The Philippine Star 08/11/2006

Davao
Art P. Boncato, president, Davao Tourism Association sent me this email.

I read your article today at The Philipine Star and I would like to thank you for thinking about Davao. It is very seldom that we see opinion makers like your position and declare Cebu and Davao as tourist destinations with "decent airport terminal buildings and better tourism environment".

Davao, indeed, is a wonderful city with many potentials that are slowly being fulfilled. We are putting our unified efforts through the Davao Convention and Visitors Cooperative Bureau (DCVB) to turn it into the next international destination of the country. Our new and functional airport can support over a million visitors a year. We have at least 2,900 hotel rooms of various categories and support services that make for a unique, memorable and comfortable stay. And crucial to our success, we are working very hard to get new international connections to add to our flights from Singapore and Indonesia.

Certainly, things are looking up in Davao. We just placed our bid to host the 20th Philippine Advertising Congress in 2007. We pray that we host it as the high-value PR premium that comes with it will surely boost our efforts in reaching out to our markets in saying that all is well in Davao!

Once again, thank you for the media space you accorded Davao
keep our fingers crossed!!

support davao city!!

^^Ady adto sa meet walang indyanan :horse: BTW taboan diay 17th @ 6pm

@ Ady001

Concrete structures such as LRT System? The local government assigned a private firm to conduct the feasibility study few months ago. This is also one of the projects being promoted by the local government / DIPC to some investors.

Industrial Parks? Have you ever been to where Union Cement is located? We do have industrial parks located in the northern area of Davao. First Mindanao Industrial Park Corporation located in Sasa, Ilang Agro Industrial Estate Corp, and First Oriental Business and Industrial Park to name a few.

Industrial Parks should be located outside of the downtown area. PTA ground is so small to be developed as one.

That's a good idea there! We have wide lots, wide areas! I've been to Calinan before, and the viability of the area as a commercial district cum industrial complex might materialize in the near future.

But would it be possible to make call centers there, ha, bai TJ, in Calinan? :D :D :D

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Corn-haired girls in a bar... :D :bash: :bash:

As a matter of fact, no other city in Mindanao has vehicular underpass and flyovers. Outside Manila only Davao and Cebu in the Visayas have these infrastructures.

That's for crisis matters. An anticipation for things to come.

^^Ady adto sa meet walang indyanan :horse: BTW taboan diay 17th @ 6pm

Try lang nako muinom, isa lang ka redhorse, kay dili baya ganaha'g palahubog ang akong inahan :D :D

Governor Frank W. Carpenter Boulevard. That's the old name of that portion in Agdao. Here's his short biography:

Frank W. Carpenter
Hospital Steward, United States Army
Executive Secretary of the Philippine Government

Frank W. Carpenter relieved General Pershing on December 16, 1913, to become the first civil governor of the new department. The Moros made great strides during the governorship of this capable man.

In 1913, the peace-loving Mr. Frank W. Carpenter became the first civil governor of Mindanao and Sulu.

The Moros, convicted of Carpenter's sincerity in his offer of peace with honor, laid down their arms and accepted American rule.

Governor Carpenter, by his able administration of Moro affairs and his personal affability, accomplished within a few years what Spanish and later American soldiers had failed to achieve in many years of warfare.

He was also listed as the first civilian governor of the undivided Cotabato Province (or all of Mindanao Provinces). Also note that a famous park in downtown Zamboanga City is named after General John Pershing, the predecessor of Governor Carpenter.

I always believed Davao had a share of famous world individuals making for its streets, look:

Camus Street: Named after Albert Camus, the ex-friend of Jean Paul Sartre.
Carpenter Street: Named after the Carpenters, the band that made many songs in Karaoke.
McArthur Highway: The place named after the hero from Samar.

BTW, who named Camus street? I'm just curious if there really is such a thing as "Philosophers Guild of Davao" and their place is Camus.

Orignally Posted by Ady001
Here is an article I profusely typed. This will be a long series so please bear with the long text. This was lifted from Lydia Yu-Jose's Japan Views the Philippines:

Voices from Davao

(Part one of a chapter 6 from the book JAPAN VIEWS THE PHILIPPINES by Lydia Yu-Jose)
This chapter will focus on the views of two individual Japanese, and of Okinawans in Davao. The two Japanese were Furukawa Yoshizo, founder of the Furukawa Plantation Company Incorporated (Furukawa Takushoku Kabushiki Kaisha), and Masaki Kichiemon, one of the members of the board of directors of the Ota Development Corporation, and one time president of the Davao Japanese Club. They would represent the two largest corporations in Davao, while the Okinawans, a minority group in Japan, would represent the largest Japanese group in Davao.
After an exposition of their views on their problems in Davao, reactions from Japan to these problems will be presented.

Furukawa’s Arrival in Davao

Furukawa’s arrival in Davao was not accidental, unlike that of Ota Kyousaburo, who drifted to Davao partly by fate and partly by foresight and economic necessity. Neither was his arrival similar to Kanegae’s in Manila, who reached the Philippines penniless and unsure of what his future in this foreign land would be. Ota and Kanegae typified the Japanese immigrants to the Philippines in the first decades of the twentieth century. Furukawa, on the other hand, did not have to go through uncertainties when he set foot on Davao in 1913. While Furukawa was not like the typical Japanese who came to Davao in the 1920s as he was well-educated and financially stable, he had something in common with most of them: a feeling of certainty of what their life in Davao would be.
Furukawa was born in Shiga Prefecture in 1888. By the time he was to enter college, he had been exposed to Jitsugyou no Nihon, a periodical that published articles about the nan’yo, especially its rubber cultivation. He had also been influenced by his elder brother who believed that it was better to be self-employed than to work for somebody. Under these influences, he decided to enroll at the Agricultural College of Tokyo Imperial University in 1910.
When he graduated in July 1913, he had already decided that it was in the Philippines that he would like to apply his training in agriculture. His decision was influenced by relatives and acquaintances of relatives in the Philippines. Moreover, an employee of Itou-Chuubei-Shouten in Manila, whose proprietor was a cousin of Furukawa, also suggested that he venture into Manila Hemp production. He also had a chance to meet with Ota Kyousaburo who was then vacationing in Tokyo. In addition, he had a chance to visit a hemp factory in Japan. Before coming to the Philippines, he underwent training sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for overseas worker (kaigai gyou renshuu) and on 26 November 1913, he arrived in Manila. He was met by no less than the manager of the Manila branch of Itou-Chuubei-Shouten. He lost no time in receiving instructions in Spanish from a Spanish tutor, Luis Peres.
In January 1914, he was guided to Tayabas. The following month, he took a ship for Davao. Among his fellow passengers was the wife of Ota, who was bringing with her future brides for two officers of Ota Development Corporation. In Davao, he visited the Ota Development Corporation and was guided by Ota himself, on horseback, to his abaca and coconut plantations. He proceeded to Zamboanga and saw the lumber yards of Ota. He went back to Manila in May, and returned to Japan the following month, convinced that he should come back to Davao. In November 1914, he was back in Manila. With the legal assistance of an American lawyer, he established the Furukawa Plantation, and registered its articles of incorporation on December 28.
The main office of the Furukawa plantation was in Daliaon. Its initial capital was 100,000 pesos (one peso=one yen). In 1921 it increased to 500,000 pesos. By 1925 its capital was 1,500,000 pesos and in 1941, it was 10,000,000 pesos.
Until the establishment of the Furukawa Plantation, the Ota Development Corporation had a virtual monopoly in Davao’s economy. The social life of the Japanese in Davao centered around this company. With the establishment of the Furukawa Plantation, a strong competitor was born. Furukwa, writing in the 1950s, remembered with bitterness what he considered attempts by the pioneer company to block his progress. The competition between Ota and Furukawa did not go unnoticed to Davao visitors in the 1930s and ‘40s.
The Furukawa-Ota rivalry may not be a good indication of Japanese business practices abroad, but it is a potent argument against the theory that the Japanese businessmen and laborers were advance parties of a planned military invasion of the Philippines. Rather hthe rivalry is a strong proof that the Japanese in the Philippines, even as late as the 1920s, came to the Philippines to seek their own individual economic advancement. They were not, at least not by the 1930s, fired with nationalistic motivations, nor inspired by dreams of Pan-Asianism.
Furukawa had such a strong influence on the Japanese community, as well as on the Japanese visitors who came to observed conditions ion Davao, that Consul Kaneko Toyoji, in a letter to the foreign office in 1935, complained that visitors who came to Davao tended to neglect the Consulate, and availed, instead, of Furukawa’s hospitality. They stayed in his house, ate there, and spent most of their time at the Furukawa facilities.
As a result, it was doubtful if they got a balanced view of conditions in Davao. Kaneko thus requested the Foreign office of their intention to visit, and not to go directly to the Furukawa Plantation, but rather to, drop by the Consulate with a proper introductory letter from the Foreign Office, and to allow themselves to be advised by the Davao Consul as to places to be visited, and people to be interviewed.
The Davao Land Problem

A number of laws and orders affected the Japanese in Davao, but what disturbed them most were the laws and orders that threatened their rights over the lands they were cultivating. Ota Kyousaburo first acquired a piece of land from the aboriginal Bagobo tribe in 1906. However, he was not informed that his purchase was illegal because tribal lands were public lands, and under the Public Land Act of 1903, foreign individuals had no right to own public lands. Ota did a little research and found out that the Act permitted any legally organized corporation to purchase or lease agricultural lands of the public domain up to a maximum of 1,024 hectares, leases being for twenty-fiver years and renewable for an additional twenty-five years. He solved his problem by establishing a corporation, which was granted 1,015 hectares of public land.
In 1918 a new Public Land Act was passed by the Philippine Legislature, which restricted land purchases to Filipino citizens, but it was vetoed by the United States President, as a result of the efforts of the Japanese ambassador to the United States, and out of U.S. consideration for Japan, who had been an ally in World War I. The Japanese, however, enjoying the wartime boom in hemp sales, indiscreetly displayed their wealth by conspicuous purchase of lands. This promoted the Philippine Legislature to pass for the second time a new public land act in 1919.
On 15 May 1919, the Davao Japanese Club, now wary of the new land act, sent a letter of appeal to the Japanese foreign minister. The appeal stressed that around sixty Japanese agricultural companies, and around 7,000 Japanese would be unjustly affected by the law. Its passage was considered by the Japanese as an ungrateful act on the part of the Philippine government, who seemed to forget that twenty-years earlier, Davao had been a desolate land, and its present development was due to the 7,000 hard-working Japanese, now haunted by anxiety brought about by the new land act. To avoid an economic crisis that would surely result from the enforcement of the law, it was requested that the Foreign Office intervene, so that the United States President would not approve the law.

My father also told me some Japanese made their way to Davao via Bagiuo , they are labor workers who built Kennon road and was encouraged by the government to settle in Davao , he was told by my grandfather who is a kapatas in the Kennon road project.
Ady can you put this historical data in the Davao Nature and Cultural thread?

^^Good Morning Davao !!!!

kaya di masyado "feel" na island coz of its shallow water , maybe it is really part of Davao mainland remember ba ninyo kita mo kanang arch bridge made from bamboo and wood ug daghang mga latayan ? usahay way tubig didto.

Tj walay amot basta adto lang didto.

reminder guys you can have your SSC-Davao design in Grafix 3rd floor Gaisano South for your shirt ,.Total amount of the printing (front and back) P170.00 excluding t-shirt. Front - 2006 banner , Back- Kadayawan meet , August 17 2006. File name SSC-Davao.

Pwede ba mo order? Padala lang diri sa amua ni Paul. Bayad lang mi mailing fee, seriously!

maayong buntag ^^ ok bro pero pakita lang sa nako ang design para way mahayay... :bash:

I always believed Davao had a share of famous world individuals making for its streets, look:

Camus Street: Named after Albert Camus, the ex-friend of Jean Paul Sartre.
Carpenter Street: Named after the Carpenters, the band that made many songs in Karaoke.
McArthur Highway: The place named after the hero from Samar.

BTW, who named Camus street? I'm just curious if there really is such a thing as "Philosophers Guild of Davao" and their place is Camus.

I laughed my head off reading this Ady. Thanks for the tickle!

maayong buntag ^^ ok bro pero pakita lang sa nako ang design para way mahayay... :bash:

sige, ipost daw diri kung pwede. thanks

originally Posted by ady001
Camus Street: Named after Albert Camus, the ex-friend of Jean Paul Sartre.

BTW, who named Camus street? I'm just curious if there really is such a thing as "Philosophers Guild of Davao" and their place is Camus.


wala ko kasabot ...help!

My father also told me some Japanese made their way to Davao via Bagiuo , they are labor workers who built Kennon road and was encouraged by the government to settle in Davao , he was told by my grandfather who is a kapatas in the Kennon road project.
Ady can you put this historical data in the Davao Nature and Cultural thread?

Sure Dinabaw. I'll finish typing the whole article in the weekend. :D

wala ko kasabot ...help!

Heheh...

Camus is the world famous purveyor of the Existentialist philosophy. Parang do-gooder kind of guy. He and Sartre were once friends when they broke off because of Communism.

Why Camus St.?

Unsa diay naka baga ang articles bro :D

Originally Posted by Ady001
I always believed Davao had a share of famous world individuals making for its streets, look:

Camus Street: Named after Albert Camus, the ex-friend of Jean Paul Sartre.
Carpenter Street: Named after the Carpenters, the band that made many songs in Karaoke.
McArthur Highway: The place named after the hero from Samar.

