You're A Filipino If....
You point with your lips.
You eat using hands - and have it down to a technique.
Your other piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.
You board the plane as the passenger with the biggest
hand-carried luggage.
You always have at least three other people talking to
you at the airport.
You're standing next to the eight big boxes at the
airport.
You nod upwards to greet someone.
You put your foot up on your chair and rest your elbow
on your knee while eating.
You use a stone to scrub yourself in the shower.
You have to kiss your relative on the cheek as soon as
you enter the room.
You collect items from hotels or restaurants "for
souvenir."
You smile for no reason.
You flirt by having a foolish grin in your face while
raising your eyebrows repeatedly.
You go to a department store and try to bargain the
prices.
You use an umbrella for shade on a hot summer day.
You scratch your head when you don't know the answer.
You never eat the last morsel on the table.
You know how to play Pusoy and Mah-jong.
You find dried up morsels of rice stuck on your shirt.
You prefer to sit in the shade instead of basking in
the sun.
You add an unwarranted "H" to your name, i.e. "Jhun,"
"Bhoy," "Rhon."
You put your hands together in front of you as if to
make a path and say
"Excuse, excuse" when you pass between people or in
front of the TV.
Your middle name is your mother's maiden name.
You like everything imported or "state-side."
You check the labels on clothes to see where it was
made before buying.
You wash your clothes by hand.
You hang your clothes out to dry.
You are perfectly comfortable in a squatting position
with your elbows resting on your knees.
You consistently arrive 30 minutes late for all
events.
You always offer food to all your visitors.
You say "for take out" instead of "to go."
You "open" or "close" the light.
You ask for "Colgate" instead of "toothpaste."
You ask for a "Pentel-pen" or a "ball-pen" instead of
just "pen."
You refer to the refridgerator as the "pridyider."
You say "Kodakan" instead of take a picture.
You say "Ha?" instead of "What."
You say "Hoy" to get some attention.
You answer when someone yells "Hoy."
You turn around when someone says "Pssst!."
You say 'for a while' instead of 'please hold' on the
telephone.
You say "Cutex" instead of "nail-polish."
You pronounce "hippopotamus" as "hippopoTAmus",
"comfortable" as "comPORtabol", "elementary" as
"elemenTAry", "utensil" as "Utensil", "bus" as "boos",
"administrative" as "admiNIStrahtib", "adolescent" as
"adoLEScent", and "seventy-five" as "seBENtipayb".
You say "aray" instead of "ouch."
Your sneeze sounds like "ahh-ching" instead of
"ahh-choo."
You prefer to make acronyms for phrases such as "OA"
for over-acting, or "TNT" for, well, you know.
You say "air-con" instead of "a/c" or air conditioner.
You say "brown out" instead of "black out."
You use a "walis ting-ting" or "walis tambo" as
opposed to a conventional broom.
You have a "Weapons of Moroland" shield hanging in the
living room wall.
You have a portrait of "The Last Supper" hanging in
your dining room.
You own a Karaoke system.
You own a piano that no one ever plays.
You have a "tabo" in the bathroom.
Your house has too many "burloloys".
You have two or three pairs of "tsinelas" on your
doorstep
Your house has an ornate wrought iron gate in front of
it.
You have a rose garden.
You have a shrine of "Santo Ninyo" in you living room.
You cover your living room furniture with bedsheets.
Your lamp shades still have plastic covers on them.
You have plastic runners to cover the carpets in your
house.
You refer to your VCR as "betamax."
You have a rice dispenser.
You own a turbo broiler.
You own one of those fiber optic flower lamps.
You own a lamp with the oil that drips down the
strings.
You have a giant wooden fork and spoon hanging
somewhere in the dining room.
You have a wooden "Tinikling Dancers" on the wall.
You own capiz shells chandeliers, lamps, or placemats.
You hang a rosary on your car's rear view mirror.
You have a green pine air freshener in your car.
You were raised to believe that every Filipino is an
aunt, uncle or cousin.
You put hot dogs in your spaghetti.
You consider "dilis" the filipino equivalent of french
fries.
You order things like tapsilog, tocilog, or longsilog
at restaurants.
You instinctively grab a toothpick after a meal.
You order "soft drink" instead of "soda."
You dip bread in your morning coffee.
Your tablecloth has soy sauce and fish sauce stains.
You refer to seasoning and other forms of monosodium
glutamate as "Ajinomoto."
Your cupboard is full of Spam, Vienna Sausage, Ligo
Sardines, and Corned Beef, which you refer to as Karne
Norte.
"Goldilocks" means more to you than just a character
in a fairytale.
You appreciate a fresh pot of rice.
You bring your "baon" most of the time to work.
Your "baon" is usually something over rice.
You eat rice for breakfast.
You use your fingers to measure the water when cooking
rice.
You wash and re-use disposable plastic utensils and
styrofoam cups.
You have a supply of frozen lumpia in the
refrigerator.
You have an ice shaver for making halo-halo.
You eat purple yam flavored (ube) ice cream.
You have to have a bottle of Jufran or Mafran handy.
You fry Spam and hot dogs and eat them over rice.
You think that half-hatched duck eggs are a delicacy.
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