Saturday, July 2, 2005

hehe...i took this from ajikan..

Asian Ways

what #s are you?

1.Your mother has had a short-haired, curly perm [my grandmother does]
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 [all the time]
4.You ask your parents help on one math problem and 2 hours later they're still lecturing[nope..they don't understand my math]
5.You have a 40 lb. bag of rice in your pantry [nope..my parents never cook..i eat so much fast food, im surprised im not 200 pounds by now...(i weigh 106)]
6.You shop 99 ranch [??..no]
5.Everyone thinks you're "Chinese" no matter what part of Asia your ancestors were from [yeah]
6.You've had a bowl haircut at one point in your life [no]
7.Your parents enjoy comparing you to their friends' kids [yeah]
8.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 [lol..yeah]
9.Your parents say, "Don't forget your heritage" [no]
10.You drive mostly Japanese cars. [im only 14]
11.You've learned to keep bargaining even if the prices are rock bottom [no]
12.You've had to eat parts of animals they don't even put in hot dogs [nope.]
13.At least once, you've started a joke with "Confucius say...."[...no]
14.You know what bok choy is [yea]
15.You have many shoes that it tends to make it hard to open the front, back, and closet doors [i have one pair of shoes that is over a year old..]
16.You hear (your name + eee (optional) + yah!) every time someone calls you (e.g. Jean - ee -yah! or Mary - yah!) [no]
17.You have no eyelashes [no]
18.Idiot people try to impress you with pathetic imitation Asian languages, like the ever-so-popular: ching chong woo bok chi, etc.. [yeah]
19.Your parents say leaving rice in your bowl is a sin [no]
20.The Bio lectures on marine life (seaweed, sea cucumbers, octopii) was last night's dinner [no]
21.Your ancestors 1000 generations back invented the back scratcher[i have no idea]
22.At least one family member wears black wire/plastic frame glasses [yes]
23.Your parents hover over your tired, caffeine-drugged body at 12 midnight to say, "In Korea (or other native country), we studied even more." [no]
24.Your parents expect you'll be best friends with any one off the street in any given area as long as they are Asian [no]
25.An Asian woman comes on campus and people ask: "Is that your mother?" Well then, "Is it your sister?" [yes]
26.Your relatives' houses smell like incense, mothballs or both[no]
27.Your parents say, "Calculus? I took Calculus in 8th grade!" [nope...my parents can't even help me in math harder than pre-algebra]
28.Everyone thinks you're good at math [yes]
29.Your parents' vocabulary is filled with "ai-yahs, and Wah's" [no]
30.You like $1.75 movies [no]
31.You like $1.50 movies even more[no]
32.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 [??..no]
33.Your parents insist you marry within your race [no]
34.You never order chop suey, sweet and sour pork, or any other imitation of oriental food [no...i love those..]
35.You either really, really want to go to UCI or really, really want to stay away from it [?]
36."You want a stereo?! When I was your age, I didn't even have shoes!!" [heard that a whole lot]
37.People see a bunch of scribbles on a chopstick and ask you to translate [yea]
38.You have to call just about all your parent's friends "Auntie and Uncle" [yes]
39.You have 12+ aunts and uncles [yup]
40.At expensive restaurants, you order a delicious glass of water for your beverage and NEVER order dessert [nope]
41.Your parents simply cut the green/black part off the bread and say "Eat anyway. It's still good." [no]
42.The vast majority of the people related to you wear glasses.[no]
43.You will most likely be taller than your parents [at 5:4, im already taller than them...how sad..]
44.Your parents have either make you play the piano, the violin, or both [no]
45.You get nothing if you do well in school, but crapped on if you don't[yea]
46.When going to other people's houses, you always have to bring a gift [uhh...no...unless its someones birthday]
47.Your dad still pulls his socks up to his knees[yea]
48.Your family owns a tennis racquet, golf clubs, or both[both]
49.Your family always cheers for the Asian athlete on TV (i.e. Michael Chan)[all the time...i.e."look, look, ryan!!, he's asian...GO ASIAN DUDE!!"]
50.The furniture in your house never matches the wallpaper, the carpet, the decorations, or any of the rest of the furniture[yup]
51.You have rocks, sticks, leaves, and strange-smelling, unknown substances in your pantry for use as medicine[no]
52.You own a rice cooker or two[yea]
53.You buy soy sauce by the gallon[no]
54.Your family owns butcher knives bigger than your head[no, they don't cook much]
55.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 [yea]
56.Your parents buy you clothes and shoes many sizes too big so you can "grow into it" and wear it for years to come.[no]

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