You Know You're Chinese When...

Purple is tor
You unwrap Christmas gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping (and especially those bows) next year. Check! Obviously
You only buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when they are 50% off. I don't even buy Christmas cards!
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. We don't, but I can see this happening... We just take toilet paper from toilets whenever we see rolls lying around-- I have a toilet roll with 'This is your Jerry Springer moment' on it. Guess where it's from?
You have a vinyl table cloth on your kitchen table. I think we do. Nope, newspaper
Your stove is covered with aluminum foil. No. But we keep it really clean or there's a really gross smell of old food burning...
You use the dishwasher as a dish rack. Yes! It's a waste of space. Although sometimes we use it since one of my flatmates is German. I think it's a patriotic thing- it's Miele, German technology
You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times. Check!
You eat all meals in the kitchen. Check! No, sometimes in my room but I always make everyone clean up after themselves
You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers. Check!
You use grocery bags to hold garbage. Check! Obviously. that's what they're for
You always leave your shoes at the door. Check! Blatantly. Or else my nice clean floor will get dirty! It's quite awkward when ang mohs visit tho.
You have a piano in your living room.
You twirl your pen around your fingers. Check! What's that got to do with being Chinese..?
Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them. Can't help it. racial memory of lean starving years
You don't own any real Tupperware -- only a cupboard full of used but carefully rinsed margarine tubs, takeout containers, and jam jars. We've got both.
You also use the jam jars as drinking glasses.
You've eaten a red bean Popsicle. Buy them quite frequently what. I quite like them too
You bring oranges (or other produce) with you as a gift when you visit people's homes. Only during New Year lah. I agree
You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel. Check! That's the point of staying in a hotel what
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. We do better than that. Mum takes the cutlery. I haven't bought ketchup in 2 years. Come to think of it, I've never actually *bought* any cutlery. We've got loads of disposable chopsticks!
Ditto for paper napkins. There was once, they took a jug as well... Yup!
You never order room service. Check! Ha! The cheapo hotels I stay in don't actually have room service
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). Not quite. Although when we went cycling in the New Forest I brought 10 mini cupcakes, a banana, an apple, some bread and half a roast chicken. Hey we were miles from civilisation! Although i didn't eat the chicken in the end because we came upon a pub in the middle of the forest and had the heartiest English pub meal I've ever had. (And two pints of an ale called squirrel's bounty... looked for Shoggoth's Old Peculiar but there was none) Needless to say our intended day-long forest cycling excursion turned into a cycling to a pub-in-the-middle-of-forest excursion. I think I preferred that to my horse-riding experience.
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. CHECK! He can't fix anything. Who fixes (or arranges people to come and fix) everything? Me! Or now, Gloria!
You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine or law. Check for my sister! Enough already!
When you go to a dance party, there is a wall of guys surrounding the dance floor trying to look cool. No. At Singaporean functions here its mostly decent guys suddenly turning into wanabe bengs and poking you in the eyes with their fingers.
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 see that happening. God forbid! After I'm 30, same country will do.
You don't use measuring cups.
You feel like you've gotten a good deal if you didn't pay tax. Check! Tax adds up to a lot!
You beat eggs with chopsticks.
Your parents' house is always cold.
You have a teacup with a cover on it.
You reuse teabags. Naturally
Your mom drives her Mercedes to the Price Club.
You tip Chinese delivery guys / waiters more.
You're a wok user. Check! Electric stoves are crap for wok cooking!
You like Chinese films in their original undubbed versions. Don't we all hate anything that's dubbed? Do I even like Chinese films in general? The only films I've watched and liked are infernal affairs and hero.
You have acquired a taste for bittermelon. Check!
You like congee with thousand year old eggs. They're the best! And century eggs were used in Fear factor, along with durian. I should've been there! $500,000
You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached -- it means they're fresh. Yes, but I peel them and take out all the gross shit in the prawn's back first.
You never call your parents just to say hi. They call me every week actually. Just to make sure I'm alive.
