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YOU KNOW YOU ARE AN ASIAN.. WHEN.....
- Mr. Gelli Badarinadh

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* When you tell your parents you got 98%, and they ask you what happened to the other two percent. * There is a sale on any item, you buy 100 of them. * You make tea in a saucepan. * You never buy garbage bags, but use your saved grocery bags for it. * You put your clothes in suitcases instead of closets. * You have a 'Singer Brother' sewing machine at home. * Your mother has a minor disagreement with her sister and doesn't talk to her for ten years. * You call an older person you've never met before 'uncle'. * You hide everything from your parents. * Your mother does everything for you if you are male. * You do all the housework and cooking if you are female. * Your relatives alone could populate a small city. * Everyone is a family friend. * Everyone always calls you for help on homework. * You study law, medicine or engineering at university. * You know no one who has studied music. * You went to a university as far away from home as possible. * You still came back home to live with your parents after you had finished. * You like the meat well done. * You eat onions with everything. * You use chilli sauce instead of tomato ketchup. * You fight over who pays the dinner bill. * You say you hate Indian films/songs but secretly watch/hear them * You secure your baggage with a rope. * You're walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport and you see all twenty-five members of your family who have come to pick you up * You go back to your parents' country and people treat you like a member of the royal family. * You ask your dad a simple question and he tells you story of how he had to walk miles barefoot just to get to school. * Your Dad drives a Nissan. * You're rich so he drives a Mercedes. * You are ALWAYS taking off and putting on your shoes wherever you go * Your house always smells of food (onions) * Your parents have nicknames but only because people they work with just stop when trying to read their names * You have annoying nicknames like Chotu or Chicku * Your parents call all your friends 'Beta' (son/daughter) * Your mother measures wealth in gold and diamonds * Your parents drink 3 cups of tea a day * Your parents compare you to all of their friends' kids. * At least once a week your mom says, 'I want to go to India/Pakistan' * Your parents worry what other people will think if you're not going to be a doctor/ engineer. * Your parents always say while shopping abroad, 'It's cheaper in India/Pakistan' And finally........You know you're an Asian when..................... while spending this much of time to read it.. Bye. Badarinadh Gelli. Mail: gbadarinadh@yahoo.com.

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