This is just a random, though not so accurate note by a Kagayanon of immigrant ancestry.
You are a Kagayanon if:
1. You can fluently speak and use “chada” "logar" “choi” “lakag” ‘kei” “dawbi” "biyo" and “ha”
2. Your last name is a name of a street. Or if not, you are somehow related to the Velezes, Neris, Yacapins, Pabayos, Borjas, Roas, and Tamparongs [and the Bacals too].
3. You like to drink on the streets, bridges, and more formally, at gas stations.
4. You prefer Red Horse over any other beer, or over any other drink for that matter.
5. After getting drunk, you eat Humba at Aling Violi’s, RM at La Creole, or Bulalo at Terrazo.
6. You know what’s in Cruz-Taal Street.......................................... Yee’s Kitchenette!
And you know that pyramids exist not only in Egypt.
7. Speaking of food, your karinderia of choice is ZC.
8. Your favorites include Butcher’s Best and Bigby’s.
9. You eat chicken skin standing at COC during the day, and chicken proven [still standing] during night time at Pabayo Street.
10. You call a street vendor “Borjing” or “Borj” .
11. You want tourist visitors to experience White Water Rafting and Asia's longest Zipline at Dahilayan. And that would also include Mapawa Nature Park and Eco-Tourism Village.
12. You wouldn’t want these visitors to leave without Vjandep Pastels and Pine Ham.
13. You can sing the jingle of Cagayan Park View Hotel by heart.
14. You know who Kasama Tsui is.
15. You jay-walk anytime, anywhere.
16. You do not ride any other taxi but an Altis.
17. You avoid Corrales Avenue on Friday nights and Saturday nights.
18. You are used to getting pissed at the traffic situation and the reckless drivers to the extent that they no longer piss you. [Cars park on jeepney stops, jeepneys stop in the middle of the road, and vehicles enter one-way streets, among others].
19. You don’t call the jeepneys. It’s the other way around.
20. You know the legend of the golden giant fish.
21. You come from different highschools but will eventually meet at one university.
22. You know that you can shop good-finds at Gaisano and Ororama.
23. You are more familiar with the landmarks like Agfa, KSY, German Doctors, Wadhu's, and Amphitheater than RN Abejuela Street, Captain Vicente Roa Street, Vamenta Boulevard, Hayes Street, Mortola Street, JR Borja Street, and Capistrano Street [the names of the streets where those places are located].
24. You know your way out of Barangay Nazareth.
25. You get together with your friends on November 1 at Greenhills, Divine Shepherd, or at Oro Gardens.
26. In music, you say “Ram Chaves” and “Mark Bautista” ... In Basketball, you say "Jojo Lastimosa" "Aaron Aban" and "Bitoi Omolon"
27. You meet-up and/or study at Dunkin Donuts Divisoria.
28. You laugh at Bernie Bitok-Bitok’s punchlines.
29. You swear a lot . . . And “Y*w@” gets out of your mouth 11 and a half times out of 10.
30. You believe you are in the safest part of the world even when war has broken loose nearby.
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