Little Miss Looc 2004 took a lot of preparation. And it was so much fun!

First, we had to find candidates. A lot of little girls wanted to join. But a lot of them were already lined up to perform for the program on pageant night. The rest of the kids were busy rehearsing their songs and dances at Pier 2, the end of the Kintanar Street. And it's simply amazing. Those kids in Argao are talented.

There are a lot of things that are unique to the Filipino culture, and Argaoanons in particular. Things that are perfectly normal to the normal Argaoanon are just 'different', sometimes weird, to other people.

Here are a few things that I do that is so totally Argaoanon:

1. respond to 'Psst!' mo-lingi lagi dayon.
2. mo-amin (sa mama ug papa ug lolo ug lola ug uban pa) inig abot or kung mogikan sa balay.
3. naa mi dirty kitchen ug clean kitchen. Ambot ngano kaha? aron way anu-os sa clean kitchen kay gas stove? hmmm... di ko sigurado
4. sawsawan sa isda: patis, suka(usahay limonsito), sili
5. magbalon ug linung-ag nga saging kung maligo'g dagat. parisan ug ginamos nga malos.
6. master magkinamot basta bulad ang sud-an. ug paborito nako ang champorado'g bulad.
7. ganahan kaayu kog flavor of the road, which comes around with the tiling-tiling
8. ang sinulti-an naay L. baLay, kaLayo, daLagan, uLo, waLa... Wala mo kabantay, ang Laysho, gasugod ug L. basin mas Laysho kung di mag-syudad2x sinultian?
9. makalagot kaayu kung makalimot kog syudad2x kung naa syudad. Kay bisdak paminawn. Sagdi lang mga bisdak gwapa man.



Kining uban nga observations sa akong bana nga di taga-Argao:

1. Di samokan sa tilaok sa manok inig kabuntag.
2. Sobra-an ka proud of the church, torta ug browas.
3. Di mahadlok ug damang (spider)
4. Mahilig sa manggang hilaw ug uyap

One thing that is not so Argaoanon: ganahan kaayu ko mokanta, pero haskang yabaga. Most other Argaoanon I know sing very well.

Ikaw, Argaoanaon ka?






Here are some more taga-Argao-isms from Marjory Cagigas:

1. Kargado sa pari taga Argao.(haven't you notice nga daghan ayo pari nga Argaonon?)
2.Paghikay gyd ining pista ni Senor San Miguel maski way kwarta. In other words mangutang para naay ikapakaon sa mga bisita.hehehehe...
3. One of the many hobbies of the Argaonons is "sabong". Mao na nga daghan ayo manok sa tugkaran.:-) Nya inig human sa sabong kan-on dayon ang bihag.

This is a tribute to Argao, the beautiful town I grew up in.