U KNOW UR FILIPINO IF....(although i bagg on my
fellow flips over these, its all outta love!...haha)
1. You point with your lips.
2. You eat using your hands and have it down to
technique.
3. You go to a department store and try to bargain
the prices.
4. You find dried up morsels of rice stuck to your
shirt.
5. Your middle name is your mother's maiden
name.
6. You love to buy sale items even when you do
not need them.
7. You say "Ha?" instead of "What?"
8. You say "Pssst!" to get someone's attention.
9. You turn around when someone says "Psst."
10. You say "aray!" instead of "ouch!"
11. You say "he," when you mean "she" and vice
versa.
12. You know what TNT means.
13. You say "air-con" instead of "a/c" or air
conditioner.
14. You say "Uy!" instead of "Oops."
15. You pronounce "F" for "P" or "P" for "F."
16. You have a portrait of "The Last Supper"
hanging in your dining room wall.
17. You own a karaoke system.
18. You own a piano no one ever plays.
19. You have a "tabo" in the bathroom.
20. You display a big laughing Buddha for good
luck.
21. You have a shrine of the Santo Nio.
22. You have a parol hanging outside the house
during the holidays.
23. You cover your back car seats with bed sheets.
24. Your sneeze sounds like "Aaaahh-ching"
instead of "Aaaaahh-choo."
25. You own a lamp with the oil that drips down the
strings.
26. You have a giant wooden fork and spoon
hanging in the dining room.
27. You have wooden tinikling dancers on the wall.
28. You hang a rosary on your car's rear view
mirror.
29. You have a relative who is a nurse.
30. Your parents call each other "Mommy"
and "Daddy" or "Ma" and "Pa."
31. You have a family member that has a
nickname that repeats itself, i.e. "Deng-
deng," "Ling-ling," or "Johu-johu."
32. You put hotdogs in your spaghetti.
33. Your cupboards are full of corned beef, hash,
Spam, and Vienna Sausages.
34. You have a rice dispenser.
35. You appreciate a fresh pot of rice.
36. Your neighbors complain about the smell of
tuyo on Sunday mornings.
37. You eat rice for breakfast.
38. You use your fingers to measure the water
when cooking rice.
39. You wash and re-use plastic utensils and
Styrofoam cups.
40. You have an ice-shaver for making halo-halo.
41. Your tablecloths have tell-tale "tuyo circles" on
them.
42. You eat purple yam-flavored, ube, ice cream.
43. You fry Spam and hotdogs and eat them with
rice.
44. You think half-hatch duck eggs are a delicacy.
45. You call the parents of your friends and your
own parents' friends "Tito" and "Tita."
46. You greet your elders by touching their hands
to your forehead.
47. You live with your parents until and at times
even after you're married.
48. You make your children sing, dance, and play
the piano to amuse your friends and relatives.
49. You use Vicks Vapor rub as an insect repellant.
50. You keep your furniture wrapped in plastic or
covered with blankets.
51. Your dining table has a vinyl tablecloth.
52. You recycle shopping bags as garbage bags.
53. You eat more than three times a day.
54. You think a meal is not a meal without rice.
55. You feed all your visitors.
56. You love to eat daing or tuyo.
57. You eat your meal with patis, toyo, suka,
banana catsup, or bagoong.
58. You love sticky desserts and salty snacks.
59. When dining out, you always fight over who will
pay for dinner.
60. Everything you eat is sauted in garlic, onion,
and tomatoes.
61. You eat rice for breakfast.
62. You hang a rosary on your car's rear view
mirror.
63. You make the sign of the cross before take-offs
and after landings and every time you pass by a
church.
64. Your second piece of luggage is a balikbayan
box.
65. You are standing next to eight boxes at the
airport.
66. You collect items from airlines, hotels, and
restaurants as "souvenirs."
67. You feel obligated to give gifts to all your
friends and relatives each time you return from a
trip.
68. You're a fashion victim.
69. You greet one another by raising your
eyebrows or tossing your head.
70. You ask for the bill at a restaurant by making a
rectangle in the air.
71. You respond to a "Hoy!" or a "Pssst!" in a
crowd.
72. You refer to power interruptions as "brownouts."
73. You're always late for events and parties.
74. You always leave your shoes or slippers
outside the doorstep.
75. You hang your clothes out to dry in a laundry
line.
76. You let the phone ring twice before answering,
lest you appear overly eager.
77. You unwrap Christmas gifts very carefully, so
you can save and reuse the wrapping (and
especially those bows) next year.
78. You only buy Christmas cards after Christmas,
when they are 50% off.
79. When there is a sale on toilet paper, you buy
100 rolls and store them in your closet.
80. You use the dishwasher as a dish rack.
81. You have never used your dishwasher.
82. You eat all meals in the kitchen.
83. You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin
containers.
84. You hate to waste food....
85. You have a collection of miniature shampoo
bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel.
86. You have paper napkins from McDonald's that
you use at home.
87. The condiments in your fridge are from various
fast food restaurants.
88. You own a rice cooker.
89. You have acquired a taste for bitter melon
(ampalaya).
90. Your parents call to ask if you've eaten, even if
it's midnight.
91. Your parents are never happy with your grades.
92. You smile for no reason.
93. You are still wearing outdated clothing you
have when you first came to USA.
94. You eat mangoes or watermelon with salt.
95. On your trip to the Philippines, you have 18
giant boxes which are over filled with things that
cost an average of 15 cents each like M&M's and T-
shirts.
96. You throw a party and everyone is fighting to
chop the leathery skin off the dead pig.
97. You visit the oriental market every week to
stock up on patis, toyo, suka, banana catsup, and
bagoong.
98. You have oversized picnics in the park with all
your friends and relatives.
99. You haven't gone a day in your life without
eating rice.
100. You laughed at every single one of these
statements and couldn't believe how true they are!
(from friendster)
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