Do you ever catch yourself turning around when someone says "Psssst!!!?" Or what about saying "Aray!" instead of ouch? Or better yet, do you own a karaoke system? Well, if these things apply to you, then you're probably true to your Filipino roots. So, why don't you browse around and see what it means to be a true Filipino? If you find yourself laughing and catch a glimpse of yourself in these pages, then I have done my job. The purpose of "You Know You're Filipino If..." is to pay tribute to all that is Filipino.
1. You point with your lips.
2. You eat using your hands and have it down to technique.
3. You go to a department store and try to bargain the prices.
4. You find dried up morsels of rice stuck to your shirt.
5. Your middle name is your mother's maiden name.
6. You love to buy sale items even when you do not need them.
7. You say "Ha?" instead of "What?"
8. You say "Pssst!" to get someone's attention.
9. You turn around when someone says "Psst."
10. You say "aray!" instead of "ouch!"
11. You say "he," when you mean "she" and vice versa.
12. You know what TNT means.
13. You say "air-con" instead of "a/c" or air conditioner.
14. You say "Uy!" instead of "Oops."
15. You pronounce "F" for "P" or "P" for "F."
16. You have a portrait of "The Last Supper" hanging in your dining room wall.
17. You own a karaoke system.
18. You own a piano no one ever plays.
19. You have a "tabo" in the bathroom.
20. You display a big laughing Buddha for good luck.
21. You have a shrine of the Santo Niño.
22. You have a parol hanging outside the house during the holidays.
23. You cover your back car seats with bed sheets.
24. Your sneeze sounds like "Aaaahh-ching" instead of "Aaaaahh-choo."
25. You own a lamp with the oil that drips down the strings.
26. You have a giant wooden fork and spoon hanging in the dining room.
27.You have wooden tinikling dancers on the wall.
28. You hang a rosary on your car's rear view mirror.
29. You have a relative who is a nurse.
30. Your parents call each other "Mommy" and "Daddy" or "Ma" and "Pa."
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