You Know You're From Hong Kong When...

You go to Chinese restaurants to yum cha every day. (only when I was in HK)

You go to concerts more that going to church. (nah)

Your backpack weighed more than 40 pounds since primary school. (yup!)

You love to put stickers with Chinese phrases on your car. (no car)

Your regular slang includes: pk and dnlm. (no la)

You love the number "8" (yehh!)

You have a pager. (never had one)

You wear a pair of oval-shaped glasses even though you don't need one.(no la, I need them!)

You call your secondary male teachers AH-SIR.

You call your secondary female teachers MISSE.

You wear designer clothes. (hmm..)

You wished to join RHKPD when you were young. (wah…so true..!)

You had at least one nick name throughout your primary and secondary school. (yup! aids! And whiteboy!)

You are proud of your nationality - BDTC/BNO. (nah, I’m BBC)

You could drink alcoholic beverages LEGALLY when you are 18.

You like to drive Japanese/European cars but not American.

You know what "Form One Jai" means. (of course!)

You don't call lottery as "lotto." You call it "Mark Six" instead.

You are so "inch" (tsoon).

You pretend you know Mandarin even though you DON'T. (haha, no la)

You only use the word "toilet," you never use the words "bathroom," or "restroom." (hmm, yehh.)

You started singing karaoke when you were five. (nope!)

You drive an Integra. (I wish)

You are an expert in MJ. (Michael Jackson?)

You tip only 10% in Hong Kong. (haha, yeah! That’s more than enough!)

You prefer Sony or Aiwa. (Yeah, but Panasonic too!)

You have more than 30 cousins. (well, not as many…)

You know what this means: hem ga chan.

Ancient HKers call police as "Green Clothes."

You don't know much about the "Basic Law."

You can't tell the difference between "Welcome" and "Wellcome."

You have many many credit cards.

You usually have more than two DVD players at home. (just the one…)

You love to wear famous brand clothes: DKNY, Versace, Chanel, Polo, etc.

You love to gossip about HK entertainment.

You like discos.

You watch both "Chinese" or "American" movies more than any other nationalities in the world.

When you say "how are you" in Mandarin, you are actually saying some bad words.

You never "french kiss" in the public.

You speak Cantonese loudly although there are many Americans around.

You only carry the latest cellular phone.

12am is too early for you to sleep.

12pm is too early for you to wake up.

You never study until the day before the quiz.

You like to skate.

You play badminton.

You drink vita soy drink.

You wear Seiko and Citizen.

You eat instant noodles too much.

You are majoring in engineering or business management. (yer!!)

You read "tsing tao" instead of "world journal" or "china press."

You like to use Chinese slang.

You don't wear shorts in summers.

You never order appetizers at a restaurant. (haha, of course not!)

You wear long sleeves in summer. (well, no…)

Your Chinese handwriting really sucks.

You nick a lot of McDonalds' napkins. (hahahahaha! Yeah! Those were the days!)

You ask for extra coffee in McDonalds. (and tea!)

You build a mountain of salad when you eat in Pizza Hut. (yup! Get as much as you like mar!)

Your stationeries are full of your favorite cartoon character.

Your school bag cost well over $1000 dollars and is made of real leather. (no la)

You are known by your foreign friends as somebody who knew martial arts since birth. (hahaha, yeah! They all ask me, do u know how to do martial arts like Bruce Lee???)

You also have a collection of robot models, built or yet to be built.

You call Lexus cars "Luss-us" instead or "Lex-us."

If someone buys ANYTHING, you brag about how its cheaper in Hong Kong.

You've bragged about the Hong Kong airport at least once. (nah… heathrow is better!)

You call bus "bah see."

You call cheese "chee see."

You call Mercedes Benz cars "Benz- see."

You see everyone around you with SARS protection mask! (used to)

You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Hong Kong.