Bra: Well the native women go to the open market and buy bra. saying "Gumatangak man ti hupot ti huhu.( bili nga ako ng supot ng susu.)
Holly stone/ice ice baby: This is my uncle newbee from the mountain,he went to the lowlands. tHen went around the market and saw this white stone. He said to his amazement "Wow! nagpintas nga pagashaan teh gayang. Pulaw nga bato. Kanayon pay nga nabasha." (wow! magandang pang hasa ng "spear" hehehe. Puting bato. Palagi pang basa.). So he bought that said white and always wet honing stone, and place it in a burlap sack. He carefully tied it so it won't get lost on the way to Baguio. Later he boarded a Dangwa Bus and meticulously secured the white stone on top of the bus. After several hours of sinous ride up to Baguio, finally he smiled, he can now show this mysterious stone to his tribe. He climbed up the bus and was appalled. His white stone was gone. And he said: "Tinakaw da la ngaluden, inisbuan da pay laeng."(Ninakaw na nga inihian pa)
Jack E. Bagbaga: This one went to the city and did some minor offenses and was brought to the police station. The duty investigator ask his fellow tribe his name.
Investigator: "Inia teh naghan mo?"(what is your name?)
Felon: "Werriam sika ngay"(if wrongly interpreted. William and you?)
Investigator: "Manglukluko kan sha ah"(your're pulling my leg. hehehe)
Felon: "Shaan met apo. Werriam sika ngay."(no sir, Werriam and you?)
Investigator: "Diak ibagbaga !!!!!"(annoyingly answered. "I won't say it!!!")
This almost led to a brawl stemming from the above questions and answers repeated several times. Later it was found out that the Felon's name was William C. Kangay (werriam sika ngay) and the Investigator's name was Jack E. Bagbaga(diak ibagbaga). A little misunderstanding.
Halo halo: After a long hard work on his kaingin, this guy went down the road and saw this beautiful lady selling this cold stuff to the people there. Needless to say to satisfy his tired self and curiousity about this new stuff to eat. he pointed at it and got one. Well guess what, he just ate it without stirring the Halo halo. The top is bland of course. As he dug his spoon dipper to the bottom he observed the treat is getting better and tastier. Next day he had the same routine. He went back to the same place for a halo halo. Ooops!! A problem. He doesn't know the name of that cold stuff. With great hesitation he blurted out "Gumatangak man ti umun uneg umim imas". (bili nga ako ng habang lumalalim sumasarap)
"balik bayan box"
come to think of it life of the filipinos abroad is tied up to this little pathetic thing. and so here it goes.
- if you go to the airport and you see boxes with lots of tapes and rope around it, of that same size as you know it and short people pushing it, you probably guessed right, he/she is filipino.
- when these bin laden fanatics hijacked the plane that crashed in pensylvania, we need not doubt that there is a filipino that perished in that unfortunate crash. why? because there is this familiar "balik bayan" box tumbling among the debris.