Since it's the Chinese New Year, I thought I'd come up with some traits that truly make us Malaysian Chinese a one-of-a-kind:
1. You love to talk about food. You're already thinking about what to have for dinner
while eating lunch. "I'm stuffed. What shall we have for dinner?"
2. You dive into a communal-style meal the moment the dish lands on the table only to
hesitate at the last morsel of food on the serving dish.
3. You seize the opportunity to make a U-turn anywhere ... especially where there is a
sign telling you not to. Well, so long as the cops aren't in sight.
4. You slow down at an accident site to take down the car number plate, but won't step
out of your car to help - the victim could be a robber!
5. You make an appointment for 10am and conveniently show up a half hour
late - Malaysian time, what ...
6. You pop open the wet tissue packet at the Chinese restaurant by squeezing the trapped
air to the top of the packet before proceeding to smash your fist into it. The louder the pop
the better.
7. You have roughly six meals a day (breakfast, mid-morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea,
dinner and supper). Then there's the snacking - chips, cookies, kuih and the like.
8. Your accent and language style vary according to the race of the person you are
conversing with.
9. You exclaim loudly how expensive everything is, even though the item may in fact be
going for a steal. "Wah! So expensive, ah? Hak sei ngor (Scare me to death)!"
10. You "dis" our country all the time, but as soon as something good happens (like
winning the AFF Suzuki Cup), you morph into a proud Malaysian.
11. You like to eat chicken feet.
12. You suck on fish heads and fish fins.
13. You have a Chinese knick-knack hanging on your rear view mirror.
14. You love to sing Karaoke no matter the occasion.
15. Your hair sticks up when you wake up.
16. You'll haggle over something that is not negotiable.
17. You love to use coupons and/or vouchers.
18. You can drive around for hours looking for the best parking space.
19. You tap the table when someone pours tea for you.
20. You unwrap gifts very carefully, so you can reuse the paper.
21. You spit bones and other food scraps on the table.
22. You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers.
23. You pick your teeth at the dinner table (but you cover your mouth).
24. You don't own any real Tupperware - only a cupboard full of used but carefully rinsed
margarine tubs, takeout containers,and jam jars.
25. You have a collection of miniature shampoo and lotion bottles that you take every
time you stay in a hotel.
26. If you are male, you clap at something funny and if you are female,you giggle
whilst placing a hand over your mouth.
25. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten, even if it's
midnight.
26. You starve yourself before going to all-you-can-eat places.
27. You own pirated VCDs or DVDs
28. Dinner always includes soup and you use a special extra large spoon just for soup.
29. You bring oranges (or other produce) with you as a gift when you visit people's
homes.
30. You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
So there you have it folks! The top 30 of my list. I hope it gave you a hearty laugh this
Chinese New Year.
[This list was made just for laughs & it was in no way meant to be offensive :-)]
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