Proud to be a DESI!!!

I got this message as an email. it lists the qualities of "desi's". Read and decide for yourself!!

• When you tell your parents you got 98%, and they ask you what happened to the other two percent.
• There is a sale on any item, you buy 100 of them.
• You make tea in a saucepan.
• You never buy bin bags, but use your saved grocery bags for it.
• You put your clothes in suitcases instead of wardrobes.
• You have a 'Singer Brother' sewing machine at home.
• Your mother has a minor disagreement with her sister and doesn't talk to her for ten years.
• You call an older person you've never met before "uncle".
• You hide everything from your parents.
• Your mother does everything for you if you are male.
• You do all the housework and cooking if you are female.
• Your relatives alone could populate a small city.
• Everyone is a family friend.
• Everyone always called you for help on homework.
• You study law, medicine or engineering at university.
• You were thick so you studied computer science or business instead.
• You know no one who has studied music.
• You went to a university as far away from home as possible.
• You still came back home to live with your parents after you had finished.
• Your best friend got married at the age of 18.
• You like the meat well done.
• You eat onions with everything.
• You use chili sauce instead of tomato ketchup.
• You fight over who pays the dinner bill.
• You say you hate Indian films/songs but secretly watch/hear them.
• You avoid public places when with a member of the opposite sex, especially if there is an acquaintance within a 250 miles radius.
• You always say "open the light" instead of "turn the light on".
• You secure your baggage with a rope.
• You're walking out of customs with your trolley at the airport and you see all twenty-five members of your family who have come to pick you up.
• You get very upset when airlines refuse to accept your luggage which is just 80 lbs. overweight.
• You go back to your parents' country and people treat you like a member of the royal family.
• You ask your dad a simple question and he tells you story of how he had to walk miles barefoot just to get to school.
• Your Dad drives a Nissan.
• You're rich so he drives a Mercedes.
• You are ALWAYS taking off and putting on your shoes wherever you go.
• When you were little you always wondered why your English friends waited until after breakfast to brush their teeth when you did it first thing in the morning.
• To your English friends, oil is used purely for cooking and not as a grooming aid.
• Your parents have nicknames but only because people they work with just stop when trying to read their names.
• You have annoying nicknames like Chotu or Chicku.
  Your parents call all your friends "Beta" (son/daughter).
• Your mother measures wealth in gold and diamonds.
• Your parents drink 3 cups of tea a day.
• Your parents compare you to all of their friends' kids.
• At least once a week your mom says, "I want to go to India/Pakistan".
• No one ever seems to call ahead of time to say they are coming over for a visit.
• Your parents worry what other people will think if you're not going to be a doctor/ engineer.
• You're parent's always say while shopping abroad, "It's cheaper in India/Pakistan".