- you have a "barrel man" in
your house, you may be filipino...(you know..the wooden man...when you lift up the
barrel----schwing!!!)
- you wash your clothes
by hand, you might be Filipino.
- you use walis tambo
and walis ting-ting, you just might be Filipino.
- you nail all
photographs on your walls in the living room, you're a Filipino.
- you have a very good
sense of maniana habit, you might be Filipino.
- you smoke in your
house
- you put up your knee
while eating
- you eat kanin and ulam
using your hand
- you are pakialamero
- you say Sugarol,
babaero at tumador
- you are chismosa
- you say Comfort Room
instead of Restroom.
- you say For Take Out
instead of to go.
- you point w/ your
lips, then you might be a Filipino.
- you say open or close
the lights, then you might be a Filipino.
- you nod upwards to
greet someone, you might be a Filipino.
- your nickname is
"boy", you might be a Filipino.
- you ask for a Colgate
instead of toothpaste, you might be a Filipino.
- you say
"Canteen" instead of cafeteria, then you must be filipino
- you eat
under-developed duck eggs.
- you call it a
"ballpoint" or"ballpen" , not a "pen"
- you pronounce the word
ALREADY as OLREYDI.
- you say, Kodakan,
instead of take pictures.
- you do "mano
po" to older people in the house you're about to enter.
- you refer to to your
refrigerator as "pridyider"
- your grandma smiles
and her teeth are all red because of "nga-nga"
- you say
"pliers" when you meant "fliers"
- you say
"bitch" when you meant "beach"
- you pronounce
"hippopatamus" and "comfortable" in a funny way
- you say
"Boose" for "bus"
- you cover your sofa
with bright red and green blankets
- you have a Last Supper
quilt tacked on your dining wall
- your "walking
doll" is still new even though it was bought years ago because your mom kept it
in the china cabinet and never let you play with it.
- you drive a
Mercedes-Benz with maroon seat covers
- you hang a rosary on
the rear view mirror of your car.
- you have a Santo Nino
shrine in your living room.
- you buy the karaoke
system first before the stereo and TV
- you have an out of
tune piano and nobody in the family ever learned to play.
- you know what
"chocolate meat" is
- you say chok-o-late.
- you have a
"Weapons of Morroland" shield.
- you didn't hear or
understand something and your first expression is "HA?".
- you're standing next
to big boxes at the airport.
- you say 'hoy' to get
someone's attention.
- you like peanut butter
with chocolate.
- you make para on a
bus.
- your car churps like a
bird when it's in reverse.
- you turn around when
you hear somebody say "psssst."
- you instinctively grab
a toothpick after a meal.
- you order the
langunisa meal on a PAL Balikbayan flight.
- you laugh seeing
somebody slip.
- you burp when you're
busog (or after sipping a beer)
- you call somebody
"psssst."
- you smile/grin a lot
even for no reason,
- you sit by squating
down and leaning your elbows on your knees.
- you use a Bolo to cut
the grass in the yard.
- you refer to keorosene
as "white gas."
- there are pairs of
flip-flops outside your door
- you have power
failures every day at the same time that you can set your watch to.
- your biggest frying
pan is shaped like a wok.
- you own both a rice
cooker, and an air pot.
- you refer to
"Accent" and all other forms of monosodium glutimate as "Ajinomoto"
- you go to a department
store, and try to bargain the price.
- you drink with your
friends and share the same glass, and pass it around.
- you have a cartful of
corned beef during a sale.
- you say kutex instead
of nail polish, you are one too.
- you are stumped when
asked what kind of bread in a deli.
- you're the plane
passenger with the largest hand-carry luggage.
- you scratch your head
when you don't know what you're doing.
- you don't want to eat
the last piece of food on the plate, but offer it to others.
- you say
"she" when you should say "he"
- you say
"ano" this and "ano" that
- you put your hands
together and point them in the direction you are walking to pass between other people
- you say that everybody
is your cousin/niece/nephew/aunt/uncle/...
- you have a big Buddha
at home for good luck( not the serene Buddha like what the Thais have, but the big, fat,
laughing one with those pesky little kids crawling all over him).
- you bring a
"baon" to work everyday, you're probably a Filipino.
- your ice cold beer
really has ice cubes in it.
- you eat balut and wash
it down with beer to bulk up.
- you have a parol
hanging outside your house during the Christmas holidays.
- you say things sorta
backwards like towelpaper instead of papertowel and stick bread instead of breadsticks.
- you say guper instead
of gopher.
- you eat rice for
breakfast, lunch and dinner.
- you say
"aray" instead of "ouch ".
- you look up and say
"ha!" when somebody says "what's up".
- you write
"Filipino" but pronounce it as "Pilipino".
- you can sustain jokes
like this one indefinitely.
- you often say
'Bulaga!' when you want to scare someone.
- you fire your gun like
crazy on new year's eve
- you drive a jeep with
your family name written on the back.
- you preceed anything
pluralized with "mga."
- you put a little bowl
of patis on the table for dipping, and your guests complain "who farted."
- you cover your living
room furniture with bed sheets.
- you have toyo circles
on your table cloths.
- you wash and reuse
disposable styroFoam cups, forks and spoons and of course, aluminum wrapper (Reynolds
wrap) or cover paper plates with waxed paper so you can reuse it.
- you cover your carpet
floors with plastic liners, you might be Filipino.
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