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We Filipino makes our life wonderful

that even GOOGLE cannot Answer

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Just like a mangoes and rice can only thrive in its bio-region, a Filipino must know the soul of his land that he may use his inner will for it. Every race contributes to the bio-diversity of the human spirit. Our universal goal is to be ourselves! To know ourselves is to be free, for the universal spirit is free.

MANNERISM

PERSONALITY

VOCABULARY

HOME FURNISHINGS

CLOTHING AND APPEARANCE

FAMILY & FRIENDS

AUTOMOBILES & DRIVING

FOOD

• You put your foot up on your chair and rest your elbows on your knees while you eat

• You smile for no reason

• Your perfectly comfortable in a squatting position with your elbows resting on your knees

• You put your arm on the other person's shoulder if he or she is a close friend of yours

You draw a rectangle in the air when asking for the bill

• You eat with your hand and have it down as a technique

• You play pusoy, tong hits or mahjong.

• You add an unwarranted 'H' to your name: Jhun, Bhoy, Rhon

• 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

• You always offer food to your visitors

• You use laundry detergent to wash your dishes

• You use print rags from an imported fashion magazine as cover of your textbooks and notebooks

• You ask for 'Colgate' instead of toothpaste

• You say 'Ha?' instead of 'what?‘

• You say 'Hoy!' to get someone's attention

• You say 'Cutex' instead of nail polish

• You make acronyms for phrases: 'OA' = overacting

• You start with 'actually' when you're trying to explain

• Ano' and 'di ba' regularly slip out during conversations

• You try hard to speak English and when you don't know what to say next, you say 'you know

• You change your accent according to the person you're talking to

• You use 'walis tambo' and 'walis ting-ting' as opposed to a conventional broom

• You own a piano that no one ever plays

• You have a portrait of the Last Supper hanging on your dining room wall

• Your house is cluttered with 'burloloys'

• You have a Santo Nino shrine in your living room

• You have 'parol' displayed during the holidays

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

• There's Johnson's Baby Powder compacts lurking in your makeup drawer

• You have several pairs of 'tsinelas' at your doorstep

• You find dried-up morsels or rice stuck to your shirt

• You hang your clothes out to dry

• You use an umbrella for a shade on hot summer days

• You play basketball in you chinellas (slippers)

• Your car chirps like a bird or plays a tune in reverse

• You have a rosary on your car rear view mirror

• Your car horn can make three or more different sounds

• You have those air fresheners in a bottle

• You insist on fitting 8 people into a taxi

• You were raised believing every Filipino was an aunt and uncle

• Your parents call each other mommy and daddy

• You have a dog named whitie, blackie or bantay

• Your parents call each other 'Mahal' and they call you 'Anak' or by your wonderful Filipino nickname you've had all your life (Jang, Cici, Meng, Choy-Choy, etc) ....and you KNOW they're mad at each other or at you when they use actual names

• You order breakfast items like tapsilog, longsilog, or tocilog at restaurants

• You always grab a toothpick after each meal

• You dip bread in your morning coffee

• Your 'baon' is usually something over rice

• You wash and re-use plastic utensils and styrofoam cups

• You think half-hatched duck eggs (balut) are a delicacy

• You have an ice shaver for making 'halo-halo'

• You unwrap Christmas gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping (and especially those bows) next year.

• You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers.

• You use grocery bags to hold garbage.

• You always leave your shoes at the door.

• You twirl your pen around your fingers.

You hate to waste food.

• Most Filipino women / young women own a LOT of shoes! They will also never wear more than half of them again

• Cokes are reserved for visitors to your house.

• Your mother / grandmother's most precious item is her sewing machine.

Globally Competitive

Shamsey Supsup

Charice Pempengco

Venus Raj

Manny Pacquaio, etc…

Religious

Hospitable

Cooperative, etc…

I have come to realize that defining the

Filipino is up to the Filipino himself.

Perhaps, it's time for us to start identifying those traits that make

us Filipino.

I am Filipino. I use a "kabo" or "tabo" when bathing because, if you really think about it, it saves more water. I dip my bread in juice because it tastes good. I cut up my spaghetti because it's easier to eat it that way. I use my mouth to point at something because I believe it is rude to point with one's finger. I am a Filipino because my hero is Jose Rizal. I am a Filipino because I respect my elders and will never feel comfortable calling them by their first names. I am a Filipino because the bravery of MelchoraAquino and Gabriela Silang runs trough my veins. I am a Filipino because Ninoy Aquino said I was worth dying for.

Traits, personality and behavior we have only show that we have a wonderful culture that make us unique and shows that we Filipino proved that through this tradition and traits we can make a big difference not only in our life but in the whole world as well.

I am a Filipino not because I was destined to be one but because I am

proud of being one!

-Antonette Rocel Delleva-

-SHEILA MAE B. HERNANDEZ-

BSED 1B (N)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Mz582Ne3E

http://www.jeepneygang.com/bola/pinoysgn.htm

Antonette Rocel DellevaInquirer News Service