Confused about your ethnic identity; Want to know just how Filipino you are? Take this less-than-scientific quiz to rate your Filipino-ness. You might just be surprised at the results!
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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