Last year, I made a visit to the KevTech Store, which is also known as the WalMart of Digos City. Digos is about an hour south of Davao. Last year, my friend, Kevin Smith was visiting Davao, and the Digos area, and Feyma and I took a trip down south to visit Kevin and his […]
Hard times?
You know, for a year or more now, financial times have been really bad worldwide. The mortgage crisis has thousands of families in America losing their housing. Banks are failing all over the world. Food prices are soaring. Oil prices have skyrocketed, although in the past couple of weeks, they are falling back down to […]
Market Day
Early Sunday morning I went with my niece and nephew to the Palengke (market) to get good and fresh produce and fresh meat. We went around 4am so that we can catch when the butcher delivers the fresh meat. Sunday is the market day here. People really flocked from all over Davao to get the […]
A trip to the mall!
This week, for our video column, we are going to take a trip to SM City, Davao. For those of you who have been curious what malls in the Philippines are like, have a look at the video below and you will have a good idea. The shooting of the video didn’t go exactly as […]
Where do you shop for groceries?
For any kind of major grocery shopping, there are basically two places you can choose from in the Philippines. I am not talking about needing to buy a can of coke or a pack of gum at the convenience store. I am talking about making a major purchase of groceries for your household. Maybe it’s […]
Duty Free shopping
Recently, a new Duty Free Shop was opened in Davao. While it is at the airport, as you would expect, it is located about as far away from the terminal building as you can get while still being on the airport grounds. In the past, when there was a Duty Free Shop in Davao, it […]