Cina Punya Cina
I swiped this excellent post from bibikNyonya. Just had to give my 2 cents-worth:
1. You unwrap gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping (and especially those ribbons).
~ TRUE! But not so much the ribbons.
2. 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 move out.
~ TRUE! But maybe just 2 dozens.
3. You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times.
~ FALSE! But a thermos is a must if you're lying in a ward somewhere.
4. You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers.You use the grocery bags to hold garbage.
~ TRUE! Recycle mah.
5. You hate to waste food :-
a ) Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them. (Your mom will give a lecture about starving kids in Africa)
~ TRUE! Are you gonna finish that?
b ) You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing.
~ TRUE! Accumulate that for a few days and voila, it's an instant recipe for fried rice.
6. You don't own any real Tupperware-only a cupboard full of used but carefully rinsed margarine tubs, take out containers,and jam jars.
~ FALSE! My house has both.
7. You have a collection of minature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel.
~ TRUE! My mum loves to do that. She will make sure she removes every bottle each morning to ensure that housekeeping replenishes it.
8. You wipe your plate and utensils or wash them in a small basin of hot water before you eat every time you go to arestaurant.
~ TRUE! Depends on the place.
9. You own a rice cooker and a slow cooker.
~ TRUE! Needs no elaboration.
10. You wash your rice at least 2-3 times before cooking it.
~ TRUE! Does it strip the rice of it's nutrients?!
11. You fight (literally) over who pays the dinner bill.
~ TRUE! I love to see how the elders do it. Sneakily pay for it when pretending to go to the toilet or trying to stuff money back to the host.
12. You have a teacup with a cover on it.
~ FALSE!
13. If you're under age 20, you own a really expensive walkman if you're over 20, you own a really expensive camera.
~ FALSE! Where are my expensive gadgets?!
14. You're a wok user.
~ TRUE! Stir-fry! Deep fry! Steam! It's a wonder!
15. You only make long distance calls after 7pm.
~ FALSE!
16. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached-it means they're fresh.
~ TRUE! I love the heads for the cholesterol-ly goodness.
17. You never call your parents just to say hi.
~ FALSE!
18. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they'll ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight.
~ TRUE! There's always supper...
19.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're heaty (yeet hay in Cantonese).
~ TRUE! I do not my mother to tell me. It's ingrained.
20. You e-mail your Chinese friends at work, even though you only sit 10 feet apart.
~ TRUE! Let's not forget IM.
21. You always cook too much.
~ TRUE! Do not lose face!
22.You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don't eat the last piece of food on the table.
~ TRUE! "Yong man! Eat up!".
23.You starve yourself before going to all you can eat buffet.
~ FALSE! It has a reverse effect.
24. You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewelry or electronics, computers.
~ FALSE!
25. You own your own meat cleaver and sharpen it.
~ TRUE! My dad used to do it in the old days...
26. Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin.
~ TRUE! I sometimes cut out the ends and scoop the rest out with my toothbrush. :P
27. You wrap with napkins all the knives, spoons andforks of the airline that you fly on and put in your travel bag as souvenirs
~ FALSE! No guts. Only magazines. :P
28. You never forget to take with you all the unused bath and facial tissues when you check out from the hotel because youbelieve that you have paid its all.
~ FALSE! Just steal the toilet roll! :P
29. You will laugh at yourself when you read all of them
~ FALSE! Some of them. :P
30. And you will always proud because you're Chinese... :)
~ TRUE! How else to describe one's self. :)
1. You unwrap gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping (and especially those ribbons).
~ TRUE! But not so much the ribbons.
2. 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 move out.
~ TRUE! But maybe just 2 dozens.
3. You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times.
~ FALSE! But a thermos is a must if you're lying in a ward somewhere.
4. You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers.You use the grocery bags to hold garbage.
~ TRUE! Recycle mah.
5. You hate to waste food :-
a ) Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them. (Your mom will give a lecture about starving kids in Africa)
~ TRUE! Are you gonna finish that?
b ) You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing.
~ TRUE! Accumulate that for a few days and voila, it's an instant recipe for fried rice.
6. You don't own any real Tupperware-only a cupboard full of used but carefully rinsed margarine tubs, take out containers,and jam jars.
~ FALSE! My house has both.
7. You have a collection of minature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel.
~ TRUE! My mum loves to do that. She will make sure she removes every bottle each morning to ensure that housekeeping replenishes it.
8. You wipe your plate and utensils or wash them in a small basin of hot water before you eat every time you go to arestaurant.
~ TRUE! Depends on the place.
9. You own a rice cooker and a slow cooker.
~ TRUE! Needs no elaboration.
10. You wash your rice at least 2-3 times before cooking it.
~ TRUE! Does it strip the rice of it's nutrients?!
11. You fight (literally) over who pays the dinner bill.
~ TRUE! I love to see how the elders do it. Sneakily pay for it when pretending to go to the toilet or trying to stuff money back to the host.
12. You have a teacup with a cover on it.
~ FALSE!
13. If you're under age 20, you own a really expensive walkman if you're over 20, you own a really expensive camera.
~ FALSE! Where are my expensive gadgets?!
14. You're a wok user.
~ TRUE! Stir-fry! Deep fry! Steam! It's a wonder!
15. You only make long distance calls after 7pm.
~ FALSE!
16. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached-it means they're fresh.
~ TRUE! I love the heads for the cholesterol-ly goodness.
17. You never call your parents just to say hi.
~ FALSE!
18. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they'll ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight.
~ TRUE! There's always supper...
19.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're heaty (yeet hay in Cantonese).
~ TRUE! I do not my mother to tell me. It's ingrained.
20. You e-mail your Chinese friends at work, even though you only sit 10 feet apart.
~ TRUE! Let's not forget IM.
21. You always cook too much.
~ TRUE! Do not lose face!
22.You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don't eat the last piece of food on the table.
~ TRUE! "Yong man! Eat up!".
23.You starve yourself before going to all you can eat buffet.
~ FALSE! It has a reverse effect.
24. You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewelry or electronics, computers.
~ FALSE!
25. You own your own meat cleaver and sharpen it.
~ TRUE! My dad used to do it in the old days...
26. Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin.
~ TRUE! I sometimes cut out the ends and scoop the rest out with my toothbrush. :P
27. You wrap with napkins all the knives, spoons andforks of the airline that you fly on and put in your travel bag as souvenirs
~ FALSE! No guts. Only magazines. :P
28. You never forget to take with you all the unused bath and facial tissues when you check out from the hotel because youbelieve that you have paid its all.
~ FALSE! Just steal the toilet roll! :P
29. You will laugh at yourself when you read all of them
~ FALSE! Some of them. :P
30. And you will always proud because you're Chinese... :)
~ TRUE! How else to describe one's self. :)
Comments
so how you tell if you are an indian? courtmanship needs to invovled some ritual dancing meh?
tooo bias this game... cis cis...
HAHAHA
It's interesting to share, though some are not totally stereotype of Cina only.
Good one with the ritual dance, I like that!
but darn, it is fantabulous hv china blood flowing in ur veins, doncha think?
imho
Hahaha. But still fun right?
@Adrien:
Tak sampai hati.
@DanielH:
I guess so... :P
@Imeku:
No la. It's observations by Bibik.
@Jason:
Haha. Those shampoos are crap anyway.
@ConanC: @Joshua:
Proud is proud, but the ugliness also.... Josh, long time no see...
@All:
Crap! My proxy blocks commenting...
I'm a Malay. Good one man!