BTW, who named Camus street? I'm just curious if there really is such a thing as "Philosophers Guild of Davao" and their place is Camus.

Napa bro Bolton Street for Michael Bolton ,Washington who else ...:laugh:

wala ko kasabot ...help!

Albert Camus (The Outsider) and Jean Paul Sarte (Philosophy and Existentialism) - 2 renowned contemporary philosophers both concentrating on Existentialism. They were rumored to be "lovers" but animosity prevailed later. In short nag bulag na sila he he.

Originally Posted by Ady001
Why Camus St.?

Di kaya Kamut na sa una kay dagan ga kamut dihang dapita :laugh:

OT sa ta
Wear your attitude!
By Henrylito D. Tacio
Regarding Henry

AMERICAN composer and lyricist Irving Berlin, who composed the "Heaven Watch the Philippines" while entertaining the American liberation troops in Leyte in 1945, once said: "Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it."

One day, a father and his rich family took his son to a trip to the country with the firm purpose to show him how poor people can be. They spent a day and a night in the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"


"Very good Dad!" the son quickly replied. The boy also answered affirmatively when the father asked, "Did you see how poor people can be?"

The father wanted to know if his son really gained knowledge from the trip. So, he inquired, "And what did you learn?"

The son answered, "I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden; they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lamps in the garden; they have the stars. Our patio reaches to the front yard, they have a whole horizon."

The father was speechless, nonetheless. And before he can utter a single word, the son concluded, "Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are!"

The father was indeed surprised by his son's remarks. Perhaps, he never knew the words of Og Mandino, author of 'The Greatest Salesman in the World.' He wrote: "Take the attitude of a student: never be to big to ask questions and never know to much to learn something new."

"I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-to-day basis is my choice of attitude," says American evangelical Christian pastor Charles Swindoll. "It is more important than my past, my education, my bankroll, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me, my circumstances, or my position. Attitude keeps me going or cripples my progress. It alone fuels my fire or assaults my hope. When my attitudes are right, there is no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, no challenge too great for me."

In psychology, attitudes are positive or negative views of an "attitude object": that is, a person, behavior or event. People can also be "ambivalent" towards a target, meaning that they simultaneously possess a positive and a negative attitude. Our attitudes shape who we are, and how we live our lives.

"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character," said scientist Albert Einstein, who played a leading role in formulating the special and general theories of relativity. To which American psychologist Han Selye added: "Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one."

"Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure," wrote Norman Vincent Peale, the man behind 'The Power of Positive Thinking.' "The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are."

Once upon a time, there was a king who ruled a prosperous country. One day, he went for a trip to some distant areas of his country. When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet were very painful, because it was the first time that he went for such a long trip, and the road that he went through was very rough and stony. He then ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country with leather. Definitely, this would need thousands of cows' skin, and would cost a huge amount of money.

Then one of his wise servants dared himself to tell the king, "Why do you have to spend that unnecessary amount of money? Why don't you just cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?"

The king was surprised, but he later agreed to his suggestion, to make a "shoe" for himself.

The lesson of the story: change your attitude. The world does not revolve around you; instead you revolve around the world. Tom Blandi reminds: "Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force."

Oftentimes, we have more sadness than happiness. We have more problems than solutions. But it's our attitude towards these events that can make or unmake us. Indian freedom fighter Morarji Desai rhapsodizes: "Life at any time can become difficult: life at any time can become easy. It all depends upon how one adjusts oneself to life."

Susanna Clark adds: "You've got to sing like you don't need the money. You've got to love like you'll never get hurt. You've got to dance like there's nobody watching. You've got to come from the heart, if you want it to work."

There was this story of a businessman, who was highly critical of his competitors' storefront windows. "Why, they are the dirtiest windows in town," he claimed.

Fellow business people grew tired of the man's continual criticism and nitpicking comments about the windows. One day over coffee, the businessman carried the subject just too far.

Before leaving, a fellow storeowner suggested the man get his own windows washed. He followed the advice, and the next day at coffee, he exclaimed, "I can't believe it. As soon as I washed my windows, my competitor must have cleaned his too. You should see them shine."

Confucius once declared, "Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean." Or, to quote the words of Robert Conklin, "It's not the situation. It's your reaction to the situation."

Whatever situation you will encounter in life, handle it well. Tennis player Chris Evert knows this very much: "If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life."

Whether a glass is half full or half empty depends on the attitude of the person looking at it. Frederick Landbridge averred: "Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars." Ralph Waldo Emerson contributed: "To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven."

We live in a world that is engulfed by celebrities, famous and rich. Not every one of us can become like them. But if you can't be a star, then be a cloud. If you can be a tree, then be a grass, but the best grass of them all. Nobel Peace Prize winner Martin Luther King, Jr. advised: "If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.'"

Davao City trader is ‘shellfish king’

By Rizalene P. Acac

ONLY one trader was accredited to distribute shellfishes to the different public markets in the city, an official of the City Agriculturist Office said. City Agriculturist Amando C. Barbadillo, Jr. said only the APB trading owned by Alexis Beronia was able to comply with the requirements for accreditation of shellfish traders.

He said Barbadillo put up a laboratory in Ma-a capable of detecting shellfishes contaminated with Red Tide. In a meeting, all the shellfish vendors also agreed to get what they sell from the said company. “We want to make sure that all shellfishes brought here in Davao City are safe,” he said.

This is also by virtue of City Ordinance No. 0173 which enhances consumer protection by mandating shellfish traders to establish testing centers for the products they market to vendors. Liza Roxas, CAO senior agriculturist, added that they also conduct monitoring to ensure the maximum compliance of the vendors.

She said they examine the delivery receipt from the vendors and compare this to the list that the company gives them. Once a vendor fails to show any proof that the shellfishes were examined the operatives of the office would then confiscate and dispose it. Barbadillo, however, said they don’t want ARB to monopolize the market that is why they are encouraging small vendors to form their group and set-up the facilities like those of ARB.

He said the Seafood Vendors Association in Bankerohan is starting to comply with the requirements. The source of shellfishes for consumers in the city and other nearby provinces comes from Mati, Surigao and Leyte, places where the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources cyclically issue a Red Tide warning.

Friday, August 11, 2006
The power of paint
By Gary Covington

AS A rule, we don't take much notice of buildings, do we? They're just there. The very fabric of town or city and yet we almost ignore them. Only if it is featured in a news item or when it is being torn down, going up in flames or more rarely, being declared open by some grandee do we sit up and say "hey, isn't that the, you know what building on thingy street?"

I like buildings, for their history, their design, their sheer awfulness (lots of them) or plain eccentricity. There used to be a wonderfully incongruous building on McArthur Highway between Sandawa Road and the Ateneo de Davao University called the Tourist Lodge. I am not sure what the place was (although I heard plenty of tales) but it grabbed the eye, couldn't fail. Along its frontage were arranged life-sized and painted cutouts of folks dancing and having a good time. The building is gone now (burnt down?), the empty lot no doubt awaiting a gas station or a fast food company with deep pockets.

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There was (and I'm pleased to say still is) another piece of eccentricity near Magsaysay Park at the junction of Monteverde Avenue and Alvarez Street. An outpost of the Prudential Bank and obviously at some point an important one (maybe the first head office?) as the frontage is done up like a Greek temple complete with fluted columns and a faux gable end, decorated with statuettes of men and women wearing toga.

For years, the place was in decay and inviting a demolition crew, but just this last week (it's a bit off the beaten track) I saw that the building, spruced up with green and yellow paint and is now a pleasant canteen rejoicing in the name of Joe Cool's (The World's Worst restaurant)!

Two buildings. One, except for memories and snapshots, gone forever and the other still standing proud and livened up with a coat of paint.

Paint does that. It brightens, enlivens, and draws the eye. Many of Davao's newer constructions, realizing this, have reached for the paint pot and splashed it all over. It is as if to say, "hey, look at me in my bright new clothes.

Here are a few of them, some on main thoroughfares and some tucked away in quiet corners.


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Guys can you help Gary Covington on his query about Tourist Lodge.... calling Ateneo boys!:laugh:

gusto ninyo Joe Cool's ang meet :D

That's a good idea there! We have wide lots, wide areas! I've been to Calinan before, and the viability of the area as a commercial district cum industrial complex might materialize in the near future.

But would it be possible to make call centers there, ha, bai TJ, in Calinan? :D :D :D

in Calinan? Why not? What made it impossible? Convergys here in Cebu is located in Arcenas Estate (not in downtown area) Sykes Asia Cebu is located in Maguikay Mandaue (not a downtown area). In Manila, Convergys Alabang is located in an IT Zone far from the downtown area. Teletech in Rizal is located far from its main business district. So what made you think its impossible to build an IT Zone with call centers in Calinan? Aber?

As a matter of fact, I would prefer locations such as Mintal, Calinan, Toril, to Panacan as sites of future developments in Davao so that development will sprawl upto these locations.

We have only used 10% of our total land area for urbanity. Why not expand?

Maayo man TJ, but I think we should build some critical areas for development. If Davao will be congested in the near future, basig ma-suffocate pod ang green belt sa pollution if possible.


I apologize but this is KINDERGARTEN SCIENCE!

Pls take note of the following lil bro:

- Vegetation purifies the air by removing gaseous pollutants by absorbing them through pores in the leaf surface.

- Particulate pollution is trapped and filtered by leaves, stems and twigs, and is washed to the ground by rainfall.

- Trees absorb carbon dioxide - the main greenhouse gas. One acre of trees can absorb as much as 4 tons of carbon dioxide a year, the same amount as a car driven 26,000 miles.

- Trees save energy. Shade trees reduce air-conditioning needs up to 50%.

- Reduced energy use means reduced energy production and associated pollution.

- Trees store carbon dioxide and produce enough oxygen from one acre for 18 people every day.

Need to say more?

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hello davao... hapit lang ko diri kadali. simhot unya balik na work.

lagot ko sa mga tv news networks nato labi na sa ABS-CBN, grabe atong promote sa davao ug mindanao, sila dali ra kaayo makareport ug "BOMBA SA MINDANAO!" instead of just saying "COTABATO" or "JOLO". labon bitaw naay news sa manila dili man nila ibalita nga "BOMBA SA LUZON". biskwit ning mga tawhana ni. lami na kaayo i singgit ug FEDERAL!!!

hello davao... hapit lang ko diri kadali. simhot unya balik na work.

lagot ko sa mga tv news networks nato labi na sa ABS-CBN, grabe atong promote sa davao ug mindanao, sila dali ra kaayo makareport ug "BOMBA SA MINDANAO!" instead of just saying "COTABATO" or "JOLO". labon bitaw naay news sa manila dili man nila ibalita nga "BOMBA SA LUZON". biskwit ning mga tawhana ni. lami na kaayo i singgit ug FEDERAL!!!
hahaha. bai its a sad and sorry state of free wheeling democracy philippines is not ready to handle this soon. hold your breath:D what the...



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thats because we belong in the same island...

^^ i know bai global, manila belongs to luzon too. but if a bomb explodes in tarlac, god fordbids, the headline wont be "BOMB BLAST IN LUZON" but "grenade blast in tarlac". very nice and very responsible journalism.

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last minute greatthing for yesterday

Happy Birthday Dinabaw! :cheers: :cheers:






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hello ssc davao... mabuhay davaoenos happy kadayawan

Happy Kadayawan CyberMix! Welcome to SSC Davao!

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hello ssc davao... mabuhay davaoenos happy kadayawan

Welcome to the Davao thread cyber mix. bag-o ka o nag change lang pangalan? Whatever it is, Welcome!

In Focus - Indak Indak sa Kadalanan: One of Kadayawan's events.


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Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan

A people’s celebration and merriment through choreographed and theatrical street dance competition anchored on indigenous traditions or festival celebrations and continuously performed on the major streets of Davao City.

In Focus - Kaan Dawet : One of Kadayawan's Events

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Kaan Dawet, one of the most awaited activity of the Kadayawan sa Dabaw 2006, will be open to the public starting on 11 August 2006, Friday, along the long stretch of M. Roxas Avenue.

Kaan Dawet is a food and music fiesta where all can feast on Davao cuisine, dance all night to the beats of contemporary music bands, and have fun in games and surprises. It is also considered the biggest food party in the region and one of the most awaited events of the Kadayawan sa Dabaw festival.

Kaan Dawet is open daily from 5 PM – 2 AM from 11 to 21 August.

Thanks guys ... My aunt and uncle (which is a seaman from disney) really love this site... I'm a new member here in ssc but I am visiting this site since June pa.. Hindi kasi makalogin yung previous account ko.. gawa nalng ako ng bago... Go SSC Davao Go Davaoenos .. .Spread the Good news of Davao

In Focus - Hiyas ng Kadayawan: One of Kadayawan's Events

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A search for a symbol, the festival spokesperson with Mindanaoan appeal to promote Davao City and Mindanao, its products and industries particularly tourism, fashion and floriculture presented in a pageant, a fashion extravaganza juxtaposed with a tribal folklore. This is a gender free pageant.

In Focus - Floral Float Parade: One of Kadayawan's Events.

