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Ang Dabawenyo
This Blog is all about Davao and her people. A Dabawenyo is not only the Davao-born, but anyone who professes a love of this beautiful city in the Philippine South.

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Living beside school
2008-04-24 23:11:00
I live in a compound that sits right beside the Ateneo de Davao High School campus. I’m up early for my flight to Manila — actually, I’ve been up for an hour already. From last night till this early morning, I’d been hearing rambunctious noises over at the campus. Kids. Must’ve spent the night there ...
More About: Living , Community

Ang Dabawenyo sa Maynila
2008-04-24 17:59:00
I’m flying to Manila tomorrow and will stay there till the 30th. It’s been more than two years that I haven’t been to the capital! The last time was in 2005 when I lived there for half the year to take care of a couple of business projects. How time flies! I look forward to reconnecting ...

Planning for Kadayawan 2008
2008-04-23 17:59:00
Planning for Davao City's biggest traditional celebration has begun! And this time, it's the younger generation who's more or less holding the reins.
More About: Festivals , Planning , Traditions , 2008

Half-baked
2008-04-20 17:59:00
When you go around town, you’ll notice quite a few ongoing construction projects and new restaurants and coffee shops. There are more businesses registered with the Department of Trade & Industry, albeit mostly SMEs. It really looks like Davao City is a boomtown again. But if you look closely, you might notice some things that are a bit disappointing. Like how they’re half-baked. For example, a restaurant that looks magnificent on the outside, and might even be quite presentable inside… but doesn’t spend a peso on staff training. Or — and here’s a pet peeve of mine — a well-designed and glossy brochure that you know cost an arm and a leg to produce… but the literature is poorly written. Tonight my friends and I were at the “seawall” (where the Statue of David stands), and we were laughing at why the management felt they had to put signs on everything. Reading them just made us laugh even harder. The English was bad, ...
More About: Baked , Half , Half Baked

Of tats and body piercings
2008-04-18 19:19:00
When I was in college, I had my ears pierced with tiny gold studs. If memory serves me right, I was the only guy in campus with both ears pierced. It was a statement, yes — aren’t all body ornamentations (rings, studs, tattoos, what have you) done to declare something to the world? For me, ...
More About: Body , Piercings

Gas-saving community effort
2008-04-17 12:42:00
An emailed message sent out to mailing lists claims that we might be able to force big oil companies to lower their pump prices if we stop buying gas from them and shift to local gas stations.
More About: Community , Saving

A magazine on life & living in Mindanao
2008-04-08 16:39:00
A new magazine has been launched: a magazine on living in Mindanao , Philippines.
More About: Life , Living , Magazine

New look for AngDabawenyo.com
2008-04-05 01:06:00
My I-love-Davao blog gets a major makeover, as well as an upgrade to Word Press 2.5.

My blog?s new logo
2008-04-02 17:59:00
I’ve been on a logo rampage since late last month, feverishly thinking up cool logos — if I do say so myself — for my blogs. Blog ie Blog, IT talks!, and now Ang Dabawenyo have gotten their own stamps of identity. The mélange of Davao symbols inside the blog bubble, that was the logo of my ...
More About: Logo

Why eat at fast food chains??
2008-03-31 21:53:00
I couldn’t believe I let myself walk into a McDonald’s today. It was past one in the morning and none of my preferred joints were open anymore, and I was hankering for french fries. Still, I didn’t order any of their meat burgers — I had a Fillet-o-Fish, believing as I want to that it’s ...
More About: Food , Fast Food , Fast , Chains

Kudos to Task Force Davao & PNP
2008-03-31 07:28:00
Last weekend, Davao ’s finest — the PNP Regional Office 11 — and the Task Force Davao military unit were able to apprehend an Al Qaeda poseur here in the city. Identified as Romie John C. Rosalia (according to this report), the authorities alleged that he was extorting money from corporations and individuals via email. He ...
More About: Kudos

Hating the rain?
2008-03-28 16:00:00
At the threshold of summer… and it’s raining. I hear from my friends in Manila that it’s getting really hot over there, but here in Davao it’s been raining too much. Not that I’d rather it was hot here. But, the rain’s dampening my spirits. I’ve never really liked the rain — it’s always caused ...
More About: Rain

Bloggers? eyeball & Davao tour
2008-03-25 19:52:00
My very good and long-time friend, Jojie Alcantara, has come up with a great plan for bloggers to do a tour within Davao City. A perfect way to start the summer! Jojie says she’ll be able to accommodate 10 bloggers per tour. To give everyone a chance, we’ll ask you to sign up for one tour ...
More About: Events , Tour , Bloggers , Eyeball

The Edge Davao
2008-03-24 16:03:00
A new business paper is now circulating all over Davao City — The Edge Davao. It’s the first of its kind here: a newspaper that’s dedicated to business, investment and economy-centric news. And I’m part of it! I have been invited to handle the one-page “ICT hub” section, which is now the new home of ...

Sky Rider @ Eden Nature Park
2008-03-20 13:46:00
Typically called “zip line”, the Sky Rider is one helluva ride! In Mindanao, there are three of these things: here in Davao at the Eden Nature Park , the one in Cagayan de Oro City, and the longest in the country, at Kapatagan. I’m gonna try all of them as soon as I can! Here’s ...
More About: Tours , Mountains

Debt negotiation services
2008-03-17 21:18:00
If you’re living in the US or any developed country, the use of credit cards is as indispensable as using the telephone. Credit cards have become a sought-after convenience. Unfortunately, not everyone is capable of managing his or her finances, and so run the risk of mounting credit card debt. In fact, credit card debt ...
More About: Services , Reviews , Debt , Negotiation

Davao F.A.T. - the conclusion
2008-03-17 07:17:00
The culminating dinner of the Davao Food Appreciation Tour, on 16 March 2008, was at Bryan’s Grill & Café. At this al fresco poolside restaurant, my good friend Bryan Bajado served the bloggers samplers of his fine cuisine. For appetizer, we had three samplers: grilled pepper-crusted sashimi (my absolute fave here!), shrimp in white wine and ...
More About: Events , Blogging

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