- U greet ur frens sayin... 'Yess bro!!' even though there seems to be no logical or grammatical justification to the phrase.
- U literally ask wether sumone would like to 'EAT WATER'!! (eg. Paani Khane??)..or Booze!!! (Raksi khane??)...or even a KICK..(Laat khanu manparyo??) inspite of the fact that we drink water and not eat.... and who eats kick???
- U know wat 'ALOO DUM' is, and u hav definitely tasted it!! And u wud rather stand outside in the cold and relish Aloo dum (which u think is the best potato delicacy in the whole universe)... instead of going to an air conditioned MacD's rite across d street and hav burger n fries.
- U try to look elsewhere wen u c a pretty girl heading ur way...
- 99% of ur frens have one of the followin hair styles: spikes, long hair or middle parting. The remainin 1% are bald. but you would rather prefer bald then having middle parting hair because you think that "Tere Naam" is outdated!!
- U tend to take a bow whenever u shake hands with sumone new.
- U will laugh wen u spot any spelling mistake in the advertisement around the corner of the street.....
- 3 out of ur 5 frens can play guitar... the remaining two[along with you] have also given it a try at sum point or the other.
- The words 'Maradona' and 'Pele' were one of the first words u uttered since u learnt how to speak. All ur frens hav an opinion on football.
- Your best game is football when FIFA world cup is going on..
- The moment you're on a floor above the Ground Floor preferably a balcony.. you tend to look down and SPIT ...
- You look up when you hear an airplane.
- Whenever you meet someone in canteen you ask, 'Have you come for breakfast?' (khaja khanu aako?) You meet someone in a movie hall and ask, ' Have you come to watch a movie?' (movie hernu ayeko?) you know that noone comes to movie hall to eat breakfast or to a canteen to watch movie... do they??
- You think all festivals mean relatives playing cards and getting drunk...
- Your friends birthday is so dry without chicken chilly and momos... and BEER....
- 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... (dont expect when you are already 40)
- When you see a pair of slippers upside down (ulta chappal) you have to turn it around.
- You don't trim your nails at night. (alas the devil might take You and your family)
- You feel you haven't eaten if you haven't had Bhath (rice).
- 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.
- You are not allowed to hum or sing while eating.
- Your grand mum doesn't let you whistle at night.
- You cant date someone if you are not in love.
- You Know who Humjayega is. You have never met him.
- 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 go out for lunch/ dinner/ whatever in a group and look at the menu for half an hour and order just momo and chowmein....
- You think of titaura and your saliva glands go wild!!
- You think Toyota Corrolla is the no..1 car in the world!
- You miss wai wai ,churpi and tituara almost any given day.
- You are good at drunk driving, especially on motorcycles...
- your conversation with anyone you just met, always ends up being an interview to unearth the degree of association with this person. (eh...Ghar ka hare?? gangtok? Tyeso bhaye timile xyz 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.
- your American friends ask you if you have climbed mount Everest.you probably haven't even seen mount Everest.
- you love the pungent, fermented smell of pickled bamboo shoots (tama) and dried
and aged vegetable leaves (gundruk)
& you are drooling at the thought right now....