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Capping the Kadayawan Festival is the Floral Float Parade, a parade of floral floats of various shapes and sizes showcasing the abundant vegetation of the Davao Region

wow iba ang feeling ko sa picture na ito, parang wala sa pinas. wow davao!
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wow iba ang feeling ko sa picture na ito, parang wala sa pinas. wow davao!
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Same here, Junax, feels like you are looking down on Vancouver Lower Mainland from atop a skyscraper in downtown Vancouver. Picture is fantastic!

ady001 "corn-straw" hair, why this comment!:ohno: Why are you bashing us with a hammer on the head??? Better we stay out of your city I think ....or?:)
We would not bash you guys or give funny names to your dark hair´s.....maybe this is a funny joke I am sorry if i miss the point....cultures clashing big time here now..the jokes in the world of men ...well I do not understand them..not today ...maybe tomorrow.....no offens ady001 just do not know what you mean:)

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Yup...this is ok...

Ei...to those who would attend the Kadayawan Meet, kindly post your numbers here.

tj-brewed: 09224011418

ady001 "corn-straw" hair, why this comment!:ohno: Why are you bashing us with a hammer on the head??? Better we stay out of your city I think ....or?:)
We would not bash you guys or give funny names to your dark hair´s.....maybe this is a funny joke I am sorry if i miss the point....cultures clashing big time here now..the jokes in the world of men ...well I do not understand them..not today ...maybe tomorrow.....no offens ady001 just do not know what you mean:)

:no: :no: :no: Ady001 -:no: :no::no:

I'm sure he was just kidding lena.

^^ yup lena, without the bashing icons, i think it's a compliment coz it's not that often we see white haired girls like you in a bar. many of our women often dye their hairs just to look like a bit caucasian. i think ady just have to explain the bashing icons, give him time to explain, maybe just a typo :)

In Focus - Urog Etnika: One of Kadayawan's Events

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Urog Etnika is a showcase of ingenuity, creativity and artistry of Mindanao-based fashion and floral artists. Locally woven fabrics, fibers and accessories, and other materials endemic to Mindanao will be utilized in making the creations which will be worn and modeled by the Hiyas sa Kadayawan finalists. Fashion designers and florists will team up to dress up and embellish the Hiyas sa Kadayawan candidates with their works during their fashion pictorials, fashion presentation and finals night. This year’s designer and florist pairs are Ivan Raborar of Koronadal and Glenn Estipona, Neri Jaruda of Zamboanga and Grace Boniel, Leah Sidayon and Eddie Sangria, Egay Ang/Rey Orogo and Myranet Rivera, Don Romero Mascarinas and Ronilo Agres, Jomel Catalbas of Koronadal and Elizabeth Gonzales, Jewel Aguilar and Romeo Cordero, Fuji Peregrino Jimenez and Faustino “Kissy” Pacardo, Jhayar Magdaleno and Aniceto “JC” Cesar Jr., Benjie Uy and Garry John Tillo, Daryl Charmaine Madrid/ Sherwin Tinnae and Rustom Duhaylungsod, and Pei Tiam and Armando Cubal. The Fashion Designers competitions will have two categories for the Fashion Designers Competition, namely “Fantasia Exotica” (referring to avant garde creations that bring to the fore the designers’ ultijmate creative utopic fantasy in design and execution of a gown fit for the Hiyas sa Kadayawan and the ideals he/she symbolizes) and “Moderna Perfecta” (referring to the most aesthetically crafted clothes the modern Davaoena /Davaoeno is most desirous to wear as it is stylish, elegant yet convenient and comfortable to don, allowing her/him to bring out the best in her/his being).

Message from the City Mayor
August 11, 2006
www.kadayawan.com

Once again, the diverse and multi-cultural peoples of Davao, whom I am proud to lead, are celebrating the world-famous Kadayawan sa Dabaw Festival on August 14-20, 2006.

Now on its 21st year, Kadayawan has truly lived up to its name which symbolizes everything that is good, excellent, beautiful and bountiful. Recognized nationwide as the “Festival of Festivals”, our Kadayawan has gone global as Dabawenyos from all over the world choose this time for their homecoming and reunion to celebrate our diverse culture and nature.

This year, we are proud to host the Philippine Women’s University Global Reunion and the Ateneo de Manila National Reunion. We are also welcoming home more than 150 Dabawenyos of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA while our kababayans in Hong Kong and elsewhere are also organizing their own Kadayawan mini-festivals overseas. Our young people will also dance in our famous “Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan” to promote the National Youth Day, which we are hosting in November.

The diverse people of Davao have become truly global. We have indeed conquered the world for we are practically everywhere now – blazing trails, setting new standards, making milestones in that trademark Dabawenyo pioneering spirit in the global arena.

This is what we celebrate in this year’s Kadayawan – being One People wherever we may be in the world.

Madayaw Dabaw!

Rodrigo R. Duterte
City Mayor of Davao.

:speech: Kadayawan Update :speech:

‘Suba sa Kinabuhi’ celebrates abundance of Davao River
August 11,2006
www.kadayawan.com

The organizers of the “Suba sa Kinabuhi”, this year’s celebration of the Kadayawan sa Dabaw’s Davao River Festival, have line-up various events to celebrate the bounties of Davao River on 17 August 2006 at the Agro-Industrial Colleges Foundation Grounds.

The celebration will start with the UNESCO HELP Water Resource Forum at 9:00 AM at the Sangguniang Panlungsod Session Hall. Simultaneously, the Davao River Festival opening ceremony will kick off at the Agro-Industrial Colleges Foundation Grounds.

The ceremony will feature a River Dance Ritual to be performed by the RMC Maharlika Dance Company. City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte will deliver the opening address.

Events scheduled during the celebration are the Hook and Line Fishing Competition, Motorized Banca Race, Bugsay Tandem Contests, Kayak Marathon, Song Writing Competition, On-the-Spot Painting Contest, Davao River Photo Contest, launching of the Monthly River Calendar Project, and the highly anticipated River Float Parade.

“Suba sa Kinabuhi” is a celebration performed along the historic Davao River bringing to the fore the beginnings of the pioneering communities of Davao and the ecological concerns of the Davaoeños

This year’s celebration is organized by the City Government of Davao headed by Marina Ruivivar in cooperation with the Recognizing Outstanding Davao Youth Project (RODY Project)m, the Catholic Relief Services, ABS-CBN Davao, Barangay 5-A, PCEEM and the City Sports Office.

:speech: Kadayawan Update :speech:

Mindanao tribes unite in ‘Agongan ug Kulintangan’
August 11, 2006
www.kadayawan.com

The 21st Kadayawan sa Dabaw’s Agongan ug Kulintangan event will showcase indigenous music and performing skills in the playing of agong, kulintang, gabang and other indigenous musical instruments participated by the indigenous elders and young enthusiasts of the tribal arts on 17 August 2006, 4-8 PM at Rizal Park and 7:30-11:30 PM at Matina Town Square.

More than 100 performers from various indigenous tribes of Mindanao will perform in the Agongan ug Kulintangan.

Expected to join the presentations are the Buclad Tribal Council (Mandaya, Dibabawon and Mansaka tribes), Lapuyan Cultural Communities (Subanen tribe), Ilian Maguinadanao Community (Maguindanao tribe), B’laan Community of Matan-ao (B’laan tribe), Teduray Community of Upi,Maguindanao (Teduray tribe), Helobung Cultural Troupe (T’boli tribe), Campo Muslim Traditional Musicians of Maguindanao Tribe-Department of Education-ARMM-Palabunibuian (Maguinadanao tribe), Datu Piang Kulintangan (Maguindanao tribe), Kalagan Community of Waan (Kalagan tribe), Maranao Tribe of Lanao del Norte (Maranao tribe), and Tagabawa Higlwanders Association (Tagabawa tribe).

The event is inspired by the richness of indigenous culture of Mindanao and the desire to preserve and promote it. Davao Region alone is home to more living indigenous communities than any region in the Philippines. Davao City has the Bagobo, Clata, Tagabawas, Obo, Manobo, Matigsalog, Ata and the Muslim Kalagan tribes.

Aside from these there are the migrant Muslims like the Tausug, Samal, Maranao and Maguindanao. Davao del Sur has its dominant Kaulo and B’laan. Davao del Norte, Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental have their Dibabawon, Manobo, Sama, Kalagan, Mandaya and Mansaka tribes. Among the neighboring provinces, Bukidnon has its Talaandig and Higaonon, South Cotabato and Saranggani, the T’boli and B’laan; and North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Maguindanao their Iranon and Maguindanao.

Visit the official Kadayawan sa Dabaw website at www.kadayawan.com for more information about the festival.

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‘Hurawan’ to feature traditional Bagobo rites
August 11, 2006
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A traditional tribal ritual, “Hurawan” will highlight the gallantry and importance of horses in the Bagobo tribe of Davao, scheduled on 18 August 2006, 9 AM to 12 NN at the Tulip-Aplaya Road, Ecoland, Matina.

According to tribal leader Datu Max Gabbao, this ritual has always been a part of the traditions of their tribe since time immemorial. Every year, it was customary for them to hold a three-day celebration in thanksgiving to the Manama (God) for the harvest of the crops, such as corn, rice, fruits, among others.

During the celebration, tribal elders and leaders discuss issues that affect their tribe. They also trade commodities and pacify arguments, if there were such, especially on problems concerning territorial domains of the datus.

On the third day of the celebration, they hold a duel of the horses. The might of the horses symbolizes the supremacy of the datus' leadership and influence. They believe that the virility of the horses reflects that of the datus'.

The datus who would win in the duel get to take home a prize, such as agongs and other valuable articles. Above all, they bring home a sense of pride back to their respective tribes

Horses were also deemed important to Bagobo tribe since these are primarily used as their main mode of transportation, dowries for their children's wedding, as a bond or indemnity whenever a tribe member commits crime to another tribe, or for payment in purchase of land.

Bagobo tribes from Bansalan and Marilog are set to participate in the rites. A “tubad-tubad” or a prayer ritual will be performed to open the event.

The rituals will close with a traditional Bagobo mass tribal wedding and a confirmation ceremony of a “datu” and “biya” at the Gaisano Citimall.

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This just got in today

‘Hiyas’, ‘Urog Etnika’ contestants in fashion show today
August 11, 2006
www.kadayawan.com


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The candidates of this year’s sensational search for the Hiyas sa Kadayawan and Urog Etnika floral arrangement and fashion designing competitions battle for round one in the Fashion Presentation today, 12 August 2006, Saturday, 4 PM, at Gaisano South Citimall.

Twelve Mindanaoans will compete against each other for the Hiyas sa Kadayawan title, the “festival symbol” who has a Mindanaoan appeal to promote Davao City and Mindanao, its products and industries, particularly fashion, tourism and floriculture. This year’s candidates are Voltaire “Jam” Millanes (21, 6’, single, registered nurse, Davao City), Nancy Blanco (19, 5’ 4 ½”, single, student, Zamboanga City), Rachel “Ray” Ann Nanette Patugan (21, 5’5”, single, accountancy graduate, Davao City), Kristine “Kitten” Grace Maambong (23, 5’ 8”, single, graduate, Davao City), Cindy Tarzona (18, 5’ 4 ½”, single, student, Tagum City), Christian “Punk” George Morales (19, 5’ 11 ½”, single, student, Koronadal City), Eleanor “Nol”
Albaladejo (24, 5’ 8 ½”, married, bartender, Davao City), Zahra Mustafa Salim “Sam” Al Bayouk (20, 5’ 5”, single, nursing graduate, Davao City), Vida Maya Ko (21, 5’ 6”, single, executive assistant, Davao City), Sergio Venuti (18, 6’1”, single, student, Davao City), Leny “Lhen” Arceo (19, 5’ 7”, single, student, Davao City) and Karen Joyce Pañanueva (18, 5’ 6 ½”, single, student, Davao City).

Meanwhile, this year’s designer and florist partner-candidates are Ivan Raborar of Koronadal and Glenn Estipona, Neri Jaruda of Zamboanga and Grace Boniel, Leah Sidayon and Eddie Sangria, Egay Ang/Rey Orogo and Myranet Rivera, Don Romero Mascarinas and Ronilo Agres, Jomel Catalbas of Koronadal and Elizabeth Gonzales, Jewel Aguilar and Romeo Cordero, Fuji Peregrino Jimenez and Faustino “Kissy” Pacardo, Jhayar Magdaleno and Aniceto “JC” Cesar Jr., Benjie Uy and Garry John Tillo, Daryl Charmaine Madrid/ Sherwin Tinnae and Rustom Duhaylungsod, and Pei Tiam and Armando Cubal. The Urog Etnika is a showcase of ingenuity, creativity and artistry of Mindanao-based fashion and floral artists. Locally woven fabrics, fibers and accessories, and other materials endemic to Mindanao will be utilized in making the creations which will be worn and modeled by the Hiyas sa Kadayawan finalists.

The Finals Night is scehduled on 16 August 2006, 7:00 PM at SM City Davao Entertainment Plaza. Visit the official Kadayawan sa Dabaw website at www.kadayawan.com for more information about the festival.

For more info regarding the pageant : http://hiyas.kadayawan.com

dinabaw You did a very nice job on the t-shirt, nice colors älskling and daves nice banner..nice:) nice design min älskling!
Jag älskar dig! :goodbye:

Yup...this is ok...

