Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 112

Fun with party list names

Voters in May will be surprised to find 173 Party List groups on the ballot. This will remind us of True or False tests we endured in K-12. My Inquirer column is a look at the list, a light moment in our political life and choices.


Carefully crafted party list names provide light moments in Philippine politics. These will be in full display in May in a lengthy ballot that will remind voters of True or False examinations they

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CNY without family this year: Hot pot, fried lumpia and tikoy. My sister sent sn auspicious CNY ayuda.

CNY without family this year: Hot pot, fried lumpia and tikoy. My sister sent sn auspicious CNY ayuda.



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Fire ATM. From my study it looks like Mandaluyong. I can hear responding fire truck sirens on EDSA

Fire ATM. From my study it looks like Mandaluyong. I can hear responding fire truck sirens on EDSA



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A Tsinoy friend advised me years ago to refrain from the crass materialistic "kung hei fat choy" New Year Greeting that was easy...

A Tsinoy friend advised me years ago to refrain from the crass materialistic "kung hei fat choy" New Year Greeting that was easy to remember as: "Hey you! Fat boy!"
I could not remember nor pronounce the elegant, classical Chinese New Year greeting I was taught so even before the pandemic I have been using 笑口常开 (xiào kǒu cháng kāi) a greeting that hopes that we smile and laugh more in the coming year.



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There are days when the view of BGC from my study window is golden from the setting sun. Life’s simple pleasures can be free if...

There are days when the view of BGC from my study window is golden from the setting sun.
Life’s simple pleasures can be free if you not only see but notice.



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My Inquirer column today continues from Wednesday with references to Bongbong and Imee in the diaries of Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.h...

My Inquirer column today continues from Wednesday with references to Bongbong and Imee in the diaries of Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/149137/b...



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Worried his manuscript autobiography "Memories of a Manila Student" would fall into the wrong hands and be read by others, Jose ...

Worried his manuscript autobiography "Memories of a Manila Student" would fall into the wrong hands and be read by others, Jose Rizal hid under the pseudonym "P. Jacinto." (Upper photo shows the cover page of the manuscript).
On the first page "My birth--my early years" (Lower photo) he hid his identity further by crossing out his place of birth, but left his birthday: "I was born in [Calamba erased] on 19 June 1861 between 11 and midnight, a few days before the full moon."
Aside from ...

People have been asking me to confirm whether this page from the diaries of Ferdinand Marcos making the rounds on the internet i...

People have been asking me to confirm whether this page from the diaries of Ferdinand Marcos making the rounds on the internet is legit. Comparing it with official copies made accessible to me, it is authentic.
My Inquirer column today is about references to Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. in the diaries of Marcos, Sr.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/149062/m...



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Some pleasures in life are free.Japan has an amazing variety of man-hole covers; different in each city, and region. I have pho...

Some pleasures in life are free.
Japan has an amazing variety of man-hole covers; different in each city, and region. I have photo of these, some shared on this FB Page.
I noticed recently, during my aimless morning walks around Makati, that we have different man-hole covers too. Documenting these I realized that unlike the Japanese manhole covers, ours remain on the base, utilitarian level. I hope to see the day that these everyday objects can be raised to the level of art.
Perhaps...

RIZAL QUOTE FOR THE COMING WEEK sounds like a question for the candidate for president who declined to be interviewed by Jessica...

RIZAL QUOTE FOR THE COMING WEEK sounds like a question for the candidate for president who declined to be interviewed by Jessica Soho.
Texts are translated from the original Spanish or other languages, and sourced from the 25-volume Escritos de Rizal series (Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission, 1961).



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