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You know you're a Filipino when
Your middle name is your mother's maiden name.
Your parents call each other "Mommy" and "Daddy."
You have uncles and aunts named "Boy," "Girlie," or "Baby."
You have relatives whose nicknames consist of repeated syllables like "Jun-Jun," "Ling-Ling," and "Mon-Mon."
You call the parents of your friends and your own parents' friends "Tito" and "Tita."
You have four or five names.
You greet your elders by touching their hands to your forehead.
You always kiss your relatives on the cheek whenever you enter or leave the room.
You follow your parents' house rules even if you are over 18.
You live with your parents until and at times even after you're married.
You decorate your dining room wall with a picture of the "Last Supper."
You keep your furniture wrapped in plastic or covered with blankets.
You have a Sto. Nino shrine in your living room.
You have a piano that no one plays.
You keep a "tabo" in your bathroom.
You use Vicks Vapor rub as an insect repellant.
You eat with your hands.
You eat more than three times a day.
You think a meal is not a meal without rice.
You think sandwiches are snacks, not meals.
Your dining table has a merry-go-round (lazy Susan) in the middle.
You bring baon to work everyday.
Your pantry is never without Spam, Vienna sausage, corned beef, and sardines.
You love to eat daing or tuyo.
You prop up one knee while eating.
You eat your meal with patis, toyo, suka, banana catsup, or bagoong.
Your tablecloths are stained with toyo circles.
You love sticky desserts and salty snacks.
You eat fried Spam and hot dogs with rice.
You eat mangoes with rice--with great GUSTO!
You love "dirty" ice cream.
You love to eat, yet often manage to stay slim.
You put hot dogs in your spaghetti.
Everything you eat is sauted in garlic, onion, and tomatoes.
You order a "soft drink" instead of soda.
You hang a rosary on your car's rear view mirror.
You get together with family at a cemetery on All Saint's Day to eat, drink, and tell stories by your loved ones' graves.
You play cards or mahjong and drink beer at funeral wakes.
You think Christmas season begins in October and ends in January.
Your second piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.
You've mastered the art of packing a suitcase to double capacity.
You collect items from airlines, hotels, and restaurants as "souvenirs."
You feel obligated to give pasalubong to all your friends and relatives each time you return from a trip.
You use paper foot outlines when buying shoes for friends and relatives.
You're a fashion victim.
You can convey 30 messages with your facial expression.
You hold your palms together in front of you and say "excuse, excuse" when you pass in between people or in front of the TV.
You ask for the bill at a restaurant by making a rectangle in the air.
You cover your mouth when you laugh.
You respond to a "Hoy!" or a "Pssst!" in a crowd.
You'll answer "Malapit lang!"--no matter the distance--when asked how far away a place is located.
Goldilocks is more than a fairy tale character to you.
You refer to power interruptions as "brownouts."
You love to use the following acronyms: CR for comfort room, DI for dance instructor, DOM for dirty old man, TNT for tago nang tago, KJ for kill joy, KSP for kulang sa pansin, OA for over-acting, TL for true love, BF for boyfriend and GF for girlfriend.
You say "rubber shoes" instead of sneakers (or trainers as the British calls it), "ball pen" instead of pen, "stockings" instead of pantyhose, "pampers" instead of diapers, "ref" or "prijider" instead of refrigerator, "Colgate" instead of toothpaste, "canteen" instead of cafeteria, and "open" or "close" instead of turn on or turn off (as in the lights).
You use an umbrella for shade on hot summer days.
You like everything imported or "state-side."
You love ballroom dancing, bowling, pusoy, mah jong, billiards, and karaoke.
You have a relative who is a nurse.
When you're in a restaurant, you wipe your plate and utensils before using them.
You can squeeze 15 passengers into your five seater car without a second thought.
You wave a pom-pom on a stick around the food to keep the flies away.
You always ring a doorbell twice, assuming that the first ring was not heard.
You let the phone ring twice before answering, lest you appear overly eager.
You use a rock to scrub yourself in the bath or shower.
You're proud to be Filipino
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shavonne clements said
Filipinos-The Way We Travel ...The Way We Travel
Your second piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.
