[QUOTE]=burotski]I wonder how you were able to finish strolling my city in just

1 day... It's a miracle! You must have been lightning quick... Money is not the
issue, I suppose... So, I would assume that you took time to drop by High Ridge?
Marco Malasag Resort in Alwana? Lauremar Beach Hotel? Eco-Village? Xavier Sport
s and Country Club? Koresco Hotel? Pryce Plaza? Tghe Mindanao Showroom? Mapawa N
ature Park? And, you also grabbed a bite at Kagay-anon, Gazebo, Tabing Dagat? Bl
ueberry Cafe? Leo's Grill? Sunriva? Sentro 1850? Butcher's Best? ...to name a fe
w! HEHEHE! i bet you partied at the bars and restaurants at THE HAVELANO (short
for Hayes, Gaerlan, Velez, Tiano) SQUARE, The Site at Rosario Arcade (which is b
y the way WIFI enabled almost tanan bars), the numerous bars and restaurants at
the back of Philtown Hotel? And, other bars which are located in other parts of
the city... I bet you also tried our WORLD CLASS RAPIDS! White water rafting in
CDO is a must-experience experience if you're a visitor here, you know... And, y
ou visited the Museum at Xavier University (which is the TOP PERFORMING SCHOOL i
n the country based on past 11 years board exam performance)! And you did all of
that in ONE DAY! Congratulations... HEHEHE! Bitaw, uy! Di pud na nimo kaya! Gam
ay ang Cagayan, but it's not that small! Gamay pero puno man... Davao is dako pe
ro lagyo... You get my point? [/QUOTE]
Statements like these only shows that your not too familiar with the other city.
You're proud of what CDO can offer of course because you are from there. But pl
ease do not brag that list just to make a point that CDO is way better than Dava
o and to support your earlier statement that Davao has little to offer (correct
words: "wala kaayo ma-offer ang Davao", is like saying "mas daghan maoffer ang C
DO kaysa Davao"). Why can't you just say "hey, CDO has something to offer too!"
without saying "it has more to offer than Davao?" That's the only thing you've d
one wrong man, "nitungtong ka sa likod sa Davao para maabot nimo ang kural dajon
singgit, "HEY I AM THE TALLEST OVER HERE!" I agree CDO is progressive no questi
on about that. But why can't you just accept the fact that what CDO can offer, D
avao can offer too (I wont say even more kay basin masuko napod jamo ka). About
the stroll in 1 day, i did exaggerate it just to point out that if you need a de
cade before you can completely say "nahurot najud naho tanan kasuroyan, kalingaw
an ug tanan ika-offer aning CDO ba", man, is it safe to say you'll need a centur
y in Davao too? let's scrutine you're list (don't get me wrong, those are great
places in CDO, but i'll just give you the opposide team, naa na man kay first fi
ve, siguro pwede pod ko mohatag ug first five sa KWAGO BULLS team):
1. High Ridge
-Jack's Ridge, Hilltop, Kutips
2. Marco Malasag Resort, Mapawa Nature Park
-Eden Nature Park (http://www.edennaturepark.com.ph), Lolengs Nature Park, Ph
ilippine Eagle Park, Malagos Garden Resort, Seagull Valley, Ipol, GAP Farmi
ng Orchard Resort, Crocodile Park
3. Lauremar Beach Hotel
-Waterfront Insular Hotel, Waterworld, Mergrande Beach Resort, Pearl Farm, Pa
radise Island
4. Eco-Village
-Insular Eco-Village, SOS CHILDREN VILLAGE DAVAO, TBOLI WEAVING CENTER
5. Xavier Sports and Country Club
-Apo Golf and Country Club, Sun City Golf and Estate, South Pacific Golf & Le
isure Estate, Lanang Golf and Country Club, Rancho Palos Verdes Golf and Cou
ntry Club, Davao City Golf and Country Club
6. Koresco Hotel and Pryce Plaza
- Marco Polo, Grand Regal, Royal Mandaya Towers, Apo View, Waterfron Insular
10. Kagay-anon, Gazebo, Tabing Dagat, Blueberry Cafe, Leo's Grill, Sunriva, Sent
ro 1850, Butcher's Best
-My godness Davao has thousand of restos, ex: Torres St. (15++ Class A) and
Victoria Plaza Complex (20++ Class A)
11. THE HAVELANO SQUARE, The Site at Rosario Arcade (which is by the way WIFI en
abled almost tanan bars), the numerous bars
and restaurants at the back of Philtown Hotel? And, other bars which are loc
ated in other parts of the city...
