Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 12

My Inquirer column today on maps and the old names of Filipinas

My Inquirer column today on maps and the old names of Filipinas.



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My Inquirer today on a current Ayala Museum exhibition on color in/and Fernando Amorsolo

My Inquirer today on a current Ayala Museum exhibition on color in/and Fernando Amorsolo.



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Interviewed on Rizal by German media in preparation for the Philippines as Guest of Honor at the 2025 Frankfurt Bookfair

Interviewed on Rizal by German media in preparation for the Philippines as Guest of Honor at the 2025 Frankfurt Bookfair. Thanks to the National Library for allowing us to film and record in the building where Rizal’s manuscript legacy are preserved.



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KSP

KSP.
Kulang sa pansin? You can get a lot of attention riding this "crocodile car," actually a float or carrosa that I saw while leafing through the prewar magazine "El Renacimiento Filipino."



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The view of Emilio Aguinaldo’s grand living room from a library in the mezzanine where musicians played to encourage people to d...

The view of Emilio Aguinaldo’s grand living room from a library in the mezzanine where musicians played to encourage people to dance. Without the carpets you can fully appreciate the polished floors of Philippine hardwoods in planks that reference the flag.



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JULIA VARGAS the face behind the streetname

JULIA VARGAS the face behind the streetname.
For many of us who drive or commute, Julia Vargas the long street that connects C5 to EDSA, from SM Pasig to "MegaSMall." While browsing issues of the prewar magazine Excelsior from 1929 (through digital copies of rare Philippine periodicals made available by the UP Main Library) I found the face behind the name: Julia Vargas was the wife of Francisco Ortigas, owner of the Hacienda de Mandaloyon now the glitzy Ortigas Center.



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First Filipino sighted by Pius IX (Pio Nono in 1869?

First Filipino sighted by Pius IX (Pio Nono in 1869?



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Freud’s bedside reading.

Freud’s bedside reading.



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Post election downtime

Post election downtime. Posting recents pics [top] by Anson Yu taken during Good Friday heat [below] by Fumi Terada making me look Japanese in cherry blossom season.



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Finally, after a long time, my mother's "foto-oleo" on loan to the National Museum is back home, in our dining room, to be prese...

Finally, after a long time, my mother's "foto-oleo" on loan to the National Museum is back home, in our dining room, to be presented with white flowers on Mother's Day.
This wood relief foto-oleo [center] of my mother in a "Balintawak" was presented by a jilted suitor. She was not able to give it back because my grandfather kept it in his bedroom. Each time we visited my maternal grandparents I would always plead, "Lolo akin na lang retrato ng mommy," and be firmly but lovingly declined.
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