Signs You've Lived In China Too Long!

 

           (This list is made by someone who loved living in China and ready to go back. )

# 1 You feel uneasy when elevators don't smell like garlic; and finally when you get the smell it feels like the world is moving in perfect order. 

# 2 At the very first moment of meeting a stranger you are ready to share your age, your children's age, your husband's age, your monthly income, your husband's monthly income (in some cases your neighbor's monthly income). 

# 3 You are taking an umbrella on a sunny day (to avoid getting tanned). 

# 4 You are not surprised when you see someone buying a whole salmon at the fish market. 

# 5 You are taking your son to Walmart because he wants to see the live frogs, turtles and crocs in the fish tank pen (Because they are sold there as food items). 

# 6 You carry spoons, knives and forks in your purse when you go out to eat in a restaurant (because restaurants have only soup spoons and obviously no knife or fork). 

# 7 You are ordering grocery online at noon because you want it to be delivered to you at 3 pm. And,

# 8 Amazon is not anymore your numero uno online store. It has been replaced by Taobao. 

# 9 You now know "may be" refers to a confirmation. For example, You are pregnant. You ask your doctor if the baby is boy or a girl. The doctor answers, "May be boy" - you immediately know she confirms it is a boy. 

# 10 You are not surprised to see elevators don't have 4th floor. (because of the very similar pronunciation of 'four' and 'death' in Mandarin Chinese.)

# 11 You take your shoes off when entering someone's house. Also, you are carrying your own shoe covers in purse (in case you want to keep wearing the shoes). 

# 12 You make your baby wear split-crotch pants without thinking twice about it. 

# 13 People smoking in the elevator next to your baby and you feel kinda ok with it. 

#14 You are also happily eating pizza topped with pepperoni, sausages, ham and corn at the Pizza Hut. And then ...

# 15 Your weekend starts with breakfast (great eggs, French toast, unlimited juice refill) at the Pizza Hut! 

# 16 And finally, you take it nonchalantly when people are queueing up (outside your room in the hospital) to buy your placenta right after you gave birth in China.