Ilongo ka gid Kon...

After posting Ilongo Expressions and Fun in the facebook group, Cadizmycitymyhome, it attracted more funny comments. I just re-arranged them to some themes, added photos. Enjoy.

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10 Common Expressions sg TRUE BLOODED ILONGGO,  super ugot ugot nga iloy  

1. Ka ulugtasan, kanami huyapan.

2. Ka salawayon sa imo, lusiooon ko gid na karon imo igot-igutan.

3. Baw ka tonto, kanami gd paliwatan.

4. Ka batinggilan sa imo, ibagnos ta ka da karon sa pader.

5.Ga biga'-biga' ka na? Inusnos ta ka da karon sa salug.

6. Liwata pa gid bla, kay ibakol ko gd sa imo ang paklang nga akon gina uyatan.

7. Masabat ka pa, kumuson ko na karon imo ba'ba'.

8. Indi ka mag pati? Ipa timo' ko na karon sa imo ang imo gina uyatan.

9. Sigeha p da kay malintian ka gid karon sa akon.

10. Ah mabato' kna sa akon? Pag layaaaaaaaas!!!!

Quotes sa Pamigado/poverty:

"wala nako d ekoy" (kwarta)

“pre kmo lng to ah kay PAKOY gd q subong"

 “pigado gd, wala gid watot"

pamuraot gid...iwat pangwaon...

 "BINGKONG", wala wala na gd

“yogs...sugid sugid, wala ka man gali ibuga" or “wala k man gali ikasarang” 

kn wala kmo kwarta...kadto lng kmo sa NEGROS.ky ang KWARTA didto GINA PIKO kg GINA PALA

Some vocabularies:

barko- BAPOR;  Canal, Kalog...

nabulasot-nabulaog;   lusbot kg buslot

tikalon-hambog;  “Balbal”, X rated.

alabuton-tiriringon;  buang-lagtok

ermat-erpat...wanggo-wangga

lango lango – labutaw

anak- LUMAT;  Bata- Liwat, ano ka dako imo liwat?

Passengers’ corner:

Popular stop-over sng CERES PASSENGER . ...."BANGGA RUBY Lang da a"

Popular Stop-over sng CERES DRIVER... "BANGGA-BUNGGO!! " 

"Nong, pundo lng da sa BANGGA SEGUNDO DIEZ a"; sa Henglish, "Just Stop me at Crossing 10 SECONDS'

Kon mag para, 'sa LUGAR lang nong'

pasahero sa kondoktor 'may LUGAR p nong? may ara pa..sabaka lg ang bata pra mk larga na'

Ilongo games:

ginatumba ang patis...tumba patis ta

TUBIGANAY, KURIT AMO

Ang taya' sa lagsanay, tumba patis,tubiganay,panaguay etc is "ASUWANG" 

shatong, tubig2 kag taguan;  mataksi ta...lg ma plas pitiw.

Famous/cute places:

popular purok name...PUROK BARIKOTOT

popular na Barangay sa cadiz na wla barangay captain.. BARANGAY SNG BIRHEN

sa sicaba an ya PUROK HAMILI kg PUROK MATINATAPON 

BARANGAY SICABA kay damo kono SICAD kg TALABA 

guro pinka peaceful na Purok, PUROK MATAWHAY

pinka optimistc na purok sa cadiz, PUROK PAG-LAUM sa brg Luna

may ara p gid purok kasadyahan pero ginhimo nla maligaya sir rolan.gintawag ini sya nga purok kasadyahan or maligaya tungod oras sg fiesta sa sicaba kg kn magsugod n gani ang liga sg basketball...ini nga purok bisan sudlon sg kawatan ila mga balay wala my mkahibalo ky tanan nga mga tawo ato n nag cheer sa ila mga players my bitbit p nga mga laton;kaldero;kg kaserola para ipatikpatik kn maka shoot ila mga players.pinakasadya kg pinakabakod mga basketball team sg brgy.sicaba ang purok maligaya 

Elle Marie and Bien Mary, Part 2

This the continuation of my previous post, Elle Marie and Bien Mary Oplas (August 14, 2012). The dates not arranged chronologically as I just post when time allows, and there are so many photos of the two girls in my laptop. I will slowly upload them here.

Below, Bien was still a baby here, her Ate (elder sister) Elle Marie was very happy, though there were many times that she would be jealous of Bien too.

Bien was one year old here, October 2011 various days. Her eyes were very clear and focused then, at just one year old.

August 2012. Bien would sometimes join her Ate in her ballet class at the CCP, which is just about 6 kilometers from our house.

