1) Your parents don't dry soil you. They threaten to plough off the air-conditioning.
2) When you lot run into a friend for the receive down fourth dimension you lot inquire them: "So how big is your pool?"
3) You complain that in that place is something close the kindergarten course of written report you lot don't similar but can't quite lay your finger on. (It's the Mandarin.)
4) Anything below a 10 sixty minutes flying on a bird leaves you lot disappointed. "That's all?"
5) Roti prata as well as seasoned seaweed are your favorite snacks.
6) You intend the corner on the sidewalk exterior your condo is for hailing taxis.
7) You dream close wearing gloves as well as sweaters or fifty-fifty a long sleeved shirt.
8) When they honor a cobra at school, you lot reassure your mother: "It was simply a trivial one."
9) When you lot don't watch your Dad at domicile you lot wonder if he's inwards China or Japan?
10) You've in all probability travelled employment concern course of written report at to the lowest degree once. Your parents realize this was a huge mistake. You unfailingly inquire them earlier whatever trip from this 2nd on: "Are nosotros travelling employment concern class?"
(Featured inwards Expat Living magazine, Oct 2010)