Are you Pinoy sige nga can you relate with these things?

That...

Your middle name is your mother's maiden name.

Your parents call each other "Mommy" and "Daddy."

You have uncles and aunts named "Boy," "Girlie," or "Baby."

You have relatives whose nicknames consist of repeated syllables like
"Jun-Jun," "Ling-Ling," Ting-Ting,"Che-Che" and "Mon-Mon."

You call the parents of your friends and your own parents' friends "Tito"
and
"Tita."

You have four or five names.

You greet your elders by touching their hands to your forehead.
You tip the customs people when you arrive Manila.
No matter how old you are, you are always called inak.

You follow your parents' house rules even if you are over 18.

You live with your parents until and at times even after you're married.
You have a dishwasher but never use it to wash dishes.
You wear rubber slippers around the house.!
You know what a duster is.
When it´s someone´s birthday everyone in the house has to eat noodles.

You decorate your dining room wall with a picture of the "Last Supper." You
crave Aristocrat chicken.

Palo-palo is a scary thing when you were a kid.
You put grapes and coins above the all doors of the house when it´s new
year. You keep your furniture wrapped in plastic or covered with blankets.

You have a Sto. Nino shrine in your living room.

You have a piano that no one plays.

You keep a tabo in your bathroom.

You use Vicks Vapor rub as an insect repellant.

You eat with your hands.

You eat more than three times a day.

You think a meal is not a meal without rice.

You think sandwiches are snacks, not meals.
No matter where you are in the world, you always know what time it is in
the Philippines. You love to eat meat with vinegar.


You bring baon to work everyday.

Your pantry is ! never without Spam, Vienna sausage, corned beef, and
sardines.

You love to eat daing or tuyo.

You prop up one knee while eating.

You eat your meal with patis, toyo, suka, banana catsup, or bagoong.

Your tablecloths are stained with toyo circles.

You love sticky desserts and salty snacks.

You eat fried Spam and hot dogs with rice.

You eat mangoes with rice--with great GUSTO!

You love "dirty" ice cream.

You love to eat, yet often manage to stay slim.

You put hhot dogs in your spaghetti.

Everything you eat is sauted in garlic, onion, and tomatoes.

You order a "soft drink" instead of soda.

You hang a rosary on your car's rear view mirror.

You get together with family at a cemetery on All Saint's Day to eat, drink,
and t! ell stories by your loved ones' graves.

You play cards or mahjong and drink beer at funeral wakes.

You think Christmas season begins in October and en! ds in January.

Your second piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.

You've mastered the art of packing a suitcase to double capacity.

You collect items from airlines, hotels, and restaurants as "souvenirs."

You feel obligated to give pasalubong to all your friends and relatives each
time you return from a trip.

You use paper foot outlines when buying shoes for friends and relatives.

You can convey 30 messages with your facial __expression.

You hold your palms together in front of you and say "excuse, excuse" when
you
pass in between people or in front of the TV.

You ask for the bill at a restaurant by making a rectangle in the air.

You cover your mouth when you laugh.

You respond to a "Hoy!" or a "Pssst!" in a crowd.

You'll answer "Malapit lang!"! --no matter the distance--when asked how far
away a place is located.

Goldilocks is more than a fairy tale characterr to you.

You refer to! power interruptions as "brownouts."

You love to use the following acronyms: CR for comfort room, DI for dance
instructor, DOM for dirty old man, TNT for tago nang tago, KJ for kill joy,
KSP for kulang sa pansin, OA for over-acting, TL for true love, BF for
boyfriend and GF for girlfriend.

You say "rubber shoes" instead of sneakers, "ball pen" instead of pen,
"stockings" instead of pantyhose, "pampers" instead of diapers, "ref" or
"prijider" instead of refrigerator, "Colgate" instead of toothpaste,
"canteen"
instead of cafeteria, and "open" or "close" instead of turn on or turn
off (as in the lights).

You use an umbrella for shade on hot summer days.

You like everything imported or "state-side."

You love ballroom dancing, bowling, pusoy, mah jong, billiards, and karaoke.

You have a relativ! e who is a nurse.

When you're in a restaurant, you wipe your plate and utensils before using
them.

You can squ! eeze 15 passengers into your five seater car without a second
thought.

You wave a pom-pom on a stick around the food to keep the flies away.

You always ring a doorbell twice, assuming that the first ring was not
heard.

You let the phone ring twice before answering, lest you appear overly eager.

Your other piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.

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

Oo nga no Ham nga! Sometimes we have to fool ourselves to realize that everything is alright.

But reality is its never alright every thing is in a constant chaos. After all this sort of chaos has in its center order.

There is this thing about the yin and yang that may be hard to understand.
Well the balance of light and darkness the overall chi--that I can't understand.
The balance of the prana, the animal magnetism and the crazy frog in a hot pursuit I could understand.
However, what puzzles me is how chiaroscuro could play you out of your wits.
Sometimes we see things that are worlds apart than what they really appear.
Call me four-eyed but do you really see the reality when it is presented to you.
Is there something wrong with the siopao with the red mark or with the pulang itlog and why you have to look on the third quadrant of the Cartesian plane?
I could not get it.
It may be a matter of x's and y's or the intricacies of o's but tell me why people consume tons of chin san su for chin san su's sake. Tell me! Please.