I have this feeling,hindi ka pinoy...
you're a Filipino if..
+you nail all photographs on your walls in the living room
+you have a very goof sense of manyana habit
+you smoke in your house
+you put up your knee while eating
+youe eat kanin and ulam using your (bare) hand
+you say "comfort room" instead of "restroom"
+you say "tale out" instead "to go"
+you point with your lips
+you say "open" or "close" the lights
+you nod upwards to greet someone
+you or someone you know is nicknamed "boy"
+you say "canteen" instead of cafetiria
+you eat under-developed duck eggs
+you call it "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 your refrigerator as "pridyider"
+your grandma smiles and her teeth are all red because of "nga-nga"
+you say "pliers" when you ment "fliers"
+you say "bitch" when you ment " beach"
+you pronounce "hippopatamus" and "comfortable" in a funny way
+you say "boose" for "bus"
+you have a Last Super 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(junsie had one!)
+you hang a rosary on the rear view mirror of your car
+you have a Santo Nino shrine in your living room
+you have an out of tune piano that nobody in the family ever learned to play
+you say chok-o-late
+you have a "Weapons Morroland" shield
+you didn't hear or understand something and your first expression is "HA?"
+you are chismosa
+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 chirps like a bird when it's in reverse
+you turn around when you hear somebody say "psssst."
+you have a "barrel man" in your house (you know...the wooden man, when you lift up the
barrel-schwing!!!)
+you wash your clothes by hand
+you instinctively grab a toothpick after a meal
+you order the longganisa meal on a PAL Balikbayan flight(never done this before)
+you laugh seeing somebody slip(haha!i do.sorry XD)
+you smile/grin a lot even for no reason(again.i do.)
+you sit by squatting down and leaning your elbows on your knees
+you use a bolo to cut the grass in the yard
+you have power failures every day at the same time that you can set your watch to
+you own both a rice cooker and an airport
+your refer "Accent" and all other forms of monosodium glutamate as "Ajinomoto"
+you say "kutex" instead of "nail polish"
+you're the plane passenger with the largest hand-carry luggage(so true!)
+you scratch your head when you don't know what you're doing
+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 "baon" to work everyday
+you use walis tambo and walis ting-ting
+your ice cold beer really has ice cubes in it
+you have a parol hanging outside your house during the Christmas holidays
+you eat rice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
+you fire your gun like a crazy on New Year's Eve
+you drive a jeep with your family name written on the back
+you put a little bowl of patis on the table for dipping,
and your guests complain, "who farted?"(junsie did.haha!peace :D)
+you cover your living room furniture with bed sheets
+you have toyo circles on your table cloths
+you eat balut and wash it down with beer to bulk up and spoons and cover paper plates
with waxed paper so you can reuse it
dang.this one is long and tiring shiet.
oooohhh!miss Philipiines!!!
I MISS my real daddy, sister, cousins, tito's and tita's, lolo's and lola's, my pet, my neighborhoods,
my childhood friends rec and kathy,majoy,mheg,julie,kharren,joben,rr,maine,mheng,kp,lalaine,cams,
aicatots,macks,edong,mitch,chok,james1 and james 2,mj,ashley,jedai,ate aiza,kuya ronald,ate lhizz, dang.the cya,Pstr. Marcela and tita Aida,Pstr. Topher and ate jo, (i'm so fck'n hungry)omg kim and his kuya :D, the adobo,the starbucks(the one in Manila bay),my alma mater, my highschool friends/classmates/batchmates..
I miss everything!!(did i miss someone?please put your name on the comment box:D)
takeee meee hommmeeeee!!!
credits:Bob Ong book "Bakid baligtad mag basa ng libro ang mga Pilipino"
junsie,sorry for putting your name up there!haha!!
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