You Know You're Filipino

When.............

• Every time you visit relatives you have to put their hands on your forehead.
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• Your mom’s maiden name is your middle name.
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• You have a piano that no one ever uses.
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• You have a rice cooker.
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• You like to shop at the Gap or Old Navy.
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• Black people don’t scare you.
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• You hang out with mostly non-Asians.
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• No one in your school knows what a Filipino is.
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• You have at least a dozen biracial cousins who still look like Flips with dyed hair.
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• If you’re Pinay, you at least dated a white or black guy before you found a Pinoy.
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• You’re always mistaken for other ethnicity because of your mix racial backgrounds.
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• You avoid wearing glasses.
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• You buy all these expensive clothes that you only wear once a year.
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• You leave your Christmas decorations up all year.
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• You always go to a party an hour late, which resorts the host to usually tell you that the party is an hour earlier than it really is.
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• “Goldilocks” means more to you than a name.
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• You have wider eyes than most Asians.
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• Your whole family is a melting pot with your aunt’s marrying bi-racially.
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• Your mom works as a nurse.
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• You have covers on your furniture.
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• You point with your lips.
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• U kent spell eben ‘tho U all redy knoe how 2.
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• You act more ghetto than some black people.
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• You have a picture of the Last Supper on your wall.
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• Your other piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.
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• You nod upwards to greet someone.
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• You collect items from a hotel or restaurant "for souvenir."
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• You smile for no reason.
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• You use an umbrella for shade on a hot summer day.
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• You put your hands together in front of you as if to make a path and say "excuse,excuse" while walking through a crowd.
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• You always offer food to your visitors.
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• You buy tons of bath towels when they go on sale.
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• You find dried up morsels of rice stuck to your shirt.
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