Manuel L. Quezon III's Blog, page 88
August 7, 2011
prettyspectacular:
juanrepublic:
During the onslaught of…
During the onslaught of Tropical Storm Juaning in Albay, 12-year-old Janella Lelis braves the flood to save a Philippine flag Francisco Pena Lozano
Priceless
A few days ago, I posted a blog entry about our slain and decapitated soldiers in Sulu after their clash with the Abu Sayyafs and how I admire their courage and love for our country. We are all called to be a bayani even in our own, small, little ways and one of which is to respect and give honor to our flag.
And this young girl did on the photo more than that. She braved the flood during the height of Tropical Storm Juaning to save a Philippine flag.
I watched the evening news earlier and it saddened me learning that their house and all their stuff were all wiped out by the raging flood. She and her family are now homeless and are temporarily living with a relative.
She was not able to save their house and all their stuff, but she was able to save our flag, our country's symbol, from the flood. How sweet was that? I admire you Janella. You are indeed a hero.
I just hope that there are still other Janellas among our youngsters today. I hope that the spirit of patriotism is still burning in the hearts of Filipinos today. It's just sad to hear people who have forgotten our national anthem after finishing school (or even in College where the flag ceremonies are seldom done). Or to see people, especially in the malls, not pausing and giving respect whenever the national anthem is played. Or people who just treat our flag as an ordinary piece of cloth.
How about you? How far will you go for our country?
Viva Filipinas! Padayon!
Elsewhere: Bata, lumusong sa baha para isalba ang Philippine Flag (video)
:-)
oh no, i'm in my 30s: The Silence of The Sirens by Franz Kafka
Proof that inadequate, even childish measures, may serve to rescue one from peril.
To protect himself from the Sirens Ulysses stopped his ears with wax and had himself bound to the mast of his ship. Naturally any and every traveller before him could have done the same,…
Let's Face the Music and Dance.
Let's Face the Music and Dance.
August 6, 2011
laphamsquarterly:
Created this weekend over the course of six…
Created this weekend over the course of six hours as part of Longshot magazine's Debt issue, "Circles of Influence" is a chart of artistic, scientific, and phiosophical debts through time. It's also very pretty and something we'd like to hang on our wall.
Listen to a Longshot Radio interview about the making of this chart with Michelle Legro of Lapham's Quarterly, Maria Popova of Brain Pickings, and illustrator Wendy MacNaughton.
"The pressure on journalists these days is tremendous. The industry is still reeling from the Great…"
The pressure on journalists these days is tremendous. The industry is still reeling from the Great Media Collapse in 2008-09 where more than 30,000 journalists were axed. The industry continues to shrink with more than 2,800 lay-offs last year and more than a thousand job cuts so far this year, according to the newspaper lay-off tracker service Paper Cuts.
This means fewer journalists – with less experience – doing more work.
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George Snell, Media commentator, InTheseTimes
In this article, Michelle Chen discusses the plight of News of the World and cites George Snell to emphasize her belief: Can the economy be blamed for this distinct disregard for ethics? Although this is certainly a consideration, it is arguably not the source of the problem. Rather, she asks, "if corruption in journalism is rooted in culture, then culture change must begin in the workplace, by giving real journalists a voice."
Michelle Chen, InTheseTimes
(via futurejournalismproject)
lucreciasline:
In Which She Satisfies a Fear With The Rhetoric…
In Which She Satisfies a Fear With The Rhetoric of Tears
- Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, 1651-1695
This afternoon, my love, speaking to you
since I could see that in your face and walk
I failed in coming close to you with talk,
I wanted you to see my heart. Love, who
supported me in what I longed to do,
conquered the impossible to attain.
Amid my tears that were poured out by pain,
my heart became distilled, was broken through.
Enough, my love. Don't be so stiff. Don't let
maddening jealousies and arrogance
haunt you or let your quiet be upset
by foolish shadows: false signs of a man's
presence; for now you see my heart which met
your touch — and so is shattered in your hands.
Photo: Erwartung, Herb Leonhard (image from herbleonhard.com)
Musical Saturday: The Joy of Easy Listening
The BBC recently aired a documentary titled The Joy of Easy Listening, which you can watch online in six parts.
In Part I, you find out the origins of the style of arrangement known as Easy Listening -and where the term came from. You're introduced to some of the biggest movers and shakers in Easy Listening, their varying styles, and their creative approach.
In Part II, the influence of technology -the long-playing 33 1/3 RPM record, stereo and hi-fi- on arrangers and audiences is further discussed, and how Easy Listening started having its own charts.
In Part III, the heyday of Easy Listening -the early 1960s- reveals how Pop and Easy Listening could fuse, for example in Henry Mancini's music (even the Beatles were first discovered by Easy Listening phenomenon Bert Kaempfert): even the Beach Boys, it could be argued, were Easy Listening.
In Part IV, the phenomenal sales of Easy Listening is discussed some more, together with what those sales say about the musical tastes of mass audiences globally. Consider the segment's story: a soldier in Vietnam carrying around an album of the Hollywood Strings. Not everyone in the mid- to late 1960s was into the music we now consider Classic Rock.
In Part V, the continuing durability, and second, even third, lives or revivals, of Easy Listening, as it gains new generations of audiences, is explored. Artists themselves could evolve from Rock musicians to Easy Listening musicians. Or musicians influenced by Easy Listening: James Taylor, the Carpenters…
Finally, in part VI, the documentary wraps up by taking a look at where Easy Listening as a genre is headed.
It makes for an enjoyable watch, not least because many of the song snippets feature songs and arrangements highly familiar to Filipinos of a certain generation.
Redemption Song.
Redemption Song.
August 5, 2011
jvlian:
cloudguy:
Quezon Memorial Circle. circa 1972
Don't call…
Quezon Memorial Circle. circa 1972
Don't call it the Elliptical Circle …that's redundant. Call it the Quezon City Circle or the Elliptical …the rotunda, circle or circus (if you're English) is the site of the Quezon Memorial. But this was not the original intent of the planners of Quezon City in 1941 — the place originally intended to hold the House of the Representatives and the Senate.
You can still see the Heart center under construction and the Quezon City Hall in the background, and the road is separated by islands because it was meant for two-way vehicular access.
Also! The Quezon Memorial is 66 meters tall because it was the age when President Quezon died.
LOOK, there are no trees! Circle looks so big in the picture but in real life, at least for me, it seems smaller. And it's still a mystery for me how two way traffic were managed in the elliptical road back then. I was exposed having a one way traffic and without the islands.
Quezon Memorial in the Quezon Memorial Circle actually. Aside from the Monument, it was supposed to include a museum, a library, and theater. You can see the original design of the complex here.
How to Build Velvet Robots: On Civic Duty 1. Robespierre and Danton suspended the Declaration of…
On Civic Duty
1. Robespierre and Danton suspended the Declaration of the Rights of Man during the Reign of Terror, reasoning that it is the only way to save the Revolution in the face of an invasion by Prussia and Austria, numerous counter-revolutions, and a tenuous economy; effectively, this…
