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| You Know You're Chinese When... |
[Saturday, Dec 11th 2004 at 08:58 pm] |
So I took this from Yue's tab. was going to do it yesterday. But is lazy. XDD
You Know You're Chinese When...
(You know you are even more chinese, by what I have in bold). XD
You unwrap Christmas gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping (and especially those bows) next year.
not I, but my mum does it!!
You only buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when they are 50% off.
My parents don't send Christmas Cards, sad isn't it?
When there is a sale on toilet paper, you buy 100 rolls and store them in your closet or in the bedroom of an adult child who has moved out.
You have a vinyl table cloth on your kitchen table.
What kitchen table?
Your stove is covered with aluminum foil.
No, but oily! ew
You use the dishwasher as a dish rack.
Parents dont believe in Dishwashers
You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times.
You eat all meals in the kitchen.
You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers.
You use grocery bags to hold garbage.
You always leave your shoes at the door.
You have a piano in your living room.
You twirl your pen around your fingers.
Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them.
NOT MEEEee.. but my mum.. but then again, no one will throw away the leftoverss. Go into tupperwares
You don't own any real Tupperware -- only a cupboard full of used but carefully rinsed margarine tubs, takeout containers, and jam jars.
We do.. but also alot of margarine tubs and the like. My mum does NOT throw away anything
You also use the jam jars as drinking glasses.
You've eaten a red bean Popsicle.
You bring oranges (or other produce) with you as a gift when you visit people's homes.
You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel. my mum!
The condiments in your fridge are either Price Club sized or come in plastic packets, which you save/steal every time you get take out or go to McDonald's.
Ditto for paper napkins.
You never order room service. (but not exactly true. My parents did for me once.. coz I was sick in china. Horrid china *kills*
You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes). These travel snacks are always dried. As in not just dried plums, dried ginger, and beef/pork jerky, but dried cuttlefish (SQUID). my mum doesnt like dried cuttlefish
Your parents vehemently refuse the sack of gold coin oranges that their guests just brought just to be courteous.
Your dad thinks he can fix everything himself.
You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine or law.
Finance is pretty practical. $$$$$$$!!!
When you go to a dance party, there are a wall of guys surrounding the dance floor trying to look cool.
You live with your parents and you are 30 years old (and they prefer it that way). Or if you're married and 30 years old, you live in the apartment next door to your parents, or at least in the same neighborhood. (I'm not married, but my mum who is 49! and my aunt who is 48! lives in the SAME apartments as my grandparents. Good example yeah?)
You don't use measuring cups. we don't even own any. Sad. *dumps the soy sauce in the spoon* ah well.
You feel like you've gotten a good deal if you didn't pay tax.
Considering my mum is a tax officer.. I'll say tax minimisation she knows.
You beat eggs with chopsticks.
Your parents' house is always cold.
You have a teacup with a cover on it.
You reuse teabags.
Your mom drives her Mercedes to the Price Club.
You tip Chinese delivery guys / waiters more.
Nah, they don't believe in Tipping
You're a wok user.
You like Chinese films in their original undubbed versions.
You have acquired a taste for bittermelon. yUM!!!
You like congee with thousand year old eggs.
You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached -- it means they're fresh.
You never call your parents just to say hi.
You always cook too much.
If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten rice, even if it's midnight.
Your parents tell you to boil herbs and stay inside when you get sick. They also tell you not to eat fried foods or baked goods because they produce hot air. and basically, don't eat anything coz you're fat. blah.
Your parents never go to the movies. my mum always want to go with my sis and I to the movies.. when we want to go for movies.. we just head out w/o her. XDD
Your parents send money to their relatives in China.
Hmmmm.. we don't exactly have close relatives in china. My grand mother probably does too. But maybe not.. considering that they lives in Shanghai.. and they are pretty prosperous.
You use a face cloth.
Your parents use a clothes line.
no.. but BAMBOO sticks
You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don't eat the last piece of food on the table. <-- my mum eats everything.. coz she doesnt want to waste food.
You starve yourself before going to all you can eat sushi.
You've joined a CD club at least once.
