Are you a Filipino?
Are you proud of being one?
Do you treasure our culture and tradition?
Are you aware that those things made Filipinos unique?
If you are a Filipino and you answered those questions NO, then I don't know WHAT KIND of PERSON are YOU.
Why are you ashamed of being a Filipino? While there are a lot of reasons why should you be proud of being one.
Anyway, that's your life.
Me? I'm very proud of being a Filipino.
I'm a Filipino from my skin color, "Kayumanggi", from my name, "Liwayway", and from my heart and veins, where the blood of a Filipino is "Nananalaytay".
Aside from that, there are still a lot more, so let me share it to you.
- We, Filipinos are very respectful to others, especially to elderly. We used to use "po" and "opo" to show our respect.
- We treasure everyone that's a member of our family. We don't let out grandparents to live at the Home for the Aged because we are the one who assist and care for them.
- We are hospitable. We accept and assist/entertain visitors in our home. Sometimes, we let them eat first before us.
- We have jeepneys and tricycles.
- We have so many kind of foods.
- We used to eat street foods like ISAW, KWEK-KWEK, FISHBALL, KIKIAM, etc. Also the most popular, our BALOT.
- We also have KAKANINS for our merienda like PUTO with DINUGUAN, KUTSINTA with NIYOG, SAPIN-SAPIN, BIKO/SINOKMANI , etc.
- We have different recipes of pork and chickens. Ecpecially, the TINOLA and ADOBO.
- We used to eat using our bare hands or NAKAKAMAY.
- We used to ask for "TAWAD" when we are buying some things, even though it's cheap, we can hear this commonly in markets.
- We have so many ethnic languages.
- Though some are tall and have a pointed nose, most of us are small and "PANGO".
- ....And the list go on. There are still a bunch of reasons and you can observe it around you. Just open your mind, heart, and eyes to see and feel that you should be proud of being a Filipino. Discover it your own :).