Ei...to those who would attend the Kadayawan Meet, kindly post your numbers here.

tj-brewed: 09224011418

Abskess: 09279925313

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hello davao... hapit lang ko diri kadali. simhot unya balik na work.

lagot ko sa mga tv news networks nato labi na sa ABS-CBN, grabe atong promote sa davao ug mindanao, sila dali ra kaayo makareport ug "BOMBA SA MINDANAO!" instead of just saying "COTABATO" or "JOLO". labon bitaw naay news sa manila dili man nila ibalita nga "BOMBA SA LUZON". biskwit ning mga tawhana ni. lami na kaayo i singgit ug FEDERAL!!!
mao na sila!

same with you....
bomba rin!!

sa sunod unta, bomba na ang kasugat nila!

^^ ambot lagi aning mga tawhana. murag bag makalipay sa ila kung pirming nay kagubot og gubat. imbes nga makatabang, tabang pud lagi duot, daut ug tamak. unya kung imong tirahon, suko kay wa na daw tay democracy.

gikalagutan jud nako nang taga-luzon na wala na daw democracy kay kita daw nag-samok samok sa ilaha!

sa tinuod lang, naningkamot pud ta ug pahilom sa mga terorista!
kani lang akong theory...

mao siguro na balita sila ug bomba dinhi sa mindanao kay hadlok sila na mawad-an ug charm ang taga-luzon.

ug usa pa, basig tanang business and investments maadto sa atoa mao na nakabalita dayon sila ug bomba!!

gi-trato na na another country na gibalitaan na bomba diri, bomba did2, basig ing-ana!

mao. kauban inggit na na bai. sulong man gud ang visayas ug mindanao. ang luzon nagkaguot na. dire sa atoa, luag pa kaayo.

^^ Why the sensationalism? To earn credibility? Stop generalizing Mindanao, people here are putting blood, sweat and tears in establishing a peaceful and progressive Mindanao and then destroy the momentum by media?

MEDIA SHOULD HELP REMOVE AWAY THAT "I'M AFRAID OF MINDANAO" SYNDROME NOT INSTIGATE IT AND HELP MINDANAO MOVE FORWARD! They should treat their news as if it is credible and no bias.

One thing that I hate are those people who are very narrow minded with regards to Mindanao! :soapbox:

Napaparanoid na ba sila sa "bomba" ug sa "terorista"? :mad2:

Sulong VisMinda! :horse:

^^ gyud. sa una pa, mao na nay himo nila. gamayng utot, bulkan ang balita. nya kung makareport, magsigeg singit abit nimo unsa na. mao kaning mga "tabloid" way of reporting dapat ihunong nila kay di ni respectable nga journalism.

^^ If indeed they are really in the service of the Filipinos, then they should also know how their "Kapamilyas" feel when they are described as such.

The previous bombs that rocked Mindanao? - This is the term media, even in print uses. Why rocked? While most of the people are hardly affected after all (well, with the exception of the victims, the relatives and those who are involved).

This stigma that media gives just wouldn't help progress Mindanao in any way. Kalagot gyud! Dapat fair man sila sa ilaha nga pag-deliver.

Ang konswelo....the grenade blasts in Cotabato were not in the frontpage for today's newspaper issue.

berniemacksouthcentr^^

oi oi oi!! out of topic!!

igawas nato ang kalagot sa mindanao thread. we will be united there!!

oi oi oi!! out of topic!!

igawas nato ang kalagot sa mindanao thread. we will be united there!!

^^ Agree. :D

Back at Davao's Kadayawan Festival. Sorry to destroy the mood. Enjoy Kadayawan! :)

@bernie - if your were to analyze the whole thing it's an isolated one. but the media has a way of making "puga" or squeezing the event. would it do them a favour? yes if they were there first. suddenly it becomes a ratings and numbers game. everybody trying to outdo and outbid each other. it's a healthy competition for them but us who are visayans and mindanaoans, we are in the losing end.

@lena - these travel advisories from any embassy are just that - "advisories". they may say travel at your own risk. otherwise they can't physically stop anybody from going there or anywhere with these advisories. just think of this, every time a u.s. travel advisory is issued on mindanao, american nationals are still going there. who are these nationals? from plain tourists to missionaries to businessmen to even their own diplomatic corps. it's up to you to take it with a grain of salt or change your plans. but sometimes these advisories should be specific on which places their nationals should not go or visit. otherwise other places that are peaceful and don't have anything to do with it are affected.

[QUOTE=paulkrps@lena - this travel advisory from embassy is just an "advisory". they may say travel at your own risk. otherwise can't physically stop anybody from going there or anywhere with these advisories. just think of this, every time a u.s. travel advisory is issued on mindanao, american nationals are still going there. who are this nationals? from plain tourists to missionaries to businessmen to even their own diplomatic corps. it's up to you to take it with a grain of salt or change your plans. but sometimes this advisories should be specific on which places their nationals should not go or visit. otherwise other places that are peaceful and don't have anything to do with it are affected.[/QUOTE]

Paul thanks alot for your information is nice and understandable now in a nice way for me....:)

Hi worlds best Skyblue_Navyblue You are so right you should all celebrate and have fun on your Festival in Davao.

dinabaw Just got your mail..I understand I do....bye my prince form the Orient... I will never forget you, I am truly sad..bye skyscrapercity guys too ...this is my last visit here..dinabaw is gone...and my heart is truly breaking...and my father...what can I do...
:goodbye:

^^ no probs lena. just this, when you go to davao, just enjoy whatever is offered you, from the sceneries to the hospitality of the people. it will be a waste if you go and be in constant fear that something will happen when in fact nothing will. i think being in this thread has afforded you what we filipinos are as a people. and the fact is, there still is more to know of us. so when you go, be enthralled and be mesmerized. i won't be be saying that we don't have our share of bad apple/s, but enjoy us (i mean the place, people and what we have to offer) as a whole.

wheres inday lena going? why last post? our muse is leaving?

some net finds again.

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pearl farm
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pearl farm again:
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i havent been to pearl farm...:(

^^ laway ka graves?

and again:
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^^ no probs lena. just this, when you go to davao, just enjoy whatever is offered you, from the sceneries to the hospitality of the people. it will be a waste if you go and be in constant fear that something will happen when in fact nothing will. i think being in this thread has afforded you what we filipinos are as a people. and the fact is, there still is more to know of us. so when you go, be enthralled and be mesmerized. i won't be be saying that we don't have our share of bad apple/s, but enjoy us (i mean the place, people and what we have to offer) as a whole.

Thanks paul am going to cause I am coming ..:) Sweet of you thank you!

^^ ohhh i thought you were leaving us..that would be very sad..wed no longer have our princess..

mangutana ko kay dire ko nawa sa passing, ang mergrande ba mao ning daang villa victoria? salamat nga dako.

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wheres inday lena going? why last post? our muse is leaving?

I am just sad gravy cause dinabaw left me..thats all but I am coming anyway..to Davao and it is soon...have a place to stay and will do fine on my own...

I will not come in here to often is to painfull now, but will think of all of you as nice friends and will always remember you and red horses with a friendly smile

Have it good, just so darn sad today, tears wont stop running...and my father passed away this is all to much...and ...and...and

I will drive to a festival now and see if the music can help..

bye bye

^^ ohhh i thought you were leaving us..that would be very sad..wed no longer have our princess..

gyud (i agree for lena's translation). our princess in this part of our thead is lena. hehehe.

^^ lena, dinabaw's going some place? sorry for my intrusion.

guys, can somebody help lena with the accomodations and some hospitality?

I am just sad gravy cause dinabaw left me..thats all but I am coming anyway..to Davao and it is soon...have a place to stay and will do fine on my own...

I will not come in here to often is to painfull now, but will think of all of you as nice friends and will always remember you and red horses with a friendly smile

Have it good, just so darn sad today, tears wont stop running...and my father passed away this is all to much...and ...and...and

I will drive to a festival now and see if the music can help..

bye bye

as to what happened is between you and dinabaw..you are a part of this davao family as much as anyone here..so itd be sad if you will leave us..

hopefully youll reconsider and remain active in this famliy called "the davao ssc family" :)

mangutana ko kay dire ko nawa sa passing, ang mergrande ba mao ning daang villa victoria? salamat nga dako.

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Mao na ni ang Villa Victoria Resort Paul under a new name and management. Gipalit na ni sa mga "Evangelistas" of the JMA Grocery in Ecoland area. THey have refurbished the place and added more attractions like the swimming pools with slides. THe place is amazing as ever.

^^ ic. salamat graves. the villa victoria of before was a memorable one for me. diha ko gikasal. hehehe. garden wedding was ours, in the early part of the the day.

as to what happened is between you and dinabaw..you are a part of this davao family as much as anyone here..so itd be sad if you will leave us..

hopefully youll reconsider and remain active in this famliy called "the davao ssc family" :)

gyud lena. as what graves had said, you are still our muse. i just hope that's just some LQ or tampuhan.

some finds again:
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DIA ba ni?
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hay, makagutom
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maayong buntag na davao





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some finds again:

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underneath the cloudless sky,
let your banners flutter high...

OMFG i forgot the lyrics..somebody fill it up please

let all you knight of davao,
to god's high command your hearts bow
go onward on to the fight
where glory is shining bright

oh shake the mountains..
with your song and with your banners march along...

List of those who would attend the Kadayawan Meet.
Kindly enlist your nicks and contact nums below. Attendance is a must! :scouserd:

tj_brewed:09224011418
Abskess: 09279925313

ha ha, I will IKEA if Lena will leave us. IKEA, the best!

underneath the cloudless sky,
let your banners flutter high...

OMFG i forgot the lyrics..somebody fill it up please

let all you knight of davao,
to god's high command your hearts bow
go onward on to the fight
where glory is shining bright

oh shake the mountains..
with your song and with your banners march along...

ako man gani, ang sa pwc nalimtan pud. haskang dugaya na man gud.

T-Shirt design (Actual size)

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SWEET! Order ko 1 medium-size ha. Pa pick up lang nako sa akong bro. Asa gani to dapit kuhaun, Don?

List of those who would attend the Kadayawan Meet.
Kindly enlist your nicks and contact nums below. Attendance is a must! :scouserd:

tj_brewed:09224011418
Abskess: 09279925313

Hello? kami ra duha ang motunga? kindly post ur num pls?

^^ TJ, kung attendance is a must, layo kayo ko? hehehe.

o sya, akong number +1(416)6719642.

my number..and i will attend pud diay..

09177010625

naa man gud ko sa hitlist sa dds mao dili ko ganahan magpost sa akong number.lols

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paradise on earth!

^^ laway ka graves?

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paradise on earth

:) I am just sad gravy cause dinabaw left me..thats all but I am coming anyway..to Davao and it is soon...have a place to stay and will do fine on my own...

I will not come in here to often is to painfull now, but will think of all of you as nice friends and will always remember you and red horses with a friendly smile

Have it good, just so darn sad today, tears wont stop running...and my father passed away this is all to much...and ...and...and

I will drive to a festival now and see if the music can help..

bye bye

Hi there Inday Lena...

It's very sad to know that a real good friend who has long been part of this family is suddenly leaving us :cry:

JUst let us know when you're gonna come...We will be here as your friends and your family... :)

tj_brewed: 09224011418
Abskess: 09279925313
Gravy_addict:09177010625
Paul: +1(416)6719642 (with international participation) :)

Kindly copy this message and fill the list. Thanks

UPDHARMA down at jacks ridge on the 19th!

tj_brewed: 09224011418
Abskess: 09279925313
Gravy_addict:09177010625
Paul: +1(416)6719642 (with international participation) :)

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unsang oras ni bai? para makaskedyul nga manawag during that time. basta wa lay magmaoy ha. hahaha.

si TJ most probably mag maoy..hehe

hayyyy, gikapoy kog pangitag mga pics on davao. hangtud sa sunod sa sad. have a nice weekend all!

Happy Kadayawan Festival!


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Kadayawan Festival! yehey! Party Party Party!

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tj_brewed: 09224011418
Abskess: 09279925313
Gravy_addict:09177010625
Paul: +1(416)6719642 (with international participation) :)
KulasKusgan: 09203925585


Kindly copy this message and fill the list. Thanks

tj_brewed: 09224011418
Abskess: 09279925313
Gravy_addict:09177010625
Paul: +1(416)6719642 (with international participation) :)
KulasKusgan: 09203925585


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xzibit31 : 0917 7056280 (mananghid sa ko sa akong asawa)....hahahahaha!!!

^^kung dili mosugot, dad-a ang asawa. :)

I am just sad gravy cause dinabaw left me..thats all but I am coming anyway..to Davao and it is soon...have a place to stay and will do fine on my own...

I will not come in here to often is to painfull now, but will think of all of you as nice friends and will always remember you and red horses with a friendly smile

Have it good, just so darn sad today, tears wont stop running...and my father passed away this is all to much...and ...and...and

I will drive to a festival now and see if the music can help..

bye bye

i hope everything will be ok between you and dinabaw. we're still your family and you are our beloved princess.

btw, updated list:

tj_brewed: 09224011418
Abskess: 09279925313
Gravy_addict:09177010625
Paul: +1(416)6719642 (with international participation)
KulasKusgan: 09203925585
xzibit31 : 09177056280

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Good Morning Davao!!

sorry I can't attend the Kadayawan meet cuz may choir practice ako...

so, sorry again!! I'm still a student!