You always cook too much. I cook a lot and often. I also cook large amounts of food if I know it will turn out to be nice so I can have it for lunch tomorrow. If I'm trying something new I tend not to cook too much. Just now I tried a new and interesting dish-- pasta with swiss sausages and cream and cheese and white wine sauce. It was very nice and fattening. Difficult to get the cheese right.
If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they ask if you've eaten rice, even if it's midnight. I can so see this happening... Yup!
Your parents tell you to boil herbs and stay inside when you get sick. Check! That's what you should do. Tien chi really works!
They also tell you not to eat fried foods or baked goods because they produce hot air.
Your parents never go to the movies. Check! But that's 'cos they haven't got time...
Your parents send money to their relatives in China.
You use a face cloth.
Your parents use a clothes line.
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.
You've joined a CD club at least once.
You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewelry or electronics.
You never discuss your love life with your parents. Hallo? I haven't got one to begin with. I do!
Your parents are never happy with your grades. CHECK! Hah! TELL ME ABOUT IT. I sent one of my philosophy essays for daddy to look at, and he said, oh, you borrowed too many arguments from other people and it's not focussed enough. Generally ok, he said. Ok? OK?! And I got a first for it!
You keep most of your money in a savings account. CHECK! Where else would you put it?
You've been on the Love Boat or know someone who has.
Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin. Check!
You love Chinese Martial Arts films. Check!
You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing. Check!
Shao Lin and Wu Tang actually mean something to you. Check!
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.
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 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. Got carded two weekends ago
You only buy used cars.
You have more than five remotes in your house. Check!
You leave the plastic on the lampshade for ten years or more. Check!
You can't bear to throw things away. Check!
Your dad washes his hair four times a day, or never at all. Check!
Your unassisted vision is worse than 20/500. Check, I think. I think I may be legally blind
You've worn glasses at least since the fifth grade. Check! since I was 9
Your parents (or some other close relative) own a grocery store or restaurant.
You drive around looking for the cheapest gas.
You add twice the amount of water recommended when making orange juice from concentrate. I can see my mum doing this...
You've never seen your parents hug. they're actually very affectionate. it's fascinating and strange
Your grandmother lives with you and your family.
You never order desserts at restaurants. Check!
You always have water when dining out.
You say "aiya!" and "wah!" frequently. CHECK!
You love Las Vegas, slot machines, and blackjack.
You love to play mah jong. Check!
You have to read all your parents' mail written in English. No lah, not that gone case.
You are constantly being set up with uninteresting (and usually ugly) people by your parents.
You hate eating cheese. That's not true, I love cheese! Ok, fine. Sometimes. I like fondue. Actually before I went to Switzerland and actually had proper, authentic fondue I only liked the idea of eating fondue because I'd never actually tried it in Singapore. Fondue is not just a big vat of boiling cheese. It also has schnapps, white wine and champagne in it (if you're feeling posh) I got quite drunk just eating it. And we had lemon sorbet with cream afterwards, which is the best dessert for a fondue meal!
You have a big aquarium filled with colorful fish somewhere in your house.
Your mother is strangely obsessed with plants.
White people look at you strangely if you tell them you are Buddhist.
You notice the main topic at family get-togethers is food.
You seldom ever owned new clothes if you were a second child.
Your folks never speak under 10 decibels at family gatherings.
You never made the school football or basketball team.
You have two middle initials instead of one.
You grow your own bean sprouts in the kitchen.
Your mother made you peel water chestnuts and snow peas.
You have an lonely unmarried relative who frequently drops by during dinner time.
You received little red envelopes containing money on special occasions. Duh!? Last I checked that was a good thing
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. Yeah, when I was younger!
Your grandmother has a lot of gold teeth… especially in front. She has hers at the side.
You keep fresh garlic and ginger in the kitchen at all times. I think we do.
You know what the term "lemon" or a "banana" means. Eh? You mean they're supposed to mean something else?
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. Check!
You always drink tea after a meal.
Your dad owns at least one bird.
Your parents grow vegetables in a garden.
You use doilies to decorate your furniture.
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! Haha! Yes I didn't see that coming!

