totally addicted to this X_x)
Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them. (well, I try to most of the time.. O_o)
You don't own any real Tupperware (this is soo not true. I have this huge collection of tupperware at home.. LOL)
You also use the jam jars as drinking glasses.
You've eaten a red bean Popsicle. (Although I don't really like it.. =/)
You bring oranges (or other produce) with you as a gift when you visit people's homes. (well, when it's chinese new years.. doh..)
You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel.
The condiments in your fridge are either Price Club sized or come in plastic packets, which you save/steal every time you get take out or go to McDonald's.
Ditto for paper napkins.
You never order room service. (but that's coz it's ridiculously expensive and it wouldn't kill you to get it yourself.. o_O)
You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes). These travel snacks are always dried. As in not just dried plums, dried ginger, and beef/pork jerky, but dried cuttlefish (SQUID).
Your parents vehemently refuse the sack of gold coin oranges that their guests just brought just to be courteous.
Your dad thinks he can fix everything himself.
You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine or law. (for the first 14 years of my life, I wanted to be a lawyer, then the next 3 years was spent wanting to be an engineer.. now, I'm doing accounting.. LMAO)
When you go to a dance party, there are a wall of guys surrounding the dance floor trying to look cool. (dudeee.. posers are so not cool..)
You live with your parents and you are 30 years old (and they prefer it that way). Or if you're married and 30 years old, you live in the apartment next door to your parents, or at least in the same neighborhood.
You don't use measuring cups.
You feel like you've gotten a good deal if you didn't pay tax.
You beat eggs with chopsticks. (well sometimes, though I usually use a fork..)
Your parents' house is always cold.
You have a teacup with a cover on it.
You reuse teabags.
Your mom drives her Mercedes to the Price Club.
You tip Chinese delivery guys / waiters more.
You're a wok user. (very occasionally since I can barely cook..)
You like Chinese films in their original undubbed versions.
You have acquired a taste for bittermelon. (NO! No! NEVER!!)
You like congee with thousand year old eggs. (used to totally love it.. )
You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached -- it means they're fresh.
You never call your parents just to say hi.
You always cook too much. (I would actually, if I could cook.. O.o)
If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten rice, even if it's midnight. (no, my parents don't do that, but my grandma does.. like 5 times in 10 minutes.. :p)
Your parents tell you to boil herbs and stay inside when you get sick. They also tell you not to eat fried foods or baked goods because they produce hot air. (not hot air, yo! It's called "heaty food")
Your parents never go to the movies. (SOOO not true, my mom is forever making me go to the movies with her.. especially when it's a Harry Potter film.. O_O)
Your parents send money to their relatives in China.
You use a face cloth.
Your parents use a clothes line. (more like bamboo sticks.. :p)
You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don't eat the last piece of food on the table.
You starve yourself before going to all you can eat sushi.
You've joined a CD club at least once.
You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewelry or electronics.
You never discuss your love life with your parents. (might be due to a lack thereof though.. )
Your parents are never happy with your grades.
You keep most of your money in a savings account.
You've been on the Love Boat or know someone who has.
Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin. (but that's coz I'm too lazy to buy new ones.. :( )
You love Chinese Martial Arts films. (well, sorta..)
You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing.
Shao Lin and Wu Tang actually mean something to you.
You love to go to $1.75 movies.
You love to go to $1.50 movies even more.
You never order sweet-n-sour pork, egg foo young, or chop suey at a Chinese restaurant.
You hate to spend more than $5 for lunch. (well, that is if I was eating at a hawker center or food court, which isn't often anyways.. :p Although.. I've yet to find lunch anywhere that goes below $5 here in Aussie.. *mumbles*)
Someone in your family drives a Honda... with custom rims.
You have a Chinese knick-knack hanging from your rear-view mirror. (Haven't got my licence, yo! Though my dad has this crystal thing in his car.. it's some geomancy thingie..)
You like to eat chicken feet. (NO! NO! NO! Although everyone else in the house does..)
You suck on fish heads and fish fins. (ewww! )
You turn bright red after drinking two tablespoons of beer.