Good Morning Davao!!

sorry I can't attend the Kadayawan meet cuz may choir practice ako...

so, sorry again!! I'm still a student!

cge na join na! we wont spend the whole night bitaw..cge na gud! pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls! student man pud ko! (at heart eheheheheh) cge na attend na ha! bantay lang ka! pls pls pls pls pls

student ,an sad ko pero attend man ko..kadaayawan bitaw so walay klase

bitaw! and once a year ra bitaw ni! cge na gud sky!

@gravy! mangadto unta ta sa Riverfront noh! ei...unsa man tong ginaconstruct sa Riverfront? nakabisita ka og balik?

ay uy!! basig ma OP ko!! ulaw kaayo to join with other SSC forumers who are older than me!

I'm innocent student who has not experienced this "meet thing."

I'd love to join but I think ang mga parents nako mag-worry kung asa na ko!

unsa diay oras meet? asa diay meet?

I think it's better kung sa Friday kay wala'y klase!

hala...bata pa pud baya ko! wala jud koy buot! im also a kiddo oi! isa pa...naa na baya ka sa college...dont tell me makul-baan gihapon imong folks if asa ka adto...mga ka age ra ta skyblue oi!

post ur num away...so we can keep in touch with u! I promise...dili ka ma OP!

bitaw! and once a year ra bitaw ni! cge na gud sky!

@gravy! mangadto unta ta sa Riverfront noh! ei...unsa man tong ginaconstruct sa Riverfront? nakabisita ka og balik?

wala pa may klaro did2 TJ..croc park ra man...(sa karon)

@sky..first time pu kaha nako ni...

@tj_brewed: atik? ka-age ba diay ta?

waaaaaaaaaahhhh!! di ko mutuo!! ka cute ra nako!! nyahahaha!!

basi ma OP jud ko! :ohno:

pero, kung mag-libre mo sa ako, ad2 jud ko uy!!

sa tinuod lang, gusto jud ko muadto!

asa ang venue?

pwede, whole afternoon lang? para dili ko maabtan ug gabi-i!

pls pls pls pls pls pls pls..........

oh! unsa diay tong namention here few days ago na naay ginaconstruct sa Riverfront? Speaking of Croc Park, what time in a day ang pinakabest na mobisita didto? what time ang show? and how much?

ka age ra lagi ta! not exact digit pero same age group / level! pila man imong edad beh? adto ha! what is ur num? post it away!

cute man pud ko! daghan gani mangutana if highschool pa ba daw ko! ahahahahahahhahahahaha. abnormalon man gud ko! gamay pa jud! bwahahahahahahha

MUADTO RA KO KUNG I-TREAT KO NINYO!!

kay malipay jud ko!! rich bitaw mo!!!

hehehe!! ako mas rich!! naa man ko g-cash!!

ang masuya, wala lang!! kapoy type!

kanus-a ba? kay adto jud ko!!

dili lang nako i-post akng no. kay basig masapol ko sa akong bro diri!!

how will we contact u then? August 17. sa MTS! time? i forgot....see posters for more details! ehehehehehehhehehehehehehe.....basta kita kits ha? ok ayaw na lang ipost imong num...i-pm nako para sure ko na moadto ka!

^^ive never been to droc park eh..

how will we contact u then? August 17. sa MTS! time? i forgot....see posters for more details! ehehehehehehhehehehehehehe.....basta kita kits ha? ok ayaw na lang ipost imong num...i-pm nako para sure ko na moadto ka!
ok ok ok ok!!

send ko nalang no. ko through PM.

for now, rest muna cellphone ko! pero, i'll open it!

basta adto jud sky ha! so the whole world will know how cute we (from Davao) are! ehehehehehehhehe apil pud ka kuya gravy! lolz

@sky - i ll just txt u sa 17 kay nahulog akong fon! guba! bwahahahahahhahahahahaaha! makihiram ra ko fon this 17. okie doke? or u can send me an email @ shealthiel@gmail.com

basta adto jud sky ha! so the whole world will know how cute we (from Davao) are! ehehehehehehhehe apil pud ka kuya gravy! lolz

@sky - i ll just txt u sa 17 kay nahulog akong fon! guba! bwahahahahahhahahahahaaha! makihiram ra ko fon this 17. okie doke? or u can send me an email @ shealthiel@gmail.com
i can't send my PM!! pag-delete sa ug mga messages sa imong PM!

kundi, walay no. gikan nako!

nadelete na nako! send it away thru PM! ehehehehehhehehe

guys, request ko...pwde ako buhat sa next thread? thankies! :)

nadelete na nako! send it away thru PM! ehehehehehhehehe

guys, request ko...pwde ako buhat sa next thread? thankies! :)
ok lang kung walay maka-una sa imo!

basig ako'y makabuhat ani ron!!

hala ka!! unhan na taka!!

joke ra uy!! ikaw nalang buhat!!

tj_brewed- 1

kinsa pa kandidato para mubuhat sa next thread?

any updates re Davao Sky? naa man jud ka dinha sa Davao karon? musta ang Kadayawan? musta ang World Music Festival? waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....i wanted to witness it unta pero too bad...i cant! huhuhuhuhuhuh

well if kinsa man mouna buhat, can we have this thread name instead

" Experience Davao through Kadayawan Festival"

since Kadayawan month bitaw now! pls pls pls!

so far.... mao pa ni u/c dinhi davao..

i don't know kung unsa ang mga pangalan!!

1. naa'y isa sa magallanes (aside sa museo dabawenyo) :bash:
2. sa roxas blvd (some kind of dormitory) :)
3. naa pud sa quirino. :bash:
4. meron rin sa ecoland :)
5. naa pud sa san pedro (katong lakitan mall) :)
6. renovation pud sa emcor (san pedro lang ghapon!) :bash:
7. Katong PeopleSupport (call center):)

so far mao pa to! central davao man gud ko naka-puyo!!

legends:

:bash: cemento ug kahoy pa akng nakit-an!
:) hapit na mahuman!

so far.... dahan u/c dinhi davao..

i don't know kung unsa ang mga pangalan!!

1. naa'y isa sa magallanes (aside sa museo dabawenyo)
2. sa roxas blvd (some kind of dormitory)
3. naa pud sa quirino.
4. meron rin sa ecoland
5. naa pud sa san pedro (katong lakitan mall)
6. renovation pud sa emcor (san pedro lang ghapon!)

so far mao pa to! central davao man gud ko naka-puyo!!


cooool! excited ko na mouli! kay mamiktyur jud ko! eheheheheheheheheh.....cguro for me, daghan og bago dira sa Davao - kay dugay dugay na pud baya ko wa kauli. It's been almost 3 years! eheheheheheheehehehe tanan piktyuran! pati ang garbage bin! wakekekekekekekekekekek!

how i wish konsehal can join us sa atong meet..pero i guess he is busy with the Philippine Councilors' League in Mindanao convention which is being held in Davao now.

murag ana tj!!

ako busy typing!! basig mulakaw ko karon!!

mubalik lang ko unyang hapon!

dili ko gusto uli dayon! suroy sa una bago uli!

hala! si gravy, nag-hilom hilom!

gikapoy siguro ug tan-aw sa atong gipangyawyaw!!

hehe!! hoist gravy, paramdam pud uy!

im back! bantayan na lang nako na mapuno ni then magbuhat ko new thread! ahihihihihihi.... :scouserd:

encourage the forumers to fill this up!!

this thread is way too fast!

ako pud ningpaspas na ug type! haha!!

ahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!! okies lang oi! it's better cguro na dugay as long as significant ang mga giposts! ehehehehehehehe musta na? ei any updates re GreenBelt?

hmmm... so far, mga puno pa akong nakit-an!
pero, padayon lang gihapon sila sa work.
alangan hangtud december nalang ang deadline!

DEADLIEST LINE!! hehe!!

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nadelete na nako! send it away thru PM! ehehehehehhehehe

guys, request ko...pwde ako buhat sa next thread? thankies! :)
a go for me tj. thank you!





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so far.... mao pa ni u/c dinhi davao..

i don't know kung unsa ang mga pangalan!!

1. naa'y isa sa magallanes (aside sa museo dabawenyo) :bash:
2. sa roxas blvd (some kind of dormitory) :)
3. naa pud sa quirino. :bash:
4. meron rin sa ecoland :)
5. naa pud sa san pedro (katong lakitan mall) :)
6. renovation pud sa emcor (san pedro lang ghapon!) :bash:
7. Katong PeopleSupport (call center):)

so far mao pa to! central davao man gud ko naka-puyo!!

legends:

:bash: cemento ug kahoy pa akng nakit-an!
:) hapit na mahuman!
nganong daghan bashing Skyblue_Navyblue]? hmmm...






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so far.... mao pa ni u/c dinhi davao..

i don't know kung unsa ang mga pangalan!!

1. naa'y isa sa magallanes (aside sa museo dabawenyo) :bash:
2. sa roxas blvd (some kind of dormitory) :)
3. naa pud sa quirino. :bash:
4. meron rin sa ecoland :)
5. naa pud sa san pedro (katong lakitan mall) :)
6. renovation pud sa emcor (san pedro lang ghapon!) :bash:
7. Katong PeopleSupport (call center):)

so far mao pa to! central davao man gud ko naka-puyo!!

legends:

:bash: cemento ug kahoy pa akng nakit-an!
:) hapit na mahuman!

add to this the hotel expansion im doing right now...will post the photoshopped perspective later tonight pag mahuman na...

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PIA Press Release
08/12/2006
Palau tour operators to to bring Palauans to Davao


Davao City (12 August) -- Tour operators from Palau with two different objectives joined the Mindanao Travel and Tour Exposition held at the entertainment plaza of SM City Davao from August 11 to 13, 2006.

Davao, which is an hour and 30 minutes plane ride from Palau, is an interesting destination to tour operator Bryan Clark, managing director of Palau Davao Travel Agency.

Clark saw the potential of Davao as the market for the residents of Palau.

“There are a lot of interesting things here that we do not have in our island,” he said.

He said Palau is an island endowed with rich marine natural resources and good sites for diving. But we do not have the kind of facilities that you have here.

He said his purpose is to bring Palauans to Davao firstly for shopping saying that the goods here are about two thirds less in cost back home.

“Our residents are awed with the malls here like SM having a wide selections of what they need and also the movie houses because we do not have theaters in Palau,” he said.

He said these are the things that Palauans are up to and they have arranged packages according to the needs of the travelers.

“We can go high end or the budget packages. We can have four days and three nights package plus other inclusions like day tours and breakfast at $495 in a cheap hotel as an example,” he said.

He also said that Palauans also look at Davao for medical tourism, in fact some few families from Palau are already here for dental and eye check up as they discovered that the facilities are excellent and the cost is very affordable.

He said they also want to have in their markets fresh fruits and vegetables that are abundant here even as he said that they expect to have Durian in the island come Christmas.

There are already talks going on among the authorities on quarantine and they could only hope that everything comes smoothly, he added.

Meanwhile Dermot Keane, general manager of Sam’s Tours is into inbound tourism selling Palau as the best destination for diving to other markets.

But he said the Philippines as well as Davao are interesting markets where there are available flights linking their island to the other European markets aside from tourists/divers coming from Taiwan, China and Japan.

He said the Silk Air of Singapore and the Asian Spirit are carriers that will connect them to the bigger market.

Asian Spirit sales executive Ella Romero said their Davao Palau route is doing good saying that they have bigger load especially their Palau to Davao flights.

She said they fly thrice weekly Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays leaving Manila at 1:00 pm then leave Davao at 4:00 pm and arrive Palau at 6:45 pm (Palau time).

She said since they open the route in April they maintain over 50 percent load factor up to this time where it is peak season for Palau as it is good time for diving.

The route to Davao from Palau this August is high because of the Kadayawan, she said.

Asian Spirit flies to several domestic routes with Boracay having the highest load factor and two international flights. Other than Palau, Micronesia it also has route to Kaoshiung, Taiwan via Batanes. (PIA XI/pdbanzon) [top]

http://www.pia.gov.ph/news.asp?fi=p060812.htm&no=04


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add to this the hotel expansion im doing right now...will post the photoshopped perspective later tonight pag mahuman na...
did you design it alone yourself?




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yep..im doing personal projects too aside from my office work..thats why laging puyat..

this hotel however is my biggest to date.:) so its my pet project for now

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PIA Press Release
08/12/2006
Suba sa Kinabuhi’ celebrates abundance of Davao River


Davao City (12 August) -- The organizers of the “Suba sa Kinabuhi”, this year’s celebration of the Kadayawan sa Dabaw’s Davao River Festival, have line-up various events to celebrate the bounties of Davao River on 17 August 2006 at the Agro-Industrial Colleges Foundation Grounds.

The celebration will start with the UNESCO HELP Water Resource Forum at 9:00 AM at the Sangguniang Panlungsod Session Hall. Simultaneously, the Davao River Festival opening ceremony will kick off at the Agro-Industrial Colleges Foundation Grounds.

The ceremony will feature a River Dance Ritual to be performed by the RMC Maharlika Dance Company. City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte will deliver the opening address.

Events scheduled during the celebration are the Hook and Line Fishing Competition, Motorized Banca Race, Bugsay Tandem Contests, Kayak Marathon, Song Writing Competition, On-the-Spot Painting Contest, Davao River Photo Contest, launching of the Monthly River Calendar Project, and the highly anticipated River Float Parade.

