Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Ways To Know You Are A Filipino

1. You point with your lips
2. You nod upwards to greet someone.
3. You collect items from hotels or restaurants "for souvenir".
4. You smile for no reason.
5. You flirt by having a foolish grin in your face while raising your eyebrows repeatedly.
6. You go to a department store and try to bargain the prices.
7. You add an unwarranted "H" to your name, i.e. "Jhun," "Bhoy," "Rhon."
8. You put your hands together in front of you as if to make a path and say "excuse, excuse" when you pass in between people or in front of the TV
9. You like everything imported or "state-side."
10. You Check the labels on clothes to see where it was made before buying.
11. You always offer food to all your visitors.
12. You say "comfort room" instead of "bathroom."
13. You say "for take out" instead of "to go."
14. You asked for "Colgate" instead of "toothpaste."
15. You asked for a "pentel-pen" or a "ball-pen" instead of just "pen."
16. You order a McDonald's instead of "hamburger"(pronounced ham-boor-jer)
17. You say "Ha?" instead of "What."
18. You say "Hoy" to get someone's attention.
19. You answer when someone yells "Hoy."
20. You turn around when someone says "Psst!"
21. Your sneeze sounds like "ahh-ching" instead of "ahh-choo."
22. You prefer to make acronyms for phrases such as "OA" for over acting, or "TNT" for, well, you know.
23. You say "air con" instead of "a/c" or air conditioner.
24. You say "brown-out" instead of "black-out."
25. You have a portrait of "The Last Supper" hanging in your dining room.
26. You own a Karaoke System.
27. You own a piano that no one ever plays.
28. You own a "barrel man" (you pull up the barrel and you see something that looks familiar. schwing...)
29. You refer to your VCR as a "beytamax
30. You have a giant wooden fork and spoon hanging somewhere in the dining room
31. Your car has too many "burloloys" like a Jipneys back in P.I.
32. You hang a Rosary on your car's rear view mirror.
33. You order a "soft drink" instead of a "soda."
34. You refer to seasonings and all other forms of monosodium glutimate as "Ajinomoto"
35. This you 'll agree 100% ... Goldilocks" means more to you than just a character in a fairytale.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

khit anu pa sbhin mu,pinoy rocks p din!

Anonymous said...

Yeah .. They always do dumb shit things . I dont know why they do that and its annoying

Anonymous said...

Yah you're right Filipino do dumb shit things. Then why are you reading this article, if you are not a Filipino? Remember this is Pinoy Joke. Bullshit.

Anonymous said...

There is nothing wrong about those ways of the Filipinos. Those are the peculiarities of Filipinos that become part of the culture. If you abhor those, then you are free not to practice them.

Anonymous said...

36. You elect someone because they're famous
37. You say Americano for all white people because you believe that all white people come from America
38. You kill a pig for your birthday
39. You have malls that have security that search you for weapons, but shops inside that swll them
40. You have roads that are deliberately damaged, so that politicians can corrupt money
41. You have huge levels of crime and homelessness
42. You have schools that teach in English, when most students cannot communicate well in the language
43. You have a supposed growth rate of 7.5%, yet look at any city and see how the standards of living are falling and poverty is increasing
50.You have a house with a tin roof
51. You eat an unhealthy diet and are overweight
52. You have English teachers that cannot speak English well
53. You pay huge amouts of money for someone to mark your thesis at university
54. You pay for your driving licence
55. You overtake traffic at any time, as it is up to the oncoming traffic to slow down
57. You have all public signs in English, which the vast majority of people cannot understand- including rotendad signs
58. You at either a fiesta, birthday or Christening or 4 times a month
59. You chain up your dogs
60, You enjoy cock fightig and make a sound like a wild flamingo when you watch it
61. You eat eggs with th embryo inside
62. You sell cigarettes and alcohol to children, but think it unwholesome to sell condoms
63. You have relatives that are drunk every day
64. You have relatives that choose not to ever work
65. You can buy a pack of cigarettes and a bottle of rum for a Dollar
66. You have 1 in 3 prostitutes below 16 years of age
aboutphilippines.ph/filer/oct2k2a.pdf

Unknown said...

Probably all true but its not only the Philippines. No one needed you to point out the flaws of our country.

Anonymous said...

each and every country have their own shits. have their own cultures. respecting individuals is in need.
fuck this post disrespecting Filipinos!

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