Are you Nepali?
Thursday, March 19, 2009
You Know You Are a Nepali When…
-Whenever you meet someone you ask, “Have you had your food?” ( bhat khayao/khanubhayo?)
-You feel you haven’t eaten if you haven’t had Bhath (rice).
-You cannot drink without chicken chilly and momos.
-You think chicken chilly and momo are nepali food.
-You dont know that the buff you have been eating is actually short for buffalo.
-You are not allowed to hum or sing while eating.
-You go out for lunch/ dinner/ whatever in a group and look at the menu for
half an hour and order the following:
1. momo
2. chowmein
3. fried rice
4. chicken chilli
-You think all festivals mean relatives playing cards and getting drunk.
-You know the party mean 3d= dance, drink and dangdung (fight).
-You are good at drunk driving, especially on motorcycles…
-You think of titaura and your saliva glands go wild!!
-You feel obligated to pay for everyone else when eating out with your friends.
-You meet someone in a movie hall and ask, ” Have you come to watch a
movie?” (cinema herna ayeko?)
-You look up when you hear an airplane.
-You point with your lips.
-You are crossing a one way street and you have to check both sides. ( debre
ani daine )
-Your relatives give you money whenever you visit them. ( even when you are 40)
-When you see a pair of slippers upside down (ulta chappal) you have to
turn it around.
-You don’t cut your nails at night. (alas the devil might take You and your
family.)
-You laugh at everything on Nepali TV but you still watch it.
-You have been dragged to a mandir on saraswati puja so that you will get
good grades.
-Your grandmum doesnt let you whislle at night.
-You cant date someone if you are not in love.
-You watch Korean movie and try to act like one.
-You miss those mountains you used to see the moment you opened your eyes in
the morning.
-You miss wai wai ,churpi and tituara almost any given day.
-Your conversation with any Nepali you just met always ends up being an interview to unearth the degree of association with this person. (yee~ Ghar ka?? Myagdi? Tyeso bhaye timile ‘Phalano’ lai chinchhau??) 90% of the time you end up knowing someone who knows someone who knows the person. The remaining 10% of the time the person is your relative.
- You think cats are evil. Feel unluck when you are going somewhere.
- Your American friends ask you if you have climbed mount Everest.
-You probably haven’t even seen mount Everest. “
- You are afraid to step on any paper, or pen (You don’t want to piss off Saraswati and flunk an exam).
