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You Know You're Filipino When...
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Written by: Debbie Salcedo
03/29/05

Title: "You Know You're Filipino When..." (Humorous Anecdotes)
About: Travel and Tourism Philippines


YOU KNOW YOU’RE A FILIPINO WHEN…

* 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" (betel nut and areca)

* you say "pliers" when you meant "fliers"

* you say "bitch" when you meant "beach"

* you pronounce "hippopotamus" 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" (STOP!) on a bus.

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