You know you are a Fiji INDIAN if...........
1. You take roti parcel/ on the plane (and a few chilis)
2. Your parents stock up on 2 litre bottles of cream soda,
And brag about how good it tastes, and called it 'red la
juice'
3. You know what 'grog' or 'naquona' is.
4. Every Fiji person you know... is somehow related to you.
5. You know what and where Fijian Traders is.
6. You know who is 'Mamu' a.k.a 'blood'.
7. You always get re-fills @ McDonalds...
8. Your parents talk soo damn loud on the phone...but yet
they don't realize it
9. Your dad has a lot of pride for soccer.
10. You know someone with their name either on their belt
buckle or their chain.
11. You get 95% on a test....your parents ask
you...'what happened to the other 5%'
12. You know what 'Fiji Time' is.
13. You go out somewhere with your cousins... for
example....a restaurant or bowling alley...you argue with
them who pays the bill.
14. You have some sort of Fiji poster or a Fiji painting
scenery picture
15.. You been to a lovo in someone's backyard.
16. You know or heard about the card game Thanee, 7 Hand,
500 etc.
17. You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving
someone's house.
18. after a hall party... You go back to the house of the
person whose throwing the party and party some more and pack
up the left over's to take home and eat the next day.
19. You use your cell phone after 5 pm
20. Your mom is a neat freak
21. You like seafood, or you go crazy when you can purchase
it for cheap
22. Your kid's/siblings names have some kinda pattern
to it
23. You invest tons of money in remodeling your house
rather then just buying new one
24. If you're female ...you are obsessed with
straightening your hair.
25. You work out... but then you go home and load up on the
rice, meat and beer
26. You have played that cram board game ever in your life
time
27. If you have a dinner party all the children and women
eat first and then the men eat after a couple of drinks.
28. You boil dalo or cassera
29. You hardly reach a relatives pooja.....but when they
host a party...your 100% down.
30. You have a pooja area designated to a closet in your
house
31. You eat New Zealand lamb at least once a month
32. If males get together on weekends. .they have
'chaisa' with their drinks
33. When you're at a party..... It is perfectly normal
to eat (dinner) @midnight
34. When you or your parents cook..... u don't use
exact amount of ingredients.....u just 'throw in
whatever u think is good'
35. Your aunt tells you... don't drink milk when you
are eating fish. [You know the consequences if you
do....right???]
36. You need English subtitles when you are watching Indian
movies.
37. You change into your home clothes soon as you come home
from school/work
38. You have a wall unit in the dining room filled with
'good dishes'
39. No matter where you live.. you find a place to get
fresh 'khassi' or 'junglee murgee'.
40. You are guaranteed to find some1 who is fijian...just
by the way they are talking...at Wal Mart, Home Depot,
Movies, Grocery Stores etc...
41. Your parents don't realize phone connections to
foreign countries have improved in the last two decades, but
they still scream at the top of their lungs when making long
distance calls.
42. You walk 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.
43. At one point in your life your parents tried to get you
into places half-price saying you were 12 ...when you were
really 16.
44. When guests come over to your house....you serve
cookies, chaa and bhooja
45. When you go to a wedding ...the men will bring daaru
And keep it intheir car and every so often u find them
missing from the function.
46. You see someone you know more than 10 feet away, rather
than just waving, or nodding, you yell 'OYE!' at the
top of your lungs.
47. When the music is playing at a party...every one makes
sure you'reon da dance floor and if u sit down
they'll grab U and make u dance wid everyone else on da
dance floor
48. Whether you board a plane or get off, your luggage will
consist of at least one big cardboard box with masking tape
around it, an possibly tied with 'rassi'.
49. Ur at a fiji soccer party and your hanging with your
younger cousins and fam friends, than ur hear a bottle break
and turn around and notice your Dad and uncles and friends
are
fighting with each other! It's all about Soccer! Than
when they finally break it up they make death threats to one
another, only to hear a week later their drinking and
playing thanee in someone's basement all together!
'Bahoot dhaaru peeliya,' was their excuse!!!
50. You arrive one or two hours late to a party and think
it's normal.
51. You go back to Fiji and people there treat you like a
member of the royal family.
52. You have never met half of your extended family.
53. You bring a 'chatai' when you go to the
beach/park with your family.
54. You dip your bread/toast/bun/roti in your tea or
coffee.
55. Some random Fijian person walks up to you somewhere and
says...'you rememba me'....then proceeds to name
names until you finally know one(usually the 14th name),
then traces back the exact time, date and place of when they
met and how you're all related.
56. You go on a picnic the main food item is
' palau ' with tomato chutney and coca cola/pepsi to
drink.
57. You know Nadi is pronounced 'Nandi'.
58. You know the words to 'Phulari Beena Chutney Kaise
Bhani'
59. Half your family is 10X darker than you.
60. Your favorite quote is....SAAAA NAI SAKEH!
61. You have to take a rest after every meal.
62. You can out drink all of your gora friends!
63. You hate telemarketers
64. Your family says lolli instead of candy
65. You call the hospital 'aspatal'
66. You have tin mutton and tin mutcharee in your cupboards
67. You are unpacking your baggage at the airport because
We take more than were allowed
68. You have a few BULA shirts with Hibiscus
Flower patterns
69. Almost every Fiji bhajan begins with
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
70. Before you are eating 'thaarcaarii', you better
roll up your sleeve or else you will get a daagg
71. Your idea of salad is sliced up onion, lemon juice, chili and cucumber
1. You take roti parcel/ on the plane (and a few chilis)
2. Your parents stock up on 2 litre bottles of cream soda,
And brag about how good it tastes, and called it 'red la
juice'
3. You know what 'grog' or 'naquona' is.
4. Every Fiji person you know... is somehow related to you.
5. You know what and where Fijian Traders is.
6. You know who is 'Mamu' a.k.a 'blood'.
7. You always get re-fills @ McDonalds...
8. Your parents talk soo damn loud on the phone...but yet
they don't realize it
9. Your dad has a lot of pride for soccer.
10. You know someone with their name either on their belt
buckle or their chain.