Got this off www.blogthings.com They've got some very amusing things over there...

Victoria,

Dad said you wanted a check on how much The Open Society and Its Enemies: Volume 1: The Spell of Plato by Karl Popper (what an odd surname!) costs over here. So he made me do some searching and this turned up.

Amazon (US): Used, US$14 on average. Freight charges $10.
Amazon (UK): Used, 6 to 9 pounds.
Kino: S$44.12
Borders: S$24.95

The MPH site is useless, it didn't have a search engine. Will go over to the J8 one and ask anyway, can make the trip tmr. Just take a look at this list first larh, I'll post again probably tmr night about MPH.

It's also available at the library. 368 pages, Amazon said. Times 5 cents that's $18.40 and times 3 cents it's $11.04. Depends on how much the place charges what, right?

So, like that lah.

Tonight was pretty fun. Am still in gown and make up with hair up as I type this because I can't bear to take it off. Have never dolled up properly before, quite fun really but slightly stressful.

The grad night itself was... mundane. The most fun bit was looking at all the fashion disasters and bitching. Alright, call me snobbish, you should know that by now! Most people looked good though, Tora, Rosie, Amanda, majority of my classmates, just to name a few. And especially those in trench coats!

The amusing bit was having Rosie and me hanging off each of Tora's arms and walking in like that. She was doing a Toshiya cosplay, so was in a suit. Gosh, the waiters were staring and it was so funny!

Went to sit at coffee club with the two of them after the thing itself, had coffee and conversation. Call me boring but that was perhaps the most enjoyable bit of the evening.

But on the whole it was a good night, I think. Would like to do it more often, the out at night with permission bit.

Am off to RP with Tora now.

Thanks. Am glad for you, dear sister. Shall I expect more blog entries from you as well then?

Yeah Khayce, of course!

Have Schaz over and she's sleeping. Had a pretty good time RP-ing earlier though, she's such an RP whore (actually, we all are...)! Then watched Saiyuki Reload, am at episode 12 now, methinks.

Just visited Gaiman's journal, from which I quote, '...was beaten by the young lady from Singapore in the who-came-furthest stakes." regarding this year's Fiddler's Green thing that they had in the states. I know this is a tad far-fetched, but does anyone, by any chance know who this person is? Singapore is so small that everyone knows everyone else anyway, so I thought that I'd give it a go...

Can you feel it? Can you taste it? That's freedom, that is! And I can't stop grinning. Remedy 89, here I come!!

Damn Jenny, the thing was down for a few days without warning. And you know how particular I can be about my blog...

Tora~ yesh oh so high. Care for another nicely dodgy RP with me?

Bloody bio paper, make me study till my brains leak out my ears. Digestion, reproduction in plants, manufacture of yogurt/cheese, the eye, the heart and countless other topics didn't bloody come out. I kill myself studying and the paper is like that?!

But oh, it's done, it's all done! I'm so high now, aargh~!

My last paper is in 3.5 hours.

Oh shit.

Papers are going nicely. I'm quite happy really, even if everyone else finishes today. Probably because I went and bought the $50 shirt I've been thinking about since last week. Shopping is good therapy. Fine, it counts even if I was stuck in Kino for a few hours. Do you know how much the price of Lord of the Rings has gone up? My dad got his for $10, now you can't find it below $30! Sheesh.

I am going to buy Priest from KKNM, because I'll get $8 off each book. That is, after I finish the Sandman, of course. *ahemcoughkinovouchersforchristmaspleasehacksputterchokedie*

TagBoard seems to have gone... somewhere. It's a broken link now, so I've no idea what's happening. Will change to another board when I find time, probably... sometime end of next week. Any recommendations? Since you can't here, then leave a note on my LJ (<-yes, that's a link).

Will be awfully busy. Also will be sitting in airport in the afternoon of Victoria's arrival, can probably get some of HA edited. It's such a nice place, you know? Will also probably one of the few moments of relaxation.

I think I may need to do an edit of the list that I created earlier as well...

Tor's List:

1 hour ago: Jessups meeting (5:30pm Wednesday)
1 day ago: having public international law lecture (5:30pm Tuesday)
1 week ago: having public international law lecture (5:30pm Tuesday)
1 lifetime ago: kicking pong pong fruit around in garden and berating little sister for negligently leaving favourite Cinderella Barbie doll outside house, resulting in traumatic loss of said property

01. I hurt: little animals and children when no one is looking
02. I love: bol bol, an inanimate soft squishy object infested with dust mite corpses and shit (see now-defunct blog for details)
03. I hate: cockroaches and yukky things
04. I cry: loudly and pathetically
05. I fear: JU ON!
06. I hope: that after I die I can still see what happens to the world
07. I sadden: see 01.
08. I feel alone: when the voices in my head stop talking
09. I kill: bacteria
10. I talk: about many interesting things (that too many other people are not interested in)
23. I read: too much
25. I breathe: bol fumes
27. I miss: my sister and parents and grandma and nice food and not having to put on a lot of clothes just to go outside
30. I feel: bol bol
31. I know: how to cook vaguely edible stuff and how to say 'I know' in Spanish. Yay!
32. I said: bol bol
34. I have: to relax my brain by doing bohliao lists like these
36. I fall: over myself all the time
38. I need: nice food

Am tired of Geography. Gacked off Bern.

1 hour ago: Studying Human Geography. Do you know how to process palm oil? I do.
1 day ago: Still studying Geography.
1 week ago: Studying/spotting for maths paper 2.
1 month ago: Studying.
1 year ago: Messing around without a care in the world.
1 lifetime ago: Please refer to above.

