Okay, I am homesick, everyday I am homesick. I love being with my family but I miss my Manila! Let's see how much of the Philippines I still need to explore, umabot kaya ako ng at least 70?Place an X by all the things you've done and leave blank the ones you have not,then count your X's and see how much of a Filipino you are - as based on this checklist(remember, this is just for fun).
Eaten the following...
(X) Balut
(X) Kwek-kwek
(X) Kambing (goat)
(X) Aso (dog) - just a bite
( ) Bayawak (giant lizard)
( ) Wild boar or wild deer
(X) Durian
( ) Palaka (frog)
(X) Adidas (chicken feet) or isaw (intestine)
( ) Soup #5 (bull's reproductive organ)
Total: 6
Rode the following...
(X) Tricycle
(X) Karitela / Kalesa
(X) Trolley/push cart along the riles (railroad)
(X) Banka (boat)
(X) MRT / LRT during rush hour
( ) Jeepney where you had to stand (sabit) -
(X) Bus where you had to stand (sabit) at the estribo (doorway)
( ) Top load on a jeepney
( ) Top load on a PNR train
( ) Rode in a Love Bus
Total: 6Been to...
(X) The Rice Terraces or Sagada
(X) Star City
(X) ENCHANTED KINGDOM!
( ) Shooting the Rapids - white water rafting in cagayan
( ) See the Tarsier (small wide-eyed primate) or Butanding (whale shark) in Bohol
( ) See Magellan's cross
(X) See the Black Nazarene in Quiapo
(X) Manila Zoo
( ) Crocodile farm (Palawan or Davao)
( ) Seen the Philippine Eagle in Davao
Total: 5
Tried the following...
(X) Played Patintero
(X) Played Tumbang Preso
(X) Played Piko
(X) Played Sungka
( ) Played with Spiders
(X) Played Chinese Garter
(X) Played Chinese Jackstones
( ) Climbed a coconut tree
( ) Caught fish in the canal during a rainy day
( ) Had a salagubang (beetle) for a pet (beetle fight)
(X) Caught and played with tadpole
Total: 7
Culturally oriented activities...
(X) Danced the Tinikling or any other native dance
(X) Attended Simbang Gabi ( Midnight Mass )
(X) Participated in Ati-Atihan
(X) Attended/participated in any religious procession.
( ) Rode a kalabaw (carabao) or baka (cow)
( ) Used gugo for shampoo
(X) Tumulay sa kawayan (walked on a bamboo pole bridge)
(X) Kept Vigil at the Cemetery for Nov.1
(X) Visited 9 (or more) churches during holy week
(X) Greeted your grandparents or elders by kissing their hand or having them touch your forehead
Total: 8
Provincial living...
(X) Eaten fish head
(X) Drank Lambanog (coconut wine) or Tuba (rice wine)
(X) Drank Batangas barako coffee or Cordillera coffee
(X) Told manananggal, aswang, capre stories during a brownout or rainy night
(X) Slept under a mosquito net or on a banig
(X) Eaten champorado with tuyo
( ) Eaten pandesal filled with condensed milk
(X) Dunked pandesal into hot coffee
( ) Ate fried rice with coffee as your soup
(X) Took a bath under a "poso" or by the "ilog"(river)
(X) Ate lugaw
Total: 9
Young life...
(X) Gone to the beach in summer
(X) Rode horses at Wright Park in Baguio
(X) Eaten otap, piaya, or buko pie
(X) Polished the floor with coco husk
(X) Seen Taal Volcano
(X) Called anyone "pare/mare", "tol", or "bos/bossing"
(X) Took a bath in the rain
( ) Got a tattoo (a real one)
(X) Attended an exclusive boys/girls school
(X) Cut class
Total: 9
Metro living...
( ) Got stuck in the EDSA parking lot
(X) Walked in a flood.
( ) Lifted furniture up away from the flood water
(X) Eaten Dirty Ice Cream
(X) Eaten fish balls / squid balls sa kalye
(X) Attended an inuman (drinking session) in the neighborhood
( ) Lived in a boarding house
(X) Gone to the casino
(X) Gone inside Malacanang Palace
(X) Gone shopping at 168 / Divisoria
Total: 7
Historic Events / Places...
(X) participated in EDSA 1 / 2 / 3 - not third. that was a joke
(X) Marched in Mendiola
( ) Attended a Makati rally
( ) Visited the Ayala Museum
( ) Visited Corregidor
( ) Visited Bataan shrine
( ) Visited Biak na Bato
(X) Visited Rizal's house in Calamba, Laguna
( ) Visited Lapu Lapu's shrine in Mactan Island
( ) Visited Ferdinand Marcos' resting place
Total: 3
Others...
(X) Got stuck in your office / car / elsewhere during a storm
( ) Experienced a strong earthquake while in a floor 10 stories or higher
( ) Attended World Youth Day in Manila with Pope John Paul II
( ) Watched the Thrilla in Manila
( ) Get stuck in NAIA because of a VIP coming in or out
Total: 1
Sports events...
( ) Watched horse races at the karerahan
( ) Monitored the Tour of Luzon / of the Philippines
(X) Watched a PBA game live
(X) Watched a Pacquiao fight
( ) Bet in a cock fight
Total: 2
Grand Total: 63/100
Is this really a sign???
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