1. I speak more in English than Nepali when there is American around. I hate it when my Chinese friends talk in their language when I am around them. I always hated it when my Newar friends talked in newari when I was around them. If I am with only Nepalese, I speak Nepali.
2. My goal is not to go back to Nepal. If I were to go back, I'd not be here in the first place. If I were to go back, I'd be saving every penny I earned.
3. I don't want Nepalese see me working at any place. Once bitten and twice shy, when I was a dishwasher, Nepalese waiters treated me like a piece of crap. I didn't like that and I will avoid everything that would make me suffer from inferiority complex.
4. Doesn't apply to me. I am from Kathmandu.
5. I am smart, thats why I am here, doing what I do the best. Anyway, All A's in your transcript still doesn't prove that you are smart. You can have all C's and still considered smart. What kind of smartness are we talking about anyway? Street smart? Book Smart? Math Smart? Direction Smart? Einstein is considered as an ultimate smartass although he didn't have impressive grades.
6. Doesn't apply to me. I was here before I had to worry about opportunities.
7. Doesn't apply either. God forbid, luck had it's charm on me and I appreciate people for their achievement, whether it is American or Nepali. I have no desire to become another Bill Gates.
8. I will give you an advice if you ask me for one. So, I guess that doesn't apply to me either. I don't advise every Tom, Dick and Harry. I am not in consulting business.
9. This applies to everyone. One of the factors behind it is procrastination and it is Universal. It's more of a Human Nature than a Nepali thing.
10. I guess nothing applies to me and I ain't pretending.