TAGA BACOLOD GID!

TAGA BACOLOD GID!

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

Your one peso is pisos. 

You take a bath using a tabo (or cabo) which is a used 1 quart

Caltex oil container.

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 ... and 7-up

if you have a stomach upset.  And it seemed to worked!

Sinamak is a staple in your dining table -- the best bacolod’s invention

if you ask me;  the acidity of this stuff is so potent that it was even

banned on airplanes long before 9/11.

Your toyo is patis and your patis is toyo

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 those you love palangga, pangga, or ga

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 scared to go out at night lest you meet the aswang, tik-tik,

tayhu, kapre, kama-kama, morto, etc.

You call a person, thing, place and event kwan when you forget it

(si kwan, ang kwan, sa kwan, nag kwan)

You understand that "Particulars Keep Out" sign means Outsiders Keep

Out.  (believe me, this sign may look and sound English but it's only us

Ilonggos who 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, or an expression of impatience)

You often start your sentence with ti

You say goodbye by saying "halong"

Your favorite cusswords are linte (if you're slightly pissed off)

and hijo de puta (if you're pissed off big time)...

Guilty?

Ti, sigue halong lang kamo ha!   

Note: This is not my own piece...author unknown.