Its kinda long but Worth reading👅 You know youre 100% Habesha if: You have at least 10 relatives in D.C. You make eye contact and nod your head if you see another habesha on the street You can spot an habesha from a mile away Your house and clothes smell like onions Your mom is in the kitchen for 10 hours & still is not done cooking. Your freezer is stuffed with kebay, berbere, and used up oil You, your father, and your mother have three different last names You are familiar with the expression Waaa and its various functions, which can be used to express a warning, excitement, anger, sadness, etc Your mother and her friends call each other every day to update each other on gossips Your parents always make you take pictures by flowers or beautiful things to send to Ethiopia Your parents want to call your name but they call all your siblings first before they finally get it right A party starts at 3 and everyone shows up at 6 Whenever you or parents see something disturbing you mumble Ayyyyyeee America You pronounce your last name 20 times for people and they still dont get it right Your parents tell you that the only REAL careers are Doctor or Pharmacist You recognize a simple family gathering to be more than 50 people you don’t recognize You know at least 7 people who drive a taxi Kibae is essential for both your hair and food You have at least 1 relative living in America Illegally You show up to school/work, smellin like WOT Your parents say things like what did he said or what did he did If your parents say: shat up your mouz You have never heard your parents say ..I love You.. to each other You are forced to eat more injera even though you have already had 2 plates Your parents are positively sure you will marry habesha, and will have it no other way Its forbidden to get anything lower than A on your report card, maybe a B, but a C is out of the question You always try to get a discount at a store even if the item is on SALE Your parents tell you how everything is better here than back home,water, food ,etc. Your papers say your 5 years younger than you actually are You listen to the same Ethiopian tape everyday for 6 months straight and still don’t know the words You or your parents fight over who gets to pay the bill At every wedding it looks like all the women have robbed a jewelry store Everybody back home thinks that you are RICH Your parents have an old black and white portrait hanging on the wall in which they do not look directly at the camera Bob Marley is pronounced “Bom Barley” You hear good news and you hear people say: “elelelelelelelelelelelele” You pronounce brother as brazer You or your parents say youre going back home every year and never go(Berukti lol isnt that us?) You have family whove been in the states since the 70s, and they still have an accent and don’t know how to use a computer
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 03:43:23 +0000