Molave Restaurant

Molave is located at Jacinto Street, right between the Ateneo college campus and Export Bank.

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Sometimes, I can’t help but remember the old local restaurants in Davao City during the late 80’s and early 90’s: Barrio Gaisano, Honeybear, Goldies, Merco, Peter Pan, Dennis Burger, DeliHouse, Plaza… the list goes on and on.

Some of these restaurants/ food houses are now gone. Others have defied both time and the arrival of popular fast-food chains/ restaurants – and are still operating today.

Davao Photoblog (Na!)

After months and months of inactivity… it’s time for this blog to make the jump again!

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It’s been five months since I made my last post in this blog. It’s not that I lost interest in blogging, but the lack of material to work with (read: photos) did me in. But even then, even during the long lay-off, this blog was always at the back of my head. Always.

Kadayawan.com now on-line.

A new, updated version of kadayawan.com is now up and running.

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Just a heads up, peepz.

The official website of the Kadayawan ng Dabaw Festival is now available again to the public. It contains information about the Kadayawan such as press releases, old and new articles, colorful photographs, the official schedule of events, an on-line forum, and more.

Goldie Chicken House

I passed along Ilustre Street earlier today. Out of curiousity, I decided to check out Amgar Plaza (the small nook in front of Peter Pan) since I haven’t been there for ages. Once there I was very surprised to find out that Goldie Chicken House is still operational.

Confessions and Advise from a Davao Toy Collector

As Pinoy Toy Kolektors Forum’s slogan says:” “Look mom, it’s not a toy. It’s a collectible.”

My Story
I’ve always been a frustrated toy collector ever since i was a kid. The characters i wanted were either unavailable or simply too expensive, so i settled with the obscure figures. No duke? I got crystal ball instead. No jazz? No grimlock? Hello gears and cosmos! No he-man? Me gots stinkor!

WALL-E says: “HELLO DAVAO CITY.”

My sisters and cousin Kaka Pao take time to pose with WALL-E right around the SM cinema section. The life-sized WALL-E cardboard figure can also be seen at Gaisano Mall.

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Talk about good promotion gimmicks. The life-sized WALL-E cardboard figure at SM and Gaisano Mall is certainly building up a lot interest for the upcoming WALL-E movie. Movie-goers constantly gawk at the large cardboard figure, which is seated on a bench opposite Eve, the other robot featured prominently in the movie. And oh by the way, WALL-E stands for Waste Allocation Load Lifter – Earth-Class.

Nostalgia Davao: Graduating Class of Davao High School, 1932.

The graduating class of Davao High School (also known as Davao Provincial High School), 1932. Photo taken four years before Davao’s inauguration as a chartered city in 1936. That same year, the school’s name was appropriately changed to Davao City High School. The school is still operational today, and is now known as Davao City National High School (DCNHS).

Anyway, this photo is owned by Robert Bula, who also sent me the photo of cadets marching in my previous blog entry. The girl with the red mark at left is Mr. Bula’s aunt and previous owner of this photograph, Estelle Torkelson. Mr. Bula adds that back in those days, Davao High School was located at Bolton street just after Magallanes toward the riverside. Many thanks to Mr. Bula and his family for this wonderful photograph.

Nostalgia Davao: Davao High School Cadets marching (1931)

The July 4th parade of 1931. The place showcased in this image is San Pedro street, and right behind the building at the background is the city hall drive. Marching along are cadets from the Davao High School. To view the larger version of this photo, click here.

I’d like to thank Mr. Robert Bula for sharing with us this classic photo, which is part of his personal collection. This picture was previously owned by his aunt, Estelle Torkelson, who was obviously a good keeper of memorabilia. In fact, the old City Hall photograph that I posted in my blog a month ago was also part of her old collection.

Totally Random Photos, Part 2

… and my little sister says: MAGING SA BAHAY MAN O SA LABAS… JUST ENJOY DA SUMMER!

Here’s the second part of my Random Photos feature. For those who missed out on the first part, click here. As always, if you need to re-use these photos for some reason, I’d really appreciate it if you’d inform me first.

Crash Landing Resort

Just when I thought I’ve heard about all the beautiful resorts here or near Davao … along came CRASH LANDING RESORT!

Last Saturday (April 12, 2008), we had the opportunity to visit one of Mindanao’s best kept secrets courtesy of my cousin Kaka Bebe, who just turned a year “wiser” last weekend. Crash Landing Resort is located in Darong, Sta. Cruz, which is not too far away from the confines of Davao City. It takes about 40 minutes or so to reach the place from city proper, depending on traffic conditions.