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you're Ilonggo if . . .

Submitted by tipoy on January 22, 2007 – 3:48 pm9 Comments

got the information below from my kazin, hehehe … anyway, there are few points below ain’t true to me so I might not be a true blue Ilonggo after all, huhuhu .. ti, just read it na lang, hehehe :D

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You know you’re a true blue Ilonggo if …

  • Your one peso is pisos
  • You take a bath using a tabo which you call Caltex
  • Your bathroom has at least one lugod (some has one for every family member)
  • Your nanay used to make you drink Mirinda or Royal Tru Orange when you have a fever, which is supposed to make you feel better
  • Sinamak is a staple in your dining table (the best Ilonggo invention if you ask, was even banned on airplanes long before 911)
  • Your toyo is patis and your patis is Rufina
  • You use atsuete for your adobo and pinamalhan (pinaksiw)
  • Your daily meal will likely include laswa, kbl (kadyos, baboy, langka), ginat-an nga tambo with tugabang and okra, ginat-an nga munggo, linutik, apan-apan, etc.
  • November 1 means eating ibus, suman, suman latik, kalamay-hati, bayi-bayi, valenciana or other native delicacies with glutinous rice and coconut milk
  • You call your special someone palangga, pangga, langga or ga (means love)
  • You call your siblings or cousins inday, nonoy or toto…the househelp may call you the same
  • You call those who are older than you manang or manong
  • You catch the attention of sales attendants by calling them “day” or “to”
  • Your childhood games include tumba patis, taksi, panagu-ay, balay-balay, ins, tin-tin baka, etc.
  • You used to be (or still are) scared to go out at night lest you meet the aswang, tik-tik, tayhu, kapre, kama-kama, morto, etc.
  • You used to listen (or still listens) to Sin-o Ang May Sala, Lain Siya Sa Iban, Probinsyal Jil, and Toyang Ermitanya
  • Your grandparents read Yuhum magazine
  • You call a person, thing, place and event “kwan” when you forget it (si kwan, ang kwan, sa kwan)
  • You used to sleep in an aboy-aboy made of patadyong when you were a baby (probably applies only to us below the poverty line)
  • You understand that “Particulars Keep Out” sign means outsiders keep out (believe me, this sign may look and sound English but only us Ilonggos use it)
  • You use words such as “ahay” (expression of pity, grief, empathy), “yuga” (expression of disbelief, surprise), “ambot ah” (to say you don’t know, expression of impatience)
  • You often start your sentence with ti
  • You say goodbye by saying “halong”
  • Your favorite cuss words are linte (if you’re slightly pissed off)

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oh kayo … true blue ba? … never tasted pinamalhan na may atsuete eh, hehehe … and my fave cuss words is SHOCKING!!! hahaha :P

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