MANNERISM & PERSONALITY TRAITS:

1. You point with your lips.
2. You eat using your hands - and have it down to a technique!
3. Your other piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.
4. You nod your head upwards to greet someone.
5. You put your foot up on your chair and rest your elbow on your knees 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 you enter or leave the room.
8. You're standing next to 8 big balikbayan 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 "mah-jong".
19. You find dried up morsels of rice stuck to your shirt.
20. You prefer to sit in the shade instead of basking in the sun.
21. You add an unwanted "H" to your name, i.e., jhun, bhoy or rhon.
22. You put your hands together in front of you as if to make a path and say, "Excuse me.", when you pass in between people or in front of the TV.
23. Your middle name is your mothers' maiden name.
24. You like everything that is imported or "state-side".
25. You check the labels on clothes to see where it was made.
26. You hang your clothes out to dry.
27. You are perfectly comfortable in a squatting position with your elbows resting on your knees.
28. You consistently arrive 30 minutes late for all events.
29. You always offer food to all your visitors.
30. You say "comfort room" instead of bathroom.
31. You say "for take out" instead of "to go".
32. You "open" or "close" the lights.
33. You ask for "colgate" instead of toothpaste.
34. You ask for a "pentel pen" or a "ballpen" instead of just a pen.
35. You refer to the refrigerator as the "ref" or "pridyider".
36. You say "kodakan" instead of take a picture.
37. You order a "Mcdonalds" instead of a hamburger.
38. You say "Ha?" instead of what.
39. You say "Hoy!" to get someone’s attention.
40. You answer when someone yells "Hoy!".
41. You turn around when someone says "Psst....".
42. You say "cutex" instead of nail polish.
43. You say "for a while" instead of "please hold" on the telephone.
44. You say "he" when you mean "she" and vice-versa.
45. You say "aray!" instead of "ouch!".
46. Your sneeze sounds like "ahh-ching" instead of "ahh-choo".
47. You prefer to make acronyms for phrases such as "OA" for over-acting, "DOM" for dirty old man, and "TNT" for well,... you know.
48. You say "aircon" instead of "A/C" or airconditioner.
49. You pronounce the following words: "hippopp-TA-mus", "com-FOR-table", "bro-CO-li", and "Mongo-merry Ward".
50. You say "brown-out" instead of black-out.
51. You say "Uy!" instead of "Oops".

HOME FURNISHINGS:

52. You use a walis tambo and a walis tingting as opposed to a conventional broom.
53. You have a "Weapons of Moroland" shield hanging in your living room wall.
54. You have a portrait of "The Last Supper" hanging in your dining room wall.
55. You own a karaoke system.
56. You own a piano no one ever plays.
57. You have a "tabo" in the bathroom.
58. Your house is cluttered with "burloloys".
59. You have 2-3 pairs of "tsinelas" at your doorstep.
60. Your house has ornate wrought iron gates in front of it.
61. You have a rose garden.
62. You display a big laughing "buddha" for good luck.
63. You have a shrine of the "Santo Nino" in your living room.
64. You own a "barrel man". (schwing!!!)
65. You have a "parol" hanging outside your house during the holidays.
66. You cover your living room furniture with bed sheets.
67. Your lamp shades still have the plastic covers on them.
68. You have plastic runners to cover the carpets in your house.
69. You refer to your VCR as the "beyta-max".
70. You have a rice dispenser.
71. You own a turbo broiler.
72. You own one of those fiber-optic flower lamps.
73. You own a lamp with oil that drips down the strings.
74. You have a giant wooden spoon and fork hanging in the dining room wall.
75. You have a wooden "tinikling" dancers on the wall.
76. You own a "capiz" shell chandeliers, lamps, or place mats.

AUTOMPBILES:

77. You own a Mercedes Benz and refer to it as "Chedeng".
78. You own a huge van conversion.
79. You car chirps like a bird or plays a tune when it is in reverse.
80. Your car horn can make 3 or more different sounds or tunes.
81. Your car has curb feelers on it.
82. You hang a rosary on your cars' rear view mirror.
83. You have those air freshners in a bottle or can.

FAMILY:

84. You have aunts and uncles named, "Baby", "Girlie", or "Boy".
85. You were raised to believe that every Filipino is an aunt, uncle or cousin.
86. Your Dad was in the navy.
87. Your Mom or sister is a nurse.
88. You get smelling kisses from your Grandma.
89. Your parents call each other "mommy" and "daddy".
90. You have a family member that has a nickname that repeats itself, i.e., "Deng-deng", "Jun-jun", "Ling-ling", "Jong-jong", or "Bong-bong".....

FOOD:

91. You put hotdogs in your spaghetti.
92. You consider dilis the Filipino equivalent to french fries.
93. You think that eating chocolate rice pudding and dried fish is a great morning meal.
94. You order things like "tapsilog", "longsilog", or "tocilog" at restaurants.
95. You instinctively grab a toothpick after a meal.
96. You order a "softdrink" instead of a soda.
97. You dip bread in your morning coffee.
98. You refer to a seasoning and all other forms of monosodium glutamate as "Aji-no-moto".
99. Your cupboards are full of corned beef hash, Spam, and vienna sausages.
100. "Goldilocks" means more to you than just a character in a fairy tale.
101. You appreciate a fresh pot of hot rice.
102. You bring your "baon" to work everyday.
103. Your "baon" is usually something over rice.
104. Your neighbors complain about the smell of "tuyo" on Sunday mornings.
105. You eat rice for breakfast.
106. You use your fingers to measure the water when cooking rice.
107. You wash and reuse plastic utensils and styrofoam cups.
108. You have a supply of frozen "lumpia" in the freezer.
109. You have an ice-shaver for making "halo-halo".
110. Your tablecloths have tell-tale "toyo circles" on them.
111. You eat purple yam-flavored ice cream.
112. You gotta have a bottle of "Jufran" ketchup handy.
113. You fry Spam and hotdogs and eat them with rice.
114. You think half-hatched duck eggs (baluts) is a delicacy.
115. You know that "chocolate meat" (dinuguan) isn't really made with chocolate.