Filipino First Policy

Can you define what an average Filipino is? If you find yourself qualifying for the majority of these then you must be a Filipino!

(not all Filipinos are like this, but if you see an average Filipino, they might qualify for these attitudes.)

Vocabulary

1. You say 'for take out' instead of 'to go' ('take away' for Singaporean)
2. You 'open' and 'close' the lights
3. You ask for 'Colgate' instead of toothpaste
4. You ask for 'pentel pen' instead of a ballpen or pen
5. You say 'Ha?' instead of 'what?'
6. You say 'Hoy!' to get someone's attention
7. You turn around when you hear 'pssst'
8. You say 'Cutex' instead of nail polish
9. Your sneeze sounds like 'Ahh-ching' instead of 'Ahh-choo'
10. You say 'Aray' instead of 'ouch'
11. You make acronyms for phrases: 'OA' = overacting, 'DOM' = dirty old man
12. You say 'aircon' instead of 'A/C' or airconditioner
13. You say 'brown-out' instead of 'black-out'
14. You say 'Ay' or "Uy" instead of 'oops'
15. You start with 'actually' when you're trying to explain something
16. You say 'comfort room' instead of bathroom
17. Ano' and 'di ba' regularly slip out during conversations
18. When somebody gives you a compliment, instead of saying thank you, you say 'hindi naman' (which means: not really)

At Home

1. You own a karaoke machine
2. You own a piano that no one ever plays
3. You have a portrait of the Last Supper hanging on your dining room wall
4. You have a 'tabo' in your bathroom
5. You display a big laughing Buddha for good luck
6. You have a Santo Nino shrine in your living room
7. You own a 'barrel man' (schwing!) from Baguio
8. You have 'parol' displayed during the holidays
9. You cover your living room furniture with bed sheets
10. Your lampshades still have plastic covers on them
11. You have plastic runners to cover your carpets
12. You refer to VCR as 'Betamax' even if it's a VHS
13. You own a rice dispenser
14. You own a turbo broiler
15. You have a giant wooden spoon and fork hanging in your dining room
16. You have 'Weapons of Moroland' shield hanging on your living room wall
17. There's a pail in your bathroom, just in case there's a water shortage or the toilet won't flush
    
18. You have fly swatter in your kitchen

How you dress up

1. You wore kung fu shoes in high school
2. You use an umbrella for a shade on hot summer days
3. You play basketball in your tsinelas (slippers)
4. There's Angelique eyeliner and Johnson's Baby Powder compacts lurking in your makeup drawer
5. You have several pairs of 'tsinelas' at your doorstep
6. You deliberately flaunt your cellphone
   

And...

1. You unwrap Christmas gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping (and especially those bows) next year.
2. You only buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when they are 50% off.
3. When there is a sale on toilet paper, you buy 100 rolls and store them in your closet or in the bedroom of an adult child who has moved out.
4. Your stove is covered with aluminum foil.
5. Your kitchen has a sticky film of grease over it.
6. You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers.
7. You use grocery bags to hold garbage.
8. You always leave your shoes at the door.
9. You have a piano in your living room.
10. You play a musical instrument.
11. You pick your teeth at the dinner table (but you cover your mouth).
12. You twirl your pen around your fingers.
13. You hate to waste food....
14. You don't own any real Tupperware-only a cupboard full of used but carefully rinsed margarine tubs, takeout containers, and jam jars.
15. You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel.
16. The condiments in your fridge are either Price Club sized or come in plastic packets, which you save/steal every time you get take out or go to McDonald's.
17. You own a rice cooker.
18. Your dad thinks he can fix everything himself.
19. You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine or law.
20. You always look phone numbers up in the phone book, since calling Information costs 50 cents.
21. You have acquired a taste for bittermelon (ampalaya).
22. You e-mail your friends at work, even though you are only 10 feet apart.
23. You never discuss your love life with your parents.
24. your grandparents leave the TV on even when nobody watches it.
25. You use the exact same artificial christmas tree with the same ornaments, year after year.
26. You own atleast (5) Pirated DVD's, CD's or just anything pirated!
27. You eat Balut and you love it.