You know you are a true blue Ilonggo if...

You know you are a true blue Ilonggo if...

• Your one peso is pisos
  
  
• Your bathroom has at least one lugod (or 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 on your dining table
  
  
• Your toyo is patis and your patis is toyo
  
  
• You use atsuete for your adobo and refer to pinaksiw as pinamalhan
  
  
• 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, langga 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 (or still are) scared to go out at night lest you meet the aswang, tik-tik , tayhu, kapre, kama-kama, morto, etc.
  
  
• Your grandparents read Yuhum magazine
  
  
• You call a person, thing, place and event "kwan" when you forget it (si kwan, ang kwan, sakwan)
  
  
• You understand that "Particulars Keep Out" sign means outsiders keep out.
  
  
• 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 cusswords are "linte" (if you're slightly pissed off), "lilinti-an" (if you're now really pissed off) and finally "yodiputa" (if you're pissed off big time)