My brother can be a very good trashtalker. On most days, maybe when he is bored, or when I cannot keep up with his being a smart ass, he morphs into an evil trashtalking Fauno (hahaha, we loved Guillermo del Torro's El Laberinto del Fauno). Oftentimes I can barely keep up, because as you can see, I am too nice to trashtalk back to him because I would rather that he stop being crazy. 

Several days ago, he accompanied me to the American Cemetery for me to practice my photographic eye and he kept on saying, "Inggitera ka kasi!"

I didn't see it that way when I first thought about it since we weren't doing anything during the All Saint's and All Souls days and visiting the American Cemetery even if it was a very very cloudy October 31, was a fairly good exercise in photography. I nearly walked out on him when he wouldn't stop saying I was an "inggitera" and when he finally died down, we only came up with a handful of decent photos.

Come to think of it, isn't inggit that drives you to be competitive? When you see someone excelling in a similar field of interest whether it be a hobby or profession, you become proud of that someone especially when you know them or when they are Pinoys who are excelling internationally and then you secretly cheer on yourself that you can do it, too (with lots of practice, a fair amount of patience, and less trashtalk from family members -- :)). Just as long as you don't hurt anyone and you don't steal anyone's ideas, your inggit can be used in a healthy way, at least that's what I believe.