You know that you're Asian when...
* You tell your parents you got 98% in an exam, and they ask about what happened to the 2%.
* There is a sale on any item, and you buy 10 of them.
* You make tea in a saucepan.
* You never buy bin-bags, but use your saved-up plastic grocery bags instead.
* You store your clothes in a suitcase, rather than a wardrobe.
* You have a 'Singer/Brother' sewing machine somewhere at home.
* Your mother has a minor-disagreement with her sister, and then doesn't talk to her for 10 years.
* You call an older person you've never met before, "Uncle/Aunty".
* You hide everything from your parents.
* Your mother does everything for you, if you're male.
* You do all the housework and cooking, if you're female.
* Your relatives alone could populate a small city.
* Everyone is a "family-friend".
* Everyone always called you for help with their homework.
* You study law, medicine or engineering at university.
* You were not-so-clever, so you studied computer science or media studies or business instead.
* You don't know anyone who has studied music.
* You went to a university as far away from home as possible.
* You still came back home to live with your parents, after you had graduated.
* Your best friend got married at the age of 18.
* You like your meat 'well-done'.
* You eat onions with everything.
* You use chilli sauce instead of tomato ketchup.
* You ALWAYS fight over who pays the restaurant bill.
* You say you hate Bollywood films/songs, but secretly you watch/listen to them.
* You avoid public places, when with a member of the opposite sex, especially if there's an acquaintance of yours within a 5 miles radius.
* You always say "open the light", instead of "turn on the light".
* You secure your baggage with a piece of rope.
* You walk out of customs with your trolley at the airport, and get greeted by all 25 members of your family, who have come to pick you up.
* You get very upset when airlines refuse to accept your luggage, when it's ONLY 30kgs overweight.
* You go back to your parents' country, and people treat you like you're a member of the Royal family.
* You ask your dad a simple question, and he tells you a long-story of how he had to walk miles barefoot, just to get to school.
* Your dad drives a Nissan car/van.
* You're rich, so your dad drives a Mercedes car/van.
* You're ALWAYS taking-off and putting-back-on your shoes, wherever you go.
* When you were little, you wondered why your English friends waited until after breakfast to brush their teeth, when you did it first thing in the morning?
* To your English friends, oil is used purely for cooking, and not as a grooming-aid.
* Your parents have nicknames, but only because people they work with, just stopped trying to read/pronounce their actual/real names.
* You have annoying nicknames like Chotu or Chicku.
* Your parents call all of your personal friends "Beta", (son/daughter).
* Your mother measures wealth in terms of gold and diamonds.
* Your parents drink at least 6 cups of tea per day.
* Your parents ALWAYS compare you to all of their friends' kids.
* At least once a week your mum/dad will say, "I want to go back to India/Pakistan".
* No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say that they're coming over for a visit.
* Your parents worry what other people will think, if you're not going to be a doctor/engineer.
* Your parents will ALWAYS say whilst out shopping abroad, "It's cheaper in India/Pakistan".
And finally, you'll definitely know that you're Asian when...you forward this message on to all of your Asian/English/Scottish/Welsh/Irish/European/American/Canadian, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc family and friends!!!
:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
* You tell your parents you got 98% in an exam, and they ask about what happened to the 2%.
* There is a sale on any item, and you buy 10 of them.
* You make tea in a saucepan.
* You never buy bin-bags, but use your saved-up plastic grocery bags instead.
* You store your clothes in a suitcase, rather than a wardrobe.
* You have a 'Singer/Brother' sewing machine somewhere at home.
* Your mother has a minor-disagreement with her sister, and then doesn't talk to her for 10 years.
* You call an older person you've never met before, "Uncle/Aunty".
* You hide everything from your parents.
* Your mother does everything for you, if you're male.
* You do all the housework and cooking, if you're female.
* Your relatives alone could populate a small city.
* Everyone is a "family-friend".
* Everyone always called you for help with their homework.
* You study law, medicine or engineering at university.
* You were not-so-clever, so you studied computer science or media studies or business instead.
* You don't know anyone who has studied music.
* You went to a university as far away from home as possible.
* You still came back home to live with your parents, after you had graduated.
* Your best friend got married at the age of 18.
* You like your meat 'well-done'.
* You eat onions with everything.
* You use chilli sauce instead of tomato ketchup.
* You ALWAYS fight over who pays the restaurant bill.
* You say you hate Bollywood films/songs, but secretly you watch/listen to them.
* You avoid public places, when with a member of the opposite sex, especially if there's an acquaintance of yours within a 5 miles radius.
* You always say "open the light", instead of "turn on the light".
* You secure your baggage with a piece of rope.
* You walk out of customs with your trolley at the airport, and get greeted by all 25 members of your family, who have come to pick you up.
* You get very upset when airlines refuse to accept your luggage, when it's ONLY 30kgs overweight.
* You go back to your parents' country, and people treat you like you're a member of the Royal family.
* You ask your dad a simple question, and he tells you a long-story of how he had to walk miles barefoot, just to get to school.
* Your dad drives a Nissan car/van.
* You're rich, so your dad drives a Mercedes car/van.
* You're ALWAYS taking-off and putting-back-on your shoes, wherever you go.
* When you were little, you wondered why your English friends waited until after breakfast to brush their teeth, when you did it first thing in the morning?
* To your English friends, oil is used purely for cooking, and not as a grooming-aid.
* Your parents have nicknames, but only because people they work with, just stopped trying to read/pronounce their actual/real names.
* You have annoying nicknames like Chotu or Chicku.
* Your parents call all of your personal friends "Beta", (son/daughter).
* Your mother measures wealth in terms of gold and diamonds.
* Your parents drink at least 6 cups of tea per day.
* Your parents ALWAYS compare you to all of their friends' kids.
* At least once a week your mum/dad will say, "I want to go back to India/Pakistan".
* No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say that they're coming over for a visit.
* Your parents worry what other people will think, if you're not going to be a doctor/engineer.
* Your parents will ALWAYS say whilst out shopping abroad, "It's cheaper in India/Pakistan".
And finally, you'll definitely know that you're Asian when...you forward this message on to all of your Asian/English/Scottish/Welsh/Irish/European/American/Canadian, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc family and friends!!!
:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
2 comments:
Nice profile sim
...thanks! Dad x
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