you know you're in the province when...

- your neighbor's videoke reverberates throughout the neighborhood.
- marami nang napapaaway dahil sa "my way" at "bakit ngayon ka lang."
- the nearby pool is the river.
- a dip in the river won't be complete (if you're not lucky) without women doing their laundry or a carabao taking a dip upstream from where you're swimming.
- watching the moon rise is entertainment.
- uso ang "bedtime stories."
- fresh air won't be fresh air without a whiff of dung.
- a trip through the fields won't be complete without a close encounter with dung.
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photos by trixie. that river is the one a few meters from our home in tuguegarao city, cagayan.

this one taken in the middle of a carabao pool party. gate crashing with trixie is gradually becoming an expertise.

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"tara, beybeh. ibubukid na kita."