Special Events
Dayo sa Mundo ng Elementalia
Sunday, October 5th, 2008 For the very first time in my life, I plan to see one of the cinematic offerings of the Metro Manila Film Festival this year. The movie is a full-length animation called Dayo, and the reason I want to watch it is to give support towards this unique Filipino enterprise.
Last 4 October, a group [...]
Concerto — an indie film
Friday, July 18th, 2008 From my family mailing list, I got a heads-up about an independent film by Director Paul Alexander Morales, Concerto. According to the trailer and blog, the film is about a family in Davao and their ordeal during the last part of World War II.
To the right is the movie poster, which I got from [...]
Kalimudan
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007There’s an ongoing event in Davao, called Kalimudan. It showcases the region’s traditional cultures: the Bagobo, Manobo, Kagan, and others. I know that Davao has many local tribes (more politically-correctly referred to as “cultural minorities” — but I personally don’t like this term at all), but I didn’t know that there are in fact more!
The [...]
P1million Texas Hold’em Tournament
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007Here’s the official press release for the 1st Pre-Kadayawan Poker Tournament.
The Metro Madayaw Poker Room, Davao’s first and only legal poker room, in cooperation with Casino Filipino Davao will be conducting the 1st Million Peso Pre-Kadayawan Poker Tournament on August 11, 2007 at the Pantawan Hall of Casino Filipino Davao.
Players from all over the country [...]