You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewelry or electronics. not me..but my mum.. her good friend owns a large electronics company
You never discuss your love life with your parents.
Your parents are never happy with your grades... But I think we are over this stage. My mum doesnt have high hopes anymore. haha
You keep most of your money in a savings account.
You've been on the Love Boat or know someone who has.
Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin.
You love Chinese Martial Arts films.
You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing.
Shao Lin and Wu Tang actually mean something to you. I watch too much.. yi tian tu long ji and the likes. XDD
You love to go to $1.75 movies.
You love to go to $1.50 movies even more.
You never order sweet-n-sour pork, egg foo young, or chop suey at a Chinese restaurant.
You hate to spend more than $5 for lunch.
Someone in your family drives a Honda... with custom rims. -- no custom rims.. but my mum drove a red honda sports.. I dunno the name XDD.. i hate cars.
You have a Chinese knick-knack hanging from your rear-view mirror.
You like to eat chicken feet. Feng zhua anyone? XDD
You suck on fish heads and fish fins. The brain! YUM. XDD
You turn bright red after drinking two tablespoons of beer.
You can get a buzz on Coors O'Douls or Miller Sharps.
You look like you are eighteen.
You only buy used cars.
You have more than five remotes in your house.
You leave the plastic on the lampshade for ten years or more.
You can't bear to throw things away.
Your dad washes his hair four times a day, or never at all.
Your unassisted vision is worse than 20/500.
You've worn glasses at least since the fifth grade.
Your parents (or some other close relative) own a grocery store or restaurant. My dad attempted to own a restaurant.
You drive around looking for the cheapest gas.
You add twice the amount of water recommended when making orange juice from concentrate.
You've never seen your parents hug.
Your grandmother lives with you and your family. (well. she did..)
You never order desserts at restaurants.
You always have water when dining out. or chinese tea.
You say "aiya!" and "wah!" frequently.!
You love Las Vegas, slot machines, and blackjack.
You love to play mah jong. we sit around and play this during chinese new year. Chalets and stuff. =P
You have to read all your parents' mail written in English.
No, as my parents are english educated. Yet fundamentally, they are so chinese. How sad
You are constantly being set up with uninteresting (and usually ugly) people by your parents.
You hate eating cheese.
You have a big aquarium filled with colorful fish somewhere in your house. we had a pond with japanese koi. Does that count?
Your mother is strangely obsessed with plants. my mum hates nature, even more chinese mum.
White people look at you strangely if you tell them you are Buddhist.
You notice the main topic at family get-togethers is food. In fact, the main family get-togethers have to do with food.
You seldom ever owned new clothes if you were a second child. you seldom own new clothes even as a first born child when you are young. During CHinese new Year ONLY!!
Your folks never speak under 10 decibels at family gatherings. Oh my. Cantonese. Hongkies.. This is my family. Yesiree.
You never made the school football or basketball team.
Wellll.. not true but everyone in my school was chinese. So that makes me even more chinese
You have two middle initials instead of one.
How about.. you have a christian name, but you refuse to use it, and prefer to go by your chinese name? so my first name as two initials
You grow your own bean sprouts in the kitchen.
as a kid we all had to do this in school =P But i hate bean sprouts anyway
Your mother made you peel water chestnuts and snow peas.
You have an lonely unmarried relative who frequently drops by during dinner time.
I will probably be the lonely unmarried relative
You received little red envelopes containing money on special occasions.
You use the underside of a porcelain bowl to sharpen your knives.
You cut your own hair… or had someone in your family do it.
Your grandmother has a lot of gold teeth… especially in front.
You keep fresh garlic and ginger in the kitchen at all times.
You know what the term "lemon" or a "banana" means.
You only have to shave every other day (maybe).
You wash and reuse ziplock bags.
You know at least three people named Alan Wong.
You never drank milk after eating cherries.
Your parents collect jade jewelry. my grandfather collects jade sculptures. Jade dragons.. rabbits and stuff
You always drink tea after a meal.
Your dad owns at least one bird. used to?
Your parents grow vegetables in a garden.
