1. You go to drop off one person to the airport, but you take 50 extra people with you
2. Your entire family runs the marathon when they see a dog (calmly walking on the other side of the road)
3. "Paracetamol" is your cure to every illness
4. Your remote control is still in its plastic packet
5. Your mobile phone "just happens to ring" when you see a member of the opposite sex
6. You hire a convertible in mid-December
7. You secretly watch "ZEE TV." but pretend you've never heard of it
8. At the age of 30, you still think you can get away with paying child fare on the bus
9. You have a telephone at home but nobody is (ever) allowed to use it
10. You find a photo of a man with bushy hair, white shoes and sunglasses...you ask who he is and find out it's your uncle
11. You dance at a complete stranger's wedding (and claim you are a distant relative)
12. You somehow think you were involved in Tu Pac's death
13. You drive your car around the same spot for 10 years playing music that was out in '95
14. You achieve A*'s in every subject and your parents tell you to STUDY HARDER
15. Your car is better than your house
16. Universities let you in for Medicine just by looking at you
17. There is a tub of "PRIDE GHEE" and a sack of "TILDA BASTMATI" in your hallway
18. You are unable to open your front door because of the pile of shoes blocking the way
19. Your parents have a PANIC ATTACK when something dirty comes on t.v.
20. A member of your family claims that they once used to live in the Taj Mahal
21. You have to offer guests tea even before they've stepped into your house
22. You address every other Asian person on the planet as "your cousin"
23. Girls: Your brother thinks he's your dad
24. Your wedding takes place in either a community centre or a crappy restaurant on Wilmslow Road
25. You know how an Indian film will end even before it's started (but you still watch it)
26. You're related to your doctor
27. You go to a wedding with an empty car, but on the way back you end up giving the entire population of the wedding a lift home (and you haven't seen half of these people in your life)
28. At school, your parents were never aware of Parents' Evening (...and if they did attend Parents' Evening and you got a bad report, you told them that the teachers were all racist)
29. You arrive late at every party
30. At weddings the cameraman only ever cameras you when you're eating
31. Your parents find no criticisms in an Indian film where some guy jumps off a cliff and jumps back up again, people burst into song when their relatives are dying, evil politicians rule the world, and even the police don't give a crap (and then they wonder why you prefer to watch "Eastenders")
32. At parties, you wear more glitter and sparkly bits than a Christmas tree
33. You get over-excited when you see another Asian person on t.v. You are constantly being compared to every other Asian kid on the Planet
34. You pronounce English words in a typical accent when speaking to your parents e.g. toilet: "Toylat"
35. You never go to the library "to work"
LOL half the stuff is so truee about us asians lolz but the ones that applied to me were
1, 4, 7, 9, 18, 22, 23, 25, 28 and 31 lolz hehehe...i think one or two of them don't apply but mite apply to my family
“The believers in their mutual kindness, compassion and sympathy are just like one body. When one of the limbs is afflicted, the whole body responds to it with sleeplessness and fever”.
ha! this made me laughhhh
1, 10, 12 (because me and tupac have the same last name), 19!,21, 23 . 26! haha. 28 the racist one ALWAYS worksss!, 29, aaaaaand 35
I think this was mainly for indians (taj mahal) and stuff
But I'm pakistani...we're all the same haha
1. You go to drop off one person to the airport, but you take 50 extra people with you yep
2. Your entire family runs the marathon when they see a dog (calmly walking on the other side of the road) not really
3. "Paracetamol" is your cure to every illness lol yh
4. Your remote control is still in its plastic packet lol mines covered in cling film
5. Your mobile phone "just happens to ring" when you see a member of the opposite sex what? to act cool?
6. You hire a convertible in mid-December never
7. You secretly watch "ZEE TV." but pretend you've never heard of it don't watch any of that indian bs
8. At the age of 30, you still think you can get away with paying child fare on the bus seen it
9. You have a telephone at home but nobody is (ever) allowed to use it the other way around
10. You find a photo of a man with bushy hair, white shoes and sunglasses...you ask who he is and find out it's your uncle huh?
