What Makes a Chinese chinese?
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Please check the list to see how Chinese you or your friends really are:
There are 29 ways to know if you're Chinese. You will laugh at yourself when you read all of them.
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 moved 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:
(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. (Your mom will give a lecture about starving kids in Africa ).
(b) 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 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 indoors when you get
sick. They also tell you not to eat fried foods or baked foods because
such food are ' heaty' (yeet hey 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 jewelry or
electronics, computers.
25 . You own your own meat cleaver and sharpen it.
26. Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin.
27. You call a sausage a hotdog.
28. 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
29. You never forget to take with you all the unused bath and facial tissues when you check out from the hotel because you believe that you have paid its all.
Now that you have read the lot, are they mostly true? Will you take this
message and forward it to all your Chinese friends, because you will
always be proud that you're indeed a great Chinese... -
nope.
not chinese at all
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shouldnt it be chinese in singapore? other countries have diff cultures i guess
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i'm 1/4 chinese
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ok not a chinese.
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the description should be Singapore Chinese
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Please check the list to see how Chinese you or your friends really are:
There are 29 ways to know if you're Chinese. You will laugh at yourself when you read all of them.
1. You unwrap gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping
(and especially those ribbons).---> i recycle the wrappings, if not just throw them away. unless the wrapping very special i will use it. save some marney over ex wrappings or save the earth a little.
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 moved out.----> why not. pungsai use toilet paper everyday what.
3. You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times.----> Not always. keep at home boil once a day to make hot beverages tea of coffee of milo ovaltine holick.
4. You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers. You use the grocery bags to hold garbage.----> can reuse tin containers for a while. grocery plastic bag can store rubbish for proper disposal. please remeber to tie a thumb knot or two before throwing bags of rubbish into the chute.
5. 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. (Your mom will give a lecture about starving kids in Africa ).
(b) You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing.----> i dont keep food in the fride if i can consume it in the same day. if full don't eat anymore. LKY said 3/4 full enough already. army should also enforce this policy. cookhouse should ask man if enough rice or servings so that soldiers can eat healty way. last time army training all wrong. traing can be tough but food at least served in proper way. the variety may be simple and plain not tasty to the tongue but at least we should know how much to take for a healthier stomach.
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.---->can reuse save marney and earth.
7. You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel.----> make sure those bottles are clean before you take them.
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.---> kill germs nothting wrong with that.
9 . You own a rice cooker and a slow cooker---> anyone got a problem with that?
10. You wash your rice at least 2-3 times before cooking it.---> should wash the rice once of twice before cooking. SOP.
11. You fight (literally) over who pays the dinner bill.----> no. a lot of ppl offer to pay in a meal.
12. You have a teacup with a cover on it.----> what if a housefly or lizard tail drop into it? can conserve keep the drink hot for a longer while. in traditional tea can prserve the aroma
13. If you're under age 20, you own a really expensive walkman if you're over 20, you own a really expensive camera.---->???
14. You're a wok user.----> yes i am chinese and a wok user.
15. You only make long distance calls after 7pm.----> i have to call my colleagues or co-workers all over the country different time zone if need to. If email cannot clarify problems and expanantions or communciations needed rapid feedbacks and inputs.
16. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached-it,
means they're fresh.--> i don't eat prawns and shrimps that much.not my first choice.
17. You never call your parents just to say, ' Hi. '----> have to work. what's the point? why not stand in the middle of the road and say hi to that cheechapor instead.
18. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they'll ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight.---> grow up please
19. Your parents tell you to boil herbs and stay indoors when you get sick. They also tell you not to eat fried foods or baked foods because such food are ' heaty' (yeet hey in Cantonese).----> yes and no. see doctor must. heaty oily foods no.
20. You e-mail your Chinese friends at work, even though you only sit 10 feet apart.----> i got a bad memory. please email.
21. You always cook too much.----> anything wrong with that?
22. You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don't eat the last piece of food on the table.----> 3/4 full stomach rule applies. no right or wrong.
23. You starve yourself before going to ' All You Can Eat ' buffet.---> i not that gianpeng. i don't go buffet
24. You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewelry or
electronics, computers.---> i have no need of ornaments. electronics and computers? buzz off i know what to buy.
25 . You own your own meat cleaver and sharpen it.----> sharpen meat cleaver cut meat better.
26. Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin.---> yes save marney .
27. You call a sausage a hotdog.----> no i can them my bana thi ckco ck
28. 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----> cannot go pass security check point. don;t try that.
