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This tag is from JMom.

For sure, Pinoy ako. But I’m taking this quiz anyway. :)

Instruction:
Take this quiz if you want to know just how Filipino you are. Scoring after the jump.

1. You can speak Filipino
:: Opo. And Kapampangan, too, but who’s counting.

2. Whenever necessary, you take the hand of an elder relative and pat the back of the palm of that hand to your forehead and say “mano po”.
:: Opo. I do. Although I have to agree with JMom that some elders prefer a kiss on the cheek or beso-beso (to keep the age factor down, hehe).

3. You know “bayanihan” and had witnessed it personally at least once.
:: I know bayanihan and, although I have yet to see a kubo being transfered to another location, I’m happy to say that I have seen other forms of bayanihan done amongst the true pinoys we know.

4. You’ve seen a bahay kubo at least once.
:: Opo. I accidentally set fire to one, too (hehe!)

5. You’ve ridden on a jeepney at least five times.
:: Opo. The jeepney and the LRT were my main modes of transpo when I didn’t yet have a car.

6. You have separate clothes for in-house and outside use (pambahay at panglakad).
:: Opo. My apologies to the UPS and DHL guys who always seem to know when to fluster me with their presence when I’m wearing my rattiest of pambahays.

7. You’ve eaten adobo, dinuguan, kakanin, tuyo, dilis.
:: Opo. But I’ll take balut over dinuguan any day.

8. Your meal is incomplete if without rice.
:: Opo. Low-carb diet be damned.

9. You hear Sunday masses and attend Misa de Gallo with your family.
:: Lagi po. We were also lucky enough that the pinoy community here in our area organized a Simbang Gabi last December, which were able to attend (the absence of puto bumbong notwithstanding).

10. You can sing “Lupang Hinirang” very well, with no lines missed.
:: Siyempre. In grade school, I also used to conduct the veritable 4/4 measure for entire school in front of the entire school.

11. You don’t care donning ragged and torn clothes exclusively for use inside home.
:: Actually, I care a little bit. Although my pambahays may be old and ugly, I see to it that they’re not torn, dingy, or too ragged. Besides, gwapo yung taga-DHL noh. Dyahe.

12. You have bought items in a “sari-sari store” at least ten times.
:: In Pinas, yes. Especially Pop Cola, Goya, and Chippy, hehe.

13. You have played patintero, tumbang preso and piko during your childhood.
:: Tumbang preso not really. For boys kasi. But I was an ace in Chinese garter – lagi akong mother, hehe.

14. You can sing at least five OPM songs, and know what OPM means.
:: Opkors! More than five pa, thanks to magic sing hehe.

15. You know the Philippine presidents from the year of your birth onwards.
:: Opo. Marcos, Aquino, Ramos, Erap, Glo. (obvious bang nawalan na ng galang sa last two? hehe!)

16. You have witnessed “balagtasan” at least thrice.
:: Opo. I lived in Bulacan (the birth province of Francisco) so it was inevitable.

17. You’ve been recounted with stories involving aswang, tikbalang, manananggal, nuno sa punso.
:: Opo. Remember Pinoy Thriller and Regal Shocker? :D

18. You’ve been read, have read or have heard Filipino legends (Ang Alamat ng…)
:: Opkors! My mom even compiled these stories into a book which my siblings and I loved to read.

19. You’ve lived, stayed or visited Philippine places other than your city or town at least seven times.
:: Opo. I was (and still am) a certified lakwatsera.

20. You’ve visited local (or public) wet market at least five times.
:: Opo. For a time, I was my mom’s palengke assistant and she used to wake me up at 5 in the morning para lang mamalengke. Not my favorite gimmick, I tell you.

21. You have heard guys trying to sing Englebert Humperdink songs on a karaoke machine.
:: Josko po, opo!

22. Your main means of expressing anger is tampo.
:: Ah-eh, medyo. I’m not frontally agressive (as most pinoys are) and being passive agressive is more the way we tend to go.

23. You eat with your hands or use your fork and spoon together.
:: Opo at opo. Basta pagkain, kahit paano, fight.

24. You visit home taking with you a few balikbayan boxes.
:: Opo. Or else we will never see the end of tampo, hehe.

FRANCESCA’S ADDITIONS:

25. You visit your home town and start to say english with full fake slang to all your neighbors, family and friends, in bathrobe and highheels house shoes… (may kilala akong ganun), lol.
:: Ay hindi po. Too pretentious, hehe. Besdies, I’d like to take full advantage of the fact that I can speak Tagalog to everyone for a change.

26. You drink your hot coffee with the teaspoon on it.
:: Opo, minsan.

27. You are joining Paluwagan.
:: Before, I used to! My mom always spearheaded paluwagans, hehe.

JMOM’S ADDITIONS:

28. Does the song Bayan Ko bring tears to your eyes?
:: Sometimes. Especially when I think of Ninoy.

29. Do you have Bagoong or Patis in your cupboard?
:: Opkors! A meal is not complete without the perfect sawsawan.

30. Do you have a picture of the Last Supper or wooden Fork and Spoon on your wall or, as in my case, your mom’s house?
:: Last Supper, yes. Fork and Spoon, no. We don’t know where to get one, hehehe.

MEEYA’S ADDITIONS:

31. You have watched at least 5 Sharon Cuneta movies.
32. You know who Henry Sy is.
33. The men in your family own a barong tagalog.
34. You know what the Philippines’ national tree is.
35. You have read Noli Me Tangere or El Filibusterismo.

How did you do?

Here’s the gauge to tell how Filipino you are.

If you answered to “No” to:

1 – 2 items = The Filipino blood, spirit and flame burns intensely in you. You are the typical Filipino, who takes pride of your nationality.

3 – 4 = You are proud of your being Filipino and that the traits unique to most Filipinos live in you.

5 – 10 = You are the Filipino who, even adopting strongly the cultures of other nations, still you dont forget the old ways of the Filipino life.

11 – 15 = The Filipino culture has little by little been forgotten by you. You need to at least try some of the items mentioned.

16 – 20 = The Filipino culture has substantially faded in you, or that you have not been exposed to the true, authentic traits of being a Filipino.

Almost all = You’re a Filipino, only that you may have not been born and raised in the Philippines and had not lived up or been accustomed to the ways of Filipino living.

All = You’re not a Filipino.

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My score? I lost count, pero siguradong pinoy ako, hehe!

How about you, would you like to test your ‘Filipinoness’?

If you are Filipino and read this, then you are tagged!

This does not prompt you to repost this quiz, however it would be better if you did. You have to add at least three items to the quiz, and you should tag a dozen people after your post. There are a lot of unique Filipino traits and I don’t see any reason why you can’t think of three of them. Do not copy the listed items; provide/make your own and add them to the list above. Let’s see how long the list can get.

MrsWorkingGirl :: Feb.13.2008 :: MeMeMee :: 1 Comment »