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You unwrap Christmas gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping (and especially those bows) next year.
You only buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when they are 50% off.
Your stove is covered with aluminum foil.
You use the dishwasher as a dish rack.
You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times.
You use grocery bags to hold garbage.
You always leave your shoes at the door.
Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them.
You don't own any real Tupperware -- only a cupboard full of used but carefully rinsed margarine tubs, takeout containers, and jam jars.
You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel.
You don't use measuring cups.
You beat eggs with chopsticks.
You reuse teabags.
You have acquired a taste for bitter-melon.
You like congee with thousand-year old eggs.
You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached -- it means they're fresh.
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.
You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don't eat the last piece of food on the table.
You starve yourself before going to all you can eat sushi.
Your parents are never happy with your grades.
You have a Chinese knick-knack hanging from your rear-view mirror.
You like to eat chicken feet.
You suck on fish heads and fish fins.
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.
You drive around looking for the cheapest gas.
You've never seen your parents hug.
Your grandmother lives with you and your family.
You have to read all your parents' mail written in English.
Your mother is strangely obsessed with plants.
You seldom ever owned new clothes if you were a second child.
Your folks never speak under 10 decibels at family gatherings.
You have two middle initials instead of one.
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.
You say "aiya!" and "wah!" frequently.
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