# MANNERISMS AND PERSONALITY TRAITS 1.You point with your lips.
# 2.You eat using your hands and have it down to technique.
# 3.Your other piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.
# 4.You nod your head upward 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're standing next to eight big boxes at the airport.
# 9.You collect items from hotels or restaurants "for souvenir's sake."
# 10.Your house has a distinctive aroma.
# 11.You smile for no reason.
# 12.You flirt by having a foolish grin on your face while raising your eyebrows repeatedly.
# 13.You go to a department store and try to bargain the prices.
# 14.You use an umbrella for shade on hot summer days.
# 15.You scratch your head when you don't know the answer.
# 16.You never eat the last morsel of food on the table.
# 17.You go bowling.
# 18.You play pusoy and mahjong.
# 19.You find dried up morsels of rice stuck to your shirt.
# 20.You prefer to sit in the shade instead of baking in the sun.
# 21.You add an unwarranted "H" to your name, i.e. "Jhun," "Bhoy," or "Rhon."
# 22.You put your hand in front of you as if to make a path and say "Excuse, excuse" when you pass in between people or in front of them.
# 23.Your middle name is your mother's maiden name.
# 24.You buy tons of bath towels when they go on sale.
# 25.You love to buy sale items even when you do not need them.
# 26.You are a member of the "SDK" Club. (Samahang double knit).
# 27.You are still wearing outdated clothing you have when you first came to USA.
# 28.You send out RSVP invitation even if the party is to be at home.
# 29.You love to wear all you expensive jewelry's when attending parties to the extent of having 2-3 rings on both hands, 3 pieces of necklace or bracelets at the same time.
VOCABULARY
# 1.You say "comfort room" instead of "bathroom."
# 2.You say "for take out" instead of "to go."
# 3.You "open" or "close" the lights.
# 4.You ask for "Colgate" instead of "toothpaste."
# 5.You ask for a "pentel pen" or a " ball pen" instead of just a pen.
# 6.You refer to the refrigerator as the "ref" or "pridyider."
# 7.You sak kodakan instead of "take a picture."
# 8.You order a "McDonald's" instead of a "hamburger" (pronounced ham-booh-jer).
# 9.You say "Ha?" instead of "What?"
# 10.You say "Hoy!" to get someone's attention.
# 11.You answer when someone yells "Hoy!"
# 12.You turn around when someone says "Psst."
# 13.You say "Cutex" instead of "nail polish."
# 14.You say "for a while" instead of "please hold" on the telephone.
# 15.You say "aray!" instead of "ouch!"
# 16.You say "he," when you mean "she" and vice versa.
# 17.Your sneeze sounds like "ahh-ching" instead of "ahh-choo."
# 18.You prefer to make acronyms for phrases such as "OA" for over-acting, "DOM" for dirty old man, and TNT from well you know.
# 19.You say "air-con" instead of "a/c" or air conditioner.
# 20.You pronounce the following words: "hippopo-TA-mus," "com-FOR-table," "bro-CO-li," "and "Mongomerry Ward."
# 21.You say "brown-out" instead of "black-out."
# 22.You say "Uy!" instead of "Oops."
# 23.You pronounce "F" for "P" or "P" for "F."
HOME FURNISHINGS
# 1.You use walis tambo and walis ting-ting as opposed to the conventional broom.
# 2.You have "Weapons of Moroland" shield hanging in your living room wall.
# 3.You have a portrait of "The Last Supper" hanging in your dinging room wall.
# 4.You own a karaoke system.
# 5.You own a piano no one ever plays.
# 6.Your house is cluttered with boroloys.
# 7.You have a "tabo" in the bathroom.
# 8.You have a rose garden.
# 9.You have two or three pairs of tsinolas at your doorstep.
# 10.You display a big laughing Buddha for good luck.
# 11.You have a shrine to the Santo Nino in your living room.
# 12.You own a "Barrel Man" (shwing!)
# 13.You have a parol hanging outside the house during the holidays.
# 14.Your lampshades still have the plastic covers on them.
# 15.You cover your living room furniture with bed sheets.
# 16.You have plastic runners to cover the carpet in your house.
# 17.You refer to the VCR as the "Beytamax."
# 18.You have a rice dispenser.
# 19.You own a turbo broiler.
# 20.You own one of those fiber-optic lower lamps.
# 21.You own a lamp with the oil that drips down the strings.
# 22.You have a giant wooden fork and spoon hanging in the dining room.
# 23.You have wooden tinikling dancers on the wall.
# 24.You own capiz chandeliers, lamps, or placemats.
AUTOMOBILES
# 1.You own a Mercedes Benz and call it "chendeng."
# 2.You own a huge van conversion.
# 3.Your car chirps like a bird or plays a tune when it's in reverse.
# 4.Your car horn makes three or more different sounds.
# 5.Your car has curb feelers on it.
# 6.You hang a rosary on your car's rear view mirror.
# 7.You have those air fresheners in a bottle.
FAMILY
# 1.You have aunts and uncles named "Baby," "Girlie," or "Boy."
# 2.You were raised to believe that every Filipino has an aunt, uncle, or cousins.
# 3.Your dad was in the navy.
# 4.Your mom or sister is a nurse.
# 5.You get smelling kisses from your grandma.
# 6.Your parents call each other "mommy" and "daddy."
# 7.You have a family member that has a nickname that repeats itself, i.e. "Deng-deng," "Ling-ling," or "Johu-johu."
FOOD
# 1.You put hot dogs in your spaghetti.
# 2.You consider dilis the Filipino equivalent of french fries.
# 3.You think that eating chocolate rice pudding and dried fish is a great morning meal.
# 4.You order things like tapsilog, or tocilog at restaurants.
# 5.You instinctively grab a toothpick after a meal.
# 6.You dip bread in your morning coffee.
# 7.You refer to seasonings and all other forms of MSG as "Ajinomoto."
# 8.Your cupboards are full of corned beef, hash, spam, and Vienna Sausages.
# 9."Goldilocks" means more to you than just a character in a fairy tale.
# 10.You appreciate a fresh pot of rice.
# 11.Your baon is usually something over rice.
# 12.You bring baon to work everyday.
# 13.Your neighbors complain about the smell of tuyo on Sunday mornings.
# 14.You eat rice for breakfast.
# 15.You use your fingers to measure the water when cooking rice.
# 16.You wash and re-use plastic utensils and Styrofoam cups.
# 17.You have a supply of frozen lumpia in the freezer.
# 18.You have an ice-shaver for making halo-halo.
# 19.Your tablecloths have tell-tale "tuyo circles" on them
# 20.You eat purple yam-flavored ice cream.
# 21.You gotta have a bottle of Julran handy.
# 22.You fry Spam and hot dogs and eat them with rice.
# 23.You think half-hatch duck eggs are a delicacy.
# 24.You know that chocolate meat" isn't really made with chocolate.