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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

76% emaratiii

1. [X] Your parents are cousins or at least relatives.
2. [X] Your grandparents are cousins or at least relatives.
3. [X] You are not an only child.
4. [X] You have so many cousins that when someone asks you how many they are you start counting them and you still forget a cousin.
5. [X] Anyone who shares the same last name as yours you immediately call them 2nd cousins.
6. [] You refer to yourself as local instead of Emarati.
7. [] You wear Kandoora/Abayah almost everywhere you go.
8. [X] You travel at least once a year.
9. [] You have been to London at least 3 times.
10. [X] You call your father or mother's friends (Aunt or Uncle).

Current total: 7

11. [X] You at least own 3 cars.
12. [X] You bought a car plate number worth more than 50,000 DHS and if you didn't you know someone who did.
13. [X] When a famous Arabic singer writes a song especially for a bride or groom it is COMPLETELY normal in fact that's what you're gonna do for your own wedding.
14. [] Your parents or grandparents have hinted ever since you've been born that you are going to marry your cousin.
15. [] When a new baby is born into the family the elders of your family demand for the baby to be called after them.
16. [X] You use "Y3nee" in practically all your sentences.
17. [X] You actually know your great great grandfather's name who just coincidentally is your father's or brother's or uncle's name.
18. [X] You have spent your childhood watching Captain Majid on Saturday mornings.
19. [X] A lot of your swears include SHIT (5ara 3alayk/3alaych, Seer Zig/Seeri Zigi .. etc).
20. [X] Your lunch mostly consists of rice and something (3aish oo la7am, 3aish oo deyay, 3aish oo male7 .. etc).

Current total: 15

21. [] Going to the desert with your family in winter is a ritual.
22. [X] Being spanked as a child was very normal.
23. [X] You know someone Emarati studying Business in Boston.
24. [X] In your weddings you can't even hear what the other person is saying because of the loud and bad music.
25. [X] You have once been hooked up with the show "Al Maidan".
26. [X] In your family a girl's curfew is 10 or 11 max and a boy's a curfew is .. well he doesn't have a curfew.
27. [X] In Eid or any other celebration you greet about 50 people you don't even know.
28. [X] The boys in your family have been driving without a licence ever since they were 13.
29. [X)] The food in your house triples in Ramadhan.
30. [X] You have once owned a flickr account.

Current total: 24

31. [x ] One of your parents speaks fluent Indian. (does pakistani count? HAHAHA)
32. [] Your first mobile was Nokia.
33. [] Your grandparents own a pickup truck.
34. [X] You have ridden a buggy in the desert.
35. [X] You wear a uniform to school.
36. [X] You have owned a colored baby chicken as a child.
37. [X] You have experienced the terrible traffic in Sharjah and if you didn't you've heard scary stories about it.
38. [X] You are not shocked when you've been told that Dubai is going to build the biggest waterfall in a mall.
39. [] You only drink Vimto when it's Ramadhan.
40. [X] You are addicted to Oronamin C or Redbull.

Current total: 31

41. [] As a kid your favorite snack was Laban and Chips Oman.
42. [X] There is a tiny farm of chickens and goats in your grandma's backyard.
43. [X] Someone in your family has diabetes or high cholesterol.
44. [X] You've watched Bold and the Beautiful or any other soap opera with your maids as a kid.
45. [X] You memorized the Macarena dance by heart.
46. [X] You know a couple of Indian words.
47. [X] You’ve at least seen one car covered with designer monograms (Gucci, Dior .. etc).
48. [X] There is always a family connection between you and most of your friends.
49. [] Your nickname is your name but with extra O’s (Rashood, Alyoo .. etc).
50. [] You join the UAE network just to spy on other Emaratis. Admit it.

Current total: 38

TOTAL: Multiply by 2

TOTAL: 37 x 2 = 76%Emarati!