You know you're a filipino if....?

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You Know You're Filipino When...

Your middle name is your mother's maiden name.

Your parents call each other "Mommy" and "Daddy."

You have uncles and aunts named "Boy," "Girlie," or "Baby."

You have relatives whose nicknames consist of repeated syllables like "John-john," "Jet-Jet," Bing-bing," "Boy-boy," "Jing-jing." Mine by the way is "Yan-yan."

You call the parents of your friends and your own parents' friends "Tito" and "Tita."

You have four or five names.

You greet your elders by touching their hands to your forehead.

You always kiss your relatives on the cheek whenever you enter or leave the room.

You follow your parents' house rules even if you are over 18.

You live with your parents until and at times even after you're married.

You decorate your dining room wall with a picture of the "Last Supper" and giant fork and spoon.

You keep your furniture wrapped in plastic or covered with blankets.

You have a piano that no one plays.

You keep a tabo in your bathroom.

You use Vicks Vapor rub as an insect repellant.

You eat with your hands.

You eat more than three times a day.

You think a meal is not a meal without rice.

You think sandwiches are snacks, not meals.Your dining table has a merry-go-round (lazy Susan) in the middle.

You bring baon to work everyday.

Your pantry is never without Spam, Vienna sausage, corned beef, and sardines.

You love to eat daing or tuyo.

You prop up one knee while eating.

You eat your meal with patis, toyo, suka, banana catsup, or bagoong.

Your tablecloths are stained with toyo circles.

You love sticky desserts and salty snacks.

You eat fried Spam and hot dogs with rice.

You eat mangoes with rice--with great GUSTO!

You love "dirty" ice cream.

You love to eat, yet often manage to stay slim.

You put hot dogs in your spaghetti.

Everything you eat is sauted in garlic, onion, and tomatoes.

You order a "soft drink" instead of soda.

You get together with family at a cemetery on All Saint's Day to eat, drink, and tell stories by your loved ones' graves.

You play cards or mahjong and drink beer at funeral wakes.

You think Christmas season begins in October and ends in January.

Your second piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.

You've mastered the art of packing a suitcase to double capacity.

You collect items from airlines, hotels, and restaurants as "souvenirs."

You feel obligated to give pasalubong to all your friends and relatives each time you return from a trip.

You use paper foot outlines when buying shoes for friends and relatives.

You're a fashion victim.

You can convey 30 messages with your facial expression.

You hold your palms together in front of you and say "excuse, excuse" when you pass in between people or in front of the TV.

You ask for the bill at a restaurant by making a rectangle in the air.

You cover your mouth when you laugh.

You respond to a "Hoy!" or a "Pssst!" in a crowd.

You'll answer "Malapit lang!"--no matter the distance--when asked how far away a place is located.

Goldilocks is more than a fairy tale character to you.

You refer to power interruptions as "brownouts."

You love to use the following acronyms: CR for comfort room, DI for dance instructor, DOM for dirty old man, TNT for tago nang tago, KJ for killjoy, KSP for kulang sa pansin, OA for over-acting, TL for true love, BF for boyfriend and GF for girlfriend.

You say "rubber shoes" instead of sneakers, "ball pen" instead of pen,"stockings" instead of pantyhose, "pampers" instead of diapers, "ref"or "prijider" instead of refrigerator, "Colgate" instead of toothpaste,"canteen" instead of cafeteria, and "open" or "close" instead of turn on or turn off (as in the lights).

You use an umbrella for shade on hot summer days.

You like everything imported or "state-side."

You love ballroom dancing, bowling, pusoy, mah jong, billiards, and karaoke.

You have a relative who is a nurse.

When you're in a restaurant, you wipe your plate and utensils before using them.

You can squeeze 15 passengers into your five seater car without a second thought.

You wave a pom-pom on a stick around the food to keep the flies away.

You always ring a doorbell twice, assuming that the first ring was not heard.

You let the phone ring twice before answering, lest you appear overly eager.

You use a rock to scrub yourself in the bath or shower.

You're proud to be Filipino - and you pass these jokes on to all your Filipino friends.

Gamay

...you can proudly eat the head of a fish.
...you use your lips to point at something.
...you reply with a "Po!" when someone older than you calls out your name.
...you prefer friendster and facebook over myspace.
...you know what adobo and sinigang are.
...you hide money in your bra or in your shoes
...you have a bamboo piggybank
...you celebrate childrens partys with a pinapple centerpiece with hotdogs on barbecue sticks stuck all around the pineapple with marshmallows at the end.
..everyone older than you is referred to as "ate, kuya, tita or tito" even if they are not a relative
...you have a large wooden spoon and fork and the last supper on the wall in your dining room.
...you live with your parents until you get married.. or you continue to live with your parents even after you have gotten married
...you cover your mouth with a hanky when you laugh.

Mrs.C

you know what fx means

annie

you have a big wooden spoon and fork on your dining wall, in the middle is a big wooden rosary

Sko Zara

...if you bring along with you friends in a free-spree. [Tara, may free-taste dun.]

One more, outside the Philippines:

...if you own a "tabo" in the shower/bathroom.

Î© allan y

make full use of the allowable baggage allowance on international flights with the ubiquitous balikbayan boxes.

Juan C

your family has Filipino heritage...

human_945

u eat rice and der is a certain look that distinguishes us from all the other races.. maybe the tone of our skin and the thing with our eyes.. its beauty.. its how i can tell when someone / a filipino is on international television channels

QNA

... your idea of a classy wine is Asti Spumante. :P

... you carry around a fake LV purse (or wear fake Lacoste) from Greenhills, and it actually makes you feel classy!

... you overextend your finances to buy a Rolex or a Beemer just to be able to display a "status symbol."

... you choose to shop for expensive things over food and other necessities.

PerpetualTraveller

You see an Iranian student whose name is Mohammed Ibrahim Reza and you smile and say "Hi, Joe!". Then you ask him what part of the US he comes from.

alex

ms Coy your answer made me know what im doing was right. tq.

Mr. Kick

you eat rice and drive a motorcycle that has seats in the back

Little Big Boss

Someone ask directions and you pucker up your lips and point them in the direction you think they should go.
If you want someone to come to you, you give the international hand signal for them to go away.
You belch at the table.
You eat with the serving spoon instead of using a knife and fork.
If you are engaged in a conversation and spit on the ground in front of the person you are talking to and smile when you do it.

yeahitslove<3

You point using your lips.

lol

J@ps

Here is 101 ways to know for sure.

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-sN80JK47erZb5BZ.rjk-?cq=1&p=169

Jamie W

You find yourself on a boat illegally entering another country

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