Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 258

Readers trying to complete their Ambeth Ocampo set are haunted by this volume, the hardest to find. I actually forced Anvil to give me their file copy because I dont have one.


My BOOKS

First published in 1993, and reprinted a number of times, this title is currently out of print. After reading this book you will know which "bolo" I am referring to.


My BOOKS

will be speaking in University of San Jose Recoletos CEBU Main campus on Monday September 26 @ 10am

will be speaking and signing books in University of San Jose Recoletos, CEBU AV room Main Campus on Monday Sept 26 at 10am.

will be speaking and signing books in University of San Jose Recoletos Cebu, Audio visual room, main campus this monday September 26 at 10am

My Inquirer column today on prehistoric jade tools.


Indigenous 'indio genius' | Inquirer Opinion
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Friends who have been to SM malls the past few days report long lines at the entrances that have nothing to do with a mall-wide sale. Rather the "blue guards" are now doing their jobs more "seriously" and, in the Philippines, that means doing things slowly to inconvenience customers.

A photo by Wig Tysmans worthy of a glossy sosyal magazine. Near famous with National Artist Bencab and the elegant Josine Elizalde grandaughter of Rizal's friend Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera.


Near Famous

While in exile in Dapitan Rizal wrote, what is said to be the first psychological essay in the Philippines, "On the cure of the bewitched" a monograph on the mangkukulam. It comes with some drawings like this depicting a woman doubled up in pain saying' Jesus! naglalata aco cun ano pa man ang nasa loob asuang yata." Rizal interviewed mangkukulam and herbolarios to understand their work and cure victims.


Smile

My Inquirer column today on vintage Philippine cigarette labels.


Cigarettes and Filipino nationalism | Inquirer Opinion
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Overheard this joke about a man who returned a freshly bought pack of cigarettes that had the warning: "Smoking causes impotence." He handed it back to the tindera saying, "give me the one that causes lung cancer." This made me wonder why some "pasaway" are contesting No Smoking ordinances enforce...

The iconic black "Vienna [bentwood] Chair" was designed by the German-Austrian cabinet maker Michael Thonet (1796-1871) and met international success after its introduction in the 1851 London Worlds Fair. It was so popular it was even made in the Philippines before the war as seen in this photo showing the elegant curved frame of the chair to be finished with a seat of sulihiya or a cushion.


History