studying chinese: you can tell

You can tell you've been studying Chinese if:

• You see an accent over a letter and read it as a tone, not a change in pronunciation or emphasis.
• You begin to realize how many MRT station names you've been saying wrong for the past year.
• You notice when something isn't in Hanyou Pinyin.
• You have a preference for a particular Pinyin writing system. (It's the one you're studying.)
• You catch yourself trying to read the names of stores you're walking past, just because you can.
• You prepare in your head what you're going to say to the cashier, rather than just checking to see if the menu is available somewhere in English.
• You wince at your previous attempts to spell out Chinese words phonetically.