True Blue Ilonggo

Oh well. Found this at ROSADELLE's blog. As instructed post this if you are a TRUE BLUE ILONGGO. Funny thing is, everything just points to each one of us (all the Ilonggo and Capiznon). Read this. It's amazing. Credits to Miss Rosadelle Tirados. :]

You know you're a true blue Ilonggo if...

1. Your one peso is pisos.
[plural? hahaha.]

2. Your bathroom has at least one lugod (or one for every family member).
[GUILTY! My house in roxas has this white stone from Body Shop but still it's LUGOD! hahaha.]

3. 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.
[Oh yeah. We do it before when I was in grade school. hahaha.]

4. Sinamak is a staple on your dining table.
[My family loves sinamak. It's a vinegar with loads of spices like chili, ginger, onions and garlic. Super anghang.]

5. Your toyo is patis and your patis is toyo.
[In Iloilo, yes but in Roxas City PATIS is PATIS and TOYO is TOYO.]

6. You use atsuete for your adobo and refer to pinaksiw as pinamalhan.
[I agree with Rosadelle, we call it pina-isan and I love it sooo much. yum yum.]

7. 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.
[So true. We usually pair it with fried fish. Apan-apan is love.]

8. November 1 means eating ibus, suman, suman latik, kalamay-hati, bayi-bayi, valenciana or other native delicacies with rice and coconut milk.
[Yes. HAHA. Fiesta Minatay is supposed to be sad but hey, i love celebrating it at Mina, Iloilo. Native food there spells N-A-T-I-V-E.]

9. You call those you love palangga, langga or ga.
[Oh yes, even the manang over the counter calls you ga kahit she's super masungit but still. hahah.]

10. You call your siblings or cousins Inday, Nonoy or Toto. The househelp may call you the same.
[HAHA. Tata is famous.]

11. You call those who are older than you Manang or Manong.
[Sign of being magalang. Though you don't know them, you call them that.]

12. You catch the attention of sales attendants by calling them 'Day or 'To.
[I also call them, Miss or Manang.]

13. Your childhood games include tumba patis, taksi, panagu-ay, balay-balay, ins, tintin baka, etc.
[Ins? hahaha. lol. INS!]

14. 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.
[HAHA. As in. I remember the time that we're too scared to leave our slippers outside the house cause of the KULTO's about to take them and put spells bla bla. hahaha. Hilarious.]

15. Your grandparents read Yuhum magazine.
[Yuhum, Liwayway, etc. hahaha. They have collections like my Candy Mags. HAHA.]

16. You call a person, thing, place and event 'kwan' when you forget it.
[Kwan is a stupid word. hahaha. Kidding. Moshe and I say Kwan to each other often. It means something corny. hahaha. Kwan mo.]

17. You use words such as ahay, yuga, ambot ah. I use the last one quite often.
[Guilty.]

18. You often start your sentences with 'ti'.
[Ti mu. Ti ano na ina ya hay? bla bla bla. hahaha. I have a Hiligaynon sudject. I suck at it BIG TIME.]

19. You say goodbye by saying 'halong'.
[Yes. Eventhough I don't really mean it. hahaha.]

20. Your favourite cusswords are 'linte' (if you're slightly pissed off), 'lilinti-an' (if you're now really pissed off), and finally 'yudip*ta' (if you're pissed off big time).
[Silently. Not out loud.]

Guilty? You are a true Ilonggo indeed! Please pass to the other G.I.'s (Genuine Ilonggo bala haw ah).