You use doilies to decorate your furniture. my grandparents
Your grandmother rapped your knuckles with her chopsticks while reaching food with your fingers.
You're proud to be Chinese - and you pass these jokes on to all your Chinese friends!
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| Stuff XDD |
[Thursday, Dec 2nd 2004 at 12:57 am] |
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Where do tourists coming to sydney like to go? XDD I've been here for these years, sooo... I dont feel tourist-ish anymore.. So I'm not very sure where to bring my mum when she comes.. haha XDD
Oh yeahhhhh, here are some pretty stuff, pearls and sterling silver. ^^
can make more stuff now.. XDD
And Vero said she will pixel me a doll ! Yay! She asked me what I wanted in it.. So I said, orlando and cinnamoroll <33 And her bright idea is to wear elf clothes and a cinnamoroll hat. lmao
But we settled on a pink bunny hat instead, and carry a cinnamoroll and my elf clothes of course =P *wondering how will she fit everything in*
Oh yes, I was making christmas adoptions for kawaiiness. There's a present and a stocking that will be filled on christmas! yay XD ^^
Axela was helping me with the codes, and it was giving me a headache! but finally, it works now.. during christmas it will be "magically" filled with gifts.
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| SO $%#@$#@ HOT |
[Tuesday, Nov 30th 2004 at 06:53 pm] |
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It's soooo hot here in Sydney.. I hate it. Even in Singapore, the weather isnt even so hot. Sydney is worse. it is HOT AND DRY like a desert comparatively. I think it's because Singapore is surrounded by the sea, and there will always be a breeze, even if you can't feel it but yeah, Australia has DESERTS even though sydney is near the sea, but I think the hot air comess from the desert? But don't quote me on it. =P Me no Ecologist or whatchamathang. XD Not to mention the hole in the ozone layer.
Meanwhile Greens leader Bob Brown said ther temperatures were a reminder that not enough was being done to fight global warming.
"The forecast (temperature) for today is 38 degrees here (in Canberra), 42 in Sydney," Senator Brown told reporters.
"(It is) quite extraordinary. That's up around 107 degrees in the old counting and we're still in the last day of spring, last day of November.
"It's really time the government here took greater stock of global warming."
Senator Brown said people could not take one episode such as the current heatwave as pointing to global warming but said the record temperature highs and bushfire warnings kept coming in.
"It is high time the Howard government took a reality check on the fact that this country is suffering from this warming phenomenon and the bushfires that have come with it, and made a much better fist of leading the world instead of being behind in terms of addressing that problem."
Considering it is actually still november, I can't believe what torture I will have to go through next month. And niggie just had to remind me that it's monsoon season in Singapore. Not that I love the rain that much, but ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN THIS HELL.
In the morning I went jogging, it wasn't even so bad , drizzling somewhat, but it was nice and refreshing. ^^ But it became sooo bad, I just hid in my room making my jewelry. XDD Here is one that I made.. I don't know what to call it yet.. XDD Click on it to view larger ^^
If anyone wants to buy christmas gifts or something, just comment. I need the money. Urgh. XD But it is not as though I cut down on my expenditure.. Hmm, just yesterday, I spent around $800 ^^;; buying stuff for myself.. XDD Well, some are material, actually alot, I spent around $500 buying sterling silver, beads, pearls and gems.
I actually bought 3 pairs of shoes, and no, I didn't buy them because I'm extravagant. I need them. XDD Two were like black pumps, and they are really really comfy, both $100 each, the other pair was on SALE only $52.50, nice pink sandles. I haven't bought any shoes since.. July, ought to buy some to make myself happier. ^^;;
I'm sooooooo rambly today, maybe because I just took a cold shower. And really there's nothing to do.. Ah well, a nice "lukewarm" breeze just pass by. That's good. I mean that's heaven compared to the heat. XDD
Oh I bought my christmas cards already, they are in support of the salvation army or something, so heck, I just bought them, because I'm "nice" XDD.. I'm going to send to these online peeps.. Niggie, Lexa, Yue(maybe, she has to ask her parents), Cine, Puk.. I will be able to send more, so if you want to exchange cards, post here as well. :) XDD
I've been putting up alot of content on kawaiiness, after I finished my exams on friday.
