A True China Man- Are You one?

Here is a listing of what constitutes the behaviour traits of a true chinaman.

1. You unwrap gifts very carefully hoping to save and re-use the wrapping paper and the bows.
2. A toilet paper sale will mean buying at least 100 rolls which you will stash in the unused guest-room.
3. A Thermos flask with hot water is always by your bedside every night.
4. All grocery bags are kept. They will be re-used as garbage bags.
5. You never waste food even if you have almost maxed out. When someone says that they will throw away the left-overs, you will eat them all up as you think of the starving children in Africa.
6. You never really need to buy Tupperware. Butter tubs and take-out containers would do the job and your cupboard is filled with them.
7. You have a fierce collection of hotel shampoo bottles which you collect each time you stay in a hotel.
8. Your plate and utensils must be washed in a small basin of water each time you dine at a restaurant.
9. You invariably own both a rice cooker and a slow cooker.
10. Rice must be washed at least two to three times before it is cooked.
11. You will literally fight over who should pay the dinner bill at a restaurant.
12. You drink tea in a cup with an aluminum cover on it.
13. If you are under the age of 20, you own a really expensive Walkman. If you are above 20, you would own a really expensive Japanese camera.
14. You cook with a wok.
15. You always cook too much.
16. You eat every grain of rice on your plate or in your bowl but don't eat the last piece of food on the table.
17. You starve yourself before going out for a buffet dinner.
18. You know some-one who can get a good deal on jewelry, electronics or computers.
19. You only make long distance call after 7 p.m.
20. You prefer eating prawns with heads and legs intact because you think they are fresh.
21. You never called your parents to say,"Hi!"
22. If you don't live with your parents and they call; they will ask you whether you have eaten even if it is midnight.
23. Your parents advise you to boil herbs and stay indoor when you are sick. They also caution you not to eat fried or baked foods as they are "heaty"- "Yeet Hay" in Cantonese.
24. You e-mail your Chinese friends at work even though you sit less than ten feet away from them.
25. You own you own meat cleaver and sharpens it.
26. Your tooth-paste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin.

Do you do most of the above? If you do, you are one true blue-blood chinaman! My congratulations!

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