YOU KNOW YOU ARE FILIPINO WHEN..

If you have a "barrel man" in your house, you may be filipino...(you know..the wooden man...when you lift up the barrel----schwing!!!) If you wash your clothes by hand, you might be Filipino. If you use walis tambo and walis ting-ting, you just might be Filipino. If you nail all photographs on your walls in the living room, you're a Filipino. If you have a very good sense of maniana habit, you might be Filipino. If you put up your knee while eating If you eat kanin and ulam using your hand If you are pakialamero If you say Sugarol, babaero at tumador If you say Comfort Room instead of Restroom. If you say For Take Out instead of To-go. If you point w/ your lips, then you might be a Filipino. If you say open or close the lights, then you might be a Filipino. If you nod upwards to greet someone, you might be a Filipino. If your nickname is "boy", you might be a Filipino. If you ask for a Colgate instead of a toothpaste, you might be a Filipino. if 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" "one jeep only" If you pronounce the word ALREADY as OLREYDI, you might be a Filipino. If you say, Kodakan, instead of take pictures, you might be a Filipino. If you do "mano po" to older people in the house you're about to enter, you might be a Filipino. If you refer to to your refrigerator as "pridyider" If your grandma smiles and her teeth are all red because of "nga-nga" If you say "pliers" when you meant "fliers" If you say "bitch" when you meant "beach" If you pronounce "hippopatamus" and "comfortable" in a funny way If you say "Boose" for "bus" If you cover your sofa with bright red and green blankets If you have a Last Supper quilt tacked on your dining wall If 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 might be Filipino. If you drive a Mercedes-Benz with maroon seat covers If you hang a rosary on the rear view mirror of your car If you have a Santo Nino shrine in your living room. If you buy the karaoke system first before the stereo and TV If you have an out of tune piano and nobody in the family ever learned to play, you just might be Filipino. If you know what "chocolate meat" is Kung may tabo sa kanilang mga kubeta, Pilipino ka. If you say chok-o-late If you have a "Weapons of Morroland" shield. If you didn't hear or understand something and your first expression is "HA?", you might just be Filipino. If you're standing next to big boxes at the airport. If you say 'hoy' to get someone's attention. If you like peanut butter with chocolate. If you make para on a bus. If your car churps like a bird when it's in reverse. If you turn around when you hear somebody say "psssst." If you instinctively grab a toothpick after a meal, you're probably ..... If you order the langunisa meal on a PAL Balikbayan flight, you're ... If you laugh seeing somebody slip,...... If you burp when you're busog(-or after sipping a beer),.... If you call someboy "psssst." If you smiles/grins a lot even for no reason,..... If you're stumped when asked "How you doin'?".... If, when asked "How was your weekend?, you answered back by telling them what you did that weekend,.... If when you sit by squating down and leaning your elbows on your knees, you could be a Filipino. If you use a Bolo to cut the grass in the yard, you could be a Filipino. If you refer to keorosene as "white gas" You could be a Filipino. If there are - pairs of flip flops outside your door If you have power failures every day at the same time that you can set your watch to, you must be a Filipino! If your biggest frying pan is shaped like a wok, you could be a Filipino. If you own both a rice cooker, and an air pot. If you refer to "Accent" and all other forms of monosodium glutimate as "Ajinomoto" you are probably Filipino. If you go to a department store, and try to bargain the price. If you drink with your friends and share the same glass, and pass it around, you could be a Filipino. If you have a cartful of corned beef during a sale, you are definitely a Filipino. If you say kutex instead of nail polish, you are one too. If you are stomped when asked what kind of bread in a deli, you might be a Filipino who just flew in. If you are hesitant to buy a coke because it costs c x pesos, then you are a Filipino who just arrived. If you miss an umbrella during a hot summer day, you might be a Filipino. If you call the waiter 'boss' or 'brad' in the restaurant , you're probably Filipino. Also, when the waiter brings you food you didn't order, even when there are two waiters per table, you're probably among Filipinos. If you scratch your head when you don't know what you're doing, you're probably Filipino. If you don't want to eat the last piece of food on the plate, but offer it to others, you're probably Filipino. When you're in Europe for the first time and you think that all Westerners smell, then you're probably a Filipino (who has regular showers...). If you know what D.O.M., K.S.P. and T.N.T. mean, then you're probably Filipino. When you put up a sign in your restaurant, saying 'no undershirts and sandals',then you're probably Filipino. If you burn your trash in the back yard, you're probably Filipino. If you go to a bowling alley anywhere on this planet and see a group of guys playing pusoy, then they're probably Filipinos. If you hold your picnic in the park under the trees while others are basking under the full glory of the summer sun, you're probably a Filipino ... If you say 'for a while' instead of 'please hold while I get the person' on the telephone ... If you "open the light" and "open the TV", you are as Filipino as ERAP. If you say "she" when you should say "he" If you put your hands together and point them in the direction you are walking to pass between other people If you turned your garage into a weld shop for making wrought iron gates