In regards to the Filpinos

edit 12/27: Happy Holidays to everyone reading this. If you are interested, I received awesome gifts, including: cash, thera-pedic slippers, a laptop bookbag, a 5/6 full bottle of hypnotiq, a copy of the "Da Vinci Code" (borrowed), and a starbucks gift card. Spending time with my family (or rather families) was probably the best gift of all.

I've had the pleasure of spending the past few months observing, conversing, and at times, living with this rare breed from the Pacific islands, and I must say they are...interesting to say the least. A few things I have learned:

1)

This man (we'll call him Tito Ruben) seems to be the leader of the Filipinos at every major dancing event. He leads the others in what they like to call "line dances" with various steps and intriguing hand motions. Boy, do they love their line dancing. Also a wealthy man, he likes to take his people to a sheisty Vietnamese restaurant and pay for them all. I was honored with the chance to shake his hand and thank him for his genorosity, for which he responded "twas nothing. See you on the dance floor next time!" What a guy.


2)

The Filipino male population have rather similar physical characteristics. A stereotypical Filipino male is pictured above. Notice, the lack of hair and if you look closely, the thick eyebrows. Quite a specimen I must say.

3) There seems to be a substantial number of male Filipinos compared to female Filipinos in the 17-21 age range. I noticed this discrepency when I attended this so called "rager" at a Filipino house and noticed 10 males sitting around talking to 2 females.

4) Every Filipino has 2 sets of names. The first set is given to them by their parents at birth. The second set is given to them by their peers within the Filipino community. One cannot be a true Filipino without a Filipino nickname. Examples of such nicknames are Jgus, Meezk, Chiggzzz, gLuv, minigus, h dot, wu, tweeaaakkkkk, boobing, weezy, etc. I am currently trying to obtain a nickname.

5) I currently know a few commonly used words of their language, or pseudo-language. Some commonly used phrases include "HOY!", "YOU EAAATTTT", and "chillllll".

6) THEY ROLL DEEP. VERY DEEP. TOO DEEP FOR MY OWN GOOD IF YOU ASK ME.

Overall, an interesting group of people if I do say so myself. They've even confused me as one of their own! The reincarnation of one Rico Yan.

I don't see the resemblence...