You know you're a Filipino if.....you nail all photographs on your walls in the living room...
you say comfort room instead of rest room...
you say for take out instead of to go...
you point with your lips...
you nod upwards to greet someone...
your nickname is boy...
you ask for colgate instead of toothpaste...
you eat underdeveloped duck eggs...
you pronounce the word ALREADY as OLREYDI...
you say KODAKAN instead of take pictures...
you refer to your refrigerator as 'pridyider'...
you say "pliers"" when you meant "flyers"....
you cover your sofa with plastic...
you have a Last Supper quilt on your dining wall....
you drive a Mercedes-Benz with maroon seat covers...
you hang a rosary on the rear view mirror on your car...
you have a Santo Nino shrine in your living room....
you're standing next to big boxes at the airport...."you say "HOY" to get someone's attention...
your car chirps like a bird when you back up....
you have a collection of bruce lee and charles bronson movies in VHS and Betamax...
you have "BEST of SLOW ROCK" cassette tapes in heat proof casing ....
you call somebody "pssssssssssssssst"....
you drink with your friends and share the same glass, passing it around...
you say kutex instead of nail polish....
you're the plane passenger with the biggest hand-carry luggage....
you don't want to eat the last piece of food on the plate, but offer it to others....
you say everybody is your cousin, niece, etc...
you say things bit backwards like stick bread instead of breadsticks...
you drive a jeep with your family name written on the back...
you have toyo circles on your table cloth...
you wash and reuse stryrofoam cups....
you collect items from hotels and restaurants " for souvenir"....
you smile for no reason...
you find dried up rice morsels on your shirt...
you add unwarranted "H" to your name, i.e. "BHOY", JHUN.....
you put hands together in front of you as if to make a path and say " EXCUSE, EXCUSE"....
you consistently arrive 30 minutes late for all events...
you prefer to make acronyms for phrases such as " OA: for overacting or "TNT" for well, you know....
you own a karaoke..
you own a piano that no one ever plays...
your car still has the plastic cover...
you have a giant wooden fork and spoon hanging somewhere in the dining room...
you have a mercedes-benz and you call it a chedeng....
your mom or sister is a nurse...
you have aunts or uncles named "BOY", "BABY" or "GIRLIE"....
you have a family members that has a nickname that repeats itself, " DENG DENG, "LING LING, TIN-TIN, BING-BING,
lastly...you're a FILIPINO when you dip bread in your morning coffee....
absolutely I AM....
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