These are the top ten ways to know you are a Filipino / Pinoy or are from the Philippines.
Top 10 Ways to Know You’re a Filipino:
10. You carefully unwrap Christmas presents or Birthday gifts so you can reuse the gift wrappers next time
9. Your luggage is a “Balikbayan” box (huge shipping boxes)
8. You wrap EVERYTHING in plastic: Books, Bed Mattresses, Furniture, Couches / Sofas, Cell Phones, Cars… hell you even wrap your plastic in plastic!
7. You eat duck embryo or Balut
*Balut photo found at http://seralulalu.wordpress.com
6. You understand Pn0i Txt msgs Ktnxbye
MGNDang gbI P0Wh. Mzt N u? mIsz nA KITa sobRA. wLa NG iBNg bbE na CzeNg gNdA m. D2 aq nDe tK0t Ssbhn q xa U na wLa p0Wh aQ mMHliN NA ibng ba2e. U, mhl U bA Aq? kTnxBye
Tita Grly m 2. wLA aq xa BhY. D2 aq sa PEBA. W8 q u. kSMA Q na tito boy m at SiNa bongbOng, jUnjuN, jinjin, BmBm, noYNOY, lenLen, KrINgkRiNG, NeNe, annNN, JOJO, tiNtin, pEPe….
5. You react whenever you hear… Psssst
4. The letters P and F are the same
“Sir, da froject if pinish. I just need a fish of fafer and dat would be ferpect foh… ktnxbye”
3. Your nickname is a repetition (Bongbong, JunJun, Tintin etc)
3.5. You have an Uncle Boy or Auntie Girly (Or even an Auntie Baby)
2. You point with your lips
Pinoy GPS
1. No matter how famous, rich or successful you are… You just wanna sing some Kareoke
So sing along. You know you want to (See FULL VIDEO for this)
This top 10 ways to spot a Filipino list and the video were shown at the 2009 Philippine Pinoy Expat / OFW Blog Awards (PEBA) held in the PhilAm Life Theatre on December 27, 2009 to honor the hardworking Filipinos from all over the world who have come home to spend time during the Holiday / Christmas season with their families in the Philippines.
WhenInManila.com is a media partner.
For more info on the Philippine Expat / OFW Blog Awards, PEBA, event, you can visit: http://www.pinoyexpatsblogawards.com
OMG OMG!!! This is SOOOOO TRUE!!! Two thumbs up!
They call me BongBong… even though my name is Brandon. And my sister is Lynlyn, but her full name is Analyn =)
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got most. but my family doesn’t really save our gift wraps. but lolo was funny!
this is so racist! you’re a racist!
Takes one to know one
I didn’t think it was racist. It was actually really funny. My favorite is lolo trying to unwrap the gift slowly to save the gift wrapper. ROFL
Jigga Flease! This ain’t racist, you’re just mad coz it’s true! Don’t hate the Flayer boo…
Hi sA lHt p0wh. HINde nMn kmI gNUN mG typE Ah. sa txt LNG….
Wow, that was great. Especially liked the car wrapped in plastic and the pssst part. We really do like to sing…whether or not we sound good haha!
Vince, the cuts all looked real, except for the plastic thing ( I dont think it’s still being done.
)! I read the Pinoy text, uber funny! And the PSssst…I can relate, I can! Hahaha!
You’ve become so comfortable in what you do for When in Manila! I’m really happy for you.
OMG This is so FUNNY! Good job guys Congratulations!
HAHAHAHHAHA!
I LOVE lolo! You should make a show starring him =)
lol I agree with starstruck. Lolo’s a character!
LOL. Even if I’m Pinay, the only ones that apply to me are numbers 7 and 1. Still, though, I know so many kababayans who do all the above. This is funny stuff.
my nickname is penpen
@Sab – I have yet to find a Filipino who can resist looking when they hear Pssst…. You sure you only get 7 and 1?
@Cha – Thanks
@Hannah / starstruck – will think about a Lolo show. lol
@Gloria – miss you!
@3xtR@ G |\/|()|\|3y – I have no clue what you just said… lol
this is so true.. I remember my grandma calling me mao-mao
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@penpen @mao-mao….. I dub thee… TRUE Filipinos! Ingtz p0wh, ktnxbye
Hilarious! Keep it up guys! Happy New Year!
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This is so cool… =)
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Hahahahah @I Wei
That’s funny dude! You definitely are Filipino!!! Thanks for sharing that!
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haha galing! top 10 ways to know if you're pinoy by @wheninmanila (yes, i did the last part, pinoy ako e LOL!) http://ow.ly/RE0h
Tnx for the RTs. Am following you now =) @OneyTorres @qathreyes @neva_mnlmommy @manilamommy @iamsimplyana @jaixom http://ow.ly/RE0h
Top 10 Ways to know you’re Filipino http://www.wheninmanila.com/top-10-ways-to-know-youre-a-filipino-from-the-philippines
Definitely true!! hilarious!!
