Which ones apply to you? You know you're Asian if... 1. Your mother has a short-haired, curly perm 2. Your dad is some sort of engineer 3. Your parents still tried to get you into places half-price saying you were 12 when you were really 15 4. You ask your parents help on one math problem and 2 hours later they're still lecturing 5. You have a 40 lb. bag of rice in your pantry 6. You shop 99 ranch 7. Everyone thinks you're "Chinese" no matter what part of Asia your ancestors were from 8. You've had a bowl haircut at one point in your life 9. Your parents enjoy comparing you to their friends' kids 10. 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 11. Your parents say, "Don't forget your heritage" 12. You drive mostly Japanese cars. 13. You've learned to keep bargaining even if the prices are rock bottom 14. You've had to eat parts of animals they don't even put in hot dogs 15. At least once, you've started a joke with "Confucius say...." 16. You know what bok choy is 17. You've gotten little red envelopes around February 18. Piles of shoes tend to make it hard to open the front, back, and closet doors 19. You hear (your name + eee (optional) + yah!) every time someone calls you (e.g. Jean - ee - yah! or Mary - yah!) 20. You have no eyelashes 21. Idiot people try to impress you with pathetic imitation Asian languages, like the ever-so-popular: ching chong woo bok chi, etc.. 22. Your parents say leaving rice in your bowl is a sin 23. The Bio lectures on marine life (seaweed, sea cucumbers, octopii) was last night's dinner 24. Your ancestors 1000 generations back invented the back scratcher 25. At least one family member wears black wire/plastic frame glasses 26. Your parents hover over your tired, caffeine-drugged body at 12 midnight to say, "In Korea (or other native country), we studied even more." 27. Your parents expect you'll be best friends with any one off the street in any given area as long as they are Asian 28. An Asian woman comes on campus and people ask: "Is that your mother?" Well then, "Is it your sister?" 29. Your relatives' houses smell like incense, mothballs or both 30. Your parents say, "Calculus? I took Calculus in 8th grade!" 31. Everyone thinks you're good at math 32. Your parents' vocabulary is filled with "ai-yahs, and Wah's" 33. You like $1.75 movies 34. You like $1.50 movies even more 35. Your aunts and uncles bring you back adorable clothing from Asia with fuzzy bunnies, vinyl ducks, and English words that make no sense, in great colors like yellow, pink, magenta, orange, and the ever popular lime green 36. Your parents insist you marry within your race 37. You never order chop suey, sweet and sour pork, or any other imitation of oriental food 38. Your parents buy you clothes and shoes many sizes too big so you can "grow into it" and wear it for years to come. 39. Your parents have never kissed you 40. Your parents have never kissed each other 41. You learned about the birds and the bees from someone other than your parents 42. "You want a stereo?! When I was your age, I didn't even have shoes!!" 43. People see a bunch of scribbles on a chopstick and ask you to translate 44. You have to call just about all your parent's friends "Auntie and Uncle" 45. You have 12+ aunts and uncles 46. At expensive restaurants, you order a delicious glass of water for your beverage and NEVER order dessert 47. Your parents simply cut the green/black part off the bread and say "Eat anyway. It's still good." 48. The vast majority of the people related to you wear glasses. Thick glasses. 49. You will most likely be taller than your parents 50. Your parents have either make you play the piano, the violin, or both 51. You get nothing if you do well in school, but crapped on if you don't 52. When going to other people's houses, you always have to bring a gift 53. Your dad still pulls his socks up to his knees, you know, the ones with the blue and pink stripes at the top 54. Your family owns a tennis racquet, golf clubs, or both 55. Your family always cheers for the Asian athlete on TV (i.e. Michael Chan) 56. The furniture in your house never matches the wallpaper, the carpet, the decorations, or any of the rest of the furniture 57. You have rocks, sticks, leaves, and strange-smelling, unknown substances in your pantry for use as medicine 58. You own a rice cooker or two 59. You buy soy sauce by the gallon 60. Your family owns butcher knives bigger than your head 61. Your parents tell you about how long it took for them to get to school, how horrible the weather was in their native country, and how much they still appreciated going Yeah... like 90% of this applies to me... >.< omg... lol. I remember there was this guy he was like... "ok ok... ching bong chong chu... so did I say anything in Chinese?" "... no..." >.< And the "hey is that your mom?" ALWAYS!!! >.< I remember I brought a class pic from when I was a kid to school... so many people were like, *points at some asian girl* "Awe. Is this you?" "No." "Oh... her?" *points at another* "No." >.< annoying... lol. I remember in my grade 10 Math class, I had people asking me if they got this answer right or not... always asking me... dude... almost all of this is true man!!! "62. Your parents buy you clothes and shoes many sizes too big so you can "grow into it" and wear it for years to come." My parents are ALWAYS doing that! >.< Ah I remember we had this like hair cut coupon... 12 years and under, 11 bucks or something like that... my parents gave me the coupon and told me to go get my hair cut... I was like... 15? So what about you? lol.
