* 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.