RT @Boy_Kuripot: Break Time giggles – http://www.wheninmanila.com/top-10-ways-to-know-youre-a-filipino-from-the-philippines
RT @OneyTorres "No matter how famous, rich or successful you are; you just wanna sing some karaoke" nice!!! http://bit.ly/5bL2ND
looking at Christmas gift wrappers that my family saved for future use LOL! Such a Pinoy thing to do! http://bit.ly/6vCQNZ
RT @VinceGolangco looking at Christmas gift wrappers that my family saved for future use LOL! Such a Pinoy thing to do! http://bit.ly/6vCQNZ
Nakarelate ako ah.
Nice blog.
BTW, you might found these interesting:
Live Radio and TV w/ ESPN : entertainmentport.blogspot.com
500Pesos Business : instantnegosyo.blogspot.com
and this one jr041283.blogspot.com
Thanks. Happy blogging.
@justinecastillo All about going green. Just saying that coz we made a spoof of the top 10 ways to know you're Pinoy =) http://bit.ly/6vCQNZ
No 5. You react whenever you hear… Psssst IS SO TRUE… I usually hear from overseas Filipino priests in their homilies that the easiest way for them to know if a Filipino is nearby abroad is by doing this Pssst (I don’t know if there’s such a word to describe this action) and watch if anyone turns their heads. hahaha.
Great blog bro. You seem like the Filipino Jon Stewart in this site
BTW, you may want to check out my blog: http://citizenxpinoy.blogspot.com/
Many thanks
"Top 10 ways to know you're Filipino" http://bit.ly/6vCQNZ via @WhenInManila
RT @mistygirlph (I'm still laughing!) "Top 10 ways to know you're Filipino" http://bit.ly/6vCQNZ via @WhenInManila
I’ve been here 4 years and I am still laughing at the wrapping in plastic, and pinoy GPS (pointing with lips) Wow that was funny.
Yup, no doubt 'bout it, Pinoy ini!
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Haha! I can relate!
hahaha! good read. keep ‘em coming.
this is so funny but definitely true…by the way my nickname is bebe and my brother’s toto while my mom’s nene…haha
i’m clangclang and i love karaoke!
clang clang? Wow, and I thought I’d heard it all…. lol. Cool nickname! Let’s go sing some Kareoke sometime! =)
I think the video is a bit racist. It stereotypes Filipinos and puts them in a box. I hope When In Manila will more considerate in the future.
I love the lolo character. Makes me miss my friends in the Philippines.
@Anthony Villanuva, how is this racist? It’s not like they say Filipinos are stupid or anything. What’s wrong with saying that Filipinos like using nicknames that repeats a name? You need a better sense of humor.
@Anthony Villanueva
What kind of a box? Like a balikbayan box?
i kid i kid….. =P
hehehe, ganyan tlaga ang pinoy… hindi maitatanggi, hindi maipagkakaila, matipid tayo eh, lahat nman kc pwede irecycle… pati sa pag tetext matipid… hehehe. yan ang maganda sa pinoy
i’m proud being a filipino.,, only in the philippines.
this is funny.
i would like to add this one though–
one is pinoy is his middle name is his mother’s maiden surname
Hahaha! True! Lalo na yung number one, super agree ako! I’m not an avid fan of the balut though!
This is so funny! … and True!… My nick name is also with repetition haha! And yes I do easily get distracted with .. “psst”.. great post!
This a real nerve-buster, I almost died laughing. It’s true that the quirkiest Juan dela Cruz antics are sometimes what make us undeniably, uniquely Filipino. And it’s very refreshing to laugh at the bizarre habits that you and I have been guilty of (at one time or another). Nice touch in putting a screencap of The Pacman with a microphone. That’s just wicked. And the car in plastic wrap! I will never look at plastic wrap the same way again. I really enjoyed this post and I hope that you could put together a Part 2– complete with the high-waisted lolo, of course. Awesome job, WIM!
here’s more :
Drawing a rectangle in the air when asking for the bill, which never fails to baffle the restaurant staff
Underdeclaring your income when you pay Phil tax, even if it’s peculiar that a consultant is paid little more than a domestic helper’s wages
ipagmalaki natin na tayo’y isang pinoy. ang galing talaga ng mga filipino!!!!
i like the vid haha.
proud to be!!
hahahaha everything is so true especially the first one… kinda similar to another filipino habit of packing left over food from a party… my grandmother (unfortunately) have this habit wherein she had my sister put plastic bags of lechon in her bag… tsk tsk tsk
uu nga kahit nde mo sabihin n ikaw ay pinoy malalaman din sa kilos at gawa…. proud to be a Filipino.
all true. a toast to that.
hahaha, pati car naka plastic!!!
my nickname is dayday…
May I also add this one your list?
You don’t sit on the bowl in public toilets, no matter what part of town or if your thighs ache like hell; and you flush the toilet with your feet..
hahaha.. i love it..
waaaaahahaha!!! bat mo alam @dayday private yun ah, sinilipan mo ko noh!!!! hahhaaha, ang pinoy talaga…
yeah absolutely right
hahaha
para rin itong english version ni bob ong ah
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Hell. I’m bongbong came from d name of bongbong marcos sr.. ahaha
anyway. those kind of text messges is kinda jologs na.
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i’m a filipino but i don’t do all of those. T_T lols