Araw Ng Dabaw 2008
“Is it Dabaw or Davao?”
I was asked that question by a site visitor a couple of months ago. He said he was born in the Philippines, but is now based in the US of A for about 20 years already. Wheeewh! Funny how easily a native Filipino can forget that there are two ways of spelling that word.
Ahh… I remember Andrew Jackson, he said: “It’s a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word.”
To the Davao Travelers: Dabaw is to Filipino (the language) as Davao is to English.
Got it? You should.
The month of March is when the whole of Davao will celebrate the Araw Ng Dabaw or Davao Day if you may. It’s actually just a single day event. To be exact, that’s on the 16th March. The entire schedule of events is available online. For everyone who will be there to celebrate the Araw Ng Davao, the city government has prepared some merry making events to spice up the day.
And since we are a nation crazy for boxing, all eyes will definitely be glued on the screen sets for the morning (Philippine Time) boxing match of the greatest Filipino boxer — sort of a living legend.
“Is it Pakyaw or Pacquiao?”
I bet, Andrew Jackson will have an easy way out. It’s just “Pacman”, st_p_d.
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haha. i can’t believe you just mentioned that six-letter word in your blog, bai!