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Top Five Greatest Childhood Snack Past-times (by Louise ?)
5) Dipping 5 pieces of fishballs on a stick to either sweet, sour, or spicy 4) Chasing a man with a cup and 5 pesos whos carrying a pair of steel buckets hanging on his shoulder yelling "Taho"out in the streets 3) Craving for late night snack and waiting for a man out on the [...]
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Top Five Ways You Can Tell You’re a FOB (fresh off the boat)…by Mark Manalo (Texas, USA)
5. You call every caucasian male (American,Australian,European, ah basta puti!) "Joe". (eg. "Hey Joe" or "what's up Joe?") 4. You say 'comfort room' instead of 'bathroom.' and when they ask you where is that place, then you say, 'I need to wiwi' (while pointing your patotoy) 3. In a restaurant, you can't eat without a [...]
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Top Five Worst Filipino Xmas Gifts from Aunties and Uncles…by Mark Javier, Daly City CA
5) Money envelope with an IOU in it. 4) Queso de Bola (Big Ball of cheese) and I am lactose intolerant...aghhh diarrhea!3) A stapler, note pad and a ruler.. what the hell?!2) Gift basket of Spam, Corned Beef and Vienna Sausages!! Yummm1) An 80's style shirt.. Wait a minute! It is Uncle Boy's old [...]
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The Top 5 Alternative, Non-Offensive Titles for “The Flip Side” by Rod Pulido 4/23/02
5. "The Filipino Living In Pride Side, NOT The Fucking Little Island People Side" 4. "The Politically Correct Filipino American Side" 3. "The I ate Balut on 'Fear Factor' Side" 2. "The American Debut Side of Lolo's Adobo Child" 1. "The Get Over It, You Armchair Activist! It's Just a Frickin' Title! Side"
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“Top Five Reasons Why Filipinos Should’ve Played Hobbits in the film, LORD OF THE RINGS”. (12/25/01)
5. From the kneecaps down, Filipino men got some hairy-ass feet. I have cousins in the Philippines who still don't wear shoes, cause barefeet are more comfortable. 4. When it comes to gold rings, we might be the last ones on Earth to give them up. I have mean aunties who love to brag about [...]
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“Top Five Ways You Can Tell You’re the First Pinoy on the Dog House Comedy Jam line-up on August 25th, 2001 at the Shoreline Amphitheater.”
5. Backstage, everyone thinks you're Mexican and keeps asking, "Where's your big brother, George Lopez?" 4. You didn't bring an entourage and so you just start talking to the ushers, the security people and the stage hands and serve your own drinks pretending you work there too. 3. Your many hundreds of fellow Pinoy fans [...]
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Top Five Ways Your Game Will Be Crushed by Moving Back Home with Mom, Dad and Lola” (by Charlene Lobo, SF Bay Area 7/10/01)
5. That eerie silence that everyone sits in while waiting for the right moment to leave the house with your date. Hurry before they take out the pictures. 4. The smell of fried fish that pervades your clothes, jacket, and bedroom sheets that lasts longer than your perfume/cologne. The very same odiferousness that wafts out [...]
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“Top Five Ways You Know You’re at a Filipino Wedding” (by Annabelle Malibago Kline of Woodbridge, CT 06/26/01)
5. The highlight of the evening is watching 3 year old Titoy sing karaoke of "Dancing Queen". 4. You are greeted at the reception by a life-sized statue of Santo Nino. 3. Someone yells "Auntie!" and all the women turn around. 2. Everyone is line-dancing, no matter what song is playing. 1. Your Lola is [...]
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The Top Five things that westernized Filipino’s don’t understand about FOB’s (from Norman Alconcel, Toronto)