You don't know the meaning of traveling light.
You've mastered the art of packing a suitcase to double capacity.
Packing entails jumping up and down on your suitcase to get it to close.
You're often seen at airports standing next to eight boxes.
Your carry-on luggage requires a small forklift.
You insist that customs officers who open your luggage repack everything "just the way it was."
You unpack and repack luggage and boxes in public in international airports.
You collect items from airlines, hotels, and restaurants as "souvenirs."
You feel compelled to give pasalubong to all your friends and relatives each time you return from a trip.
You drive a car which proudly bears foreign license plates to publicize your latest travel destination.
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"Don't judge my brother, he's not a book"---melanism
Apple said
IOU ...I like this one "you have a relative who is a nurse!"
very truE..
IOU said
yes ...She's in the US now ;-)
Hey Apple darling, are u ok?
Anyways, just stay the nice and sincere person that you are!
X
Cheers
***
I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone, I never found the companionable solitude. - H.D. Thoreau!
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Apple said
shavone ...whatabout a firstimer travelers? ;)
Apple said
I am! IOU ...as usual, i am! but sometimes i'm eng-eng i know, Lol!
Tnx for asking....
Btw,LOOOL, i'm not asking you! hee hee.
I like the line says "you have a relative who is a nurse" kasi totoo yun, andami kayang nurse na pinay. hee heee
IOU said
i know it will make u smile ...LOL
Cheers
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I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone, I never found the companionable solitude. - H.D. Thoreau!
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alexdesua said
some facts about pinas! ,... other side of the coin ...Where Nora Aunor is an acclaimed actress and Boy Abunda is the best talk show host, where the population knows more their showbiz stars better than their national heroes and past presidents, knows more of showbiz gossips than their national history and current events.
Where cigarettes and alcohol are a necessity, and where the lottery is acommodity.
Where soap operas tell the realities of life and where the news provides the drama.
Where actors make the rules and where politicians provide the
entertainment.
Where University of the Philippines is where all the weird people go.
Ateneo is where all the nerds go.
La Salle is where all the Chinese go.
College of Saint Benilde is where all the stupid Chinese go, &
University of Asia and the Pacific is where all the irrelevantly rich people go.
Where fast food is a diet meal.
Where traffic signs are merely suggestions, not regulations.
haaayy ,...
Karin said
alexdesua: that's not true ...alexdesua: that's not true about St benilde! it is non-traditional school some courses offered u cant find in any other school.
alexdesua said
/-a-t-/ karin ...yeah you are right karin, the same group of school who produce graduates that wants to TAX all OFW ,... yeah great school ,..
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt
treysdad said
You are a Pinoy if you understand this..... ...A conversation between a jeepney driver (JD) and a passenger (P).
(Someone knocking on the jeepney's roof)
P: Bababa!
JD: Bababa ba?
P: Bababa.
JD: OK.
m_daylight said
The Filipino is fearless, ...The Filipino is fearless, bahala na si Batman, which actually means Bathala na or "leave all to God." Okay lang if I die by bitay, okay lang if I live, okay lang if I survive by the skin of my teeth.
Saway ni Inay: Di ka naman Bill Gates, di ka naman French,
Mahirap nang magbuhat ng sarili mong bench.
Be Pinoy! Enjoy!
m_daylight said
Pinoy finds time to be ...Pinoy finds time to be nice, to be kind, to apologize, to be there when you're depressed, to help you with your utang and your wedding dress.
The Filipino is a giver, never mind what it does to his liver, never mind what it takes. Hardships of the Third World don't dry up his blood, they just make him more compassionate, more feeling, of the other guy's lot.
Note that the maid sends all her wages home to ailing daddy. She is the OCW whose labor of loneliness created the original katas ng Saudi.
greece75 said
You are Pinoy when.. ...you use the acronym LBM instead of saying you have diarrhea..
Jamesbond 007 said
A request for Filipinos ...Please dear all Filipinos,don't use your local language which no body can understand instead of philipinos.
Thanks.
Have a nice day for all Guys.
lol...
azilana7037 said
To you Jamesbond 007 ...The Filipino expatriates Group is for FILIPINOS and those who wishes to join our friendly comradeship.
