1. Being able to cook rice without the measuring cup.
2. Getting anything free.
3. Having relatives visit who you've never met and getting $40.
4. Bypassing the limit on sale 2-liter soda by bringing your whole family to the store to buy 4 each.
5. Rice.
6. Pointing with your lips.
7. At parties being told incessantly that you are big now...and asked how many boy/girlfriends do you have??
8. Flirting with opposite gender by raising your eyebrows rapidly.
9. The ability to feel the underside of a mahjong tile and,
10. knowing the character just by touch....(oooh that's skill)
11. Tripping over shoes and slippers in the front of your house.
12. Explaining to your white friends why your front door looks like a Foot Locker.
13. Burning your f---ing tongue on freshly fried lumpia.
14. SPAM, CORNED BEEF, and VIENNA SAUSAGE, the gourmet meats of Filipinos!!!
15. Eating solely with the use of your hands (no need for utensils).
16. That comfortable feeling you get by eating with your hands, having one foot rest on the chair you're sitting on, and using that bent knee as support/balance for your elbow.
17. Taking food home from a party.
18. Going to a relative's/Filipino friend's house and their parents offer you food (ie. snacks, a meal, a drink) ...actually they don't offer it, they just kinda give it to you and you take it out of respect and to be polite (but you know you're really hungry).
19. Cooking rice and having it come out perfect (not too wet or dry) after you measured just the right amount of water by using the “finger method”.
20. Seeing the excitement in the faces of your aunties and uncles as they dance the electric slide, macarena, or any other type of line dances.
