You have been here to long when:
Submitted by: HMCM(SW) Robert J. Cornish, USN (ret)

- You are freezing and it's 75 degrees outside
- You answer to Joe and you name is not Joe
- You can eat balut without throwing up
- You can't remember what a bathtub look like
- You think a luxury hotel is one with a seat on the toilet
- You have a hard time speaking English
- You think a peso is too much for a bottle of beer
- You think a hot water faucet is a decoration
- You think that rapid transit refers to Victory Liner
- You'd rather eat dried fish than steak
- To tie a gecko to your bed to control mosquitoes
- You'd rather eat rice than potatoes
- Your favorite song is mag-beer muna ta yo
- You can't sleep on base because you miss the roosters
- You think a super highway is a two laner
- You crawl on the floor looking for the centavos you dropped
- You go to USO shows because you like them
- Your tan is darker than the local girls
- You think five pesos is a lot of money
- You understand the profanities the locals shout at you
- You start shouting the profanities to the locals in Tagalog
- Stateside beer tastes funny
- NO matter how drunk you get San Miguel beer still tastes good.
- You find it is more comfortable to squat than sit
- You know all the words to the Philippines National Anthem
- You think of retiring here because you like the place and it's cheap