– You point with your lips.
– Your mom or sister is a nurse.
– If you go to party, you’re an hour late and there’s still nobody there!
– You eat using your hands and have it down to technique.
– You say “comfort room” instead of “bathroom.”
– Your other piece of luggage is a balikbayan box.
– You use a rock to scrub yourself in the bath or shower.
– You think that eating chocolate rice pudding and dried fish is a great morning meal.
– You’re standing next to eight big boxes at the airport, when going back to home.
– You have an ice-shaver for making halo-halo.
– You collect items from hotels or restaurants “for souvenir’s sake.”
– You go to a department store and try to bargain the prices.
– Your middle name is your mother’s maiden name.
– You say “he,” when you mean “she” and vice versa.
– You buy tons of bath towels when they go on sale.
– You love to buy sale items even when you do not need them. (I might need them in the future)
– You ask for “Colgate” instead of “toothpaste.”
– You say “Ha?” instead of “What?”
– You put hot dogs in your spaghetti.
– You have pictures of your dinner
– You own a karaoke system, even if you don’t know how to sing.
– You have two or three pairs of tsinolas at your doorstep.
– Your tv/remote still have the plastic covers on it.
– You think half-hatch duck eggs are a delicacy.
– You know lots of gross jokes, and try to tell it to everyone