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主题:【文摘】你从没吻过你父母?老外辨别中国人的60个标志 -- 龙驹坝

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家园 【文摘】英文版, part 2

Your parents house is always cold.

You beat eggs with chopsticks.

You never use measuring cups.

You reuse tea bags.

You tip Chinese delivery guys/waiters more.

You never call your parents to say hi.

You always cook too much.

Your parents always ask you if you've eaten, even though it's midnight.

Your parents send money to their relatives in China.

Your parents tell you to boil herbs and stay inside when you're sick.

You have a drawer full of used pens, most of which don't write anymore.

You know all the waiters at your favorite Chinese restaurant.

Your parents never go to the movies.

You notice at dances, a wall of guys standing together trying to look cool.

You iron your own shirts.

You play a musical instrument.

You don't own any real Tupperware, only used margarine tubs, takeout containers, and jam jars.

You never leave any leftovers on the table in a restaurant. You have it put in boxes or finish it.

Your ketchup, mayonnaise, and mustard in the refrigerator are all "Price Club-size".

You have an assortment of condiments and utensils from fast food takeouts stuffed in a drawer.

You never order for room service.

You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine, or law.

Your parents are never satisfied with your grades.

You own a rice cooker.

You buy rice in 50 pound sacks.

You wash rice 2 to 3 times before you cook it.

You steam something on top of your rice while its cooking.

You have acquired a taste for bitter melon.

You like congee with thousand year old eggs.

You always carry a stash of food when you travel like preserved plums, beef jerky, or dried cuttlefish.

Your parents vehemently refuse the sack of gold coin oranges that their guests brought to be courteous.

You know what MJ means.

You pick your teeth at the dinner table, but you cover your mouth.

You have a piano in the living room.

You live in an apartment and your parents always want you to come home.

You have a rice cooker to check in at the airport when you travel.

You grow your own bean sprouts in the kitchen.

Your mother made you peel water chestnuts and snow peas.

You have an lonely unmarried relative who frequently drops by during dinner time.

You received little red envelopes containing money on special occasions.

You use the underside of a porcelain bowl to sharpen your knives.

You cut your own hair'or had someone in your family do it.

Your grandmother has a lot of gold teeth'especially in front.

You keep fresh garlic and ginger in the kitchen at all times.

You know what the term "lemon" or a "banana" means.

You only have to shave every other day (maybe).

You tell your friends that you're starting a new mustache when you really had it for several months.

You wash and reuse ziplock bags.

You save your children's halloween candy and give it out the next year.

You either love or hate "mooncakes".

You know at least three people named Alan Wong.

Your parents constantly complain you use too much toilet paper when you go to the bathroom.

You hated that black herb medicine that your parents forced you to drink when you were sick.

Your parents have kitchen towels made of old cloth rice bags.

You never drank milk after eating cherries.

You've swallowed those tiny "BB's" with hot tea for a tummy ache.

Your mother has a short-haired, curly perm.

You've asked your parent's help on one math problem and 2 hours later they're still lecturing.

You shop at 99 Ranch Markets.

Your parents enjoy comparing you to their friend's kids.

You've had to sit through karaoke videos with scantily clad, ugly Asian women attempting to dance and walk around a temple, forest, or library.

You've had to eat parts of animals that they don't even put in hotdogs.

You have piles of shoes and slippers blocking the entrances to your home.

You have no eyelashes!

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