You can be very sure you're a 100% Filipino when:
your parents were both Filipino
you point with your mouth
you eat bagoong and tuyo
you can only speak Tagalog or other local dialect
you have kareoke at every family party
you have a collection of VCD's
you eat pandesal and taho in the morning and balut in the evening
you call a Suzuki motorcycle a honda and a Hapee toothpaste a colgate
you buy peanut in a bus
you use a tabo to take a shower with
you know that GMA is channel 7 and ABS-CBN is channel 2 in you TV set
you know what is in turon
you take out shampoo and and soap from a hotel
your always late (filipino time)
you send your mail tomorrow when you can do it today
you have a picture of the "last supper" in your kitchen
you go on a picnic and bring a banig
you know who Manny Pacquio is
you know who killed Ferdianand Magellan.
you have a big wooden fork and spoon hanging in your home
you try to get someone's attention by saying "sssssssst" or "hoy"
you make bargain with vendors
you buy fish balls and kikiam after office hours
you know that Visayas is between Luzon and Mindanao
you know that the title of our national anthem is Bayang Magiliw instead of Lupang Hinirang.
Monday, November 10, 2008
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