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100+ Ways to Tell How Pinoy You

Are!
Are You Really a Filipino?
Read the common characteristics of a Filipino. Give yourself 3 points if you can
relate to the following characteristics yourself, 2 points if it relates to an
immediate family member (mom or dad), and 1 point if you know someone who
has the characteristic.
MANNERISMS AND PERSONALITY TRAITS
SCOR CHARACTERISTICS
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1.You point with your lips.
2.You eat using your hands and have it down to technique.
3.You know what a bayong is.
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 or loofah 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 can answer the question Bababa ba?
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 toy 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 love basketball.
18.You played Chinese garter or tumbang preso as a kid.
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 still keep your old clothes so you can hand it down to your younger

siblings.
27.You send out RSVP invitation even if the party is to be at home.
28.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
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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".
7.You say selfie instead of "take a picture."
8.You order a "McDonald's" instead of a "hamburger"
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.
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
SCOR CHARACTERISTICS
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1.You use walis tambo and walis ting-ting as opposed to the conventional
broom.
2.You have a huge wooden spoon and fork hanging in the wall of your dining
room.
3.You have a portrait of "The Last Supper" hanging in your dining room wall.
4.You own a karaoke system.
5.You own a piano no one ever plays.
6.Your house is cluttered with figurines and other ornaments with no use.
7.You have a "tabo" (dipper) in the bathroom.
8.You have a rose garden.
9.You have two or three pairs of tsinelas (slippers) 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 have a laced curtain in your living room.

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 have a rice dispenser.
18.You own a turbo broiler.
20.You have a family portrait in your living room.
21.Your college diplomas and graduation pictures are displayed in the living
room.
22.You put up your Christmas as early as October.
23.You have a painting of wooden tinikling dancers on the wall.
24.You own capiz chandeliers, lamps, or placemats.
FAMILY
SCOR CHARACTERISTICS
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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.You have relative who is a soldier.
4.Your mom or sister either a nurse or a teacher.
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. "Dengdeng," "Ling-ling," or Jen-jen.
FOOD
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1.You put hot dogs in your spaghetti.
2.You eat banana-que and camote-que.
3.You think that eating chocolate rice porridge (champorado) and dried fish is a
great morning meal.
4.You know what a tapsilog, or tocilog means.
5.You know that Kare-kare is best paired with bagoong.
6.You dip bread in your morning coffee.
7.You refer to seasonings and all other forms of MSG as "Ajinomoto or Magic
Sarap.
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/school every day.
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 pair puto with dinuguan.
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 put ketchup on chicken.

22.You fry Spam and hot dogs and eat them with rice.
23.You know what balut is.
24.You have several cans of Spam in your pantry.
TOTAL SCORE