1. Your mother has a short-haired, curly perm -no 2. Your dad is some sort of engineer -no 3. Your parents still tried to get you into places half-price saying you were 12 when you were really 15 -yes 4. You ask your parents help on one math problem and 2 hours later they're still lecturing -yes 5. You have a 40 lb. bag of rice in your pantry -yes, like 2 of em 6. You shop 99 ranch -? 7. Everyone thinks you're "Chinese" no matter what part of Asia your ancestors were from -yes 8. You've had a bowl haircut at one point in your life -nope 9. Your parents enjoy comparing you to their friends' kids -yes! 10. 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 -nope 11. Your parents say, "Don't forget your heritage" -nope 12. You drive mostly Japanese cars. -kinda 13. You've learned to keep bargaining even if the prices are rock bottom -yes 14. You've had to eat parts of animals they don't even put in hot dogs -yes, yuck! 15. At least once, you've started a joke with "Confucius say...." nope 16. You know what bok choy is -of course 17. You've gotten little red envelopes around February -every year! 18. Piles of shoes tend to make it hard to open the front, back, and closet doors -nope 19. You hear (your name + eee (optional) + yah!) every time someone calls you (e.g. Jean - ee - yah! or Mary - yah!) -yes 20. You have no eyelashes -er 21. Idiot people try to impress you with pathetic imitation Asian languages, like the ever-so-popular: ching chong woo bok chi, etc.. -yes 22. Your parents say leaving rice in your bowl is a sin -yes! they say i wont get a pretty wife! 23. The Bio lectures on marine life (seaweed, sea cucumbers, octopii) was last night's dinner -yes 24. Your ancestors 1000 generations back invented the back scratcher -they did? 25. At least one family member wears black wire/plastic frame glasses -nope 26. Your parents hover over your tired, caffeine-drugged body at 12 midnight to say, "In Korea (or other native country), we studied even more." -haha 27. Your parents expect you'll be best friends with any one off the street in any given area as long as they are Asian -yes 28. An Asian woman comes on campus and people ask: "Is that your mother?" Well then, "Is it your sister?" -?? 29. Your relatives' houses smell like incense, mothballs or both -some of them 30. Your parents say, "Calculus? I took Calculus in 8th grade!" -yep 31. Everyone thinks you're good at math -exacaly! 32. Your parents' vocabulary is filled with "ai-yahs, and Wah's" -of course 33. You like $1.75 movies 34. You like $1.50 movies even more 35. Your aunts and uncles bring you back adorable clothing from Asia with fuzzy bunnies, vinyl ducks, and English words that make no sense, in great colors like yellow, pink, magenta, orange, and the ever popular lime green -so true 36. Your parents insist you marry within your race -yep! lots of lectures 37. You never order chop suey, sweet and sour pork, or any other imitation of oriental food -true 38. Your parents buy you clothes and shoes many sizes too big so you can "grow into it" and wear it for years to come. -ROFL! exacaly 39. Your parents have never kissed you -down yes 40. Your parents have never kissed each other -this is amazing! 41. You learned about the birds and the bees from someone other than your parents -hehe 42. "You want a stereo?! When I was your age, I didn't even have shoes!!" -they say that everytime i ask for something 43. People see a bunch of scribbles on a chopstick and ask you to translate -yes 44. You have to call just about all your parent's friends "Auntie and Uncle" -yeah 45. You have 12+ aunts and uncles -yep 46. At expensive restaurants, you order a delicious glass of water for your beverage and NEVER order dessert -yes 47. Your parents simply cut the green/black part off the bread and say "Eat anyway. It's still good." -Yep, cheapos lol 48. The vast majority of the people related to you wear glasses. Thick glasses. -no, where does glasses have to do with asians 49. You will most likely be taller than your parents -already am! 50. Your parents have either make you play the piano, the violin, or both -none! 51. You get nothing if you do well in school, but crapped on if you don't -I always complained about that! 52. When going to other people's houses, you always have to bring a gift -yes, why can we just sit down and talk! 53. Your dad still pulls his socks up to his knees, you know, the ones with the blue and pink stripes at the top -AHAHAHAH! 54. Your family owns a tennis racquet, golf clubs, or both -Badminton? 55. Your family always cheers for the Asian athlete on TV (i.e. Michael Chan) -kinda 56. The furniture in your house never matches the wallpaper, the carpet, the decorations, or any of the rest of the furniture -it matches all 57. You have rocks, sticks, leaves, and strange-smelling, unknown substances in your pantry for use as medicine -yep 58. You own a rice cooker or two -its an essential 59. You buy soy sauce by the gallon -yeah, it buckets! 60. Your family owns butcher knives bigger than your head -almost bigger than my head 61. Your parents tell you about how long it took for them to get to school, how horrible the weather was in their native country, and how much they still appreciated going -yes, blah, blah, blah!
