50 Ways to Know if You're an "Asian"

1. You were/are a good student with very high GPAs

2. You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine or finance

3. You have more than one college degrees, especially more 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 all times

12. You boil water before drinking

13. You eat all meals in the kitchen to keep your dining room clean

14. You don't use measuring cups when preparing foods

15. You save grocery bags and use them to hold garbage

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. Your don't dry-clean clothes, even if they need to be dry-cleaned

22. You iron your own shirts

23. You like congee (Zhou1) with thousand year old eggs (Song1 Hua1)

24. You always cook, even if you hate to

25. You use credit cards, and pay monthly bills in full

26. You keep most of your money in a savings account

27. You buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when they are 50% off

28. When you hand wash dishes, you only use cold water

29. 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

b) You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or One leftover chicken wing

30. You don't own any real Tupperware-only a cupboard full of used but carefully rinsed margarine tubs, takeout containers, and jam jars

31. You also use the jam jars as drinking glasses

32. When toilet paper is on sale, you buy 100 rolls and store them

33. You have a collection of miniature shampoo/conditioner bottles

and little soap bars that you take every time you stay in a hotel

34. The condiments in your fridge are either Price Club sized or come in plastic packets, which you "save" every time you get take out or go to McDonald's

35. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes)

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 are a wall of guys surrounding the dance floor trying to look cool

39. Your house/apt. is always cold in winter, and hot in summer

40. Your mom drives her Mercedes to Price Club, or Shoppers Food

Warehouse regardless how far it is, even if Loblaw's is next door

41. You always look phone numbers up in the phone book, since calling Directory Assistance costs money

42. You only make long distance calls after 11 pm or during weekends

43. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still 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 to all-you-can-eat places

48. You've joined a CD club at least once

49. You never discuss your love life with your parents

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