“Suba sa Kinabuhi” is a celebration performed along the historic Davao River bringing to the fore the beginnings of the pioneering communities of Davao and the ecological concerns of the Davaoeños.

This year’s celebration is organized by the City Government of Davao headed by Marina Ruivivar in cooperation with the Recognizing Outstanding Davao Youth Project (RODY Project)m, the Catholic Relief Services, ABS-CBN Davao, Barangay 5-A, PCEEM and the City Sports Office. (CSO/PIA XI) [top]

http://www.pia.gov.ph/news.asp?fi=p060812.htm&no=06

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PIA Press Release
08/12/2006
IPs celebrate arts and cuisine


by Mai Gevera

Davao City (12 August) -- Ten tribes all over the Davao region will showcase their arts and cuisine during the 1st Kasamongan Festival on August 17, in line with the celebration of Kadayawan 2006.

Guests and visitors are welcome to experience and appreciate the cultire of the indigenous people while honoring and making merry with them.

Initiated by the Institute for Indigenous People’s Education (IIPE), the prominent IP groups of Mandaya, Ata Manobo, Matigsalog, Tagakaolo, Manguangan, Bagobo, Mansaka, Isama, and B’laan are given the venue to present to the public how education for the IPs has further strengthened their culture.

“This is also their time to show us how the integration of IP culture to the Department of Education curriculum has contributed positively to the IPs appreciation to their own culture and to education as well," said Norma Mapansa0Gonos executive director of the IIPE.

The IIPE has been advocating for the development of IP education through partnership with different government agencies, non-government agencies, and other civil groups.

Since 2004, it has tapped 20 pilot schools in region 11 with a student population of mainly IP. An IP curriculum which embodies IP core values has been implemented in those schools.

“Along with the integration of the IP culture, we have also mainstreamed the children with the DepEd Revised Basic Education Curriculum (RBEC). This way, they could highly compete with the non-IP students getting the RBEC,” she added.

During the festival, the IPs would dance to age-old beats, intensify people’s imagination with the rhythm and rhyme of IP literature, tantalize the taste buds with IP food with their traibal cooking methods, stimulate sight with their traditional weaving, and arouse emotions with their tribal songs and chants.

Catch them at the IIPE Center, Davao City National High School Compound, Mabini St., Davao City. (PIA XI) [top]

http://www.pia.gov.ph/news.asp?fi=p060812.htm&no=09

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PIA Press Release
08/12/2006
‘Hurawan’ to feature traditional Bagobo rites


Davao City (12 August) -- A traditional tribal ritual, “Hurawan” will highlight the gallantry and importance of horses in the Bagobo tribe of Davao, scheduled on 18 August 2006, 9 AM to 12 NN at the Tulip-Aplaya Road, Ecoland, Matina.

According to tribal leader Datu Max Gabbao, this ritual has always been a part of the traditions of their tribe since time immemorial. Every year, it was customary for them to hold a three-day celebration in thanksgiving to the Manama (God) for the harvest of the crops, such as corn, rice, fruits, among others.

During the celebration, tribal elders and leaders discuss issues that affect their tribe. They also trade commodities and pacify arguments, if there were such, especially on problems concerning territorial domains of the datus.

On the third day of the celebration, they hold a duel of the horses. The might of the horses symbolizes the supremacy of the datus' leadership and influence. They believe that the virility of the horses reflects that of the datus'.

The datus who would win in the duel get to take home a prize, such as agongs and other valuable articles. Above all, they bring home a sense of pride back to their respective tribes

Horses were also deemed important to Bagobo tribe since these are primarily used as their main mode of transportation, dowries for their children's wedding, as a bond or indemnity whenever a tribe member commits crime to another tribe, or for payment in purchase of land.

Bagobo tribes from Bansalan and Marilog are set to participate in the rites. A “tubad-tubad” or a prayer ritual will be performed to open the event.

The rituals will close with a traditional Bagobo mass tribal wedding and a confirmation ceremony of a “datu” and “biya” at the Gaisano Citimall. (PIA) [top]

http://www.pia.gov.ph/news.asp?fi=p060812.htm&no=07

yep..im doing personal projects too aside from my office work..thats why laging puyat..

this hotel however is my biggest to date.:) so its my pet project for now

always puyat means more upcoming projects on your list?:)

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it somewhere in the northern part of the city :)

basta ill post the perspective here mamaya..am almost finished now

I'm waiting too!

Saturday, August 12, 2006
Maxey: Davao's Gabi dismantles foe
By Charles Raymond A. Maxey

DIOSDADO Gabi of Davao City scored a devastating first round technical knockout victory (TKO) over former three-time world champion Mauricio Pastrana of Colombia in their super flyweight battle at the Orleans Hotel and Casino Thursday (Friday in Manila) in Las Vegas, Nevada.


The southpaw Gabi, who hails from Barangay Lasang, dropped Pastrana twice before the referee stopped the fight after just 96 seconds.

The stunning victory somehow erased the stigma of the Filipino fighter's heartbreaking defeat at the hands of International Boxing Federation flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan in March.

Gabi, 27, fought the hard-punching Darchinyan in an attempt to win the IBF crown, but got ambushed in the process when he was knocked out cold in the 8th round from a crushing left shot.

Leaving that loss behind him, Gabi, now called the "Lion Heart", came back with a vengeance as he put up a magnificent showing against Pastrana.

The victory improved Gabi's record at 27-3-1 with 19 KOs. Pastrana dropped to 32-7-2 with 20 KOs.

The Gabi-Pastrana clash was one of the supporting bouts of the Brian Viloria-Omar Niño Romero WBC flyweight championship showdown.

Saturday, August 12, 2006
Damosa Gateway marks 1st year

DAMOSA Gateway, one of Davao's best dining and shopping destination, is gearing up to host an event dubbed as Kadayawan Street Scene in celebration of its first year anniversary and Kadayawan sa Dabaw on August 18 and 19 at Damosa Gateway's open entertainment area, Lanang, Davao City.

The celebration highlights a tribal concept and a street scene theme with street market (bazaar), wherein Davao's selected entrepreneurs showcase their best products.

There will also be henna tattoo/face painting from the famous Davao Artists, and an elegant car and motorbike show of the latest models, with games and freebies for the crowd.

The celebration will start with a Damosa Gateway Street Dance in the morning and a live performance by Take 4 band set to entertain the crowd in the evening.

On the second day of the event, the renowned DJ Elmer Dado and the lively Gruppo Tribale, one of Bacolod's famous drum beaters and four captivating poi dancers will do a kind of production that will only be first seen here at Damosa Gateway.

Major sponsors of the event are Globe Telecom, Ginebra San Miguel Inc., San Miguel Beer Corporation, RJS Industrial Construction & Development Corporation, IRB Concepts and Designs, Tagum Agricultural Development Corporation (Tadeco), Davco, Nenita Quality Foods, Inc., Pioneer Trading & Supply Co, Inc. (Pitrade), Pearl Farm Beach Resort, Nenita Market Basket, Genesis 88 Trading Corp., Avenue S Bar & Grill, Heavenly Videos, Fwendz.com and Detail.1 Auto Saloon.

Minor Sponsors are Habakuk General Merchandise, Wind & Wave, Coca-Cola, Magicuts boutique, and Nestle Ice Cream. Supported by Killerbee 89.1 and Playfulminds Damosa Gateway is one of the projects of Damosa Land, Inc. (DLI), an affiliate of Anflo Group of Companies.

For inquiries call or visit Damosa Land Inc., Anflocor Corporate Center Lanang, Davao City telephone numbers 235-21-46 loc. 271 and 234-05-39 and look for Sheryl Castillon.

2 out of 21 floors remaining....

What? is that for real?

nganong daghan bashing Skyblue_Navyblue]? hmmm...






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bashing means under construction. tulo lang gani na!

What? is that for real?
16 posts to go, slot reservations needed:D





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2 out of 21 floors remaining....


I mean this, are you sure gravy?

LOLS joke ra ui..hehe

21/7=

3 floors ra..hehe

but ill make sure itll be best looking 3 storey building within its budget..:)

Philwomenians join fest as they mark their anniv

By SONIA L. ATABUG

DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Women’s University-Manila (PWUM) and the Philippine Women’s College of Davao (PWCD) will join the forthcoming Kadayawan Festival here which draws thousands of local and foreign tourists to this city of Mt. Apo, waling-waling and durian.


Likewise, the PWU and PWC will jointly hold their 2nd Global Alumni Congress and Reunion from Aug. 16 to 20 at the PWC in Matina, this city with the theme "Sharing Our Achievements, Living Our Commitments."

With PWU now on its 87th founding anniversary and PWC on its 53rd year, the five-day event coincides with the week-long Kadayawan Festival.

In enjoining Philwomenians here and abroad to participate in the congress and reunion, PWU-PWC president Amelou B. Reyes said, "the twin events serve as venue to help our Alma Mater course its future and define our role as a major stakeholder in the institution’s future."

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte will welcome the delegates led by Manila City Mayor Lito Atienza, PWU Board chairperson Helena Z. Benitez and president Dr. Amelou Benitez Reyes with a dinner at Marco Polo Hotel on Aug. 16.

The same hotel is the venue of the Oriental Painting Exhibits of artist / educator Dr. Teruko Haga, an alumna of PWU.

The Congress starts the following day (Aug. 17) to be hosted by the Alumni Association Manila and PWU-PWC Alumni Foundation of Davao, Inc. chairperson Benitez and Dr. Reyes will give the keynote address and inspirational message, respectively.

At 2 p.m. (matinee) and 6 p.m. (gala) of the same day, the Beyanihan National Company will have its premiere presentation of "On Golden Wings of Dance."

Preceding this cultural feast is the President’s dinner by Dr. Amelou Reyes with international soprano Fides Cuyugan, Dean Harold Galang of the School of Music, and tenor Nazer Salcedo as featured artists.

Highlight of the Congress on Aug. 18 is the Nutrition and Medical Mission under the auspices of PWU-PWC community outreach program and alumni chapters overseas. One of the participating organizations is the Optometrists Association of the Philippines headed Dr. Aurelia Alzola.

Activities capping the day are the inauguration of the Mindanao Folk Arts Museum and Studies Center at PWC and the grand reunion at The Venue with The Spirit of ‘67 providing the music.

The PWC will bid for the longest durian roll along Davao’s main streets in the Guinness Book of World Records on Aug. 19, from 2 to 5 p.m.

Earlier, starting at 6 a.m., PWC students will join "Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan" Street dancing contest. The day culminates with a barbeque dinner to be hosted by PWC board member Rosario Lizada at Harana Restaurant.

Activities lined-up at the final day on Aug. 20 are the Floral Float Parade, celebration of the mass, Fiesta@PWC, highlights of which are "The Philwomenian Style Across Continents" fashion parade by the PWC School of Fine Arts and Culture and a car raffle organized by the PWC HS Class ‘56.

Alumni, friends and associates may register through the alumni offices in PWU Manila and PWU-QC at 920-6319 or PWC Davao, or log on to www.globalpwupwc.com.

<LOLS joke ra ui..hehe

3 floors ra..hehe

mao, kay kung north side of the city, Grand Regal ra man na diha unless magtukod na ang mga Floirendos sa planned hotel nila.

mao, kay kung north side of the city, Grand Regal ra man na diha unless magtukod na ang mga Floirendos sa planned hotel nila.
bro, is it a big hotel?

ikea will invest in davao




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bro, is it a big hotel?

ikea will invest in davao




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I've heard about their plan last year pa. Dunno the size though.

Are you sure Ikea will invest in Davao? Will they come with our muse, Lena?

I've heard about their plan last year pa. Dunno the size thought.

Are you sure Ikea will invest in Davao? Will they come with our muse, Lena?
joke ra ui :D
lena might invest in davao i heard. dinabaw may confirm this.

^^ huli na sa balita...

ha ha, ganahan ra ba ko sa ikea kay cool ang mga baligya unya affordable pud.

davaoeagle - it seems that i cannot upload some new pix kc naka bitmap form sya. and the computer im using is kinda restrictive. uhmmm i've sent u a PRIVATE MESSAGE. can u post it sa new thread? Also, can we have the work KADAYAWAN sa next thread? like "Experience Davao through Kadayawan Festival" or something....

tnx

whatever floats your boat TJ...:)

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ok TJ..prepare fot the next thread....

ha ha, ganahan ra ba ko sa ikea kay cool ang mga baligya unya affordable pud.
haha. swedish do it yourself shop but selling made in china wares. their showroom house interiiors are very nice.






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500th post! yepeee! anyway tulog na ata si Davaoeagle.... huhuhuhuhu ei gravy...u na lang..i ll PM u ok? can u post this pic sa next thread? lemme create the new thread now

Madayaw!

Greetings of Filipino goodness as we celebrate the renowned Kadayawan Festival of Festivals on August 14 to 20 2006! Kadayawan does not only involve the global promotion of investment and tourism in Davao and Mindanao; it aims as well to promote arts and culture and mold creative individuals. The festival manifests our committed effort in nurturing of culture, understanding of history and appreciating art as part of the city’s total development. Ignorance of art, culture and history stultifies growth.

We are therefore again inviting you to be one with us in celebration and witness the interlacing prides and wonders of Davao and the whole of Mindanao through various cultural events.

