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The scent of my mother featured in Vogue Philippines

The scent of my mother featured in Vogue Philippines.
https://vogue.ph/beauty/fragrance/mot...

Last photo with my mom, taken on her 70th birthday, ten days before she passed away in 2003.
My mom Belen Raymundo Ocampo passed in 2003 but she remains alive in the tastes and fragrances we grew up with. She left us with a box of recipes, most of them kitchen-tested because she didn't believe in improvising or "oido" in the kitchen. Following a recipe to the letter...

My Inquirer column today, looking beyond the present into the past

My Inquirer column today, looking beyond the present into the past.



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Last lecture day for the semester and my students seem so happy to be rid of me!

Last lecture day for the semester and my students seem so happy to be rid of me!



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In the age of the internet we will first learn about the election of a new pope by smoke signals!

In the age of the internet we will first learn about the election of a new pope by smoke signals! Then there is the little-known narration of how champagne soured the relationship between Rizal and Plaridel.



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Sorry for the late posting

Sorry for the late posting. When Manuel L. Quezon was elected Commonwealth President in 1935, his rival Emilio Aguinaldo made an election protest. The situation was so heated because it was rumored that Aguinaldo and his followers would foil the inauguration. I read some of the reports of Quezon's "tiktik" or informants in the Aguinaldo camp and share one in my column. Click this link or the one in the comments:
https://opinion.inquirer.net/182901/a...



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Everyone knows RTO, I remember Lem-O-Lime, but can someone tell me about Royal Strawberry ?

Everyone knows RTO, I remember Lem-O-Lime, but can someone tell me about Royal Strawberry ? From a 1930’s Royal ad.



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Carvajal is a small street (more like an alley) in Binondo that you enter on Quintin Paredes (Santo Rosario) and exit on Yucheng...

Carvajal is a small street (more like an alley) in Binondo that you enter on Quintin Paredes (Santo Rosario) and exit on Yuchengco (Nueva).
I used to buy fruits and black chicken here before splurging at Ho-Land Hopia.
In 1938 Carvajal looked more like a street in Shanghai than one in Manila.



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Humbled by the the recognition from De La Salle University for excellence in the practice of Public History

Humbled by the the recognition from De La Salle University for excellence in the practice of Public History. More so because in a senior moment I forgot about the awards night last Saturday.
The superlative write up in the brochure and citation notwithstanding, I am not completely excellent and strive to improve everyday.
Thanks and apologies to DLSU. Thanks to Kimy Suarez for sending this pic.



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In another life, another time, I taught an Honors class in St

In another life, another time, I taught an Honors class in St. Scholastica’s College in Manila. This front page feature from 1938 reminded me of the hallways like a European Benedictine cloister. A lot of this has been preserved as the cultural heritage of Manila. The uniforms I remember from my cousins and aunts from Pampanga who studied in these halls and know them well.



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This news item from the Graphic of March 1938 is self-explanatory

This news item from the Graphic of March 1938 is self-explanatory



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