01. I hurt: in my brain. Ow, too much Geog.
02. I love: not having to study.
03. I hate: narrow-minded people.
04. I cry: when I need to.
05. I fear: the dark. Or rather, what you can't see in the dark.
06. I hope: to get 20 points for the O's. Then to buy myself 2 years, get in to CJ. (2 points bonus, 2 points affiliation. They have to bloody take me in I don't care.)
07. I sadden: because I'm the only idiot around with 8 more papers to go. (Geog(1), A/cs(2), Science mcq, sub Bio, CLB(3).)
08. I feel alone: when I close my eyes.
09. I kill: mosquitoes, especially in this monsoon season. DIE SUCKERS!
10. I talk: too loudly and when I shouldn't.
11. I listen: to people who need it.
12. I break: nails.
13. I see: the end of the bloody exams on the horizon.
14. I smell: technology. Yey for the internet!
15. I taste: mango flavoured milk.
16. I work: because I have to.
17. I remember: the stages of planting and harvesting wet rice. I do so hope that it comes out.
18. I hold: wet things because of my palms.
19. I hide: dead bodies.
20. I pray: when I remember to pray.
21. I walk: and not complain. It's good exercise, really. I don't get much.
22. I drive: when I'm old enough to. In the meantime, I'll just get chauffered around...
23. I read: not as much as I'd like to.
24. I burn: anything. Fire fascinates me.
25. I breathe: Music and books.
26. I play: the recorder and the saxophone.
27. I miss: my sister.
28. I touch: like a soggy towel. Honestly, the palm situation is really quite bad at puberty.
29. I learn: slowly. Am damned lucky to have patient tutors.
30. I feel: tired.
31. I know: I'll fall asleep after my last paper.
32. I said: aargh.
33. I dream: of smoke and mirrors.
34. I have: to do exams for the next week or so.
35. I want: to sleep for the next week or so.
36. I fall: with a blaze of glory.
37. I wait: for the bloody O's to be over.
38. I need: a massage (Oh Electra dear!), an RP, a game, a trip to KKNM, to go Christmas shopping, to edit HA and to shake someone to his senses. There are too many to list really.
39. I live: because I want to see what happens next.

The Homunculus problem: is the theory not worthless if it explains the behaviour of a person by introducing in the person homunculi, little people to bring about the behaviour?

No, I am coming home on time after all, because my team-mates are fine with me being away for a month and I don't really want to spend £200 on a date change...

This is what my moot problem is about-- it's on international law. (Oh, this is Tor, by the way, in case you haven't realised.)

Appollonia is a small technologically advanced coastal state. Raglan is an archipelago not far off the coast of Appollonia. Magmuffin (no I am not making the names up) is a country across the strait from Appollonia. A regularly ships nuclear waste to M, taking a route across the Raglan archipelago. Raglan has a pirate problem. (You can guess what happens) However, the Raglan has started this new anti-piracy programme where naval pilots from the Raglan navy can be requested by foreign ships to pilot them safely across the pirate-infested archipelago. Appollonia does this and the pilot from Raglan turns out to be a pirate! He steals all the valuable stuff and lets the ship, full of toxic waste, drift around without power. Obviously it crashes onto a sandbar and spills its guts out onto random Raglan fishermen, obliterating the region's thriving tourism and fishing industry in the process.

Now they are suing each other.

Isn't it interesting? And this is for the Jessup International Law Moot. There's a regional round for the UK, then the winners go on to compete in Washington DC with the international teams. The Singapore team won last year (they win alot actually) and there're 3 Singaporeans in the LSE team (of 5) this year so we think there might be a reason behind our tutors choosing us to be in the team! How wierd would it be if we really do make it through to the final round and are up against Singaporeans! They will probably throw eggs at us and call us treacherous.

I really really really need to eat oh loa, char kway teoh and laksa. I cannot stand it anymore. I try and try but cannot seem to make chicken rice that tastes like how it should taste. Aargh. I hope my psyche is not irretrievably damaged. I am seriously considering not taking up my £30,000 a year job offer because I may end up deranged at the end of 3 years. Well, at least I have Bolbol.

No I am not dead yet.

Had tuition with Chris today for maths (naturally!). Feel very stupid around her, most of the time, I swear she's such a genius that it scares me sometimes. After being drilled with so much maths I could feel my eyes glaze over when I tagged along with her and Elizabeth for dinner. Actually, I'm still a bit stoned from it.

Can you get drunk on maths?

It's not a bad feeling, comparable to the nice muscle ache you get after exercise. Just in the mental sense, so it's a bit difficult to focus and carry conversation.

After dinner went for a bit of a stroll in town. Those two were awfully decent, to let me come along. D'you know what? The Christmas decor is up and lighted already, and the exams aren't even done yet god it's depressing.

Hallo Jenny! Random indeed, do you expect any less?