It's been in existence long before you became a QL member. It is the understanding between the web/site management and the group itself that we are allowed to speak our mother tongue WITHOUT INTERFERENCE from the non-Filipino QL members.
You are welcome to join us in our discussion inside this group and we are more than happy to translate what we were talking about here. In fact, if you take the time to see the list of members, it also include include other nationalities whereas one of the administrators is Palestinian.
I honestly don't find your request reasonable and I find it offending.
As you can see under the QATAR GROUP tab, there are other groups of different nationalities who harmoniously co-exist inside QL community.
Please don't go to the FILIPINO expatriates GROUP if you don't like us speaking our mother tongue.
I do hope you understand what I'm implying....
Jamesbond 007 said
Yes azilana7037 ...Yes Madam,
I understand fully and completely.
I am agree now to bear your language with open heart.
.....lol....
Just kidding.
Have a nice day for all guys here.
bissou84 said
thank you !!!! ...hi everyone im new here and this is my first comment !!
I appreciate the fact that you accapted me in your Group.
I'm still a student I study engineering in France and I'm in qatar for a training.
While visiting doha I noticed that Filipinos are special, original, they seem always enjoying their time, it could of course be only an impression (i dont hope so) thats why i wanted to know you guys !
thanks
owen said
bissou84.. ...ou are most welcome pal..knowing us, means you have to come along with some of our group activity..:D..what you say?..
bissou84 said
activities ...yeah sure ...i would appreciate sharing any activity witu you guys ...just let me know
alexdesua said
bissou84 ,.. ...bon shuwar monsiur ,... of course by all means monsiur ,... maybe a french-english-tagalog lesson will be part of our activity hehehe,....me? i love music jam ,.. orub wah bissou84
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt
gt.lucero said
Anyone From Nabunturan Davao ...Hi Pinoy QL'ers,
I am trying to get in touch with anyone who may know some one surnamed Lucero from Nabunturan,(Compostela?) Davao.
They may happen to be descendants of my deceased father's brother .They are originally from Banna (Espirito), Ilocos Norte.
Apple said
Hi gt. lucero ...I advise you to open a new thread, re: your question at Fil-Ex groups. I can assure you, you will get bombard with Davaoeans replies.
good luck!
jackmohan2007 said
Is this true? ...Is this true?
"You eat mangoes with rice"--Really?
I love mangoes & I love rice But cant eat the two together.....I guess its not the sweet-mango...but the other one...the tangy-green one?
Apple...after a Long time...too busy?
In one thread everybody was guessing the person "Supernurse" is "Apple".
gt.lucero said
To the moderator, Please ...To the moderator,
Please delete/ amend any post which can be perceived as racist slur.
gt.lucero said
Apple, Thanks, that's a bit ...Apple,
Thanks, that's a bit quick of a reply. I posted a thread too in the "missing home" forum.
gt.lucero
Apple said
hey jackmohan ...nice to have you in this thread:))
yeah, its true! i know a friend who love to eat rice with ripe mangoes, hahaha i tried it and its ok. But i prefer to eat ripe mangoes without anything.
am back to work jacky, less time for QL:)))
Apple said
gt.lucero ...good luck pal!
glecs said
gt.lucero.., pardon me but i ...gt.lucero.., pardon me but i didnt get you. no need to appeal to the moderator. they are doing their job. i suggest you subscribe to FilExpat group if you are not a member yet, so you can start posting in the group.
"Im proud to be Filipino", i have so many Pinoy traits. MANO po, as a gesture of respect for the elderly is one and i still have 'tabo' here in doha. lol
some of the attributes are very true. but i agree with Karin about CSB, il add La Salle as well. im not Chinese, neither a stupid Chinese.
silent "G"
gt.lucero said
glecs, it is quite obvious ...glecs,
it is quite obvious that you didnt get the point as you replicated the "racist slur".
an appeal is an appeal, anyone is free to speak out his/her mind without necessarily implying that the moderators are not doing their job.
if you cared a bit to be enlightened, it would have been more appropriate on your part to have asked in a private message.
thanks for the info Re:FilExpat Group