11. You dance at a complete stranger's wedding (and claim you are a distant relative) pakis
12. You somehow think you were involved in Tu Pac's death lol
13. You drive your car around the same spot for 10 years playing music that was out in '95 ?
14. You achieve A*'s in every subject and your parents tell you to STUDY HARDER pakis
15. Your car is better than your house lolll! pakis and indians
16. Universities let you in for Medicine just by looking at you lol again
17. There is a tub of "PRIDE GHEE" and a sack of "TILDA BASTMATI" in your hallway pakistani rice only
18. You are unable to open your front door because of the pile of shoes blocking the way can open it but packed up a little
19. Your parents have a PANIC ATTACK when something dirty comes on t.v. hell yes
20. A member of your family claims that they once used to live in the Taj Mahal maybe
21. You have to offer guests tea even before they've stepped into your house lol
22. You address every other Asian person on the planet as "your cousin" no
23. Girls: Your brother thinks he's your dad no
24. Your wedding takes place in either a community centre or a crappy restaurant on Wilmslow Road lol comunity centre, on top of a stage with a sofa and bright lighting
25. You know how an Indian film will end even before it's started (but you still watch it) lol thats what a load of bs they are
26. You're related to your doctor no
27. You go to a wedding with an empty car, but on the way back you end up giving the entire population of the wedding a lift home (and you haven't seen half of these people in your life) no
28. At school, your parents were never aware of Parents' Evening (...and if they did attend Parents' Evening and you got a bad report, you told them that the teachers were all racist) sortof
29. You arrive late at every party no
30. At weddings the cameraman only ever cameras you when you're eating no
31. Your parents find no criticisms in an Indian film where some guy jumps off a cliff and jumps back up again, people burst into song when their relatives are dying, evil politicians rule the world, and even the police don't give a crap (and then they wonder why you prefer to watch "Eastenders") hate em all
32. At parties, you wear more glitter and sparkly bits than a Christmas tree pakis
33. You get over-excited when you see another Asian person on t.v. You are constantly being compared to every other Asian kid on the Planet all the time
34. You pronounce English words in a typical accent when speaking to your parents e.g. toilet: "Toylat"
35. You never go to the library "to work" who still uses em?
...
I could add a whole lot more to this!
He it is Who sends blessings on you, as do His angels, that He may bring you out from the depths of Darkness into Light: and He is Full of Mercy to the Believers. [Quran {33:43}] www.QuranicAudio.com www.Quran.com
1. you told your parents you got 98%, and they ask you what happened to the other two percent.
2. There is a sale on any item, you buy 100 of them.
3. When mail is a reinvestment... postage stamps are 're-used'
4. You never buy bin bags, but use your saved grocery bags for it.
5. You put your clothes in suitcases instead of wardrobes. 6. Your mother has a minor disagreement with her sister and doesn't talk to her for ten years.
7. You call an older person you've never met before "uncle". You hide everything from your parents.
8. Your mother does everything for you if you are male.
9. You do all the housework and cooking if you are female. Your relatives alone could populate a small city.
10. Everyone is a family friend.
11. You HAVE TO study law, medicine or engineering at university.
12. You know no one who has studied music.
13. You went to a university as close to your family as possible, yet you still came back home to live with your parents after you had finished.
14. Your best friend got married at the age of 17.
15. You use chilli sauce instead of tomato ketchup.
16. You fight over who pays the dinner bill (though you know secretley no one wants to pay cus brown ppl are cheap).
17. You're dad starts arguing with you or gets into a fight with you and tries to speak english so fast that he does not make any sense.
18. You say you hate Indian films/songs but secretly
watch/hear them
19. you make a big >deal if you see a girl and guy talking
20. You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the light on".
21. You're walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport and u see all twenty-five members of your family who have come to pick you up.
22. You go back to your parents' country and people treat you like a member of the royal family.
23. 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. When you were little you always wondered why your English friends waited until after breakfast to brush their teeth when you did it first thing in the morning
To your English friends, oil is used purely for cooking and not as a grooming aid
24. Your parents have nicknames but only because people they work with just stop when trying to read their names 25. You have annoying >nicknames like Chotu, Chelam or Chicku
26. Your parents call all your friends "Beta" (son/daughter) > Your mother measures wealth in gold and diamonds
27. Your parents drink 3 cups of tea a day
28. Your parents compare you to all of you friends.
29. At least once a week your mom says, "I want to go to India/Pakistan/SriLanka "
30. No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say they are coming over for a visit.
31. Your parents worry what other people will think if you're not going to be a doctor/ engineer.
32. You're parent's always say while shopping abroad, "It's cheaper in India/Pakistan"
33. Everytime you do something wrong your parents threaten to send you to India/Pakistan/SriLanka/Bangledesh when they cant afford it
34. When you're at parties 'we're leaving now' means we'll leave in about 30 min
35. You are never in time for parties/ your family parties last till 1 am ...
Erm... I think this is more about the South Asians (Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankans and Nepalis) than the whole Asiatic people right?kay:
Whatsoever... I am an Asian too...a southeastern Asian
NO, it's for asian peopel OMG SIS AMINAH..that was hilarious and true..I'm from Bangladesh and many of them apply to me and my family as well haha
“The believers in their mutual kindness, compassion and sympathy are just like one body. When one of the limbs is afflicted, the whole body responds to it with sleeplessness and fever”.
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