You can get a buzz on Coors O'Douls or Miller Sharps.
You look like you are eighteen. (Depends really.. on what I wear.. at least I can say I don't have height issues.. :p)
You only buy used cars.
You have more than five remotes in your house. (*counts* 3 tvs, dvd player, karaoke player, 2 hi-fi sets, 7 for a/c units,..erhh.. that's more than 5 already, isn't it? :P)
You leave the plastic on the lampshade for ten years or more.
You can't bear to throw things away. (meaningful things!)
Your dad washes his hair four times a day, or never at all.
Your unassisted vision is worse than 20/500. (don't wear glasses or contacts, yo!)
You've worn glasses at least since the fifth grade. (well, I did *try* wearing it for a couple of years before my eyes corrected themselves. :p)
Your parents (or some other close relative) own a grocery store or restaurant.
You drive around looking for the cheapest gas. (No I don't.. though those stupid people who queue out along Upp Bukit Timah Road do.. which is insane..)
You add twice the amount of water recommended when making orange juice from concentrate.
You've never seen your parents hug.
Your grandmother lives with you and your family. (nopes, she lives with my uncle.. :p)
You never order desserts at restaurants. (how could you not? :o)
You always have water when dining out.
You say "aiya!" and "wah!" frequently. (why not? I'm a Singaporean, lah!)
You love Las Vegas, slot machines, and blackjack.
You love to play mah jong. (Actually I don't.. but I always find myself playing it ANYWAYS..)
You have to read all your parents' mail written in English. (what? Are we still living in the 70s? My parents are bilingual as well, yo!)
You are constantly being set up with uninteresting (and usually ugly) people by your parents.
You hate eating cheese.
You have a big aquarium filled with colorful fish somewhere in your house. (my house has NO fish.. Although, last year's Chinese New Year was hilarious because 80% of the house I visited had at least 1 luohan/flowerhorn fishy...)
Your mother is strangely obsessed with plants.
White people look at you strangely if you tell them you are Buddhist. (what does this have to do with being Chinese, anyways? *hmpf* )
You notice the main topic at family get-togethers is food.
You seldom ever owned new clothes if you were a second child. (WHAT? I got new clothes every year, yo! )
Your folks never speak under 10 decibels at family gatherings.
You never made the school football or basketball team. (Ermm...? this is lame..)
You have two middle initials instead of one. (arghh.. you SO do not want to get me started with this again!!!!)
You grow your own bean sprouts in the kitchen.
Your mother made you peel water chestnuts and snow peas.
You have an lonely unmarried relative who frequently drops by during dinner time.
You received little red envelopes containing money on special occasions. (YEPS.. I LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!)
You use the underside of a porcelain bowl to sharpen your knives.
You cut your own hair… or had someone in your family do it.
Your grandmotherfather has a lot of gold teeth… especially in front.
You keep fresh garlic and ginger in the kitchen at all times.
You know what the term "lemon" or a "banana" means. (along with "rambutan" I think..:p )
You only have to shave every other day.
You wash and reuse ziplock bags.
You know at least three people named Alan Wong.
You never drank milk after eating cherries. (You mean you're supposed to..?)
Your parents collect jade jewelry.
You always drink tea after a meal. (well, more like chinese tea after dinner to wash away the oils.. :p)
Your dad owns at least one bird. (No birds, no.. the 2 parrots next door were traumatic enough..)
Your parents grow vegetables in a garden.
You use doilies to decorate your furniture.
Your grandmother rapped your knuckles with her chopsticks while reaching food with your fingers.
ANYWAYS, Whooots! Women's College won the Inter-college Athletics Meet! Went down to support my very first college event.. whoots whoots whoots! Hopefully, this puts us at the tops for the ICC (Inter-college championship) Cup for Sports.. and then if we do well at Choralfest and Dancefest and we win the Cultural Cup as well, we're sooo gonna rock! I think I love my college very muchos.. LOL.. Winning everything reminds me of my ex-Nanyang days when NY still rocked.. :p