I got tagged! By a new cyber-friend, MarcRoger (who also plays music for the Lord).

This one’s different from all the tags that I’ve come across because its a gauge of how much a Filipino you are. Well at least based on the typical norms and practices that has been passed on from generations. Here goes:

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 there’s no reason why you can?t think of three to add. Let?s see how long the list can get.

The Pinoy List:

1. you can speak Filipino (Tagalog) [yes, I can write it too!]

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? [yes]
3. you know ?bayanihan? and had witnessed it personally at least once [yes]
4. you?ve seen a bahay kubo at least once [yes]
5. you know what a jeepney is an have ridden on it [yes, and the tricycle too!]
6. you have separate clothes for in-house and outside use (pambahay at panglakad) [yes]
   
7. you?ve eaten adobo, dinuguan, kakanin, tuyo, dilis [yes]
   
8. your meal is incomplete if without rice [OH, Yes!]
9. you hear Sunday masses and attend Misa de Gallo with your family [sorta, we attend sunday service, we're not catholic]
10. you can sing ?Lupang Hinirang? very well, with no lines missed [yes]
11. you don?t care donning ragged and torn clothes exclusively for use inside home [yes]
12. you have bought items in a ?sari-sari store? at least ten times [yes, suki ako!]
13. you have played patintero, tumbang preso and piko during your childhood [yes]
14. you can sing at least five OPM songs, and know what OPM means [yes]
15. you know the Philippine presidents from the year of your birth onwards [yes]
16. you have witnessed ?balagtasan? at least once [yes, during town fiestas, true blue bulakenya talaga!]
17. you?ve been recounted with stories involving aswang, tikbalang, manananggal, nuno sa punso [yes]
    
18. you?ve been read, have read or have heard Filipino legends (Ang Alamat ng?) [yes]
    
19. you?ve lived, stayed or visited Philippine places other than your city or town at least seven times [yes, the province]
20. you?ve shopped in local (or public) wet market at least five times [yes]
21. you?ve watched teleseryes, understood them and followed at least one [yes]
22. you?ve watched at least five tagalog movies. [yes]
23. you know what a baul or a bayong is. [yes]
24. [Aiza's Adds] points out to something using your mouth (nguso) [yes]
25. have read or owned a copy noli and el fili (or even just parts of it) [yes]
26. knows what a balut and penoy is and eats it too! [yes, but i usually don't eat the chick, hehe]
    

Here?s the gauge to tell how Filipino you are:
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20 or more = The Filipino blood, spirit and flame burns intensely in you. You are the typical Filipino, who takes pride of your nationality.
16 - 19 = You are proud of your being Filipino and that the traits unique to most Filipinos live in you.
12 - 15 = You are the Filipino who, even adopting strongly the cultures of other nations, still don?t forget some old ways of the Filipino life.
8 - 11 = The Filipino culture has little by little been forgotten by you. You need to at least try some of the items mentioned.
5 - 7 = The Filipino culture has substantially faded in you, or that you have not been exposed to the true, authentic traits of being a Filipino.
1 - 4 = 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.
0 = You?re not a Filipino.

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See? I got a perfect score! I’m as pinay as one can get, ahahaha! Yabang ba?

Anyway, I’m tagging Aggie, Apols, Arbet, Betsy, Chubby, Dario, Jehzeel, Jen, JenCC, Jennie, Jhaicey, Joan, Joliber, Joyce, Kelly, Kiven, KV, Lady Cess, Maan, Malinesky, Manonica, Margil, Meng, Meng, Michiko, Mighty, Noemi, RalphsWurld, Ris, Tony, SexyMom, Sustines, Joselle, Dyosa

Have fun!

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