Wednesday, September 15, 2010

You know you're in USA when....


1) You carry around 2 steel bottles/ travel mugs, one for water and the other for coffee to every class.
2) You have fruit flavored yogurt instead of plain old curd.
3) You check if its going to rain on your cell phone and not out of the window before you get out of the house.
4) You search for a paper napkin even when you know the tap is 10 steps away.
5) You see hand sanitizers on reception desks.
6) You put on your laptop on before you get out of your bed.
7) The only radio frequency you tune into is Pandora (which is not a frequency at all..).
8) You eat 'ranch sauce' with any and everything that is served to you.
9) Every meal consists of a ton of lettuce + pickle + jalapenos +RANCH + (Bread or Rice)
10) Every one has an energy bar stashed away somewhere in their bag.
11) People drink water from tap at home but would pay a dollar for it in college.
12) Everyone you meet will ask you "hey hows it goin?" and rarely wait for your answer (i am still trying to fugue out how do you reply to that so as your not the one giving a huge answer which you end up mumbling to yourself)
13) When you chose your milk after reading the %fat on it. (2% rocks..)
14) You have skimmed milk which is even worst than what your 'doodhwala' (milkman) used to deliver at your doorstep and you still buy it after all the protest marches you went for against adulteration of milk back home.

15) You hear the word 'like' about 5 times in every sentence.
16) When you have more to read in a week for assignments than you had for a semester back home.
16) When start asking ppl "how many miles" instead of kilometers.
17) You stock Indian snack beneath your study table so your classmates don't come home and finish your favorite ones.
18) When you buy bags of cereal that look as big as they sell dog food into and you realize you actually live on this stuff.
19) All the people that you know have names which sound like Hollywood stars or names that you, for the love of god, can't pronounce.
20) You are being served Pizza at every function or social you attend.
21) You find your whole class at the local bar every friday night.
22) You see more beer at every social than there are people around.
23) You get lost on the road and there is not a soul who you could ask for directions.
24)All 'Bills' are actually 'Williams' and almost all 'nicks' are actually nicholas, nikola, nikhil etc etc ...
25)You suddenly love all hindi songs..new, old... even himesh reshamiya!!
26) You find it easier to own a car or have a dog than have a friend.

PS: Those things in that pic are my staple diet  :) :)

3 comments:

  1. lol.. quite a good list!
    few more to add: 1)you rush to get freebies from every nook and corner of the US :P
    (especially t-shirts)
    2)you use kitchen tissue roll instead of cloth to clean ur kitchen platform
    3)cooking is fun, simpler and faster coz you get everything chopped!
    4)you need a car to buy a car
    5)you walk on the streets in suits and no one cares a damn !!!
    6)you dress up for night outs.. and STILL no one cares a damn !! FTW!! :D
    (so basically i have decided to dress up for myself only..)
    7)you can wear shortest of shorts and dont feel awkward (even while running!)
    8)you dont realize it's night coz it's bright till 9 PM !!
    9) you just try to find every possible occasion for potluck :)
    10) you can EAT and DRINK (non-alcohol) right under the nose of your professor!

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  2. haha.... i know what you carry in your coffee mug every day to class... shush!!

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  3. so like, cereal in colours ha, oops, colors..ah ha. it sounds very appealing though, mebbe not the expensive water and coffee :p i totally believe you on the laptop part :) wat about most of your shopping is done online, you pay for a plan and get the phone later, internet connectivity means wifi and when u sleep at night u mean early next morning :p

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