Our aspirations are appropriately expresses in this year’s festival theme: “Nagkahiusang Katilingban Bisan Asa sa Kalibutan” (One People Anywhere in the World).

Magkahiusa kita! Duyog sa Kadayawan!

Duaw… Duyog…. Visit…. Experience Davao through Kadayawan Festival!!!

OK TJ!

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The new thread >> Experience Davao through Kadayawan Festival: Thread 20 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=9610969#post9610969)

i sent u a privy message gravy!

i sent u a privy message gravy!

i received your PM tj..and no i wont go out on a date with you..lols joke lang po

yeah am working on the photobucket pic now..mabagal lang ang smart bro ko kasi umuulan dito

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/kadayawan.jpg

Gravy_addict 75
davaoeagle 59
tj_brewed 58
paulkrps 50
dinabaw 48
scandinavian girl 38
rajah_soliman 30
MtApoStandard 26
Skyblue_Navyblue 21
junax 17
Ady001 17
KulasKusgan 14
junex 12
abskess 5
Bagani 5
berniemacksouthcentr 4
ProblemSolver 3
xzibit31 3
fLoAtEr 3
bustero 2
Narjz 2
GlamChiqAA 2
Cybermix Cafe 2
benzon 1
JoeyIncali 1
Global Davao 1
bel1river 1
3stan_yu 1
sinjin 1
valium 1
huistenmark 1

1st Place- Gravy_addict
2nd Place- davaoeagle

can we start posting on the new thread now?
or naa pa banners to post:D


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thread 20 na!! and counting.....

uy! unsa oras meet?

add two more for me:D

Gravy_addict 75
davaoeagle 59
tj_brewed 58
paulkrps 50
dinabaw 48
scandinavian girl 38
rajah_soliman 30
MtApoStandard 26
Skyblue_Navyblue 21
junax 17
Ady001 17
KulasKusgan 14
junex 12
abskess 5
Bagani 5
berniemacksouthcentr 4
ProblemSolver 3
xzibit31 3
fLoAtEr 3
bustero 2
Narjz 2
GlamChiqAA 2
Cybermix Cafe 2
benzon 1
JoeyIncali 1
Global Davao 1
bel1river 1
3stan_yu 1
sinjin 1
valium 1
huistenmark 1

1st Place- Gravy_addict
2nd Place- davaoeagle

can we start posting on the new thread now?
or naa pa banners to post:D


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naa nay bag-ong thread uy!
ako na last post! sorry!

Experience Davao - From Islands to Highlands!


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thread 20 na!! and counting.....

uy! unsa oras meet?
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wowowow! ika-20 na ta! hala sige, post away na.

Post your Davao and Kadayawan Pics away!

reposting some pics...

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Woooooow....thread 20 na!

Ang bilis mo Davao.... :runaway:

at least nakaapas pa ko, even pang 513th hehe..

Madayaw Dabaw!

Kadayawan Updates please...Latest gigs karon sa Dakbayan sa Dabaw? :)

By the way, kadaghan kaayo sa Davai threads sa main page sa SSC Philippines. Usahay, mawala ko kon unsa'y i-click na'ko kay paspas kaayo mag-expand ang Davao thread, murag iya nga ginarepresent na dakbayan.

Kudos Dabaw! Du-aw Davao!

grabe na to..am lost!!! was in 18th thread..but was closed na (na wow mali ko!)..then here..19th..close na rin...where am i to go... bravo davao! even tag-baw ko'g gukod sa current thread..tsk tsk

Kadayawan sa Dabaw : SSC Davao Meet

tj_brewed: 09224011418
Abskess: 09279925313
Gravy_addict:09177010625
Paul: +1(416)6719642 (with international participation)
KulasKusgan: 09203925585
xzibit31 : 09177056280
Skynavyblue - (non disclosure policy)



To those who will join the SSC Davao Kadayawan meet, kindly copy this message and fill the list. Thanks

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=383923 <<< new thread simply_me

To those fellow Dabawenyos abroad.......tawag naman kayo during our meet! ehehehehhe or maybe we can use IMs to keep in touch with u.

To inday Lena....join our meet as well aight!

Venue: Matina Town Square

Congrats on the new thread! :okay:

Hala, Kadayawan na! Hehe... Sayanga ui, wa ko ka adto dira. Next year unta maka adto na ko. Anyway, have fun sa Kadayawan and sa inyong meet! Pictures dayon. Hehe Madayaw! :cheer:

Paging Sir Dinabaw, our honorable members, Konsehal and Happy LA. and others sana magkita kita tayong lahat sa Kadayawan Meet :)

Ei Guys, mag-uniform kaya tayo nung Tshirt with SSC print...suggestion ang po, hehehehe

Duaw na Davaeonos :)

To those fellow Dabawenyos abroad.......tawag naman kayo during our meet! ehehehehhe or maybe we can use IMs to keep in touch with u.

To inday Lena....join our meet as well aight!

Venue: Matina Town Square

Pwede ta mag IM he he, kuyawa oi. pero ok gyud na para telecon ang dating he he

tj_brewed: 09224011418
Abskess: 09279925313
Gravy_addict:09177010625
Paul: +1(416)6719642 (with international participation)
KulasKusgan: 09203925585
xzibit31 : 09177056280
Skynavyblue - (non disclosure policy)
davaoeagle- 1 604 518 7516 (apil-apil lang)

To those fellow Dabawenyos abroad.......tawag naman kayo during our meet! ehehehehhe or maybe we can use IMs to keep in touch with u.

To inday Lena....join our meet as well aight!

Venue: Matina Town Square


anong time ang meeting nyo?
:)

+63 919 577 8576

tj_brewed: 09224011418
Abskess: 09279925313
Gravy_addict:09177010625
Paul: +1(416)6719642 (with international participation)
KulasKusgan: 09203925585
xzibit31 : 09177056280
Skynavyblue - (non disclosure policy)
davaoeagle- 1 604 518 7516 (apil-apil lang)
mtapo - 61 424 630 0willsmsrestofnumberstooneofabovephones




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Sunday, August 13, 2006
Palau tour operators vowed to bring Palauans to Davao

TOUR operators from Palau joined the Mindanao Travel and Tour Exposition held at the Entertainment Plaza of SM City Davao from August 11 to 13.

Davao, which is an hour and 30 minutes plane ride from Palau, is an interesting destination to tour operator Bryan Clark, managing director of Palau Davao Travel Agency.

Clark saw the potential of Davao as the market for the residents of Palau.

"There are a lot of interesting things here that we do not have in our island," he said.
Clark said Palau is an island endowed with rich marine natural resources and good sites for diving. But we do not have the kind of facilities that you have here.

He said his purpose is to bring Palauans to Davao for shopping, saying that the goods here are about two thirds less in cost back home.

"Our residents are awed with the malls here like SM having a wide selections of what they need and also the movie houses because we do not have theaters in Palau," he said.

Clark said these are the things that Palauans are up to and they have arranged packages according to the needs of the travelers.

"We can go high end or the budget packages. We can have four days and three nights package plus other inclusions like day tours and breakfast at $495 in a cheap hotel as an example," he said.

He added that Palauans also look at Davao for medical tourism, in fact some few families from Palau are already here for dental and eye check up as they discovered that the facilities are excellent and the cost is very affordable.

Clark said they also want to have in their markets fresh fruits and vegetables that are abundant here even as he said that they expect to have Durian in the island come Christmas.

There are already talks going on among the authorities on quarantine and they could only hope that everything comes smoothly, he added.

Meanwhile Dermot Keane, general manager of Sam's Tours is into inbound tourism selling Palau as the best destination for diving to other markets.

But he said the Philippines as well as Davao are interesting markets where there are available flights linking their island to the other European markets aside from tourists and divers coming from Taiwan, China and Japan.

He said the Silk Air of Singapore and the Asian Spirit are carriers that will connect them to the bigger market.

Asian Spirit sales executive Ella Romero said their Davao Palau route is doing good saying that they have bigger load especially their Palau to Davao flights.

She said they fly thrice weekly Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays leaving Manila at 1 p.m. then leave Davao at 4 p.m. and arrive Palau at 6:45 p.m. (Palau time).

Keane said since they open the route in April they maintain over 50 percent load factor up to this time where it is peak season for Palau as it is good time for diving.

The route to Davao from Palau this August is high because of the Kadayawan, she said.

Asian Spirit flies to several domestic routes with Boracay having the highest load factor and two international flights. Other than Palau, Micronesia it also has route to Kaoshiung, Taiwan via Batanes. (PIA 11/pdbanzon)

Here's one for the history lovers!

Sunday, August 13, 2006
Covington: History lost
By Gary Covington
Looking In

SOMEBODY tell me why there's all this ruckus about the Court of First Instance being knocked down to make room for a museum (and apparently and nonsensically, the new construction to be a clone of the demolished one). "History lovers" up in arms? Davao's history and Yamashita's treasure have one thing in common -- they're both darn difficult to find.

Visitors often ask me, "Where's Davao's history?" Of course they're looking at the place through European eyes and used to falling over history in the form of castles or ancient houses or battlefields at ever step. Asia is different. It still has history -- even pre-colonization history -- but where is it?

I'm no historian, not even an amateur but I do take an interest in wherever I happen to be. A casual interest true but it's nice to know what the Spaniards thought as they splashed ashore (where?) or did they build a strongpoint up on Matina ridge (I don't know. Did they?)?

What was going on during the three or four hundred years of Spanish influence? Was Davao a seaport fitting out galleons to join the annual Manila "flota" or just a hamlet with a governor cursing his luck to be posted to such a dump.

Looking at that World War Two aerial photo of Davao it was still a country town even then but the GIs landed and over the next fifty years something happened -- dare I suggest an impetus lent by the Japanese tenure -- to jolt Davao from a country drop to the city it now is.

Years ago, in the middle of the Boulevard at the bottom of Bonifacio Street, there used to be a concrete plinth bearing a bronze plaque. I stopped and read the inscription once and it recorded the landing place of either the Spaniards or the Yanks (I'm ashamed to admit I've forgotten completely who). It's gone now. The plinth remains -- smashed but dutifully whitewashed by road titivating crews -- but where is the bronze plaque? Stolen? Melted down? Does anyone know it's gone or, more to the point, does anyone care?

Think the Court of First Instance on a smaller scale. It's not the same you cry. Yes it is. The plinth was part of Davao's history. There should be a marker celebrating whomever it was that landed.

Back to buildings. If the Court of First instance was such a big deal why, when it was first learnt that it was to be demolished, wasn't there a hue and cry, some sort of campaign organized to save the building? The wheels of government turn exceedingly slow, the decision to knock down the court wouldn't have been made overnight. Didn't I hear that there is a Davao historical society? Did they jump up and down?

Is there even anybody on the city's payroll whose job it is to 'list' buildings of historical interest (and not necessarily old either) for preservation or can anybody knock down anything at any old time?

There used to be (I say used because it's now been torched and sure to feel the housebreaker's hammer sooner or later) a splendid example of wooden architecture on General Luna Street opposite Gaisano's mall. It's stood empty ever since I've lived in Davao, I'd admire the place every time I walked past. One day the frontage was painted (but not the rear) and I had high hopes. Maybe someone would refurbish the building as yuppie flats with parking behind. No. I'll wager the building gets torn down and another bit of Davao's history is lost.

Here's one for the history lovers!

Sunday, August 13, 2006
Covington: History lost
By Gary Covington
Looking In

There used to be (I say used because it's now been torched and sure to feel the housebreaker's hammer sooner or later) a splendid example of wooden architecture on General Luna Street opposite Gaisano's mall. It's stood empty ever since I've lived in Davao, I'd admire the place every time I walked past. One day the frontage was painted (but not the rear) and I had high hopes. Maybe someone would refurbish the building as yuppie flats with parking behind. No. I'll wager the building gets torn down and another bit of Davao's history is lost.

saan to? :)

currently U/C hotel expansion north of the city..

first floor houses 2 residential units while the second and third floor shall have a total of 8 rooms connected to the main hotel via a walkway t the ground level and a bridge at the 3rd level

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/hotel2.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/villarnyt.jpg

i changed the hotel name to a fictitious name so as to keep the expansion low-key for now

this is just phase one of the expansion, phase two will be a similar design (but taller, around 5-6 storeys and double loaded corridors) to be built in 2 to 3 years..

currently U/C hotel exapansion north of the city..

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/hotel2.jpg

i changed the hotel name to a fictitious name so as to keep the expansion low-key for now

this is just phase one of the expansion, phase two will be a similar design (but taller, around 5-6 storeys) to be built in 2 to 3 years..

Wow is that the final design?....It looks nice but medjo small number of rooms lang. Pero astig parin. :) and to think there's phase 2 :) The hotel sure has a high occupancy rate to decide on expanding hehe:) Good morning

currently U/C hotel exapansion north of the city..