11. You get 95% on a test....your parents ask
you...'what happened to the other 5%'
12. You know what 'Fiji Time' is.
13. You go out somewhere with your cousins... for
example....a restaurant or bowling alley...you argue with
them who pays the bill.
14. You have some sort of Fiji poster or a Fiji painting
scenery picture
15.. You been to a lovo in someone's backyard.
16. You know or heard about the card game Thanee, 7 Hand,
500 etc.
17. You talk for an hour at the front door when leaving
someone's house.
18. after a hall party... You go back to the house of the
person whose throwing the party and party some more and pack
up the left over's to take home and eat the next day.
19. You use your cell phone after 5 pm
20. Your mom is a neat freak
21. You like seafood, or you go crazy when you can purchase
it for cheap
22. Your kid's/siblings names have some kinda pattern
to it
23. You invest tons of money in remodeling your house
rather then just buying new one
24. If you're female ...you are obsessed with
straightening your hair.
25. You work out... but then you go home and load up on the
rice, meat and beer
26. You have played that cram board game ever in your life
time
27. If you have a dinner party all the children and women
eat first and then the men eat after a couple of drinks.
28. You boil dalo or cassera
29. You hardly reach a relatives pooja.....but when they
host a party...your 100% down.
30. You have a pooja area designated to a closet in your
house
31. You eat New Zealand lamb at least once a month
32. If males get together on weekends. .they have
'chaisa' with their drinks
33. When you're at a party..... It is perfectly normal
to eat (dinner) @midnight
34. When you or your parents cook..... u don't use
exact amount of ingredients.....u just 'throw in
whatever u think is good'
35. Your aunt tells you... don't drink milk when you
are eating fish. [You know the consequences if you
do....right???]
36. You need English subtitles when you are watching Indian
movies.
37. You change into your home clothes soon as you come home
from school/work
38. You have a wall unit in the dining room filled with
'good dishes'
39. No matter where you live.. you find a place to get
fresh 'khassi' or 'junglee murgee'.
40. You are guaranteed to find some1 who is fijian...just
by the way they are talking...at Wal Mart, Home Depot,
Movies, Grocery Stores etc...
41. Your parents don't realize phone connections to
foreign countries have improved in the last two decades, but
they still scream at the top of their lungs when making long
distance calls.
42. You walk 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.
43. At one point in your life your parents tried to get you
into places half-price saying you were 12 ...when you were
really 16.
44. When guests come over to your house....you serve
cookies, chaa and bhooja
45. When you go to a wedding ...the men will bring daaru
And keep it intheir car and every so often u find them
missing from the function.
46. You see someone you know more than 10 feet away, rather
than just waving, or nodding, you yell 'OYE!' at the
top of your lungs.
47. When the music is playing at a party...every one makes
sure you'reon da dance floor and if u sit down
they'll grab U and make u dance wid everyone else on da
dance floor
48. Whether you board a plane or get off, your luggage will
consist of at least one big cardboard box with masking tape
around it, an possibly tied with 'rassi'.
49. Ur at a fiji soccer party and your hanging with your
younger cousins and fam friends, than ur hear a bottle break
and turn around and notice your Dad and uncles and friends
are
fighting with each other! It's all about Soccer! Than
when they finally break it up they make death threats to one
another, only to hear a week later their drinking and
playing thanee in someone's basement all together!
'Bahoot dhaaru peeliya,' was their excuse!!!
50. You arrive one or two hours late to a party and think
it's normal.
51. You go back to Fiji and people there treat you like a
member of the royal family.
52. You have never met half of your extended family.
53. You bring a 'chatai' when you go to the
beach/park with your family.
54. You dip your bread/toast/bun/roti in your tea or
coffee.
55. Some random Fijian person walks up to you somewhere and
says...'you rememba me'....then proceeds to name
names until you finally know one(usually the 14th name),
then traces back the exact time, date and place of when they
met and how you're all related.
56. You go on a picnic the main food item is
' palau ' with tomato chutney and coca cola/pepsi to
drink.
57. You know Nadi is pronounced 'Nandi'.
58. You know the words to 'Phulari Beena Chutney Kaise
Bhani'
59. Half your family is 10X darker than you.
60. Your favorite quote is....SAAAA NAI SAKEH!
61. You have to take a rest after every meal.
62. You can out drink all of your gora friends!
63. You hate telemarketers
64. Your family says lolli instead of candy
65. You call the hospital 'aspatal'
66. You have tin mutton and tin mutcharee in your cupboards
67. You are unpacking your baggage at the airport because
We take more than were allowed
68. You have a few BULA shirts with Hibiscus
Flower patterns
69. Almost every Fiji bhajan begins with
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
70. Before you are eating 'thaarcaarii', you better
roll up your sleeve or else you will get a daagg
71. Your idea of salad is sliced up onion, lemon juice, chili and cucumber
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