8. You've had a bowl haircut at one point in your life -nope Dude really? Lucky... I had this haircut... the stupid... mushroom cut... -_-
44. You have to call just about all your parent's friends "Auntie and Uncle ahahah yeh! 58. You own a rice cooker or two is that dont apply, your not asian
wah way too long... couldnt be bothered to read them all plus ive read some of them before and some of them just pretty much states the obvious 5. You have a 40 lb. bag of rice in your pantry 58. You own a rice cooker or two
You know you're Asian if... 1. Your mother has a short-haired, curly perm 2. Your dad is some sort of engineer 3. Your parents still tried to get you into places half-price saying you were 12 when you were really 15 4. You ask your parents help on one math problem and 2 hours later they're still lecturing 5. You have a 40 lb. bag of rice in your pantry 6. You shop 99 ranch 7. Everyone thinks you're "Chinese" no matter what part of Asia your ancestors were from 8. You've had a bowl haircut at one point in your life 9. Your parents enjoy comparing you to their friends' kids 10. 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 11. Your parents say, "Don't forget your heritage" 12. You drive mostly Japanese cars. 13. You've learned to keep bargaining even if the prices are rock bottom 14. You've had to eat parts of animals they don't even put in hot dogs 15. At least once, you've started a joke with "Confucius say...." 16. You know what bok choy is 17. You've gotten little red envelopes around February 18. Piles of shoes tend to make it hard to open the front, back, and closet doors 19. You hear (your name + eee (optional) + yah!) every time someone calls you (e.g. Jean - ee - yah! or Mary - yah!) 20. You have no eyelashes 21. Idiot people try to impress you with pathetic imitation Asian languages, like the ever-so-popular: ching chong woo bok chi, etc.. 22. Your parents say leaving rice in your bowl is a sin 23. The Bio lectures on marine life (seaweed, sea cucumbers, octopii) was last night's dinner 24. Your ancestors 1000 generations back invented the back scratcher 25. At least one family member wears black wire/plastic frame glasses 26. Your parents hover over your tired, caffeine-drugged body at 12 midnight to say, "In Korea (or other native country), we studied even more." 27. Your parents expect you'll be best friends with any one off the street in any given area as long as they are Asian 28. An Asian woman comes on campus and people ask: "Is that your mother?" Well then, "Is it your sister?" 29. Your relatives' houses smell like incense, mothballs or both 30. Your parents say, "Calculus? I took Calculus in 8th grade!" 31. Everyone thinks you're good at math 32. Your parents' vocabulary is filled with "ai-yahs, and Wah's" 33. You like $1.75 movies 34. You like $1.50 movies even more 35. Your aunts and uncles bring you back adorable clothing from Asia with fuzzy bunnies, vinyl ducks, and English words that make no sense, in great colors like yellow, pink, magenta, orange, and the ever popular lime green 36. Your parents insist you marry within your race 37. You never order chop suey, sweet and sour pork, or any other imitation of oriental food 38. Your parents buy you clothes and shoes many sizes too big so you can "grow into it" and wear it for years to come. 39. Your parents have never kissed you 40. Your parents have never kissed each other 41. You learned about the birds and the bees from someone other than your parents 42. "You want a stereo?! When I was your age, I didn't even have shoes!!" 43. People see a bunch of scribbles on a chopstick and ask you to translate 44. You have to call just about all your parent's friends "Auntie and Uncle" 45. You have 12+ aunts and uncles 46. At expensive restaurants, you order a delicious glass of water for your beverage and NEVER order dessert 47. Your parents simply cut the green/black part off the bread and say "Eat anyway. It's still good." 48. The vast majority of the people related to you wear glasses. Thick glasses. 49. You will most likely be taller than your parents 50. Your parents have either make you play the piano, the violin, or both 51. You get nothing if you do well in school, but crapped on if you don't 52. When going to other people's houses, you always have to bring a gift 53. Your dad still pulls his socks up to his knees, you know, the ones with the blue and pink stripes at the top 54. Your family owns a tennis racquet, golf clubs, or both 55. Your family always cheers for the Asian athlete on TV (i.e. Michael Chan) 56. The furniture in your house never matches the wallpaper, the carpet, the decorations, or any of the rest of the furniture 57. You have rocks, sticks, leaves, and strange-smelling, unknown substances in your pantry for use as medicine 58. You own a rice cooker or two 59. You buy soy sauce by the gallon 60. Your family owns butcher knives bigger than your head 61. Your parents tell you about how long it took for them to get to school, how horrible the weather was in their native country, and how much they still appreciated going wow, 41% Asian. so now what i was expecting. xD