That day, around mid-August 2012, I brought the two girls to SM Hypermart Makati after Elle's ballet class. The girls were engrossed watching some cartoon programs at the tv displays of SM.

Various places, various poses.

At Elle's "Linggo ng Wika" program at St. Scholastica's Manila. Elle's classmates found Bien cute, they briefly swarmed around her.

The two girls and an alien :-)

Sometime in October 2012, the two girls were prepared to go to Elle's ballet class. But there was a strong flood at Mayapis st., near the train railway next to SLEX in Makati. I turned around and since they did not want to go back home, my wife suggested that we go to Powerplant Mall, Rockwell, Makati. So the two girls went malling in ballet attire, catching the attention and smiles of many people at the mall.

Various months, various places.

Bien and Elle will turn 3 and 7 years old this coming October. I grow older each day, but it does not bother me much. I am happy to see the two girls getting bigger, taller and prettier with each passing day. Love you girls.
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See also:
Bien Mary Oplas, Part 2, May 27, 2013

Elle Marie Oplas, Part 2, May 28, 2013

Ilongo Expressions and Fun

I was born in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, grew up and studied there until high school. My parents and two siblings are still there, only me and my elder sister are in Manila. My wife is from Iloilo City.

It's fun being an Ilongo or a native of Negros Occidental, Iloilo and other Ilongo-speaking provinces in Western Visayas (region 6). Ilongo is also spoken in portions of General Santos City and Sarangani province in Mindanao.

Got this today in the facebook group, Basta Ilongo Da Best Ka, funny, for those who can understand Ilongo. Enjoy. (Photos below I got from the web).

YOU ARE A TRUE BLOODED ILONGGO IF:

1. Your one peso is pisos.

2. You take a bath using a kabo, which you call Caltex. The same Caltex is also often used as a unit of measurement (i.e. isa ka caltex nga pasayan, isa ka caltex nga hipon, isa ka caltex nga asin).

3. Your bathroom has at least one lugod.

4. Your nanay used to make you drink Mirinda or Royal Tru Orange and give you Saltine when you have a fever, which is supposed to make you feel better.

5. Sinamak is a staple in your dining table.

6. Your toyo is patis and your patis is toyo.

7. You call brown sugar red (kalamay nga pula).

8. You use atsuete for your adobo and pinamarhan.

9. Your daily meal will likely include laswa, KBL, ginat-an nga tambo with tugabang and okra, ginat-an nga munggo, linutik, apan-apan, etc.

10. November 1 means eating ibus, suman, suman latik, kalamay-hati, bayi-bayi, valenciana or other native delicacies with glutinous rice and coconut milk.

11. You call those you love palangga, pangga, langga or 'ga.

12. You call your siblings or cousins inday, nonoy or toto.

13. You call those who are older than you manang or manong.

14. You catch the attention of sales attendants by calling them 'day or 'to.

15. Your childhood games include tumba patis, taksi, panagu-ay, balay-balay, ins, tin-tin bika, etc.

16. 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.

17. You used to listen (or still listens) to Sin-o Ang May Sala, Lain Siya Sa Iban, Mundo Mystico and Toyang Ermitanya.

18. You know the lyrics of Ili-Ili, Dandansoy, Turagsoy and Provincial Jail.

19. Your grandparents read Yuhum or Hiligaynon magazine.

20. You call a person, thing, place and event "kwan" when you forget it (si kwan, ang kwan, sa kwan).

21. You used to sleep in an aboy-aboy made of patadyong when you were a baby.

22. 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).

23. You use words such as “ahay” (expression of pity, grief, empathy), “yuga” (expression of disbelief, surprise), “ambot ah” (you don’t know, expression of impatience) and “teh man... gaba!” (na karma sya)

24. You often start your sentence with “ti”.

25. You say goodbye by saying “halong”.

-burdigol

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And I add these:

26. You call toothpaste “Colgate”, and you call slippers "smagol".

27. Your other favorite expressions are “Yodepugah” or “Linti bah” (expression of admiration, or disbelief), “Palagpat” (when someone is telling uncertain stories), “Belat ibay ya” (expression of disappointment).

- nonoy

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These were added by fellow Cadiznons from the fb group, Cadizmycitymyhome:

28. You call Coke "Coks", Judge or Huwes "wes"

29. You call water "tubi"; ubos = "urot";

30. Other expressions and sentences "lihog putsa sa poyo";

"kasamok sa imo abi pagpahimuyong...

"nugay dalagan ma momo ka gani...

