Working in China

This is something I came across and seems very relevant in my experience to living and working in China (only for a very short time so far).

You know you’ve lived in China too long when…

1. - You find yourself crying over a menu in a western restaurant because they serve green salad
2. - You haven’t eaten anything baked in months
3. - You eat every kind of meat off the bone, and spit the bones on the table or wherever they land
4. - You know how to use a squatter potty
5. - Grown men and women often say hello to you, and when you reply they run away giggling
6. - you see nothing wrong with standing on a white stripe in the middle of a highway while cars whiz past you at 90kph
7. - you don’t blink an eye when a complete stranger wants to take a photo of you with his family
8. - you actually put some thought into which live snake you want cooked for your meal and don't think twice when they bring your dinner live to the table for your approval before it is cooked
9. - you eat soup with chopsticks and drink straight from the bowl
10. - you use Kleenex for table napkins
11. - you drink warm sodas and find them refreshing
12. - you are accustomed to seeing people’s heads popping up and down in the VCD you are watching
13. - you no longer use articles when you speak
14. - you bargain with the grocer over the cost of a head of lettuce
    - You no longer question why the expiration date on the milk you just bought is two months from now
15. - you buy a movie that hasn’t been released theatrically yet at home
16. - you complain about the price of chocolate bars and breakfast cereal
17. - a trim at the barber involves two washes, a scalp massage, a shoulder massage, and a crowd of onlookers
18. - you go to a park and get a warning from the police because you walked on the grass
19. - you’ve come to believe the red stamp is all powerful
20. - you find yourself spitting in public places (i.e. the street, restaurant) and not thinking twice
21. - you take it in stride when you are offered beer at lunch before going back to work
22. - you start wearing a face mask on windy days and wonder at the “silly foreigners” who don’t do the same
23. - You can’t find face lotion or cleanser that does not bleach your skin whiter
24. - you shove the guy before you in line back to where he stood half a minute before
25. - you stand 1 inch from the person in front of you so no-one can cut in line in front of you
26. - You have ten different responses to the question, “Do you like China?”
27. - You know ten different ways to point out a foreigner in Chinese
28. - You point out foreigners to your Chinese friends even though you’re foreign yourself