I just found this from a Forum (Posted by Forummer maxx) and after reading it, I think it applies more to a typical Malaysian.
1. You unwrap gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the
wrapping (and especially those ribbons).
2. 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 move out.
3. You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times.
4. You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers. You use the
grocery bags to hold garbage.
5. You hate to waste food
a ) Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to
throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them. (Your mom will
give a lecture about starving kids in Africa)
b ) You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one
leftover chicken wing.
6. You don't own any real Tupperware-only a cupboard full of used but
carefully rinsed margarine tubs, take out containers, and jam jars.
7. You have a collection of minature shampoo bottles that you take every
time you stay in a hotel.
8. You wipe your plate and utensils or wash them in a small basin of hot
water before you eat every time you go to a restaurant.
9. You own a rice cooker and a slow cooker.
10. You wash your rice at least 2-3 times before cooking it.
11. You fight (literally) over who pays the dinner bill.
12. You have a teacup with a cover on it.
13. If you're under age 20, you own a really expensive walkman if you're
over 20, you own a really expensive camera.
14. You're a wok user.
15. You only make long distance calls after 7pm.
16. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached-it means
they're fresh.
17. You never call your parents just to say hi.
18. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they'll ask if
you've eaten, even if it's midnight.
19. Your parents tell you to boil herbs and stay inside when you get
sick.
They also tell you not to eat fried foods or baked goods because
they're heaty (yeet hay in Cantonese).
20. You e-mail your Chinese friends at work, even though you only sit 10
feet apart.
21. You always cook too much.
22. You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don't eat the last
piece of food on the table.
23. You starve yourself before going to all you can eat buffet.
24. You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewelry or
electronics, computers.
25. You own your own meat cleaver and sharpen it.
26. Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin.
27. You know why this list consists of only "28" reasons.
28. You take this message and forward it to all your Chinese friends.
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There are four more indications that you need to add
*29 You wrap with napkins all the knives, spoons and forks of the airline
that you fly on and put in your travelbag as souvenirs.
*30 You never forget to take with you all the unused bath and facial
tissues when you check out from the hotel because you believe that you
have paid it all.
*31 You will laugh at yourself when you read all of them
*32 And you will always proud because you're Chinese.
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