Toastmasters District 75 Convention
I will be flying to Davao City very early tomorrow morning together with my fellow Aboitiz Toastmasters, This will be my first District Convention and I am eager to attend. I am also eager to hear from the keynote speaker, Bo Sanchez, as I have seen and heard him from TV as well as read his blog and published articles.
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The two day district 75 convention will be held at the Marco Polo Hotel and will have a fellowship night after the first day and a Governor’s Ball to cap the whole event on the second night. Sunday will be open and we will probably soak in the sights of Davao.
I was born and raised in Davao City until we migrated to Cebu in 1990, I still have a couple of relatives there as well as remember for places I frequented as a kid, sadly though, I do not have friends their anymore but I do hope to make new ones on this trip. I was recently in Davao last March on our way to Singapore and before that in October for a quick training at Eden park where I got to experience the zip line.
This time around, one of our colleague from Davao Light will be treating us to the famous Bakbak and we have a open day on Sunday which I think we can squeeze in a couple of famous sites.
When I started to participate in our Toastmaster Club I targeted to finish all 10 basic speeches and be a Competent Communicator by the end of the year, sadly though I currently am still on my basic speech no. 6, memorizing is a bit hard for me but I will try to finish it all before July so that our club will meet one of the goals for its 10th Distinguished Club award.
Davao City has a total land area of 2,443.61 square kilometers. In terms of land area, it is considered as one of the largest cities in the world. Davao is also Typhoon free and has a international airport connecting to all major Cities in the country as well as to Singapore, Hong Kong and other Southeast Asian Destinations. I also noticed that Wifi is all over the city and connecting to the net is easier because of this and to top it all of, taxi drivers don’t rip you off, generally they follow what is on the meter.