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/hotel2.jpg

i changed the hotel name to a fictitious name so as to keep the expansion low-key for now

this is just phase one of the expansion, phase two will be a similar design (but taller, around 5-6 storeys) to be built in 2 to 3 years..


wow ganda ahh..... ala van der Rohe and it also looks like my old 1955 radio :)

Maayoung Gabii Davao

I am back.....:)

currently U/C hotel expansion north of the city..

first floor houses 2 residential units while the second and third floor shall have a total of 8 rooms connected to the main hotel via a walkway t the ground level and a bridge at the 3rd level

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/hotel2.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/villarnyt.jpg

i changed the hotel name to a fictitious name so as to keep the expansion low-key for now

this is just phase one of the expansion, phase two will be a similar design (but taller, around 5-6 storeys and double loaded corridors) to be built in 2 to 3 years..
gamay! pero, astig!

i understand your hardwork. Gamay lang siya. Mao ra. Nindot man!

padak-a pud uy! para ang mga mata sa mag-book mag-star!!

Maayoung Gabii Davao

I am back.....:)
wheeeeeeee!!

the muse is back!!

mga guys! bumalik na ang princess!

Thank you all of you that wrote so nice to me, made me feel alot of warmth in my heart...I love you guys and here is a warm :hug: to all of you....:) I will hug you all for real soon hahaha if a woman is alllowed to hug malefriends in your culture I do not know...here in my culture it is a everyday ..greeting..among friends...?

To dinabaw min älskling I am so sorry, so sorry, did not mean at all to go public.. you have a mail that explains my breakdown...:kiss:

Maayoung Gabii Davao

I am back.....:)


voila....you're back......Yes at the bottom line of everything is one's hapiness....I need not elaborate... :)

voila....you're back......Yes at the bottom line of everything is one's hapiness....I need not elaborate... :)

Hi rajah nice to "see" you..:hug:

Hi Skyblue_Navyblue...:hug: nice to "see" you to...

So what,s up? Alot of "studies" in here rajah .:)

Skyblue...you have a nice name.... I am thinking of a nice blue sea..I am sorry but most of the time I do not understand what you write, but some day I will.Have to study alot first..:)

Hi rajah nice to "see" you..:hug:

Hi Skyblue_Navyblue... nice to "see" you to...

So what,s up? Alot of "studies" in here rajah .:)



:hug:Hi Inday Lena nice that you're back :hug:

eine ganze menge "studie" ... i discovered something very interesting today....... hmmmm sehr interesant.. :cheers: ... im sleepy na zzzz... :sleepy: .... i still have to answer your e-mail...

:hug:Hi Inday Lena nice that your back :hug:

eine ganze menge "studie" ... i discovered something very interesting today....... hmmmm sehr interesant.. :cheers: ... im sleepy na zzzz... :sleepy: .... i still have to answer your e-mail...

Goodnight rajah sleep good. zzzzzz bitte erzähle mal was du discovered???:)

Hi rajah nice to "see" you..:hug:

Hi Skyblue_Navyblue...:hug: nice to "see" you to...

So what,s up? Alot of "studies" in here rajah .:)

Skyblue...you have a nice name.... I am thinking of a nice blue sea..I am sorry but most of the time I do not understand what you write, but some day I will.Have to study alot first..:)
It's because I'm using my native language which is Cebuano.
And at the same time, I'm using Tagalog and English.

So, you'll have hard time to understand my language.

currently U/C hotel expansion north of the city..

first floor houses 2 residential units while the second and third floor shall have a total of 8 rooms connected to the main hotel via a walkway t the ground level and a bridge at the 3rd level

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/hotel2.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/villarnyt.jpg

i changed the hotel name to a fictitious name so as to keep the expansion low-key for now

this is just phase one of the expansion, phase two will be a similar design (but taller, around 5-6 storeys and double loaded corridors) to be built in 2 to 3 years..

guessing game na pud. north man kaya... aaahhhhm... roadway? villa margarita? sychar? we R inn? orange grove? hotel elena? grand regal? insular?

btw, ok kaayo ang design. neat kaayo. padesign nya pud ko nimo ha.

Thank you all of you that wrote so nice to me, made me feel alot of warmth in my heart...I love you guys and here is a warm :hug: to all of you....:) I will hug you all for real soon hahaha if a woman is alllowed to hug malefriends in your culture I do not know...here in my culture it is a everyday ..greeting..among friends...?


Glad youre back! It is ok for a female to do a friendly hug even a friendly kiss on cheek with a male these days as a greeting. It is not common but its ok. Were beginning to adopt such culture.

saan to? :)

Beside Dencias in Gen Luna, may old building jan na walang laman parang abandoned.

guessing game na pud. north man kaya... aaahhhhm... roadway? villa margarita? sychar? we R inn? orange grove? hotel elena? grand regal? insular?

btw, ok kaayo ang design. neat kaayo. padesign nya pud ko nimo ha.



Glad youre back! It is ok for a female to do a friendly hug even a friendly kiss on cheek with a male these days as a greeting. It is not common but its ok. Were beginning to adopt such culture.

Ok dave I am glad to give you a :hug: nice to "see" you again.:)

It's because I'm using my native language which is Cebuano.
And at the same time, I'm using Tagalog and English.

So, you'll have hard time to understand my language.

Thanks Skyblue for the information :)

IKEA to Davao? :ohno: really? There is something lifeless with these massproduced peaces of furniture...on the other hand it is not so expencive. :) some thing are nice..little household peaces like wastebaskets, cups, curtains and you name it..but I know furnitures that are much more beautifull....like dinabaw´s designs and restorations I would go for that...more then I ever would for IKEA even it is from my country...

I am investing in a whole different projekt.....:wink2:...no one knows about yet..

Time to go to zzzZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz :sleepy:

Goodnight all my friends, see ya´tomorrow night. :)

:goodbye:

currently U/C hotel expansion north of the city..

first floor houses 2 residential units while the second and third floor shall have a total of 8 rooms connected to the main hotel via a walkway t the ground level and a bridge at the 3rd level

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/hotel2.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g261/waway625/villarnyt.jpg

i changed the hotel name to a fictitious name so as to keep the expansion low-key for now

this is just phase one of the expansion, phase two will be a similar design (but taller, around 5-6 storeys and double loaded corridors) to be built in 2 to 3 years..


hmmmm....nice and kick-ass design kuya gravy! a hotel expansion in the north? hmmmmm...is this for:

Roadway Inn?
Villa Margarita?
Orange Grove Hotel?

ehehehehehe...ill keep on guessin...

finally..am on the right thread na..

@Gravy: nice design..simple, yet elegant..neat...

Musta Davao..

Maayoung Gabii Davao

I am back.....:)

great to have you back lena. post away!

Time to go to zzzZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz :sleepy:

Goodnight all my friends, see ya´tomorrow night. :)

:goodbye:

Nice to see you back here Lena- our adopted Davaoeno Sis.

I love IKEA, in fact I sleep on my IKEA bed every night.

Originally Posted by abskess
Paging Sir Dinabaw, our honorable members, Konsehal and Happy LA. and others sana magkita kita tayong lahat sa Kadayawan Meet

Ei Guys, mag-uniform kaya tayo nung Tshirt with SSC print...suggestion ang po, hehehehe

Duaw na Davaeonos

You can all availl SSC-davao Kadayawan meet t-shirt design @Grafix 3rd level Gaisano South gusto ninyo karon dayon kay it takes 2 to 3 days to finish.just ask SCC-Davao file name.

Dave ,Lena and me have t-shirts already.

Hi! min askling Lena :hug:

gamay! pero, astig!

i understand your hardwork. Gamay lang siya. Mao ra. Nindot man!

padak-a pud uy! para ang mga mata sa mag-book mag-star!!

tiny but swanky design.

guessing game? i think it's Hotel Elena. Expansion is for the deluge of Japanese nationals in the city. Hotel Elena is known to host a huge number of Japs since its genesis.

finally..am on the right thread na..

@Gravy: nice design..simple, yet elegant..neat...

Musta Davao..

Good to see you back Gina. We missed you here.

Nice job gravy , looks like retro buildings is back(inspired ka ba sa heater?lol) ! sana filipino ang mga characther sa perspective.

Where is Hotel Elena located? Is it a new hotel? Anyway, I like its design! I would want to see Davao City with its downtown area filled with small to midrise buildings and highrise buildings located in the future business districts such as Riverfront Corp City and Buhangin area (going to the new airport terminal).

ei bro davao! i got ur pm! it's okies...thnx!

hi lena....glad ur back....our one and only muse....lets drink to that!!! :scouserd: hehehehehe

thanks TJ!

Hotel Elena is in the vicinity of Nova Tierra in Sasa.

Guessing Game -

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/DAVAO/humbertosfinal.jpg

To all our Kadayawan visitors.....you may also take this botique hotel as one of your options.

Chosen and awarded by the National Shopper's Choice as no. 1. Small Hotel in Davao City.

You can all availl SSC-davao Kadayawan meet t-shirt design @Grafix 3rd level Gaisano South gusto ninyo karon dayon kay it takes 2 to 3 days to finish.just ask SCC-Davao file name.

Dave ,Lena and me have t-shirts already.

Hi! min askling Lena :hug:

dinabaw you are giving me sleepless nights here :wink2:, you owe me for that :) Mahal Kita langa! :kiss:

:speech: Kadayawan Updates :speech:

3 Networks will officially cover Kadayawan Festival

The City Tourism officer bared the three networks as ABS-CBN, GMA and the Sonshine Television network of Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy. He said that the three networks are broadcasted internationally and would offer to the world a glimpse of the annual August festivities dubbed as the Festival of festivals.

finally..am on the right thread na..

@Gravy: nice design..simple, yet elegant..neat...

Musta Davao..
Gina hi so nice to see a woman in this crowd of malepower :) I missed you here, were have you been ? :hug:

Hi davaoeagle :hug:

Paul :hug:

well 4 o´clock morning here need to sleep sometime :sleepy:

:goodnight:

:speech: Kadayawan Updates :speech:

Kapamilya Invades Kadayawan Festival
ABS-CBN


From August 19 to 21, ABS-CBN and its Kapamily Stars will storm Davao to join the festivities for the much anticipated Kadayawan Festival! And ABS-CBN and Globe Telecoms are giving their Kapamilya Sim subscribers a VIP treament at the much awaited festival!

Other Updates (Un official list)

Other gigs include Parokya ni Edgar (ABS-CBN KADAYAWAN FEST DAVAO), David Pomeranz, Dance Fever with DJ Jon Tupas, Toy Symphony and the list goes on...

-edit-

Guessing Game -

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/DAVAO/humbertosfinal.jpg

To all our Kadayawan visitors.....you may also take this botique hotel as one of your options.

Chosen and awarded by the National Shopper's Choice as no. 1. Small Hotel in Davao City.

This is where I used to get a vary relaxing massage. Well-trained, masseus from western mindanao he he. No hunky-punky there though., really!

Gina hi so nice to see a woman in this crowd of malepower :) I missed you here, were have you been ? :hug:

Hi davaoeagle :hug:

Paul :hug:

well 4 o´clock morning here need to sleep sometime :sleepy:

:goodnight:

That's the Lena Davaoena we always wanna see here, sweet! Rajah and I will not waste a single minute to serenade you and Don when you finally say your I DOs to each other, LOL.

tj_brewed: 09224011418
Abskess: 09279925313
Gravy_addict:09177010625
Paul: +1(416)6719642 (with international participation)
KulasKusgan: 09203925585
xzibit31 : 09177056280
Skynavyblue - (non disclosure policy)
davaoeagle- 1 604 518 7516 (apil-apil lang)
mtapo - 61 424 630 0willsmsrestofnumberstooneofabovephones
dinabaw-09197511414

hey eagle its Lena dinabawenya !
sarap ng chocolate cake dyan sa Humberto ummm yum yum yum !
Guys sticky na ang thread 18 :laugh:

Kadayawan! Portraits 2005

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/DAVAO/kadayawan/3b02b146.jpg


http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/DAVAO/kadayawan/8e1ffed0.jpg


http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/DAVAO/kadayawan/7235eac7.jpg


http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/DAVAO/kadayawan/bbf6fdd3.jpg


http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/tj_brewed/DAVAO/kadayawan/f91afd5b.jpg

^^maano ng mga peeps mo apil sa meeting tj ?lols

sticky na ang thread 18 :laugh:

basta para nako sticky or not, this thread makes the world go round for me he he

hey eagle its Lena dinabawenya !
sarap ng chocolate cake dyan sa Humberto ummm yum yum yum !
Guys sticky na ang thread 18 :laugh:


Right on Don! Lena Dinabawenya- a match made in SSC. COOL!

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1971/3b02b146gt0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
a toss between gravy and skyblue may gatas pa ang labi...opps beer diay!lols

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1825/7235eac7eu1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Malaysia ?

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8572/8e1ffed0ka4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Ai sympre si Dave ,Kulaskusgan gud !wa ko kabalo kinsa sa likod :laugh:

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/7203/bbf6fdd3qp4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
dinabaw...hehehe

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3253/f91afd5bbv4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Muse Lena?

sensya na guys tagal kasi ako di naka post bumabawi lang !:laugh:

this thread is whooping so fast!!!!
Regards to all Davaoeños back home!
Miss yah

Originally Posted by davaoeagle
basta para nako sticky or not, this thread makes the world go round for me he he
around the world indeed ...sail away as Enya say

From Cebu to Jolo
Sweden to London
From downunder to Vancouver sail away ....hehehe sorry bai kalimot ko sa reryric :laugh:

Originally Posted by franz235
this thread is whooping so fast!!!!
Regards to all Davaoeños back home!
Miss yah
Hi fran! Madayaw! its Kadayawan time!