Intoducing the Filipinos to the World

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Yes, we're proud to be Filipinos! I recently received a compilation of what a typical Filipino is. Read along and realize what we, Filipinos, have in common. For non-Filipinos out there, do you have some Filipino traits in you? Let me know after you read this... MANNERISMS & PERSONALITY TRAITS 1. You point at directions with your lips 2. You eat using your hands and have it down to a technique 3. Your other piece of luggage is a balikbayan box 4. You nod your head upwards to greet someone 5. You put your foot up on your chair and rest your elbow on your knee while eating 6. You use a rock to scrub yourself in the bath or shower 7. You have to kiss your relatives on the cheek as soon as you enter the room 8. You are standing next to eight big boxes at the airport 9. You collect items from hotels or restaurants "for souvenir sake"10. You smile for no apparent reason 11. You flirt by having a foolish grin while raising your eyebrows repeatedly 12. You go to a department store and try to bargain the prices 13. You use an umbrella for shade on hot summer days 14. You scratch your head when you don't know the answer 15. You never eat the last morsel of food on the table 16. You go bowling (even though you cant bowl) 17. You play pusoy (a card game)& mahjong 18. You prefer to sit in the shade instead of basking in the sun (at a beach or awimming pool) 19. You add an unwarranted "H" to your name, eg Jhun, Bhoy or Rhon (I'm guilty of this! lol!) 20. You put your hands together in front of you as if to make a path and say "excuse, excuse" when you pass in between people or in front of the TV 20. Your middle name is your mother's maiden name 21. You like everything that is imported 22. You check the labels on clothes to see where it was made 23. You are perfectly comfortable in a squatting position with your elbows resting on your knees 24. You consistently arrive 30 minutes late for all events 25. You always offer food to all your visitors VOCABULARY 26. You say "comfort room" instead of "bathroom"27. You say "for take out" instead of "to go"28. You "open" or "close" the lights 29. You ask for "Colgate" instead of "toothpaste"30. You ask for a "pentel pen" or a "ball pen" instead of just a pen 31. You refer to the refrigerator as the "ref" or "pridyider"32. You say "kodakan" instead of "take a picture"33. You order a "McDonald's" instead of a "hamburger" (pronounced ham-boor-jer) 34. You say "Ha?' instead of "What?"35. You say "Hoy!" to get someone's attention 36. You answer when someone yells "Hoy!"37. You turn around when someone says "Pssst"! 38. You say "Cutex" instead of "nail polish"39. You say "for a while" instead of "please hold" on the telephone 40. Your say "he" when you mean "she" and vice versa 41. You say "aray!" instead of "ouch!"42. Your sneeze sounds like "ahh-ching" instead of "ahh-choo"43. You prefer to make acronyms for phrases such as "OA" for overacting, "DOM" for dirty old man and "TNT" for, well .... you know 44. You say "air-con" instead of "air-conditioner"45. You pronounce the following words: "hippopo-TA-mus", "com-FOR-table" "bro-CO-li"46. You say "brown out" instead of "black out"47. You say "Uy!" instead of "Oops"48. You say "go bark" instead of "returning home"HOME FURNISHINGS 49. You use a walis tambo & a walis ting-ting as opposed to a conventional broom 50. You have a "weapon of Moroland" shield hanging in your living room wall 51. A television set is indispensable 'coz the second you step into your home you switch on the TV even though there's no program to watch .... and leave it on the whole night through 52. You have a portrait of "The Last Supper" hanging in your dining room wall 53. You own a karaoke system 54. You own a piano no one ever plays 55. You have a tabo in the bathroom 56. Your house is cluttered with burloloys 57. You have 2 or 3 pairs of tsinelas at your doorstep 58. Your house has ornate wrought iron gates in front of it 59. You have a rose garden 60. You display a laughing Buddha for good luck 61. You have a shrine to the Santo Nino in your living room 62. You own a "Barrel Man" (shwing!) 63. You have a parol hanging outside your house during the holidays 64. You cover your living room furniture with bedsheets 65. Your lampshades still have the plastic covers on them 66. You have plastic runners to cover the carpets in your house 67. You refer to your VCR as "Beta-max"68. You have a rice dispenser 69. You own a turbo broiler 70. You own one of those fiber-optic flower lamps 71. You own a lamp with the oil that drips down the strings 72. You have a giant wooden fork & spoon hanging in the dining room 73. You have wooden tinikling dances on the wall 74. You own capiz shells chandeliers, lamps or placemats AUTOMOBILES 75. You call your "Mercedez Benz" a "chedeng"76. Your car chirps like a bird or plays a tune when it's in reverse 77. Your car horn can make 3 or more different sounds 78. Your car has curb feelers on it 79. You hang a rosary on your car's rear view mirror 80. You have those air-freshners in a bottle FAMILY 81. You have aunts & uncles named "Baby", "Girlie" or "Bhoy"82. You were raised to believe that every Filipino is an aunt, uncle or cousin 83. Your dad was in the navy 84. Your mom or sister is a nurse 85. You get smelling kisses from your grandma 86. Your parents call each other "mommy" or "daddy"87. You have a family member that has a nickname that repeats itself, eg Deng-deng, Ling-ling, Jon-jon,& Bing-bing 88. You put hot dogs (instead of sausages) in your spaghetti 89. You consider dilis (anchovies) the Filipino equivalent to french fries 90. You think that eating chocolate rice pudding & dried fish is a great morning meal 91. You order things like tapsilog, longsilog, or tocilog at restaurants 92. You instinctively grab a toothpick after a meal 93. You order a "softdrink" instead of a "soda"94. You dip bread in your morning coffee 95. You refer to seasonings & other forms of monosodium glutimate as "Ajinomoto"96. Your cupboards are full of corned beef hash, Spam, Vienna Sausages & tins of sardines 97. "Goldilocks" means more to you than just a character in a fairy tale 98. You will die for a fresh pot of hot rice 99. You bring baon to work everyday, and your boan is usually something over rice 100.Your neighbors complain about the smell of tuyo on Sunday mornings 101.You eat rice for breakfast 102.You use your fingers to measure the water when cooking rice 103.You wash & re-use plastic utensils and styrofoam cups 104.You have a supply of frozen lumpia in the freezer 105.You have an ice-shaver for making "halo-halo"106.Your tablecloths have tell-tall "toyo circles" on them 107.You eat purple yam-flavour ice cream 108.You gotta have a bottle of Jufran handy 109.You fry Spam and hot dogs and eat them with rice 110.you think half-hatched duck eggs are a delicacy 111.You know that "chocolate meat" isn't really made with chocolate 112.You use rubbing alcohol all over your body when you are sick instead of taking a bath. Feel free to add to the list. NO OFFENSE MEANT.^_^