How Filipino Are You?

Directions: In order to discover your true ethnicity and to help you come to grips with your cultural heritage, answer each of the following questions honestly and truthfully.
Scoring:

3 points if you can relate to the following characteristics yourself;
2 points if it relates to an immediate family member, i.e. mom or dad, or sister/brother;
1 point if you know of someone who has the characteristic.
0 points if you know of no one with this characteristic.

Mannerisms And Personality Traits:

1. You point with your lips:
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2. You eat using your hands--and have it down to a technique!
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3. Your other piece of luggage is a Balikbayan box:
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4. You always have at least three other people taking you to the airport:
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5. You're standing next to eight boxes at the airport:
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6. You nod upwards to greet someone:
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7. You put your foot up on your chair and rest your elbow on your knee while eating:
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8. You use a rock to scrub yourself in the shower:
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9. You have to kiss your relatives on the cheek as soon as you enter the room:
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10. You collect items from hotels or restaurants "for souvenir's sake":
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11. You smile for no reason:
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12. You flirt by having a foolish grin on your face while raising your eyebrows repeatedly:
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13. You go to a department store and try to bargain the prices:
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14. You use an umbrella for shade on hot summer days:
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15. You scratch your head when you don't know the answer:
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16. You never eat the last morsel of food on the table:
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17. You like bowling:
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18. You play pusoy and mah jong:
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19. You find dried up morsels of rice stuck to your shirt:
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20. You prefer to sit in the shade instead of basking in the sun:
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21. You add an unwarranted "H" to your name (i.e., "Jhun," "Bhoy," "Rhon."):
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22. 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:
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23. Your middle name is your mother's maiden name:
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24. You like everything that's imported or "state-side.":
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25. You check the labels on clothes to see where it was made before buying:
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26. You hang your clothes out to dry:
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27. You are perfectly comfortable in a squatting position with your elbows resting on your knees:
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28. You consistently arrive 30 minutes late for all events:
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29. You always offer food to all your visitors:
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30. Your house has a distinctive aroma:
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Vocabulary:

31. You say "comfort room" instead of "bathroom":
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32. You "open" or "close" the lights:
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33. You ask for "Colgate" instead of "toothpaste.":
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34. You ask for a "pentel pen" or a "ball pen" instead of just a pen:
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35. You refer to the refrigerator as the "ref" or "pridyider.":
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36. You say "Kodakan" instead of "take a picture.":
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37. You order a "McDonald's" instead of a "hamburger" (pronounced ham-boor-jer):
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38. You say "Ha?" instead of "What?":
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39. You say "Hoy!" to get someone's attention:
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40. You answer when someone yells "Hoy!":
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41. You turn around when someone says "Psst!":
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42. You say "Cutex" instead of "nail polish.":
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43. You say "for a while" instead of "please hold" on the telephone:
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44. You say "he" when you mean "she" and vice versa:
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45. You say "aray!" instead of "ouch!":
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46. Your sneeze sounds like "ahh-ching" instead of "ahh-choo.":
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47. You prefer to make acronyms for phrases such as "OA" for overacting, "DOM" for dirty old man and "TNT" for, well, you know:
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48. You say "air con" instead of "a/c" or air conditioner:
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49. You pronounce the following words: "hippopo-TA-mus," "com-FOR-table," "bro-CO-li," and "Mongo-mery Ward.":
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50. You say "brown-out" instead of "black-out.":
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51. You say "Uy!" instead of "Oops.":
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52. You say "for take out" instead of "to go.":
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Home Furnishings:

53. You have a "Weapons of Moroland" shield hanging on your living room wall:
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54. You have a portrait of "The Last Supper" hanging on your dining room wall:
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55. You own a karaoke system:
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56. You own a piano no one ever plays:
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57. You have a tabo in the bathroom:
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58. Your house is cluttered with burloloys:
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59. You have two or three pairs of tsinelas at your doorstep:
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60. Your house has ornate wrought iron gates in front of it:
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61. You have a rose garden:
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62. You display a laughing Buddha for good luck:
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63. You have a shrine to the Santo Nino in your living room:
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64. You own a "Barrel Man" (you pull down the barrel and you see something that looks familiar ...shwing!):
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65. You have a parol hanging outside your house during the holidays:
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66. You cover your living room furniture with bedsheets:
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67. Your lampshades still have the plastic covers on them:
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68. You have plastic runners to cover the carpets in your house:
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69. You refer to your VCR as the "Beyta-Max.":
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70. You have a rice dispenser:
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71. You own a turbo broiler:
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72. You own one of those fiber-optic flower lamps:
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73. You own a lamp with the oil that drips down the strings:
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74. You have a giant wooden fork & spoon hanging in the dining room:
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75. You have wooden tinikling dancers on the wall:
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76. You own capiz shell chandeliers, lamps or placemats:
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77. You use a "walis tambo " and a "walis ting-ting " as opposed to a conventional broom:
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Automobiles:

78. You own a Mercedes Benz and call it "chedeng.":
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79. You own a huge van conversion:
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80. Your car chirps like a bird or plays a tune when it's in reverse:
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81. Your car horn can make three or more different sounds:
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82. Your car has curb feelers on it:
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83. You hang a Rosary on your car's rear view mirror:
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84. You have an air freshener in your car:
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85. Your car has too many "burloloys" like the Jitneys back in P.I.:
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Family:

86. You have aunts and uncles named "Baby," "Girlie," or "Boy.":
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87. You were raised to believe that every Filipino is an aunt, uncle or cousin:
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88. Your Dad was in the Navy:
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89. Your mom or sister is a nurse:
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90. You get smelling kisses from your grandma:
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91. Your parents call each other "mommy" and "daddy.":
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92. You have a family member that has a nickname that repeats itself i.e.,"Deng-Deng," "Ling-Ling," "Jong-Jong" or "Bing-Bing."):
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Food:

93. You put hot dogs in your spaghetti:
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94. You consider dilis the Filipino equivalent to french fries:
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95. You think that eating chocolate rice pudding and dried fish is a great morning meal:
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96. You order things like tapsilog, longsilog, or tocilog at restaurants:
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97. You instinctively grab a toothpick after a meal:
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98. You order a "soft drink" instead of a "soda.":
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99. You dip bread in your morning coffee:
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100. You refer to seasonings and all other forms of monosodium glutimate as "Ajinomoto.":
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101. Your cupboards are full of Spam and Vienna Sausages, Ligo, and Corned Beef, which you refer to as Karne Norte:
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102. "Goldilocks" means more to you than just a character in a fairy tale:
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103. You appreciate a fresh pot of rice:
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104. You bring "baon" to work every day:
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105. Your "baon" is usually something over rice:
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106. Your neighbors complain about the smell of tuyo on Sunday mornings:
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107. You eat rice for breakfast:
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108. You use your fingers to measure the water when cooking rice:
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109. You wash and re-use plastic utensils and styrofoam cups:
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110. You have a supply of frozen lumpia in the freezer:
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111. You have an ice-shaver for making halo-halo:
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112. Your cloth tablecloths have tell-tale "toyo circles" on them:
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113. You eat purple yam-flavored ice cream:
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114. You gotta have a bottle of Jufran or Mafran handy:
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115. You fry Spam and hot dogs and eat them with rice:
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116. You think half-hatched duck eggs are a delicacy:
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117. You know that "chocolate meat" isn't really made with chocolate:
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(NOTE: This quiz was taken from "The Philippine Review," August 1995 edition.)

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