Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 19

One of the rare issues of La Solidaridad that has a photograph is from September 15, 1894. Ferdinand Blumentritt is on the front page. This is one of the interesting items in the Blumentritt papers, State Archives of Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice. I had only two days to rush through the boxes. I hope to return someday and go through every item in the collection at leisure. Many thanks to the Czech Embassy in Manila and Ambassador Jarodlsv Olsa for arranging a two week trip to trace Filipiniana in CZ...

Three talks this week. Two Open to the Public.
Adrian Cristobal Lecture on the Future of History on Thursday Feb 20@3-5 pm DLSU Department of Literature pls scan QR code to Register,
Art Fair Philippines. Lecture on Fernando Zobel : Learning to See Sunday Feb [email protected] pm. 6/F Ayala Triangle Tower 2.



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Mayors Past and Present.
I bump into Makati Mayor Abby Binay often at the Sunday Legazpi Market. Today, [Bottom] we chatted over a Sharon Cuneta record at the vinyl stall.I told her it's good to see the mayor walking about her city because I used to see Lito Atienza (Manila Mayor 1998-2007) walking on Sundays at the then Legazpi open Carpark.
By coincidence, Atienza and his wife Beng were also in the Legazpi market [Bottom]. I once served as President of the then City College of Mani...

Before & After.
Vicente Manansala murals used to adorn the canteen in the old Philamlife Building in Manila [Top]. Now that the Carlos Arguelles designed building has been demolished the canteen murals are now in the National Museum [Below] since Manansala has since been declared National Artist.



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Valentine's Day@ the National Museum.
Great to see many people (especially couples) choose the museum over the mall to spend VD.
Some things in life are still free.



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My Inquiree column on remembering and forgetting the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II



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My Inquirer today on teaching my students to read 19th century notarial documents in Tagalog.



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80 years since the 1945 Battle for Manila. The burned Manila Post Office.



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Mark your calendars folks, my first lecture and book signing for 2025.
The Adrian Cristobal Lecture is open to the public and is sponsored by DLSU Bienvenido N. Santos Center for Creative Writing and the Union ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL).
Link for registration below.
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RIZAL's ROSARY.
I first saw Rizal's rosary over 40 years ago, it was exhibited in the Ateneo High School Library and it was the first Rizal relic that made an impression on me. It did not strike me in a religious way since many Ateneans are taught to keep a rosary in their pockets.
This object made Rizal real to me that day, it made me realize that he was not just a distant hero fossilized in bronze and marble but someone who once walked the earth as I did.
A certificate of ...