You know you're Desi when...

You know you're a desi when...

- You unwrap Christmas gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping next year. (dude this applies to all wrapped presents... if the wrapping is pretty)

- 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. (OMG... THERE'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH DESIS LIVING ABROAD AND TOILET PAPER)

- You have a vinyl table cloth on your kitchen table. (guilty as charged)

- Your stove is covered with aluminum foil (again guilty as charged... actually it's quite hygenic)

- Your kitchen has a sticky film of grease over it. (hell no... my mom is borderline OCD so she makes sure everything is clean)

- You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers. (grocery bags yes... the rest is just nasty)

- You use grocery bags to hold garbage. (oh yeah absolutely)

- You always leave your shoes at the door. (well not really but our shoe rack is at the door)

- You hate to waste food. (of course... there are kids in my country who don't get food to eat)

- Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them. (erm yeah ok if it's good sure)

- You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing. (hah! that's also true)

- You don't own any real Tupperware -- only a cupboard full of used, but carefully rinsed, margarine tubs, takeout containers, and jam jars. (ohhh yes...)

- The condiments in your fridge are either come in plastic packets, which you save/steal every time you get take-out or go to McDonalds. (well sometimes they give us too many packs so we stash them in the fridge)

- You never order room service. (then what's the fun of staying in a hotel? room service rocks)

- You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes). (and a bottle of water)

- You own a rice cooker or a pressure cooker. (damn straight I do... Hawkins ki seeti bajji too tooo too!)

- You wash your rice at least 2-3 times before cooking it. (yeah... duh)

- You fight over who pays the dinner bill. (while you secretly wish that it's the other person who does so)

- You majored in engineering, medicine or law. (neither baby... i'm an artiste and i'm lovin' it!)

- When you go to a dance party, there are a wall of guys surrounding the dance floor trying to look cool. (bwahahahahahahahaha... true)

- You live with your parents and you are 30 years old. (And if you are Parsi it won't matter if you're 40 and unmarried too)

- You don't use measuring cups. (it's all in the wrist)

- You feel like you've gotten a good deal if you didn't pay tax. (hehehehehe)

- You have a drawer full of old pens, most of which don't write anymore. (ahhh yes)

- You like your meat well done. (medium well actually)

- If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight. (hahahahahaha yeah)

- You never discuss your love life or sex with your parents. (GOD NO!)

- Your parents are never happy with your grades. (aahh I never was an 'A' student anyway)

- You call an older person you never met before "uncle." (yeah... I even call some of my friends Uncle)

- You've been asked if you are a Hindi, or if you speak Hindu. (ohhh yeah that's annoying)

- No one you're related to is a music major. (Hellooooo Freddie Mercury?? Ok he's not related but he was Parsi)

- Your parents don't realize phone connections to foreign countries have improved in the last two decades, and still scream at the top of their lungs. (HAH! My dad hollers on the phone even if the person is in the same building)

- You have a box of tissue or a towel in your car. (Well just incase we spill the food)

- You know someone who owns a motel or a convenience store. (Shockingly yes I do!)

- It's embarrassing if your wedding has less than 600 people. (Not for me... I'd rather just have my family and close friends... or heck I'll just elope and get married in a holy place ala Bollywood style)

-You think an Indian businessman will give you a better deal because he's Indian. (NO!)

- You spew forth the virtues of India, but don't want to live there. (I want to live there... with the luxuries from here lol)

- You use Vicks Vapor Rub. (oh it so get's rid of zits)

- You've seen the ground while inside the lavatory of a train. (Hahahaha yeah!)

- You've been in a bus where half the people riding are outside the bus. (Bus, train, truck, car, moped)

- You call fluorescent lights "tube lights" or a flashlight a "torch." (Well what else can we call it?)

- You pack a suitcase full of toilet paper when visiting India. (ok not a suitcase full)

- You've tied up your luggage with rope to keep it from falling apart. (Oh god yes)

- You whole family comes to drop you to the airport when you are travelling somewhere. (and to pick you up... even the kaam waali (maid) Sakku bai tags along)

- You think cricket is a religion (oye ve! it's just a sport)