I was reminiscing with an old buddy over the weekend, mostly about growing up in Los Banos.

In this small town, "everyone" knew "everyone". The 24-hour convenience store was run by these two unusually tall locals who would call "everyone" "pogi and sexy" (handsome and, er, sexy). The store is lovingly called "Pogi and Sexy". Everyone bought their beer and soda from the same place: Dimaano's Store. And, every rad motherf*cker would pick up his shit at the only bike store: the now defunct Berris.

On an unassuming cement wall on the way to my buddy's place -- the paint fading from prolonged sun exposure and years of clueless gazing from passersby -- you read the words in large capital letters: "BETAKONG BETLOG". I remember seeing this all the time as a child, as a teenager, all the way to my young adulthood where only now do I ask: what the f*ck does that mean?

"Betlog", of course, means testicles in Tagalog. "Betakong" is alien to me, even as a native speaker. My buddy, who lives adjacent to the wall, doesn't know what it means either, and can't recall when those words were painted there in the first place, not that its origins would necesarily give rise to its meaning.

Does anyone know what this means?