I've been living here in Davao for almost 5 years now - erhm exactly today. wow!
I've been so long here yet until now, I've only been in the southern side of Davao. Never had the chance to venture around.

Davao city is a huge place. It's really big, no shit. Its one of the longest cities in the world right?
In my 5 years here, I haven't even been outside the city proper. oh well, we did our NSTP on Samal Island but of course - that's another blog! lol. I've been in the southern part because that is my only route going home to my province but that aside I never had the chance to venture north, west and upper-east side of Davao.

I wouldn't have this opportunity if not for Mindanao Kokusai Daigaku, they wanted my awesome-ness in Nihongo. And I wouldn't know that it takes almost an hour straight from Matina to Damosa I almost fell asleep. Never been in Lanang area because it is very far from city proper and it takes you 2 jeep rides if not. Lucky for me there is Matina to Damosa route but Manong driver killed me with those hundred stops in exchange! Only now I realized what my cousin implied that we're lucky here roads are not congested considering places here are very VERY far from each other (landmarks, schools, hospitals you name it).

Fortunately, with the amount of time I stretched in fear of being late (the longest time allowance I had since HS's first field trip), I arrived 30 minutes early I have the time to roam around Damosa Gateway. It is big compared to Matina Town Square but emptier.





















Yey, the entrance.





















Most of the vehicles here are private. Not a lot of Jeepneys. Taxis are out of the question.






















A lot of lined-up stores. Makes you think of serious shopping!























The destination. I'm actually clueless of my REAL purpose here, forgot to mental note or just too overwhelmed someone actually called my cellphone except my Mother and update of Smart Bro payment.





















I never went inside because I saw building repairs on the side; do yourself a favor and watch out for falling synonymous to trowed debris.
**nauseated ---> >--0=**









































It looks peaceful from afar no? You can drown yourself with their smashing Wi-Fi connection your laptop will burnnnnn. Smashing, hmm I love that word. shing! shing!





















The caramel was super, err extremely elastic? ( bwahaha! poor choice of words )





















I rabu (love) Tsuru! The place was crawling with different stores with varied cuisine. Theme: uniquely Asia.

exception:


























My second jeep going home.........
NP: Hitoiro - Nana Starring Mika Nakashima