"pabakal colgate nga close-up ; palmolive nga sunsilk toinkz!

"mahampang ta piko;sudsud;tumba patis;tubiganay kg bagols.

 "dali d anay ka hingutuhan taka… atutulihan pa gid.
"makaon ta anay."

31. To take pictures, "TO, KODAKI kmi anay bi";
blade for shaving is "gilyet": ”bakal to anay gilyet” (gillette)

33. Other expressions:
"manghingutoanay ta kay daw damo na guid kuto ulo ko...

"mapa manicure ko sg kuko ko sa tiil..

"cgeha da bala kapasaway kay lusiiiion, kurinaton q gd karon hita mo

34. maski elevated ang siudad, "ma DULHOG kmi da karun sa SYUDAD a"

35. Expressions of blaming: "Ahay ah wala k gd bla naga halong."

"Nan! kay ka tangadal sa imo." "Teh mirisi! Maliwat ka pa?"

36. ang tawag sa kaon kis a DAPAL "Hala wala untat dapal mo ka sud an ba."

(Special thanks to my former classmates in high school, Judith Gelle and Reginaldo Real. Also to Rolan Espinosa, Agnes Lovingco, Jesu Pasamanero, other contributors.)

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See also:

Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, May 27, 2012

Cadiz City, Part 2,  May 28, 2012

Elle Marie in Negros Occ., August 20, 2012

Funny Filipino Shop Names

Inventing wacky shop names is among the talent of many Filipinos, below are some of them. All photos I got from the web, not one of which came from my camera. Enjoy!

Famous chicken house spoofed, or Middle Earth chicken food shop :-)

Storebucks, Carbucks, Fishballbucks...

Foot long (burger) becomes Put long... the famous Dollibee, and a bake shop by Bread Pitt...

We repiar, we cannot ripair... An old cigarette brand in the 60s (bottom right).

Finally, Boracay in Porac, Pampanga... Cantu... what? The famous Taal Lake....

Happy weekend.

Yummy Korean Food

As I posted previously, I went to S. Korea last May 28 to June 01, 2013. Here are some food that I tasted there, all yummy.

May 28 I was in Seoul, I visited a good friend, Dr. Chung-ho Kim, an Economics Professor at Yonsei University. He treated me to lunch in one canteen at his university. This meal is only Won 5,000, roughly US$5. Student price indeed, and still delicious.

May 29, we moved from Seoul to Jeju, an island south of Korea mainland. These are some of our buffet lunch food at Haevichi Hotel & Resort, the venue of the Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity. I like the food.

Another set of food at the lunch buffet table.

The three red meat meals below were for our three dinners at the Grand Ballroom of the hotel. The burger meal, lower left, I think it was our lunch at a restaurant at Jeju airport upon landing from Gimpo airport in Seoul.

June 01, departure day. My Malaysian friend, Wan Saiful Wan Jan, treated me to lunch at a small restaurant outside the hotel. Our last meal in Jeju before we flew back to Incheon airport, for our respective flights to Manila and Kuala Lumpur. It is a homy resto.

We were not able to finish our food as more viands came.

Thanks for the lunch treat, Wan. And thanks of course to EFN Asia for bringing us to Jeju for the conference.

Haevichi Hotel & Resort, The Interiors

This sprawling hotel and resort has wide open space, wide alleys, and wide, big guest rooms.

This is my room. It has a complete kitchen facilities – stove, cooking pans, plates, knives, spoon and fork, cups, etc. They are all inside those cabinets. So if people want to cook their own food, they can buy raw food in nearby shops outside the resort, walking distance, and cook inside their guest room.

 The dinning table, which became my work area. There is wifi everywhere in the hotel – guest rooms, lobby, meeting rooms, grand ballroom.

I think all guest rooms have 2 or more bedrooms. This is my bed, with own toilet inside, own air-con, but no tv.

TV room, playroom. Inside the cabinets on the right are many pillows, blankets and bed sheets. So one can lay them down and watch tv or play in this area. One can also watch tv from the sofa, beside the dinning table.

The high tech toilet bowl, yes, this is what I always look forward to when I stay in a Korean or Japanese hotel. The seat bowl itself is heated, and see the various buttons on the left – just push any of them to choose washing your behind: warm water, room temp water, moving sprinkler, warm air to dry your behind, really cool. This same toilet bowl is also present in the toilet inside the bedroom.

The bathroom with two showers but no bath tub. Nice and cool. I like the warm water of course, it was still cold in Korea last month. 

