Top 21 things a Nepali does after returning from abroad

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21. Tries to use credit card in road side hotel. 20. Drinks and carries mineral water and always speaks of health conscious. 19. Sprays duo such so that he doesn't need to take bath. 18. Sneezes and says 'Excuse me'. 17. Says "Hey" instead of "Hi". says "Yogurt" instead says "Curds". Says "Cab" instead of "Taxi". Says "Candy" instead of "Chocolate". Says "Cookie" instead of "Biscuit". Says "Free Way" instead of "Highway". Says "got to go" instead of "Have to go". Says "Oh" instead of "Zero", (for 704, says Seven Oh Four Instead of Seven Zero Four) 16. Doesn't forget to crib about air pollution. Keeps cribbing every time he steps out. 15. Says all the distances in Miles (Not in Kilo Meters), and counts in Millions. (Not in Lakhs) 14. Tries to figure all the prices in Dollars as far as possible (but deep down the heart multiplies by 70). 13. Tries to see the % of fat on the cover of a milk pocket. 12. When need to say Z (zed), never says Z (Zed), repeats "Zee" several times, if the other person unable to get, then says X, Y Zee(but never says Zed) 11. Writes date as MM/DD/YYYY, on watching traditional DD/MM/YYYY, says "Oh! British Style!!!!" 10. Makes fun of Nepali Standard Time and Nepali Road Conditions. 9. Even after 2 months, complaints about "Jet Lag". 8. Avoids eating more chili (hot) stuff. 7. Tries to drink "Diet Coke", instead of Normal Coke. 6. Tries to complain about any thing in Nepal as if he is experiencing it for the first time. 5. Pronounces "schedule" as "skejule", and "module" as "mojule". 4. Looks speciously towards Hotel/Dhaba food. Few more important 3. From the luggage bag, does not remove the stickers of Airways by which he traveled back to Nepal, even after 4 months of arrival. 2. Takes the cabin luggage bag to short visits in India, tries to roll the bag on Nepali Roads. Ultimate one 1. Tries to begin conversation with "In US ...." or "When I was in US..."

bittertruth · Dec 16, 2011 3:06 PM · 33,829 views

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Heard this fews years ago in sajha. Think something original bru rather than just coping paste some email.

pirka · Jan 28, 2012 2:26 PM

It was back in 2007, and I think someone reposted it here from my post. I just posted it here as my own original 

bittertruth · Jan 28, 2012 11:09 PM

I had gone to Nepal after 4.5 years and none of those things applied to me. I just get surprised by how much people get americanised after staying in US for 2-3 years.

jhapaliketo · Jan 29, 2012 4:19 PM

Haha!! La badhai cha. :)

pirka · Jan 29, 2012 6:31 PM

I went there last month and I said thank you everywhere. I was like what...and towards the end of my stay I didn't mention that much. Good thread!!

Ghorle Boko · Jan 29, 2012 7:20 PM

when I was in chitwan, everytime I said Thankyou to the helpers in one hotel, they're like 'swagatam' and I was like 'what the heck??' just because, in English, there is 'You're welcome' as receptive response doesn't mean there has to be on in Nepalese like 'swagatam' and believe me,  I almost puked.. it felt so awkward..

bittertruth · Jan 29, 2012 9:07 PM

 Bittertruth: You need to make a Youtube video titled " Shit Nepalese American says",,, I m sure u will get 100K hits.

JayD · Jan 30, 2012 11:38 PM

JayD, send me the script, I act on it.. hahahahah. juz kiddin

bittertruth · Jan 31, 2012 12:25 AM

I won't do any of those mentioned above.

casino · Jan 31, 2012 12:26 AM

good for you :D 

bittertruth · Jan 31, 2012 12:35 PM

Bitter_truth: Good jobs on getting the lists. I only did the stuff below from your list while i was back in Nepal a month ago. I was very surprised to see people speaking on english with me in even general conversations. While i was talking in Nepali, he/she was returning me in Engish. I was like WTF??? 20. Drinks and carries mineral water and always speaks of health conscious. 18. Sneezes and says 'Excuse me'. 16. Doesn't forget to crib about air pollution. Keeps cribbing every time he steps out. 11. Writes date as MM/DD/YYYY, on watching traditional DD/MM/YYYY, says "Oh! British Style!!!!" 5. Pronounces "schedule" as "skejule", and "module" as "mojule". Apart from this lists, i did lot of travelling specially from KTM to PKR in bus atleast 3/4 times. Wow that was really adventurous. Peace Sirus_Me  

sirus_me · Jan 31, 2012 6:42 PM

@sirus, lol.. cool.. didn't you feel going backward in time as soon as you stepped out of the airport??  the moment I got off the plane, they stuffed us into a pathetic stinky bus as if we're a horde of sheeps .. I was through singapore airlines last time, and it was so antique feel in TIA later on, even the public toilets and workers out there, they're all filthy. Someone got Rs.1000(which I had with me just in case from the last trip) off of me, when he told me my baggage is lost and he took responsibility to find it. but didn't care much, thought as a tips. anyway, something radical should happen there to change all this else we'll be laughingstock in the western.

bittertruth · Feb 1, 2012 1:14 AM

That's completely normal ABA eta tera toilet mai kasto Ananda ko Huncha jasto sukai Nepali bhae pani eta 1barsa Marta basera halo cha bhanepaani teslai tyo ratnapark ko toilet ma free ma dishha garna lagae pani gardaina hola

intelligentguy · Feb 1, 2012 4:50 AM

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