my step brother and step mother are filipino. that makes me almost cool enough to post in this thread legit.
Filipinos
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since this thread has gone nowhere. lol, lets talk about filipino traditions and what it is they do thats funny. i'll start.
when telling you where something is, they point with thier chins.
p = f and vice versa, example *phone rings* "hoy jastin, can you reach por the pown derre?"
when cursing in english, or just talking to you in english, you have to stop yourself from laughing.
they have pianos in the houses but no one plays...well i play mine sometimes.
furniture is covered in plastic. (in most houses)
add to the list!!!
when telling you where something is, they point with thier chins.
p = f and vice versa, example *phone rings* "hoy jastin, can you reach por the pown derre?"
when cursing in english, or just talking to you in english, you have to stop yourself from laughing.
they have pianos in the houses but no one plays...well i play mine sometimes.
furniture is covered in plastic. (in most houses)
add to the list!!!
Ok how bout these
You Know You Are Filipino If ...
1. You're related to everyone.
2. Your parents call each other "Mommy" and "Daddy."
3. You have uncles and aunts named Boy, Girlie, or Baby.
4. You have relatives whose nicknames consist of repeated syllables, such as Jun-Jun, Ling-Ling, Mon-Mon.
5. You call the parents of your friends and your own parents' friends "Tito" and "Tita."
6. All of your children have four or five names.
7. You greet your elders by touching their hands to your forehead.
8. You always kiss your relatives on the cheek whenever you enter or leave a room.
9. Your grandmother greets you by giving you "smelling kisses."
10. You live with your parents until-and at times even after you're married.
11. You can't build or buy a house unless you first consult a feng shui expert.
12. Your house has a distinctive smell.
13. You decorate your living room wall with your family's framed diplomas and certificates.
14. You decorate your dining room wall with a giant wooden spoon and fork and a picture of the Last Supper.
15. You keep your furniture wrapped in plastic.
16. Most of your home decor is made out of wicker.
17. Your house has a "dirty" kitchen and a "clean" kitchen.
18. Your kitchen table has a vinyl tablecloth.
19. You recycle plastic shopping bags as garbage bags.
20. You own a "Footsteps in the Sand" poster.
21. You have a piano that no one plays.
22. You keep a tabo in your bathroom.
23. You own a "barrel man."
24. You use a stone to scrub yourself in the shower.
25. You use Vicks Vapor Rub as an insect repellant.
26. Your meal isn't complete without white rice.
27. You use your fingers to measure the water you need to cook rice.
28. You can't eat a meal without a spoon and fork.
29. You feel insulted if your visitors don't eat what you offer them.
30. When there is a party, you always cook three times more than what your visitors can consume.
31. Your pantry is never without Spam, vienna sausage, corned beef, and sardines.
32. You can't enjoy a meal without patis or bagoong.
33. You eat fried Spam and hotdogs with rice.
34. You eat mangoes with rice-with great gusto.
35. You enjoy chocolate rice pudding and dried salted fish for breakfast.
36. You have a rosary or "fake bannanas" hanging from your rear view mirror.
37. You tail an ambulance or a cop just to beat the traffic.
38. Your car horn can either, laugh, bark, or moo.
39. Your car plays a song when it backs up.
40. You can squeeze 15 passengers into your Honda Civic without a second thought.
41. You think traffic regulations are recommendations, not rules.
42. You think that traffic signs apply to everybody except yourself.
43. You point with your lips.
44. You eat using your hands and have it down to technique.
45. Your other piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.
46. You collect items from hotels or restaurants "for souvenir's sake."
47. You go to a department store and try to bargain the prices.
48. You use an umbrella for shade on hot summer days.
49. You scratch your head when you don't know the answer.
50. You play pusoy and mahjong.
51. You put your hand in front of you as if to make a path and say "Excuse, excuse" when you pass in between people or in front of them.
52. You buy tons of bath towels when they go on sale.
53. You still wear outdated clothes you have when you first came to the USA.
54. You say "comfort room" instead of "bathroom."
55. You say "for take out" instead of "to go."
56. You "open" or "close" the light.
57. You ask for "Colgate" instead of "toothpaste."
58. You say kodakan instead of "take a picture."
59. You turn around when someone says "Psst."
60. You say "Cutex" instead of "nail polish."
61. You say "he" when you mean "she" and vice-versa.
62. You say "air-con" instead of "a/c" or air conditioner.
63. You pronounce "F" for "P" or "P" for "F".
64. You own a karaoke system.
65. You have 5 pairs of tsinelas on your doorstep.
66. You refer to your VCR as the "Beytamax."
67. You have a rice dispenser with matching rice cooker.
68. You own a Mercedes Benz and call it "chedeng."
69. You have a "My Shaldan" air freshener in your car.
70. You were raised to believe that every Filipino has an aunt, uncle, and cousins.
71. Your mom or sister is a nurse.
72. You consider dilis the Filipino equivalent of french fries.
73. You dip bread in your morning coffee.
74. "Goldilocks" means more to you than just a character in a fairy tale.