They do not give complimentary toothbrush, toothpaste and shave for men though, only a liquid soap and shampoo.

The buffet breakfast restaurant of the Resort wing. Nice food. The cakes, cookies, other food on display though, are not part of the breakfast, for sale separately.

Haevichi Hotel & Resort, Part 2

When I posted Part 1 of this hotel, I did not realize that there is another swimming pool, an indoor with heated water, in the main hotel building. I was roaming around the resort building areas, in front of my room then.

Children would definitely love this pool as it is heated, so they can swim even during winter or spring time.

That's one beauty of this big and sprawling hotel, it has lots of open spaces.

Inside this structure. The water could be at 35 C or warmer, nice to take a dip. I discovered this after I have checked out, argh.

Side and back view of the hotel building.

Isabelo Garden Restaurant, Marikina

Another guest article by a good friend, Patty Soliman. This time, it's about great food.
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Isabelo Garden Restaurant

By Patty Soliman

This is a very long overdue post. I found previous pictures from our February Family Event and I must say this is something I mustn’t fail to share. I arranged a post-wedding celebration for my cousin Evangel and his wife, Carmi who flew all the way from Vancouver. It took me sometime to find a place that would make this family get-together be  memorable for everyone. Again, a big thanks to Google for helping me find this secret garden restaurant situated at the very heart of Marikina City. 

I’ve coordinated several weddings at Our Lady of the Abandoned Parish Church before, not knowing that there is a garden restaurant nearby that matches my taste palate. Well, savoring for European delicacies particularly Italian dishes is always my kind of treat and I immediately fell in love with the line of menu owner Portia Baluyot prepared for her Isabelo Garden Restaurant. Looking at the menu and the rustic garden restaurant from the website, I immediately made reservation for the family all 35 of us for this romantic celebration. 

You will be surprised that no signage or anything that will tell if it’s the restaurant you are looking for. Well, that’s how secret the place is. We knew that we are on the right place following the map we printed from Google and a call from the owner herself. A courteous guard who stands at the rustic grill gate welcomes us as we enter the place. The restaurant is an old house which Ms. Portia said owned by her grandparents. The garden was stylized with shabby chic and some memorabilia from the family’s collections and tables for 2-6 people placed around the garden. A perfect place if a man plans to have wedding proposal. Tivoli lights adorned on each trees and with some acoustic music complimenting this romantic place. Every restaurant is also being judged not only for the food but the restroom as well. This restaurant has a powder room that can be like your bedroom for the huge size and cleanliness.

Roasted pork crackling

Isabelo Garden Restaurant is much different from other restaurants that we know. In this particular restaurant, you need to order, online at least 2 days ahead. The restaurant opens during dinner time only. Portia cooks only pre-ordered food. Most of the food were cooked slowly through “pugon” and I must say, this delectable dishes are so tasteful. Choosing for the menu is quite challenging since I wanted to try everything. So to keep me focus and followed a certain budget, I decided to order what was Portia’s best-sellers.

Chcolate mud pie

For the appetizer, I ordered Spinach Artichoke Dip. The family liked it as well. Before the main dish, we are served with Caesar Salad. For the main course, I ordered for everyone Roasted Pork Crackling with 4 types of dips to choose. And yes, this is so heavenly that we all enjoy the crispiness of the skin and the tenderness of the meat. Ms. Portia said she cooked it in “pugon” for 3 hours. This Beef Bourguignon is also so tender and ah, so yummy! The Orange-Herb Chicken was not that popular to the group, but it was something we also enjoyed. Lemon Parslied Garlic Rice also complimented the entire menu. The kids also enjoyed their Isabelo Lokal Bolognese and Parmigiano Carbonara. Desserts were Chocolate Mud Pie and Key Lime Pie, also best-sellers of this restaurant. 

Orange herb chicken

My assessment, two-thumbs up! And for everyone who were there as well. I know the couple, Vangel and Carmi appreciated everyone’s presence and yes, the food served. I’m grateful everyone had great time enjoying this celebration. And with that, I plan to bring some friends to join me taste their new portion of the restaurant, “Rustic Mornings at Isabelo” which offers breakfast meals from 8am-4pm that doesn’t need for pre-order and reservation. I encourage everyone to visit the place and experience what this eastside of the Metro offers. Just like my family, I know, you’ll have 2-thumbs up too. 

Key lime pie

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See also previous articles by Patty:

Palawan Tour, by Patty Soliman, October 19, 2012 

Exploring Sagada, Mt. Province, January 15, 2013 

Pagudpud-Laoag-Vigan, April 01, 2013