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

[animal lover]

You go to Chinese restaurants to yum cha every day.

You go to concerts more that going to church.

Your backpack weighed more than 40 pounds since primary school.

You love to put stickers with Chinese phrases on your car.

Your regular slang includes: pk and dnlm.

You love the number "8" (bak).

You have a pager.

You wear a pair of oval-shaped glasses even though you don't need one.

You call your secondary male teachers AH-SIR.

You call your secondary female teachers MISSE.

You wear designer clothes.

You wished to join RHKPD when you were young.

You had at least one nick name throughout your primary and secondary school.

You are proud of your nationality - BDTC/BNO.

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.

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.

You only use the word "toilet," you never use the words "bathroom," or "restroom."

You started singing karaoke when you were five.

You drive an Integra.

You are an expert in MJ.

You tip only 10% in Hong Kong.

You prefer Sony or Aiwa.

You have more than 30 cousins.

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.

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.

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.

You wear long sleeves in summer.

Your Chinese handwriting really sucks.

You nick a lot of McDonalds' napkins.

You ask for extra coffee in McDonalds.

You build a mountain of salad when you eat in Pizza Hut.

Your stationeries are full of your favorite cartoon character.

Your school bag cost well over $1000 dollars and is made of real leather.

You are known by your foreign friends as somebody who knew martial arts since birth.

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.

You call bus "bah see."

You call cheese "chee see."

You call Mercedes Benz cars "Benz- see."

Not sure if someone has already post it here in the past. Found it's funny so wanna share here. :smt001

[Guest]

God I love stereotypes.... :smt003

This also another case of stereotypes...

[sylvester]

lmao :smt005 what can i say? hk is such a sterotype city lol

[Guest]

lmao what can i say? hk is such a sterotype city lol

Please explain your comment...

[sylvester]

i mean... most of hk ppl don't have the chance or will never take the chance to change, they just live the same old day everyday..
get up-->work-->lunch-->work-->home
some ppl dont even like partying or anything else, they repeat day by day.. ain't it such a sterotype city?

[krackerspanda]

ROFL

"bah-see"
"benz-see"
"chee-see"
"tax-see"
"miss-see"
"bei-see"
"lai-see"
"o-see"

i can't think of anything more lol

[Guest]

I mean... most of hk ppl don't have the chance or will never take the chance to change, they just live the same old day everyday..
get up-->work-->lunch-->work-->home
some ppl dont even like partying or anything else, they repeat day by day.. ain't it such a sterotype city?

I have noticed and I think it is f[ucking tragic that a nation spoilt with choice of locations to party doesnt know how too....
Personally I would rather be poor and have a great life, than be rich and no social life, warmth or interaction with others... Sure many chinese people that I have met in the recent weeks are party goers but the mark has to surpass that....

[Cybershmuck]

I have noticed and I think it is f[ucking tragic that a nation spoilt with choice of locations to party doesnt know how too....
Personally I would rather be poor and have a great life, than be rich and no social life, warmth or interaction with others... Sure many chinese people that I have met in the recent weeks are party goers but the mark has to surpass that....

Agreed. Call me stereotypical but I think most of HK'ers are quite reserved when it comes to partying. Got a couple of friends who are Hk' ers and they seems to foreign to the whole concept of partying. They just don't get the idea of go hard or go home lol
A typical night out for them would be eating dinner at some restaurant (not that there's anything wrong with that) and spending the rest of the night at a karoke bar hanging out and singing shitty Canto pop music.
If it's not going out then it's staying at home watching HK TV on satellite as this is the case with my next door neighbour...

[Guest]

Well if you ever come to HK, do get in touch and we can have a few pints and paint the town red.... even though doing that will be an epic task... :smt003

[animal lover]

get up-->work-->lunch-->work-->home

exactly the right description about me. that's why i'm dying to have a change, at least to have a vivid life. friends around me don't go partying after work. but in fact , sine working for at least 8 hours, i dun think i'm able to gain more energy. the only thing i wanna do is sleep. :smt015

[Guest]

after work. but in fact , sine working for at least 8 hours, i dun think i'm able to gain more energy. the only thing i wanna do is sleep.

I used to do 14 hr shifts four hours sleep and start all over again and 8 hr shift is bog standard specially since it is most likely a 9 to 5 job....

If you have the will you find the way.... The human body can take more abuse than you think.... Look up a think called coffee... it might help.

[sylvester]

I have noticed and I think it is f[ucking tragic that a nation spoilt with choice of locations to party doesnt know how too....
Personally I would rather be poor and have a great life, than be rich and no social life, warmth or interaction with others... Sure many chinese people that I have met in the recent weeks are party goers but the mark has to surpass that....

Agreed. Call me stereotypical but I think most of HK'ers are quite reserved when it comes to partying. Got a couple of friends who are Hk' ers and they seems to foreign to the whole concept of partying. They just don't get the idea of go hard or go home lol
A typical night out for them would be eating dinner at some restaurant (not that there's anything wrong with that) and spending the rest of the night at a karoke bar hanging out and singing shitty Canto pop music.
If it's not going out then it's staying at home watching HK TV on satellite as this is the case with my next door neighbour...

shopping mall and karaoke are the only place they go lol, even though they've lived in hk for years, they still dont know where they could..kinda pathetic lol.

fantasma: cheers!

[Cybershmuck]

Well if you ever come to HK, do get in touch and we can have a few pints and paint the town red.... even though doing that will be an epic task... :smt003

Yeah sure, might drop by HK sometime.. :smt006 :smt006

Sylvester - yeah true that. I dunno what it is with their obsession with shopping, it's just so part of their materialistic culture I guess...

[Guest]

Personal opinion (To avoid being flamed): I think shopping centres and shopping malls are the dullest venues ever invented. Specially since one can be buying the same stuff online at a far better price. This clinical feel of going to a venue where , one spends the day window buying stuff one could never really afford..... dull dull dull....
Since I spend a few months in morroco and Brazil one notices that street markets are so much more fun and bargins can be made. Sure one might argue, safety, hygiene and amazing "cool" western-brands that will make you feel better than your peers.... but that is so f`ucking boring in the long run. I would never take a bird to a shopping centre unless I wanted to dump her in a public venue.... :smt003
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On the side of karaoke (this is also my preference), I see it as a piss take and should only be done in good company since you would be very drunk to have the nerve to do it.... Yes I know people in Asia think that Karaoke is the dogs bollocks (really good) but if I wanted to embarase myself I would walk down the street naked.... :smt003

[sylvester]

Personal opinion (To avoid being flamed): I think shopping centres and shopping malls are the dullest venues ever invented. Specially since one can be buying the same stuff online at a far better price. This clinical feel of going to a venue where , one spends the day window buying stuff one could never really afford..... dull dull dull....
Since I spend a few months in morroco and Brazil one notices that street markets are so much more fun and bargins can be made. Sure one might argue, safety, hygiene and amazing "cool" western-brands that will make you feel better than your peers.... but that is so f`ucking boring in the long run. I would never take a bird to a shopping centre unless I wanted to dump her in a public venue.... :smt003
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On the side of karaoke (this is also my preference), I see it as a piss take and should only be done in good company since you would be very drunk to have the nerve to do it.... Yes I know people in Asia think that Karaoke is the dogs bollocks (really good) but if I wanted to embarase myself I would walk down the street naked.... :smt003

same thoughts, same opinions. what can i say lol?

p.s. they like buying stuff they cany afford just because they wanna show off. ppl can be very stupid. spending all their wage on a handbag :smt012 even the markets in thailand and philippine are better.

Cybershmuck-- maybe they got infected by the shoping-mall-virus lol.