We're loud, we burp, we read a book backwards, and we have a habit of taking over neighboring territories. There's more to us than that! You know you're Chinese when...
You use the dishwasher as a drying rack.
You prefer to eat noodles with sticks.
You slurp up the soup really, really obnoxiously loudly when all the noodles are gone.
You recycle sandwich bags - not for environmental reasons, but because you don't like paying for Ziplock bags.
You know exactly what I mean when I say we tie the "special knot" on our veggie and fruit plastic bags.
You don't allow shoes in the house.
You actually use the toothpicks in restaurants.
You think of fish balls like Americans think of chicken nuggets.
Dessert is red beans on top of shaved ice - and it's delicious.
Shaved ice, coconut milk, sweetened condensed milk, mango, and red beans...I salivate!
You laugh at American political jokes, but you don't really understand them.
You tip poorly.
You order family style at a restaurant.
You abhor the idea of all flavored teas. Black, green, and jasmine tea solve everything!
You ask the hotel for more of the sample shampoos and conditioners so you can use them at the gym.
You head straight to the clearance aisle whenever you shop.
When something surprises, shocks, or disappoints you, you find yourself tsk-ing and saying "ay-aaaaa."
You buy capris and wear them as pants.
You like fish with their heads on and soup with bone marrow.
Your face turns beet red with 2 ozs of any alcohol.
You'd be perfectly happy eating dumplings every single day of the week.
You think rice for breakfast is normal.
You shave maybe once a month.
You think ping pong is exciting.
You love to gamble, but only at the $5 minimum tables.
When you don't understand something, instead of asking politely "Can you repeat that?," you scream, "WHAAA?!"
Your grandma's house smells like mothballs.
Every event - reunion, Xmas, wedding, funeral - revolves around a multi-course meal.
