Re: OOT: 88 Ways to Know If You're Chinese

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Ini berlaku utk ABC (american born chinese) ato all chinese over the
world? ^_^

--- In budaya_tionghua-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Fredy Alimin
<fredy_alimin@xxxx> wrote:
>
> Rekan2,
> Sebagai selingan saja, untuk yang bosan dengan 'lelucon' agama :-)
> Kebanyakan dari 88 "kebiasaan" dibawah ini berhubungan dengan budaya
hemat
> (salah satu critical success factor bagi pengusaha tionghua)
> Enjoy
> fredy
> ======
> 88 Ways to Know If You're Chinese
> 1. You look like you are 18 (note: forever young)
> 2. You like to eat chicken feet (note: this is my favourite)
> 3. You suck on fish heads and fish fins (note: my wife did)
> 4. You have a Chinese knick-knack hanging on your rear view mirror.
> 5. You sing karaoke.(note: my dad did)
> 6. Your house is covered with tile.(note: oh yes, my neighbor's house)
> 7. Your kitchen is covered by a sticky film of grease.
> 8. Your stove is covered with aluminum foil.
> 9. You leave the plastic covers on your remote control.
> 10. You've never kissed your mom or dad.
> 11. You've never hugged your mom or dad.
> 12. Your unassisted vision is worse than 20/500.
> 13. You wear contacts, to avoid wearing your "coke bottle glasses".
> 14. You've worn glasses since you were in fifth grade.
> 15. Your hair sticks up when you wake up. (note: Yes! mine too!)
> 16. You'll haggle over something that is not negotiable.
> 17. You love to use coupons.
> 18. You drive around looking for the cheapest petrol.(note: not
applicable
> in Indonesia)
> 19. You drive around for hours looking for the best parking space.
> 20. You take showers at night.
> 21. You avoid the non-free snacks in hotel rooms.
> 22. You don't mind squeezing 20 people into one motel room.
> 23. Most girls have more body hair than you, if you are male.
> 24. You tap the table when someone pours tea for you.
> 25. You say "Aiya!" and "Wah!" frequently.
> 26. You don't want to wear your seatbelt because it is uncomfortable.
> 27. You love Las Vegas, slot machines, and blackjack.(note: NO Risk
NO Fun
> huh!)
> 28. You unwrap Christmas gifts very carefully, so you can reuse the
paper.
> 29. You only buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when they are 50%
off. 
> 30. You have a vinyl tablecloth on your kitchen table.
> 31. You spit bones and other food scraps on the table. That's why
you need
> the vinyl tablecloth.
> 32. You have stuff in the freezer since the beginning of time.
> 33. You use the dishwasher as a dish rack.
> 34. You have never used your dishwasher.
> 35. You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times.
> 36. You eat all meals in the kitchen.
> 37. You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers.
> 38. You have a piano in your living room.
> 39. You pick your teeth at the dinner table (but you cover your mouth).
> 40. You twirl your pen around your fingers.
> 41. You hate to waste food.
> 42. You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one
> leftover chicken wing.
> 43. You don't own any real Tupperware - only a cupboard full of used but
> carefully rinsed margarine tubs, takeout containers, and jam jars.
> 44. You also use the jam jars as drinking glasses.
> 45. You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take
every
> time you stay in a hotel.
> 46. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (travel
means any
> car ride longer than 15 minutes). These snacks are always dried and
include
> dried plums, mango, ginger, and squid.
> 47. You wash your rice at least 2-3 times before cooking it.
> 48. Your dad thinks he can fix everything himself.
> 49. The dashboard of your Honda is covered by hundreds of small toys.
> 50. You don't use measuring cups.
> 51. You beat eggs with chopsticks.
> 52. You have a teacup with a cover on it.
> 53. You always look phone numbers up in the! phone book, since calling
> information (*69) costs 50 cents.
> 54. You only make long distance calls after 11pm.
> 55. If you are male, you clap at something funny and if you are
female, you
> giggle whilst placing a hand over your mouth.
> 56. You like Chinese films in their original undubbed versions.
> 57. You love Chinese Martial Arts films.
> 58. You've learnt some form of martial arts.
> 59. Shaolin actually means something to you.
> 60. You like congee with thousand-year-old eggs.
> 61. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached.
> 62. You never call your parents just to say hi.
> 63. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if
you've
> eaten, even if it's midnight.
> 64. When you're sick, your parents tell you not to eat fried foods
or baked
> goods due to yeet hay.
> 65. You know what yeet hay is.(note: what is a yeet hay?)
> 66. You e-mail your Chinese friends at work, even though you only 10
feet
> apart.
> 67. You use a face cloth.
> 68. You starve yourself before going to all you can eat places.
> 69. You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewelry or
electronics.
> 70. You save your old Coke bottle glasses even though you're never
going to
> use them again.
> 71. You own your own meat cleaver and sharpen it.
> 72. Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin.
> 73. You know what moon cakes are.
> 74. 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.
> 75. Your parents know how to launch nasal projectiles.
> 76. You iron your own shirts.
> 77. You play a musical instrument.
> 78. Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to
throw away
> the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them.
> 79. You've eaten a red bean popsicle.
> 80. You bring oranges (or other produce) with you as a gift when you
visit
> people's homes.
> 81. You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
> 82. You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine or
law.
> 83. 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.
> 84. You don't tip more than 10% at a restaurant, and if you do, you tip
> Chinese delivery guys/waiters more.
> 85. You have acquired a taste for bitter melon.
> 86. You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don't eat the
last
> piece of food on the table.
> 87. You know why there are 88 reasons.
> 88. You see the truth in this and then send it to all your Chinese
friends.
>






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