Charice rocks Obama pre-inaugural balls

Hello, fellow Filipinos!  I’m a Filipina who has been residing in California for twenty-one years now.  I was reading the latest Asian Journal newspaper and saw this article about Charice.  Read it guys and your hearts will swell with pride.  By the way, if you are curious about us Filipinos here in the U.S., visit the website of the Asian Journal (The Filipino-American Community Newspaper) at http://www.asianjournal.com/index.php.

And now, here’s the article about Charice:

Charice rocks Obama pre-inaugural balls
Wednesday, 21 January 2009 02:15 Momar G. Visaya AJPress

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You know you’re a white man married to a Filipina if…

* your refrigerator is always full but you cannot find any food that you recognize.
* instead of a dowry, you got the whole bill for the wedding and honeymoon.
* most of the decorations in your house are made of wicker.
* you are expected to be able to read her mind just by watching her eyebrows move up and down and which way her lips are pointed.
* all her relatives think your name is Joe. Read more

You know you’re Filipino if…

Hoy!

If any of the following sounds familiar to you, then you’re probably Filipino. Admit it, some halo-halo sounds pretty good right about now.

* You answer to “Pssst!!”
* You point with your lips.
* You have relatives whose nicknames consist of repeated syllables like Ling-Ling, Bong-Bong, or Che-Che.
* You have uncles and aunts named Boy, Girlie or Baby.
* In your dining room there’s a picture of “Last Supper” – and on either side of it are a giant wooden spoon and fork.
* The furniture in your house is wrapped in plastic or covered in blankets. Read more