Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 14

Día del Libro 2025

Sharing a photo from the Instituto Cervantes de Manila album for 2025 Dia del Libro. It was a hot day cooled by the wind that blew things away from the table where I signed for over two hours. I cannot say thank you enough for all the readers who keep me researching, writing, and producing books. The moments connecting while I sign books or smile for selfies are precious, if only to know how words can educate, entertain, and touch others.



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See you in Ayala Triangle Makati on Saturday afternoon, for my book signing @Anvil Booth during the Dia del Libro

See you in Ayala Triangle Makati on Saturday afternoon, for my book signing @Anvil Booth during the Dia del Libro


Join the BOOK SIGNING with Ambeth R. Ocampo at DÍA DEL LIBRO 2025! 📚🌹

🕰️ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
🗓️ April 26 (Saturday)
📍 Anvil Publishing booth, Ayala Triangle Gardens, Makati City

‼️ Get up to 20% OFF on books! Get a FREE ROSE for every single-receipt book purchase!

#DíaDelLibro2025 is organized by Instituto Cervantes de Manila. 🇪🇸🇵🇭

#iReadAnvil #AnvilAnniv35 #InstitutoCervantes ...

Pardon the sloppy camera work, I only slept 3 hours between a H-hour Easter Vigil at Ss Peter and Paul church in Poblacion Makat...

Pardon the sloppy camera work, I only slept 3 hours between a H-hour Easter Vigil at Ss Peter and Paul church in Poblacion Makati and Salubong in Malabon at 5am this morning.
The image of the Risen Christ meets his sorrowful mother, then a dive descends and pulls away her mourning veil to music, applause, and firecrackers. It is rousing to feel such devotion. Happy Easter!



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Kitchen in the Medina Heritage house in Arayat, Pampanga

Kitchen in the Medina Heritage house in Arayat, Pampanga. Thought the bamboo contraption suspended from the ceiling was a “bitin” for a children’s game. It’s actually a place to keep food from rats, ants, and the hungriest creatures in the house—people.



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🎉 Facebook recognized me for starting engaging conversations and producing inspiring content among my audience and peers!

🎉 Facebook recognized me for starting engaging conversations and producing inspiring content among my audience and peers!



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Throwback Tuesday

Throwback Tuesday.
Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025). Nobel Laureate for Literature visited Manila in 2016. I was able to chat with him over a dinner where all eyes were on Isabel Preysler.
My two columns on that dinner conversation in the Comments.


Why collect hippopotamus? I asked Nobel Prize Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa.
"They are vegetarian," he replied, "they make love every day."

My Inquirer column on meeting the best President Peru never had https://opinion.inquirer.net/134817/m......

Of the many images of Philip II of Spain I saw in museums in Vienna this colored terracotta bust caught my attention

Of the many images of Philip II of Spain I saw in museums in Vienna this colored terracotta bust caught my attention. It gives us a face to connect with the man for whom the Philippines was named.



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When the narrat trees shed to form an orange carpet on the ground it was Graduation time

When the narrat trees shed to form an orange carpet on the ground it was Graduation time. I never noticed that after narra the kapok trees shed forming a white carpet on the ground. I put some on my hand wondering how these use to stuff pillows in the past,



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It’s NILA without a “d”
Not Nilad :)
When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.

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Have you tried tracing your family tree as far back as possible?

Have you tried tracing your family tree as far back as possible?
Jose Rizal did so on a piece of paper preserved by his friend Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera, now in the Special Collections, Ateneo de Manila Rizal Library.
Another family tree was drawn by Rizal on one of the pages of his manuscript fortune telling game “La Sybila Cumana.”
This is right up the alley of Mighty Magulang.



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