Intoy has had the hots for Doray since they were kids in Kalye Marino Cavite City formerly the American Naval Base in Sangley Point Both marginalized as the longlasting effect of American abandonment of the said base Intoy has become Kalye Marinos best tahong caretakerwithnoangstaboutpoverty while Doray a cheap prostitutewithnoguilt tending to her siblings needs Intoy strives to have his own cages of tahong so he can have Doray not for just a night of quickie sex but forever But what will he do to when she offers to drop by his hovelonstilts to quench his passion but before it happens Nature has chosen to play a joke on his tahong cage Will it be goodbye to his tahong business or to his damselindistress and ultimately to Kalye Marino From Eros S Atalias 2001 Palanca Grand Prizewinning Short Story Intoy Syokoy ng Kalye Marino is a love tale minus the obligatory romantic sentiments