75. Your baon is usually something over rice.
76. You eat rice for breakfast.
77. You wash and re-use plastic utensils and Styrofoam cups.
78. You have a supply of frozen lumpia in the freezer.
79. You have an ice-shaver for making halo-halo.
80. You have to have a bottle of Jufran handy.
81. You know that chocolate meat isn't really made out of chocolate.
82. You spend Holy Week either performing acts of penitence or vacationing.
83. You get together with family at a cemetery on All Saints' Day to eat, drink, and tell stories by your loved ones' graves.
84. You think the Christmas season begins in September and ends in January.
You Know You Are Filipino If ...
1. You're related to everyone.
2. Your parents call each other "Mommy" and "Daddy."
3. You have uncles and aunts named Boy, Girlie, or Baby.
4. You have relatives whose nicknames consist of repeated syllables, such as Jun-Jun, Ling-Ling, Mon-Mon.
5. You call the parents of your friends and your own parents' friends "Tito" and "Tita."
6. All of your children have four or five names.
7. You greet your elders by touching their hands to your forehead.
8. You always kiss your relatives on the cheek whenever you enter or leave a room.
9. Your grandmother greets you by giving you "smelling kisses."
10. You live with your parents until-and at times even after you're married.
11. You can't build or buy a house unless you first consult a feng shui expert.
12. Your house has a distinctive smell.
13. You decorate your living room wall with your family's framed diplomas and certificates.
14. You decorate your dining room wall with a giant wooden spoon and fork and a picture of the Last Supper.
15. You keep your furniture wrapped in plastic.
16. Most of your home decor is made out of wicker.
17. Your house has a "dirty" kitchen and a "clean" kitchen.
18. Your kitchen table has a vinyl tablecloth.
19. You recycle plastic shopping bags as garbage bags.
20. You own a "Footsteps in the Sand" poster.
21. You have a piano that no one plays.
22. You keep a tabo in your bathroom.
23. You own a "barrel man."
24. You use a stone to scrub yourself in the shower.
25. You use Vicks Vapor Rub as an insect repellant.
26. Your meal isn't complete without white rice.
27. You use your fingers to measure the water you need to cook rice.
28. You can't eat a meal without a spoon and fork.
29. You feel insulted if your visitors don't eat what you offer them.
30. When there is a party, you always cook three times more than what your visitors can consume.
31. Your pantry is never without Spam, vienna sausage, corned beef, and sardines.
32. You can't enjoy a meal without patis or bagoong.
33. You eat fried Spam and hotdogs with rice.
34. You eat mangoes with rice-with great gusto.
35. You enjoy chocolate rice pudding and dried salted fish for breakfast.
36. You have a rosary or "fake bannanas" hanging from your rear view mirror.
37. You tail an ambulance or a cop just to beat the traffic.
38. Your car horn can either, laugh, bark, or moo.
39. Your car plays a song when it backs up.
40. You can squeeze 15 passengers into your Honda Civic without a second thought.
41. You think traffic regulations are recommendations, not rules.
42. You think that traffic signs apply to everybody except yourself.
43. You point with your lips.
44. You eat using your hands and have it down to technique.
45. Your other piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.
46. You collect items from hotels or restaurants "for souvenir's sake."
47. You go to a department store and try to bargain the prices.
48. You use an umbrella for shade on hot summer days.
49. You scratch your head when you don't know the answer.
50. You play pusoy and mahjong.
51. You put your hand in front of you as if to make a path and say "Excuse, excuse" when you pass in between people or in front of them.
52. You buy tons of bath towels when they go on sale.
53. You still wear outdated clothes you have when you first came to the USA.
54. You say "comfort room" instead of "bathroom."
55. You say "for take out" instead of "to go."
56. You "open" or "close" the light.
57. You ask for "Colgate" instead of "toothpaste."
58. You say kodakan instead of "take a picture."
59. You turn around when someone says "Psst."
60. You say "Cutex" instead of "nail polish."
61. You say "he" when you mean "she" and vice-versa.
62. You say "air-con" instead of "a/c" or air conditioner.
63. You pronounce "F" for "P" or "P" for "F".
64. You own a karaoke system.
65. You have 5 pairs of tsinelas on your doorstep.
66. You refer to your VCR as the "Beytamax."
67. You have a rice dispenser with matching rice cooker.
68. You own a Mercedes Benz and call it "chedeng."
69. You have a "My Shaldan" air freshener in your car.
70. You were raised to believe that every Filipino has an aunt, uncle, and cousins.
71. Your mom or sister is a nurse.
72. You consider dilis the Filipino equivalent of french fries.
73. You dip bread in your morning coffee.
74. "Goldilocks" means more to you than just a character in a fairy tale.