Probably have more to say, but it's too hot to even blog! XXDD I may write more about what I've been doing while I've not been blogging later. When the temperature drops to bearable standards that is.
Currently Feeling:
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| Orlando icons and more. |
[Monday, Oct 25th 2004 at 09:19 am] |
Whee. I got bored, thus.. I made some LJ icons of orlando, and just to.. feel more diplomatic. XD i made one each of viggo, elijah and johnny depp. heh. It's all LORIE'S fault btw.
  
( i need more )
Anyway, if you want to use them.. go ahead. but comment here and credit my lj or kawaiiness.com.. I'll be archiving them there anyway. Don't direct link, and don't edit. :)
Some of the bases and brushes are from icons_with_love.
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| taking a break |
[Monday, Oct 11th 2004 at 03:57 pm] |
hey guys.. today is my birthday.. haha, and earlier when I was out.. I thought about it, and decided to take a break from the internet scene for a bit. I don't really have time for offline/online/juggling NUMEROUS assignments nowadays. And I chose the offline stuff, and the assignments, as really, once I go back to Singapore, I will scarcely have the chance to see some of my friends again, and the assignments are really important, and they are giving me such a headache. I have 3 major group assignments, 1 major individual assignments and some small assignments scattered through the next couple of weeks. and my exams start on the 18th of november, which is less than a month away! time really flies.
By wasting my time online, without a clue about how fast time goes by when you are bumming around in front of the comp, instead of doing some work.
I'll still be online of course, all my materials are found on the web, but I won't be blogging, stalking message boards, or chatting. XD
See you guysssss in 1 + months! <33 (PS: My mom will be coming here in early december, so I'll be busy then. but I'll be around!)
Rellie
Currently Feeling: stressed
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| don't read if you don't want to. |
[Saturday, Oct 9th 2004 at 07:07 pm] |
make up. You know.. all those people who think that make up is unholy and all.. I don't get it. I was reading this post someone made on livejournal.. about lip gloss being unholy. gee. Everything can be used in the right sense and everything can be used in the wrong sense. Do we serve a different God or something? The god I know loves us and won't condemn us for something as silly as make up. It is not what is outside that matters, for example your looks etc.. but what is inside that counts. Yes, you may be really pretty on the outside, in make up or not, but that's not what God cares about. Only what is in your heart matters. You can be a real stoid christian on the outside, goes to church faithfully every week, dress somberly and demurely, but if your heart isn't true, and you are just trying to do the "right" thing, what God do you actually serve? You can wear make up on the outside, but if your heart is with God, seeking advice on what you do, loving and serving him, I don't see what will be wrong with it. Look at Jesus in the Bible. He did not condemn the lepers or the women who were unclean. Who did he condemn? And who were the ones that accused him? Those so called righteous ones.
and yes, I had a rather long part, talking badly about someone who thinks that they are at a level standard, but can't even solve a simple cubic equation. however, they think that they are oh so smart. But I removed it. For if even Jesus does not criticize us, what right do I have in criticizing some one else?
I must learn to do as I say. Learn to stop criticizing and learn to love more. Next time, please yell at me, if I sneer/make fun/criticize etc. at anyone.
A bunch of scriptures to make me remember.
"For all the law is fulfulled in one word,
even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." (Galatians 5:14 KJV)
Mark 11:25-26
And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone,
forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.
But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven
forgive your sins.
Luke 6:37
"Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you
will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
And I know there are a bunch of my friends here who will think that posting about God is stupid, annoying or redundant. But note, I don't force it down anyone's throats by posting it everywhere. This is my journal and I can write anything I want. You guys don't have to read it, but I'm just making it a note to myself. Considering I don't have a diary offline, I'll just write this here, and remember it. YOU DONT HAVE TO READ IT if you don't want to.
Father, forgive our hypocrisy. We should not act like those we do not want to be like.
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| VOTE FOR CINE! |
[Thursday, Oct 7th 2004 at 04:22 pm] |
Gee, I feel as though we're running a campaign. This 2004 presidential stuff must really be affecting us. Bad.
