Davao City is the “City of Durian”. There is an annual festival held at the city called the Kadayawan Festival which features the durian. There’s even a durian sculpture that will greet you once you arrived at the city via its international airport.

I was at Davao City since Monday to attend a series of team meetings. At around 9:00 PM last night, Charlie, John and I went out of the We Are Inn Hotel (where we stayed) craving for something to eat. As it is the beginning of the durian season in the city, we decided to go to Magsaysay Park, the durian haven of Davao City.

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We nearly met a fatal vehicular accident today.

We were on our way to Lebak, Sultan Kudarat to visit schools for possible inclusion into our assistance programs when at around 4:30 PM, as we were approaching a blind curve; a weapon-type cargo truck that was traveling very fast and out of its right way seemed to appear out of nowhere coming towards us head-on. Our driver Romeo quickly reacted by veering hard to our right side. A collision with the truck was prevented but our vehicle skidded along the graveled road until we hit the metal railing by the roadside.

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