You know you gaan native da Belize when...

(I borrowed and modified this from neo-fly-ergo's blog)

You know you gaan native da Belize when...

1. You can sleep in a room where lots of mosquitoes are flying.

2. Even when the traffic officer at bridge-foot signals you to cross, you still looking left and right before crossing.

3. You have lots of credit cards but most of them are over limit (that's ok, they're just for showing off anyway)

4. You believe you will never end up in jail because you are rich or because you know a Ministah.

5. You impress your neighbours with photos of you at the airport in Houston.

6. You think a pair of fake RayBans is perfectly adequate for preventing arc-eye when welding

7. You have 18k jewellery, brand new tennis shoes, and a big shiny SUV in the driveway, but no food in the fridge. Or gas for the SUV.

8. You dream in Creole

9. You gape at white foreigners from the cruise ships as if they have rabbits growing out of their heads.

10. You regard pig tail and cow foot soup as a tasty treat - but consider McDonald's from Chetumal even classier.

11. You think nothing of borrowing money from an expatriate and never repaying it.

12. When buying food at the market, you consider it perfectly normal behaviour to push ahead of any expatriate stupid enough to be waiting to be served.

13. You begin to suspect that most politicians/civil servants might be evil corrupters, but you still reverentially cringe, bow and scrape when meeting them.

14. You hear that a relative is coming in from the States and wonder what they’re going to bring for you.

15. You think Lauren is hilarious but can longer understand the complex humour of Chris Rock.

16. You believe that Tacos and Panades are 'light food' that don't fill you up or make you fat (as opposed to your neighbourhood Chinese fried chicken)

17. You introduce your sweetheart to male acquaintances, who also happen to be on a first name basis with your wife

18. Your car costs more than your house

19. You have two cars and no garage

20. The cost of your cell phone is equal to 2 months salary