I haven't posted in sooo long!! n n n I haven't posted that I got back. Well its been a few weeks. I WANNA GO BACK! I need to stay there for a month, then i'll be happy. I miss hearing the Otso Otso song when i go to my lolo's house, even though we have the CD here. lol... So yaw. School ish almost over...This year was fun...but it was hard...pff...Well today school....Science test was easy! ....School was....didn't understand the math...so i gotta get back to that. Oh I got this from this from meh friend's site, lol...Have fun...
Scoring: Give yourself 3 points if you can relate to the following characteristics yourself, 2 points if it relates to an immediate family member (mom or dad) and 1 point if you know of someone who has the characteristic.
(NOTE: This quiz was taken from "The Philippine Review," August 1995 edition.)
MANNERISMS & PERSONALITY TRAITS:
-You point with your lips.
-You eat using your hands and have it down to a technique!
-Your other piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.
-You nod your head upwards to greet someone.
-You put your foot up on your chair and rest your elbow on your knee while eating.
-You use a rock to scrub yourself in the bath or shower.
-You have to kiss your relatives on the cheek as soon as you enter the room.
-You're standing next to eight big boxes at the airport.
-You collect items from hotels or restaurants "for souvenir's sake."
-Your house has a distinctive aroma.
-You smile for no reason.
-You flirt by having a foolish grin on your face while raising your eyebrows repeatedly.
-You go to a department store and try to bargain the prices.
-You use an umbrella for shade on hot summer days.
-You scratch your head when you don't know the answer.
-You never eat the last morsel of food on the table.
-You go bowling
-You play pusoy & mah jong
-You find dried up morsels of rice stuck to your shirt.
-You prefer to sit in the shade instead of basking in the sun.
-You add an unwarranted "H" to your name (i.e., "Jhun," "Bhoy," or "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.
-Your middle name is your mother's maiden name.
-You like everything that's imported or "state-side."
-You check the labels on clothes to see where it was made.
-You hang your clothes out to dry.
-You are perfectly comfortable in a squatting position with your elbows resting on your knees.
-You consistently arrive 30 minutes late for all events.
-You always offer food to all your visitors.
VOCABULARY:
-You say "comfort room" instead of "bathroom."
-You say "for take out" instead of "to go."
-You "open" or "close" the lights.
-You ask for "Colgate" instead of "toothpaste."
-You ask for a "pentel pen" or a "ball pen" instead of just a pen.
-You refer to the refrigerator as the "ref" or "pridyider."
-You say kodakan instead of "take a picture."
-You order a "McDonald's" instead of a "hamburger" (pronounced ham-boor-jer).
-You say "Ha?" instead of "What?"
-You say "Hoy!" to get someone's attention.
-You answer when someone yells "Hoy!"
-You turn around when someone says "Psst!"
-You say "Cutex" instead of "nail polish."
-You say "for a while" instead of "please hold" on the telephone.
-You say "he" when you mean "she" and vice versa.
-You say "aray!" instead of "ouch!"
-Your sneeze sounds like "ahh-ching" instead of "ahh-choo."
-You prefer to make acronyms for phrases such as "OA" for overacting, "DOM" for dirty old man and "TNT" for, well, you know.
-You say "air con" instead of "a/c" or air conditioner.
-You pronounce the following words:"hippopo-TA-mus," "com-FOR-table," "bro-CO-li," and "Mongo-mery Ward."
-You say "brown-out" instead of "black-out."
-You say "Uy!" instead of "Oops."
HOME FURNISHINGS:
-You use a walis tambo and a walis ting-ting as opposed to a conventional broom.
-You have a "Weapons of Moroland" shield hanging in your living room wall.
-You have a portrait of "The Last Supper" hanging in your dining room wall.
-You own a karaoke system.
-You own a piano no one ever plays.
-You have a tabo in the bathroom.
-Your house is cluttered with burloloys.
-You have two or three pairs of tsinelas at your doorstep.
-Your house has ornate wrought iron gates in front of it.
-You have a rose garden.
-You display a laughing Buddha for good luck.
-You have a shrine to the Santo Nino in your living room.
-You own a "Barrel Man" (shwing!)
-You have a parol hanging outside your house during the holidays.
-You cover your living room furniture with bedsheets.
-Your lampshades still have the plastic covers on them.
-You have plastic runners to cover the carpets in your house.
-You refer to your VCR as the "Beyta-Max."
-You have a rice dispenser.
-You own a turbo broiler.
-You own one of those fiber-optic flower lamps.
-You own a lamp with the oil that drips down the strings.
-You have a giant wooden fork & spoon hanging in the dining room.
-You have wooden tinikling dancers on the wall.
-You own capiz shell chandeliers, lamps or placemats.
AUTOMOBILES:
-You own a Mercedes Benz and call it "chedeng."
-You own a huge van conversion.
-Your car chirps like a bird or plays a tune when it's in reverse.
-Your car horn can make three or more different sounds.
-Your car has curb feelers on it.
-You hang a rosary on your car's rear view mirror.
-You have those air fresheners in a bottle.
FAMILY:
-You have aunts and uncles named "Baby," "Girlie," or "Boy."
-You were raised to believe that every Filipino is an aunt, uncle or cousin.
-Your dad was in the navy.
-Your mom or sister is a nurse.
-You get smelling kisses from your grandma.
-Your parents call each other "mommy" and "daddy."
-You have a family member that has a nickname that repeats itself (i.e., "Deng-Deng," "Ling-Ling," "Jong-Jong" or "Bing-Bing.")
-You put hot dogs in your spaghetti.
-You consider dilis the Filipino equivalent to french fries.
-You think that eating chocolate rice pudding and dried fish is a great morning meal.
-You order things like tapsilog, longsilog, or tocilog at restaurants.
-You instinctively grab a toothpick after a meal.
-You order a "soft drink" instead of a "soda."
-You dip bread in your morning coffee.
-You refer to seasonings and all other forms of monosodium glutimate as "Ajinomoto."
-Your cupboards are full of corned beef hash, Spam and Vienna Sausages.
-"Goldilocks" means more to you than just a character in a fairy tale.
-You appreciate a fresh pot of hot rice.
-You bring baon to work every day.
-Your baon is usually something over rice.
-Your neighbors complain about the smell of tuyo on Sunday mornings.
-You eat rice for breakfast.
-You use your fingers to measure the water when cooking rice.
-You wash and re-use plastic utensils and Styrofoam cups.
-You have a supply of frozen lumpia in the freezer.
-You have an ice-shaver for making halo-halo.
-Your cloth tablecloths have tell-tale "toyo circles" on them.
-You eat purple yam-flavored ice cream.
-You gotta have a bottle of Jufran handy.
-You fry Spam and hot dogs and eat them with rice.
-You think half-hatched duck eggs are a delicacy.
-You know that "chocolate meat" isn't really made with chocolate.
249-345 points: Welcome to America! Judging from your high score, you are an obvious transplant from the Philippines. There is no doubt what your ethnic identity is! You're Filipino, through & through.
173-258 points: Congratulations, you've retained most of the Filipino traits and tendencies your family has instilled in you.
170 and under: You have OFT (Obvious Filipino Tendencies). Go with the flow to reach full Filipino potential. Prepare for assimilation; resistance is futile
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