Last tuesday, I decided to held our staff meeting at Afriques. An italian resto famous in Iloilo. They uses a paper placemat with the following imprinted trivia:
You know you're a Filipino if...
- you nail all photographs on your walls in the living room
- you say comfort room instead of rest room
- you say for take out instead of to go
- you point with your lips
- you nod upwards to greet someone
- your nickname is Boy
- you ask for Colgate instead of toothpaste
- you eat underdeveloped duck eggs
- you pronounce ALREADY as OLREYDI
- you say KODAKAN instead of take pictures
- you refer to your refrigerator as "pridyider"
- you say "pliers" when you meant "flyers"
- you cover your sofa with plastic
- you have a Last Supper quilt on your dining wall
- you drive a Mercedes-Benz with maroon seat covers
- you hang a rosary on the rear view mirror of your car
- you have a Santo Ni
- you're standing next to big boxes at the airport
- you say "HOY" to get someone's attention
- your car chirps like a bird when you back up
- you have a collection of bruce lee and Charles Bronson movies in VHS and betamax
- you have "Best of Slow Rock" casette tapes in heat proof casing
- you call somebody "pssst"..
- you drink with your friends and share the same glass, passing it around
- you say kutex instead of nail polish
- you're the plane passenger with the biggest hand-carry luggage
- you dont' want to eat the last piece of food on the plate, but offer it to others
- you say "ano" this and "ano" that
- you say that everybody is your cousin, niece, etc.
- you say things bit backwards like stick bread instead of breadsticks
- you drive a jeep with your family name written on the back
- you have toyo circles on your table cloth
- you was and reuse styrofoam cups
- you collect items from hotels and restaurqants 'for souvenir"
- you smile for no reason
- you find dried up rice morsels on your shirt
- you add unwarranted "H" to your name, i.e. "Bhoy", "JHUN"
- you put hands together in front of you as if to make a path and say, "excuse, excuse"
- you consistently arrive 30 minutes late for all events
- you prefer to make acronyms for phrases such as "OA: for overacting or "TNT" for well, you know
- you own a karaoke
- you own a piano that no one ever plays
- your car still has the plastic covers
- you have a giant wooden tinikling dancer on the wall
- you have a Mercedes Benz and you call it a chedeng
- your mom or sister is a nurse
- you have aunts or uncle named "Boy", Baby" or "Girlie"
- you have a family member that has a nickname that repeats itself, "Deng Deng, "Ling Ling"
- you dip bread in your morning coffee...
