Your Filipino When
[1]You point with your lips
[2]You find dried up rice stuck to your shirt.
[3]Your middle name is your mom's maiden name.
[4]You have an Uncle Boy
[5]You say "Ha?" instead of "What?"
[6]You say "Psst!" to get someone's attention.
[7]You turn around when someone says "Psst."
[8]You say "he," when you mean "she" and vice versa.
[9]You pronounce "F" for "P" or "P" for "F".
[10]You have a portrait of "The Last Supper" hanging in your dining room wall.
[11]You own a piano no one ever plays.
[12]You have a "tabo" in the bathroom.
[13]You have a shrine of the Santo Nino.
[14]You cover your back car seats with bed sheets.
[15]You sneeze sounds like "Aaaah-ching" instead of "Aaaah-choo."
[16]You have a giant wooden fork and spoon hanging in the dining room.
[17]You hang a rosary on your car's rear view mirror.
[18]You have a relative who is a nurse.
[19]Your parents call each other "Mommy" and "Daddy" or "Ma" and "Pa".
[20]You have a family member that has a nickname that repeats itself, i.e. "Deng-deng", "Ling-ling", "Len-len".
[21]You put hotdogs in your spaghetti.
[22]Your cupboards are full of corned beef, Spam, and Vienna Sausages.
[23]You laughed at every single one of these statements and couldn't believe how true they are!
[24]Your neighbours complain about the smell of Tuyo on Sunday mornings.
[25]You eat rice for breakfast.
[26]You use your fingers to measure the water when cooking rice.
[27]You wash and re-use plastic utensils and Styrofoam cups.
[28]You eat purple yam-flavored, ube, ice cream.
[29]You fry Spam and hotdogs and eat them w/ rice.
[30]You call the parents of your friends "Tito" and "Tita" (Auntie and Uncle).
[31]You live w/ your parents until and at times even after you're married.
[32]You make your children sing, dance, and play piano to amuse your friends and relatives.
[33]You use Vicks Vapor rub as an insect repellant.
[34]You keep your funiture/appliances wrapped in plastic or covered w/ blankets.
[35]Your dining table has a vinyl tablecloth.
[36]You recycle shopping bags as garbage bags.
[37]You think a meal is not a meal w/o rice.
[38]You feed all your visitors.
[39]You love to eat daing or tuyo.
[40]You eat your meal w/ patis, toyo, suka, banana catsup, or bagoon.
[41]When dining out, you always fight over who will pay for dinner.
[42]You make the sign of the cross before take-offs, after landings, every time you pass by a church, before you eat.
[43]Your second piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.
[44]You are standing next to 8 boxes at the airport.
[45]You collect items from airlines, hotels, and restuarants as "souvenirs".
[46]You feel obligated to give gifts to all your friends and relatives each time you return from a trip.
[47]You're a fashion victim.
[48]You greet one another by raising your eyebrows or tossing your head.
[49]You ask for the bill at a restaurant by making a rectangle in the air.
[50]You refer to power interruptions as "brownouts"
[51]You're always late for events and parties.
[52]You always leave your shoes or slippers outside the doorstep.
[53]You hang your clothes out to dry in a laundry line.
[54]You let the phone ring twice before answering, lest you appear overly eager.
[55]You unwrap Xmas gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping (especially those bows) next year.
[56]You only buy Xmas cards after Xmas, when they are 50% off.
[57]When there is a sale on toilet paper, you buy 100 rolls and store them in your closet.
[58]You use the dishwasher as a dish rack.
[59]You never use the dishwasher.
[60]You have paper napkins from McD's that you use at home.
[61]The condiments in your fridge are from various fast food restaurants.
[62]You own a rice cooker.
[63]You have a acquired a taste for bitter melon (ampalaya).
[64]Your parents are never happy with your grades.
[65]You smile for no reason.
[66]You eat mangoes or watermelon w/ salt.
[67]You have oversized picnics in the park with all your friends and relatives.
[68]Your get together parties consist of the same people.
[69]You haven't gone a day in your life w/o eating rice.
[70]You're proud that your last name is Spanish, and in some cases, you seriously claim you have Spanish blood!
