(the X mark means it's true in my life)
Your mother has a short-haired, curly perm (My mom has naturally curly hair! No need for perm)
Your dad is some sort of engineer (Does vet count as some sort of engineer?!)
Your parents still tried to get you into places half-price saying you were 12 when you were really 15 (I'm always look like 15)
X You ask your parents help on one math problem and 2 hours later they're still lecturing
X You have a 40 lb. bag of rice in your pantry (Eventually the amount of rice decrease, so I actually don't have 40 lb. bag of rice :P)
X You shop 99 ranch (I don't, since 99 ranch only exists in WA, CA, TX, but I shop at local Asian Market)
Everyone thinks you're "Chinese" no matter what part of Asia your ancestors were from or you are from (so far I don't have this problem...last week, one of my coworkers that I've known for months was asking me how's my family in Japan lol I have to explain I'm from Taiwan...but I do have relatives live in Japan :D)
X You've had a bowl haircut at one point in your life (Mom, why did you do this to me?!)
X Your parents enjoy comparing you to their friends' kids (they always think other people's kids are better lol)
X You drive mostly Japanese cars. (Yup...Toyota...I am thinking about getting a Subaru next time)
X You've learned to keep bargaining even if the prices are rock bottom (l've learned it, but still can't really do it)
X You've had to eat parts of animals they don't even put in hot dogs (It's yummy, what can I say?!)
X At least once, you've started a joke with "Confucius say...."
X You know what bok choy is (I like Ong choy/water spinach/morning glory vegetable better...bok choy is just ok)
X You've gotten little red envelopes around February (that's the best part of being a kid! On the other hand, giving out red envelopes is not so fun)
You have no eyelashes (I think I still have some :P)
X Your parents say leaving rice in your bowl is a sin (And I've been well-trained to actually agree with them on this :P My husband used to commit many sins because of the rice, however, he's been making progress to be a better person after we got married)
The Bio lectures on marine life (seaweed, sea cucumbers, octopii) was last night's dinner
X At least one family member wears black wire/plastic frame glasses (:D My husband!!! Once you married an asian, you become at least half Asian!)
X Your relatives' houses smell like incense, mothballs or both (lol)
X Everyone thinks you're good at math (Yeah, every Asian can count)
Your parents insist you marry within your race
X You never order chop suey, sweet and sour pork, or any other imitation of oriental food (Need real oriental food!)
X Your parents have never kissed you
Your parents have never kissed each other
X"You want a stereo?! When I was your age, I didn't even have shoes!!" (My parents never said that exact sentence, but they did say something like "You can't wake up at 6?! When I was little, I always woke up at 4 in the morning to help with house chores"....right...you know what, I am going to tell my future kid that I always woke up at 4 when I was little lol)
People see a bunch of scribbles on a chopstick and ask you to translate
X You have to call just about all your parent's friends "Auntie and Uncle" (Some even force me to call them "Jie-Jie" (sister) instead of auntie...)
X You have 12+ aunts and uncles
At expensive restaurants, you order a delicious glass of water for your beverage and NEVER order dessert(uh...water is fine, but sometimes I need dessert)
Your parents simply cut the green/black part off the bread and say "Eat anyway. It's still good."
The vast majority of the people related to you wear glasses. Thick glasses. (It's contact lens era! Whoever wrote these must be racist lol)
You will most likely be taller than your parents (Sad...not exactly...but at least I am over 5 feet tall...haha)
X Your parents have either make you play the piano, the violin, or both
X You get nothing if you do well in school, but crapped on if you don't (My parents said doing good at school is a student's responsibility...yup, I am saving this sentence in my head so I can tell my future kid the same thing)
X When going to other people's houses, you always have to bring a gift
Your dad still pulls his socks up to his knees, you know, the ones with the blue and pink stripes at the top
X You have rocks, sticks, leaves, and strange-smelling, unknown substances in your pantry for use as medicine
X You own a rice cooker or two (I have a cool Zojirushi rice cooker and a Tatung rice cooker - and they are equally important!)
You buy soy sauce by the gallon (don't really need that much soy sauce, and I personally think if some Americans need soy sauce, they have to by it by the gallon...I guess some of them think Asian food = whatever adding the Soy Sauce)
X Your family owns butcher knives bigger than your head (I guess having that kind of knife can make the kids behave well enough)
Your parents buy you clothes and shoes many sizes too big so you can "grow into it" and wear it for years to come.
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