-for god's sake no contest at all, THE Venue, MTS, Damosa Gateway, Wheels an
d More, Rizal Promenade, WIFI? the most number of hotspots in mindanao is in dav
ao. MTS is WIFI long time ago na pare.
12. White water rafting in CDO
-White water rafting in Riverfront Corporate City, Tubing in Sibulan River
13. Museum at Xavier University, The Mindanao Showroom
-Davao Museum at Insular Village, Children's Musuem of Davao City, Tulip Dri
ve, Matina, Davao City, Indonesian Consulate Folk Arts
14. Xavier University, CCC, COC, etc...
-Ateneo De Davao University, University of the Philippines, University of Im
maculate Conception, University of Mindanao, University of Southern Phi
lippines
now tell me, are those list not factual? if numbers doesn't matter and we'll go
into class, for the sake of example, Davao's Eden alone dwarfs Malasag plus Mapa
wa. High Ridge and Jack's Ridge is like David and Goliath. Koresco and Marco Pol
o? are you sure? And the comparison goes on and on. You can't believe it? We'll
you're entitled to your own opinion but definitely in a survey of 1 to 10, 9 go
to other's opinion and 1 goes to you. It's seems that you are not stopping burot
ski so let's get it on... i'll start this time fill it up.
other factors of progress...
1. Modern International Airport with 4 aerobridges and satellite navigations (di
rect flights to Singapore, Hong Kong, Osaka, Kuala Lumpur and Manado, Indonesia,
Palau)
2. 1 vehicular underpass, 2 vehicular flyovers, 18 pedestrian overpass, 1 pedest
rian underpass
3. Traffic free wide avenues and streets (4 lanes is the minimum)
4. No tricycles on Major streets
5. clean tap water, in fact 2nd best in the world next to Norway
6. Well lighted city (in all corners and streets)
7. 2005 income (3.2 billion), 2006 income as of march (813,516,650.16)
8. Davao Rescue 911 (of US and Canada standard, except for helicopters) http://w
ww.davaocity911.org/main.php
9. 1st US Virtual Consulate in Asia http://www.mindanews.com/2004/08/30nws-us.ht
ml
10. Consul Generals (Japan, Czech Republic, Spain, Indonesia, Malaysia, Palau)
11. 5 malls over 75,000 sq.m. (NCCC, SM, Gaisano Mall or Davao , Gaisano South a
nd Victoria Plaza
12. 5 big universities (ADDU, UM, USP, UIC and UP), 36 big colleges
13. 24 hour Davao Metro aides (street cleaners)
14. Hospitals, Not Secondary but Tertiary (Davao Doctor's, Davao Medical Center,
Brokenshire Hospital, San Pedro Hospital, Lim So Hospital, Medical Mission Hosp
ital)
13. 400++ villages and subdivisions as of 2005
15. 4,000++ hotel rooms as of 2005
16. nighlife http://www.davaotoday.com/2005/november/2nd/destdvo-112105-catsndog
s.php
17. original music: joey ayala, popong landero, south border, mymp, freestyle, b
ack by midnite, lizard chips http://www.lizardchips.com/news/ , defunct yano, th
e dawn (lead singer), hale (lead singer), brown man revival (musicians)
18. davao entrepreneur Jollibee owner Tony Tan Caktiong http://www.ey.com/GLOBAL
/content.nsf/Philippines/Entrepreneur_of_the_Year-Tony_Tan_Caktiong
19. tallest skylines in mindanao
20. central bank in davao