50 WAYS TO KNOW IF YOU'RE AN "ASIAN"

(*The NEW List from the 1st to 1.5 GenerationPerspective*)

1. You were/are a good student with very high GPAs.
2. You majored in something practical likeengineering, medicine or finance.
3. You have more than one-college degree, especiallymore than one Master's.
4. If you play a musical instrument, it must be piano.
5. You have a vinyl table cloth on your kitchen table.
6. Your stove is covered with aluminum foil.
7. Your kitchen has a sticky film of grease over it.
8. You beat eggs with chopsticks.
9. You always leave outdoor shoes at the door.
10. You use the dishwasher as a dish rack.
11. You keep a Thermos of hot water available at alltimes.
12. You boil water before drinking.
13. You eat all meals in the kitchen to keep yourdining room clean.14. You don't use measuring cups when preparing foods.
15. You save grocery bags and use them to holdgarbage.
16. You have a rice cooker.
17. You're a wok user.
18. You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
19. You wash rice 2-3 times before cooking it.
20. You make sounds when you have a bowl of soup.
21. You don't dry-clean clothes, even if they need tobe dry-cleaned.
22. You iron your own shirts.
23. You like congee with thousand year old eggs.
24. You always cook yourself, even if you hate it.
25. You use credit cards, and pay monthly bills infull.
26. You do either soccer, swimming, badminton,volleyball, basketball, or ping pong, and have anobsession with making the Beijing Olympics.
27. You buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when theyare 50% off.
28. When you hand wash dishes, you only use coldwater.
29. You hate to waste food:
a) Even if you're totally full, if someone saysthey're going to throw away the leftovers on thetable, you'll finish them.
b) You have Tupperware in your fridge with threebites of rice or one leftover chicken wing.
30. You don't own any real Tupperware-only a cupboardfull of used but carefully rinsed margarine tubs,takeout containers, and jam jars.
32. When toilet paper is on sale, you buy 100 rollsand store them.
33. You have a collection of miniatureshampoo/conditioner bottles and little soap bars thatyou take every time you stay in a hotel.
34. The condiments in your fridge are either PriceClub sized or come in plastic packets, which you saveevery time you get take out or go to McDonald's.
35. You carry a stash of your own food whenever youtravel (and travel means any car ride longer than 15minutes).
36. You spit bones and other food scraps on the table.
37. Your dad thinks he can fix everything himself.
38. When you go to a dance party, there is always agroup of guys surrounding the dance floor trying tolook cool.
39. Your house/aparment is always cold in winter, andhot in summer.
40. Your Mom drives her Mercedes to Foodtown, orShoppers Food Warehouse regardless how far it is, evenif the dairy is next door.
41. You always look phone numbers up in the phonebook, since calling Directory Assistance costs 50cents.
42. You only make long distance calls after 11pm orduring weekends.
43. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legsstill attached.
44. You never call your parents just to say hi.
45. You think ONLY Japanese can make good CARS!
46. You use a colored face cloth every morning.
47. You starve yourself before going toall-you-can-eat places.
48. Almost all your money is in a savings account
49. You never discuss your love life with yourparents.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST:

50. You take this message and forward it to all yourAsian friends