29. You never forget to take with you all the unused bath and facial tissues when you check out from the hotel because you believe that you have paid its all.----> rather i bring torn almost spoilt towels undies with me during ICT. i know i cannot wash them so will dispose once they are dirtied.
Now that you have read the lot, are they mostly true? Will you take this
message and forward it to all your Chinese friends, because you will
always be proud that you're indeed a great Chinese...no lah. we are all human.
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Originally posted by kcockicht:
Please check the list to see how Chinese you or your friends really are:
There are 29 ways to know if you're Chinese. You will laugh at yourself when you read all of them.
1. You unwrap gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping
(and especially those ribbons).---> i recycle the wrappings, if not just throw them away. unless the wrapping very special i will use it. save some marney over ex wrappings or save the earth a little.
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 moved out.----> why not. pungsai use toilet paper everyday what.
3. You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times.----> Not always. keep at home boil once a day to make hot beverages tea of coffee of milo ovaltine holick.
4. You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers. You use the grocery bags to hold garbage.----> can reuse tin containers for a while. grocery plastic bag can store rubbish for proper disposal. please remeber to tie a thumb knot or two before throwing bags of rubbish into the chute.
5. 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. (Your mom will give a lecture about starving kids in Africa ).
(b) You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing.----> i dont keep food in the fride if i can consume it in the same day. if full don't eat anymore. LKY said 3/4 full enough already. army should also enforce this policy. cookhouse should ask man if enough rice or servings so that soldiers can eat healty way. last time army training all wrong. traing can be tough but food at least served in proper way. the variety may be simple and plain not tasty to the tongue but at least we should know how much to take for a healthier stomach.
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.---->can reuse save marney and earth.
7. You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel.----> make sure those bottles are clean before you take them.
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.---> kill germs nothting wrong with that.
9 . You own a rice cooker and a slow cooker---> anyone got a problem with that?
10. You wash your rice at least 2-3 times before cooking it.---> should wash the rice once of twice before cooking. SOP.
11. You fight (literally) over who pays the dinner bill.----> no. a lot of ppl offer to pay in a meal.
12. You have a teacup with a cover on it.----> what if a housefly or lizard tail drop into it? can conserve keep the drink hot for a longer while. in traditional tea can prserve the aroma
13. If you're under age 20, you own a really expensive walkman if you're over 20, you own a really expensive camera.---->???
14. You're a wok user.----> yes i am chinese and a wok user.
15. You only make long distance calls after 7pm.----> i have to call my colleagues or co-workers all over the country different time zone if need to. If email cannot clarify problems and expanantions or communciations needed rapid feedbacks and inputs.
16. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached-it,
means they're fresh.--> i don't eat prawns and shrimps that much.not my first choice.
17. You never call your parents just to say, ' Hi. '----> have to work. what's the point? why not stand in the middle of the road and say hi to that cheechapor instead.
18. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they'll ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight.---> grow up please
19. Your parents tell you to boil herbs and stay indoors when you get sick. They also tell you not to eat fried foods or baked foods because such food are ' heaty' (yeet hey in Cantonese).----> yes and no. see doctor must. heaty oily foods no.
20. You e-mail your Chinese friends at work, even though you only sit 10 feet apart.----> i got a bad memory. please email.
21. You always cook too much.----> anything wrong with that?
22. You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don't eat the last piece of food on the table.----> 3/4 full stomach rule applies. no right or wrong.
23. You starve yourself before going to ' All You Can Eat ' buffet.---> i not that gianpeng. i don't go buffet
24. You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewelry or
electronics, computers.---> i have no need of ornaments. electronics and computers? buzz off i know what to buy.
25 . You own your own meat cleaver and sharpen it.----> sharpen meat cleaver cut meat better.
26. Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin.---> yes save marney .
27. You call a sausage a hotdog.----> no i can them my bana thi ckco ck
28. 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----> cannot go pass security check point. don;t try that.
29. You never forget to take with you all the unused bath and facial tissues when you check out from the hotel because you believe that you have paid its all.----> rather i bring torn almost spoilt towels undies with me during ICT. i know i cannot wash them so will dispose once they are dirtied.
Now that you have read the lot, are they mostly true? Will you take this
message and forward it to all your Chinese friends, because you will
always be proud that you're indeed a great Chinese...no lah. we are all human.
why do you sound so defensive ?
17. You never call your parents just to say, ' Hi. '
----> have to work. what's the point? why not stand in the middle of the road and say hi to that cheechapor instead.
9 . You own a rice cooker and a slow cooker
---> anyone got a problem with that?
Like theres something wrong about being chinese like that ....
I find all the chinese habits very efficient, cost effective and creative and i'm very happy to tick em all !