Can You Pass as an Honorary Filipino?
While most countries export goods, the biggest export from the Philippines seems to be people. There are Filipino communities all over the world, small in some places and large in others. And thanks to their open and accepting culture it’s not hard to make friends with them. But can you pass as one of them?
1. How do you feel about Jollibee?
A. It’s just another fastfood place like McDonald’s or Wendy’s
B. I would climb Mount Everest on a broken leg while wearing nothing more than a t-shirt for a burger from Jollibee
2. How do you pronounce the word ‘ate’?
A. It sounds like 8
B. Ateh. If you say atay you sound like a FilAm
3. What do you think of Manny Pacquiao?
A. He’s a great boxer
B. Pacman is a legend and it should be a national holiday every time he fights. The only thing I love more than him is Jollibee spaghetti
4. Would you eat ice cream mixed with beans?
A. Why would anybody ruin perfectly good ice cream with beans?
B. The only thing better than halo halo is Jollibee spaghetti followed by halo halo!
5. How do you feel about karaoke?
A. I suppose I don’t mind it every now and then
B. What else do people do every day from 8-10pm besides sing karaoke?
6. What does CR stand for?
A. Costa Rica? China Railway? Casino Royale?
B. Comfort Room of course…. you know what Americans call rest room
7. When is the best time to eat rice?
A. Lunch or dinner
B. It is ALWAYS time for rice. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack time. In fact it goes great with Jollibee chickenjoy
8. Do you understand what people mean when they talk about the ber months?
A. Is ber beer with a Filipino accent?
B. September – December. Those are the months that everybody seems to expect a Christmas gift
9. What is a balikabayan box?
A. A box filled with balikabayans
B. OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) often have families who keep asking for foreign stuff and sometimes the only way to make them happy is to send them a giant box of stuff
10. How do you react when a restaurant host calls you sir-ma’am?
A. It’s strange that he called me sir and ma’am at the same time
B. Pare! Looking for sarap food. Is there Jollibee nearby?
If you mostly answered A
You will need to spend more time around Filipinos if you want to pass as an honorary Pinoy
If you mostly answered B
If you aren’t already Filipino go ahead and apply for your passport. You’ve earned it. But make sure you carry snacks because you know how long the wait at the consulate is…
Loved #7! Ditto for Indians too – I can eat rice at any time. Well, I take that back – I can eat any time!
I think a lot of us can eat at anytime 🙂 but the Philippines and Indonesia are the only countries I’ve been to where rice is part of almost every item on the breakfast menu!
Mine’s all B because I am Filipino. LOL
They opened the first Joliibee in Dubai about a month ago and the line ups are still insane! Of course only the Filipino community is willing to wait 3 hours…
We are willing to do anything for Jollibee. Ask a Filipino where he wants to eat. You’ll know the answer.
Yeah apparently it is normal to ask people coming from the Philippines to bring you back a Jollibee meal… doesn’t matter if it’s not been refrigerated for 12 hours!
Hahahahahaha! That is so true.
I’m guessing, with you knowing about all these stuff, you visited Philippines or do you have a friend from Philippines?
Both! This is what happened when I went there https://acollectionofmusings.wordpress.com/2013/07/11/philippines-pretend-pregnancies-other-peculiarties
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To all fellow Filipino bloggers out there,
You know you’re Filipino when you guess this right.
Haha! This is too much. Definitely 6 and 10.
The first time I heard comfort room I really just thought it was a relaxed space!
You know that you are an honorary Filipino, my dear. Lol.
Thanks for giving so much love to Jollibee!!! 😁
I only got 4 Bs so I maybe not! Maybe it’s time to try being an honourary Mexican since I love tacos and avocados
I answered mostly As, but I eat more Polvorón than would considered healthy – I thought that might get me in!
If you can make your own polvoron sure… if you buy them from Goldilocks you are need to try harder to be a pretend kabayan 😉
I actually never buy it or make it – I get an endless supply from my Filipino best friend in Australia and a supply from my Filipino colleagues in Viet Nam. The polvorón with rice is my favourite.
Also, I live on the same street as a Jollibee in Sai Gon and I eat rice twice a day.
I wish they were my friends 🙂
I suspect they are trying to make me diabetic…
As long as they don’t try to make you eat salad…
I’ve been offered salad – it was potato salad made of 70% mayonnaise, 20% potato and 10% bacon, but it still counts.
Haha sounds like a Filipino-style salad alright