Vote here! = http://regretless.org/viewthread.php?tid=29214
here was what I posted on dmb anyway
I have interacted with all three of the admin candidates before, and I think that Cine is the best choice. She is helpful, and although she didn't mention it, her coding skills are really very good, and she helps me with php alot. Furthermore, she is friendly and sweet, and she is able to interact with the members on a person-to-person scale rather than just as an admin.
Veronica, I think she's a wonderful person, very kind and considerate, but I think she may have too many worries in her life at this stage in time, and I won't want to add other burdens to her life.
And leslie, I'll say that he's definitely a helpful person, and well educated in the internet scene. But not taking sides in argument? No offence leslie, but after yesterday? Maybe it will have been good for you to hear both sides of the argument before calling me names.
If you are voting for CINE, use one of these avatars! like omg!, courtesy of ratty ally! omg!
    
Currently campaigning!
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| like omg! I'm blogging! totally! |
[Tuesday, Oct 5th 2004 at 02:28 pm] |
 and i are so.. totally OMG! we are so OMG cool! *cough* we are acting OMG-ish.
anyway, because of  i started making these humanicons! lmao.. xD
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Nooo.. I'm not in denial. He is NOT getting married. Like. Omg. No he is isnt. those are.. just tabloid news youuuuuuuu know!
anyway.. I haven't had much time to blog.. like.. urgh I have 2 assignments due tomorrow and the day after.. so *is stressed* have to go to school again later at 5PM to work with my friend for the assignment. And BOTh assignments are both like 20 pages long! utrgh.. well.. one is 15.. and the other is 25-30.. so gawd. *kills self*
I :heart: ning she is better again. is so happy for you! *hugs*
Shit. this is a totally random entry. I don't have much to say besides OMG! but just want to make my presence heard. like OMG.. YOOOOHOO! kind of thing.
I'll make some random pluggits
  
Eh.. if you want me to be nice and maybe plug you randomly.. post a url of your picture here. XDD
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| impressions.. |
[Sunday, Oct 3rd 2004 at 07:19 am] |
1. What was your first impression of me?
2. What is your impression of me now?
Post your answers here, and I'll answer yours as truly as I can. :heart:
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| I need a 5in tall afro on my head as not to feel inferior. |
[Friday, Oct 1st 2004 at 09:27 pm] |
That's the vibe that I'm getting from Bush due to the rules that were made out before the debate. Really, does it matter that Kerry is 5 inches taller than him? So.. my boyfriend is 7 inches taller than me.. so he should really stay far far away from me, or maybe I should wear permanent 7 inch stilletos. Gee, I'm so smart.
I thought that one ought to love themselves, to accept themselves for whom they are. By even bringing it up as a rule? It just reflects so badly on them. Sure, it may not look as inspiring on television to be 5 inches shorter, but it shows that you are comfortable with who you are. But being so stupid as to let it be published on the newspapers and such? I cant comprehend the reasoning.
Oh yes, and I totally agree with Yue's post. A person who can actually admit that they are wrong, especially in front of so many people, is actually much stronger than someone who insist that they are right, and hold their position besides the world telling them otherwise. Yes, Mr Tony Blair, I'm talking about you and your cant-say-sorry address. Ah well, at least he did admit that he was wrong about the existence of the "weapons of mass destruction". We should take what we get, I guess. No matter how miserly it was given.
Today was rather interesting. Oh yes. Remind me to show you my mutated umbrella that I used since I was 13, made in Japan. Let me show you what Australia did to it. In fact, I composed a poem about the demise of THE umbrella (I named him Lachlann of the Loch) in my head while trudging home in the rain and the WIND. Yes, the wind. More about it later.
Must do assignment now. Horrid. Hedge funds. *kills and watches them collapse like ltcm*
Signing off.
Rellie
Oh another thing.. I started listening to SMAP again these days.. Not sure why.. I used to like them alot around 6 years ago? HMm.. but then again, I think my taste in music, is still stuck in the 1990s. and it even rewinded backwards! to the 80s! the 21st century, is just *so* commercialised.
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