稀泥小蠻

我的生日是農曆小滿那一天,不過媽媽說我應該叫小蠻,蠻不講理的蠻。現在離家萬裏的我真懷念那些橫衝直撞的蠻橫歲月啊~~~
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ZT: All about Chinese

(2007-11-04 14:25:36) 下一個
1. You unwrap gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping (and especially those 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.
3. You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times.
4. You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers. You use the grocery bags to hold garbage.
5. You hate to waste food. 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 lecture about starving kids in Africa ). You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing.
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.
7. You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel.
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 a restaurant.
9. You own a rice cooker and a slow cooker.
10. You wash your rice at least 2-3 times before cooking it.
11. You fight (literally) over who pays the dinner bill.
12. You have a teacup with a cover on it.
13. If you\'re under age 20, you own a really expensive walkman/discman, if you\'re over 20, you own a really expensive camera.
14. You\'re a wok user.
15. You only make long distance calls after 7pm.
16. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached – it means they\'re fresh.
17. You never call your parents just to say hi.
18. If you don\'t live at home, when your parents call, they\'ll ask if you\'ve eaten, even if it\'s midnight.
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 foods because they\'re heaty (yeet hay in Cantonese).
20. You e-mail your Chinese friends at work, even though you only sit 10 feet apart.
21. You always cook too much.
22. You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don\'t eat the last piece of food on the table.
23. You starve yourself before going to all you can eat buffet.
24. You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewellery or electronics, computers.
25. You own your own meat cleaver and sharpen it.
26. Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin.
27. You wrap with napkins all the knives, spoons and forks of the airline that you fly on and put in your travel bag as souvenirs.
28. You never forget to take with you all the unused bath and facial tissues when you check out from the hotel because you believe its was included in the price of the room.
29. You will laugh at yourself when you read all of them.
30. And you will always proud because you\'re Chinese!
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