YOU KNOW YOU'RE PINOY WHEN......

To all my Pinoy friends out there, you will enjoy this one. this is old but so much Pinoy culture. Enjoy it with me.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE PINOY WHEN......

You point with you're lips

You eat with your hands -and have it down to a technique

You nod your head upward to greet someone

You pull your foot up on the chair and rest your elbow on your knee while eating

You use a rock to scrub yourself in the bath or shower

You're standing next to 8 big boxes at the airport

You collect items from hotels or restaurants "as souvenirs"

Your house has a destinctive aroma

You smile for no reason

You flirt by wearing a foolish grin on your face while raising your eyebrows repeatedly

You go to a department store and try to haggle

You use an umbrella as shade and a fan to cool you down,on hot summer days

You scratch your head when you don't know the answer

You prefer to sit in the shade instead of basking in the sun

You add a unwanted "H" to your name,ie.,Jhun.Bhoy or Rhon

You put your hands in front of you as if to make a path and say "Excuse,excuse"when you pass in between people or before the Tv.

Your middle name is your mother's maiden name

You like everything that's imported or has a "States"sign

You are perfectly comfortable in a squatting position with your elbows resting on your knees

You consistently arrive 30min late at all events

You always offer food to all your visitors

You say "comfort room" instead of "bathroom"

You say "CR" instead of "toilet"

You say "for take out" instead of "to go"

You "open " or "close" the lights

You say "deposit" instead of "outlet"

You ask for "Clocate" instead of "toothpaste"

You refer to the refrigerator as the "ref" or "pridyer"

You say "kodakan" instead of "take a picture"

You say "Ha?" instead of "What?"

You say "Hoy!" to get someones's attention

You answer when someone yells "Hoy!"

You turn around when someone says "Psst!"

You say "Cutex" instead of "nail polish"

You say "he" when you mean "she" and vice versa

You say "aray" instead of "ouch"

Your sneeze sounds like "ahh-ching" instead of "ahhh-choo"



You say "brownout " instead of "blackout"

You say "Uy!" instead of "Oops!"

You have a portrait of "The last supper"hanging on your dining room wall

You own a karaoke(hi-fy-all in one)

You own a piano no one ever plays

You have 2 or 3 pairs of tsinelas(sandals)at your doorstep

You cover your living room furniture with bedsheets

Your lamp shades still have the plastic covers on them

You have a rice despenser

You refer to your VCR as the "Beyta-max"

You own a lamp with the oil drips down the strings

You have a giant wooden fork and spoon hanging in the dining room

Your car chirps like a bird or plays a tune when it's in reverse

Your car horn can make 3 or more different sounds

You have those air freshners in a bottle

You were raised to believe that every Filipino is a aunt ,uncle or cousin

Your dad was in the navy

Your mom or sister is a nurse

You have a family member with a nickname that repeats itself,ie.,Ling-ling,or Jong-jong

You put hotdogs in your spaghetti

You instinctively grab a toothpick after a meal

You order a "soft drink" instead of a "soda"

Your cupboards are full of corned beef hash,Spam and Vienna sausages

You appreciate a fresh pot of hot rice

You bring your "boan" to work every day

Your "baon" is usually something over rice

You eat rice for breakfast

You use your fingers to measure the water when cooking rice

You wash and reuse plastic utensils and Styrofoam cups

You have a ice-shaver for making Halo-halo(ice drink-very sweet)

Your tablecloth has telltale "toyo circles" on them

You eat purpel yam-flavored ice cream

You fry Spam and hotdogs and eat them with rice

You think half-hatched duck eggs are a delicacy

You use the small glass coffee containers as glass

You serve coffee in a glass(gasp!)

The color of your coffee resembles peanut butter

You drink beer with ice

You use laundry detergent to wash dishes

You know you're Pinoy when ........(On the road there's nobody like him)

*Your tinted glass has circular carvings on it.

*You tail an ambulance van just to cut away from the traffic.

*You use a government siren or buy a personalized one to rush to the nearest siopao take-out at 11:30 p.m.

*You have a "Universal Studios" bumpper sticker, thinking you're the only ons who has been there when, in fact, you're the last.

*You try to upgrade your status by putting an exclusive-school bumper sticker on your decaying car.

*You think you have the exclusive right to use the shoulder of the road or climb up an island with your mighty four-wheeler during traffic.

*Signs like "No left turn" and "No U-turn" apply to everyone but you.

*Your personalized license plate ends with "888"

*Your tailpipe is the size of an overgrown burrito.

*Your loose original tailpipe hangs for its dear life on a string of dental floss

*Your side mirrors are located farthest from your side.

*Your rear-view mirror can see what's going on from California to New York. It actually has a three hour time-zone difference.

*Your dashboard has wall-to-wall carpet protected by Scotchguard.

*You're stranded outside your car in the rain because your "Banahaw" electronic doorlocks has a short circuit.

*You don't remove the sun-melted, upholstery-absorbed factory plastic you've used since you bought your car.

*You have a posturepedic second cushion on your driver's seat.

*You create your own parking space in a totally jam-packed parking lot it will put Houdini to shame

*There's big sign in the second-level parking that says "Full", yet you enter.

*You wear out your tires to the very last fiber.

*You switch off your headlights during standstill traffic.

*Your mag wheels are so oversized and your tires so undersized, it looks like the reel of a 15-minute video tape.

*You lower your car thinking you still live in the '70s (Hel-lo !)

*You have all your windows rolled down, your party music volume turned up all the way, and you're wondering why nobody's dancing yet.

*You have neon lights outlined around your rear plates, letting the public know you also carry Blue Ice beer.

*You have those yellow 9" halogen lamps in your front grill to use for those foggy Manila nights.

*You replace your "XL" rear emblem to a "1.6 GLI."

*You squeeze in 15 people in your five-seater car.

*You have a P50 000 stainless stell front grill to protect your P250 plastic factory grill.

Your way of asking the motorist on the opposite lane to inch away from you is to keep looking at your point of contact with him and inch away, too, hoping he'll het the message to move away also.

*You install a ski rack for those winter-holiday ski-resort weekends in Mt.Makiling.

*When you're dropping off your passengers at the entrance of a mall, office or hotel, you think time has stood still and there's nobody behind you waiting.

*You cover your windows and windshields with the darkest tint to keep your identity - good move, keep it.