75. Your baon is usually something over rice.
76. You eat rice for breakfast.
77. You wash and re-use plastic utensils and Styrofoam cups.
78. You have a supply of frozen lumpia in the freezer.
79. You have an ice-shaver for making halo-halo.
80. You have to have a bottle of Jufran handy.
81. You know that chocolate meat isn't really made out of chocolate.
82. You spend Holy Week either performing acts of penitence or vacationing.
83. You get together with family at a cemetery on All Saints' Day to eat, drink, and tell stories by your loved ones' graves.
84. You think the Christmas season begins in September and ends in January.
theres alot!!!
like this:
always bring containers to parties to bring food home.
saves all the magnolia ice cream containers.
hmm...puts thier hands together like a rudder and says "excuse" as they walk in front of the TV.
use your imagination.
like this:
always bring containers to parties to bring food home.
saves all the magnolia ice cream containers.
hmm...puts thier hands together like a rudder and says "excuse" as they walk in front of the TV.
use your imagination.
87 Silver Sniper said:
LMAO!! I see this stuff everyday with my wife or his.....I mean her family.
Try explaining to your non-filipino side of the family why there are large cups in each of the bathrooms next to the toilet.
"Try explaining to your non-filipino side of the family why there are large cups in each of the bathrooms next to the toilet."
LMFAO.....my family is filipino but we dont have the large cup in my bathroom...although my grandparents do.
LMFAO.....my family is filipino but we dont have the large cup in my bathroom...although my grandparents do.
That reminds me:
I tried the tabo thing once and maybe I am just not coordinated enough to use it. Water went all over the bathroom floor and my fingers were full of poo (no one showed me the technique).
I'll stick with Charman thank you.
I tried the tabo thing once and maybe I am just not coordinated enough to use it. Water went all over the bathroom floor and my fingers were full of poo (no one showed me the technique).
I'll stick with Charman thank you.
I haven't noticed any of those things with my step brother really. He moved over here near the end of 02'.
Hey I'm filipino, went to the Philippines 2 years ago in Laguna, in Calawan. I haven't been there in a while before then but I noticed the following:
People sssssssss at you when they want your attention
They nod their head to the direction they they want you to look
A whole bunch of gay people (more than san fransisco)
People driving everywhere on the road, on the sidewalk (if there is one) or on the shoulder. That's pretty much the cause of all their traffic.
I had a great time there saw a lot of family, ate at jolley bee (excuse my spelling) I watched some filipino tv like TFC and GMA, my favorite show and still is from the Phillipines is wowowee because they give money to the people who don't have a lot of it.
I'm going back again for my Grandparents' (non filipino side) anniversary. My grandma is Spanish and her dad used to be a doctor then movied to the Philippines with his wife, and my grandpa was a prince in burma but moved away from there because him and her didn't like communism and stuff like that. So both of them are different races but grew up in the PI.
People sssssssss at you when they want your attention
They nod their head to the direction they they want you to look
A whole bunch of gay people (more than san fransisco)
People driving everywhere on the road, on the sidewalk (if there is one) or on the shoulder. That's pretty much the cause of all their traffic.
I had a great time there saw a lot of family, ate at jolley bee (excuse my spelling) I watched some filipino tv like TFC and GMA, my favorite show and still is from the Phillipines is wowowee because they give money to the people who don't have a lot of it.
I'm going back again for my Grandparents' (non filipino side) anniversary. My grandma is Spanish and her dad used to be a doctor then movied to the Philippines with his wife, and my grandpa was a prince in burma but moved away from there because him and her didn't like communism and stuff like that. So both of them are different races but grew up in the PI.
from what i hear gay ppl in the P.I.dont go for other gay ppl
they go for straight guys lol.... that tru??
they go for straight guys lol.... that tru??
I guess they go for straight guys because almost all the gay people there are crossdressers and act like girls. Wouldn't it kind of be weird for 2 gay crossdressers to get together. They'd pretty much be lesbian.
Oh yeah, and it's weird how people nick name their kids Boy,Baby,Toto,JunJun, Bhong,Puto, and so on...
Does anyone else here have an Uncle Boy?
Oh yeah, and it's weird how people nick name their kids Boy,Baby,Toto,JunJun, Bhong,Puto, and so on...
Does anyone else here have an Uncle Boy?