Rosie! I'd only do it if you did it first, you scoundrel! Lol~!

Eh? What crush, Amanda?

Tor,

What's this I hear about a moot? What's the topic this time? And pushing your departure date back for more than a week?! Oh, you'll stop complaining about the horrible food soon enough when you come home.

Am missing you loads.

Because I'm tired of studying Social Studies and am waiting for my math tutuor to arrive...

Ahem. So. Things I'd like to do. Took this off someone's LJ, a friend of Bern's. Italics means Gloria already done it. Bold means Tor has done it.

1. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
2. Swam with wild dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
8. Said 'I love you' and meant it
9. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise (on the ferry to Croatia)
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars (at Ngee Ann Poly at astronomy camp)
21. Changed a baby’s diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
24. Gotten drunk on champagne (i didn't buy my own)
25. Given more than you can afford to charity (Tor: when?) (Gloria: when I was really broke but gave it away anyway.)
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
31. Asked out a stranger
32. Had a snowball fight
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favorite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking (when drunk )
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (CHINA)
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment (there are times... )
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states
50. Loved your job for all accounts
51. Taken care of someone who was faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country (country club in Naples)
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe (YEAH!)
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government’s official in that country to avoid notice
61. Midnight walk on the beach (with gay friend. very unromantic)
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them (Florence. we were forced to. )
66. Visited Japan
67. Benchpressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetized your records
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving
75. Got it on to 'Let’s Get It On' by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theater
80. Done something you should regret, but don’t regret it
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who’s not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog.
83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class
88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie (Teenage textbook. you can see my feet. )
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn’t have
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten divorced
96. Had sex at the office
97. Gone without food for 5 days
98. Made cookies from scratch
99. Won first prize in a costume contest
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice
101. Gotten a tattoo
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
103. Rafted the Snake River
104. Been on television news programs as an 'expert'
105. Got flowers for no reason
106. Masturbated in a public place
107. Got so drunk you don’t remember anything
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
110. Been to Las Vegas
111. Recorded music
112. Eaten shark
113. Had a one-night stand
114. Gone to Thailand
115. Seen Siouxsie live
116. Bought a house
117. Been in a combat zone
118. Buried one/both of your parents
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off (Gloria: You have?! Pain or not?!)
120. Been on a cruise ship
121. Spoken more than one language fluently (before i forgot how to speak chinese)
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
123. Bounced a check
124. Performed in Rocky Horror
125. Read - and understood - your credit report
126. Raised children
127. Recently bought and played with a favorite childhood toy (bolbol)
128. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country (does cycling in the New Forest count?)
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did (Tor: What glor?)(Gloria: They used to own a mine, or a jeweller's or something. Had to wrap it up when they came over)
132. Called or written your Congress person
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
134. ...more than once
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
137. Had an abortion or your female partner did
138. Had plastic surgery
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived.
140. Wrote articles for a large publication
141. Lost over 100 pounds
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback
143. Piloted an airplane
144. Petted a stingray (Underwater world)
145. Broken someone’s heart (oh god please don't remind me)
146. Helped an animal give birth
147. Been fired or laid off from a job
148. Won money on a T.V. game show
149. Broken a bone
150. Killed a human being.
151. Gone on an African photo safari
152. Ridden a motorcycle
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild (Tor: magic mushrooms) (Gloria: Whee! Magic mushrooms! So, what colour were your elephants?)
157. Ridden a horse (really don't want to do it again. )
158. Had major surgery
159. Had sex on a moving train
160. Had a snake as a pet
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states (Tor: definitely. Gloria, you have also visited more foreign countries than you have US states!)( Gloria: No, I thought it meant visited more countries as compared to how many US states there are..?)
165. Visited all 7 continents
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days (OBS )
167. Eaten kangaroo meat
168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
169. Been a sperm or egg donor
170. Eaten sushi
171. Had your picture in the newspaper
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime
173. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about (MacDonalds. It is bad for you. )
174. Gotten someone fired for their actions
175. Gone back to school
176. Parasailed
177. Changed your name
178. Petted a cockroach
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes
180. Read The Iliad
181. Selected one 'important' author who you missed in school, and read (many of them)
182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them (mummy did)
183. ...and gotten 86-ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
184. Taught yourself an art from scratch
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt
187. Skipped all your school reunions
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language (bosnian passport control )
189. Been elected to public office
190. Written your own computer language
191. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream (everyday)
192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
193. Built your own PC from parts
194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
195. Had a booth at a street fair
196: Dyed your hair
197: Been a DJ
198: Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
199: Written your own role playing game
200: Been arrested