You Know You're Filipino
when...
1. you are addicted to magic sing or videoke bars.
2. you leave your shoes or slippers before you enter someone else's house.
3. your car always has a funny dog with bobbing head. or a rosary wrapped around the mirror.
4. your shirt smells of Ukay-ukay
5. you push the door when it says "pull" or the other way around.
6. you turn your head when someone "psst" you.
7. you always have the picture of the last supper in your dining room or a large pair of native spoon and fork hanging on the wall.
8. you never fail to jaywalk.
9. you have a funny ringback on your cellphone.
10. you cross yourself or say "tabi-tabi" whenever you pass by a termite mound (fearing the wrath of the nuno sa punso)
11. you memorize by heart the Bom Tarak dance steps.(bom tarak tarak...)
12. you crave duck's eggs (balut)like crazy.
13. you eat spaghetti with your rice or with your bread like a sandwich.
14. you are most of the time 15 - 20 mins late to work.
15. procrastinating is your daily habit.
16. you call every white foreigner you meet as "Joe."
17. you consider a third cousin of your second cousin still a "relative".
18. you always have roasted pig (lechon) during almost every occasion.
19. you think the occasion sucks if there is no roasted pig (lechon).
20. you have more than at least 10 godparents in your christening.
21. you always take a bath at least more than twice a day.
22. you still live with your parents regardless of your status in life.
23. you speak English with an almost Japanese accent looking like an Indonesian wearing European clothes and with a Spanish-sounding first or last name.
24. you prefer Nokia for a cellphone.
25... add your definition of a filipino here....
(Send me an email or leave your own definition of a filipino here as a comment)
1. you are addicted to magic sing or videoke bars.
2. you leave your shoes or slippers before you enter someone else's house.
3. your car always has a funny dog with bobbing head. or a rosary wrapped around the mirror.
4. your shirt smells of Ukay-ukay
5. you push the door when it says "pull" or the other way around.
6. you turn your head when someone "psst" you.
7. you always have the picture of the last supper in your dining room or a large pair of native spoon and fork hanging on the wall.
8. you never fail to jaywalk.
9. you have a funny ringback on your cellphone.
10. you cross yourself or say "tabi-tabi" whenever you pass by a termite mound (fearing the wrath of the nuno sa punso)
11. you memorize by heart the Bom Tarak dance steps.(bom tarak tarak...)
12. you crave duck's eggs (balut)like crazy.
13. you eat spaghetti with your rice or with your bread like a sandwich.
14. you are most of the time 15 - 20 mins late to work.
15. procrastinating is your daily habit.
16. you call every white foreigner you meet as "Joe."
17. you consider a third cousin of your second cousin still a "relative".
18. you always have roasted pig (lechon) during almost every occasion.
19. you think the occasion sucks if there is no roasted pig (lechon).
20. you have more than at least 10 godparents in your christening.
21. you always take a bath at least more than twice a day.
22. you still live with your parents regardless of your status in life.
23. you speak English with an almost Japanese accent looking like an Indonesian wearing European clothes and with a Spanish-sounding first or last name.
24. you prefer Nokia for a cellphone.
25... add your definition of a filipino here....
(Send me an email or leave your own definition of a filipino here as a comment)
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