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Serendipity on Good Friday. After washing the freshly cooked soba (buckwheat noodles) to remove the starch I put a brick of ice ...

Serendipity on Good Friday. After washing the freshly cooked soba (buckwheat noodles) to remove the starch I put a brick of ice on it while tempura was cooking. I noticed the middle of the ice brick was not frozen so used it as a bowl for zarusoba! #ambethocampo #thefilipinohistorian #lookingback #AskAmbeth #soba #zarusoba #ice #japanesefood #noodles



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When you go over the Stations of the Cross painted by the anonymous “Bohol Master” in the National Museum, focus on two signific...

When you go over the Stations of the Cross painted by the anonymous “Bohol Master” in the National Museum, focus on two significant details in this particular panel. First, bottom of the panel dates the work to 1830. Second, on the top is the often overlooked landscape in the background that represents the iconic Bohol “Chocolate Hills.” This charming work is loaned from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. #ambethocampo #thefilipinohistorian #AskAmbeth #lookingback #bohol #painting



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Costumes worn during the Maundy Thursday commemoration of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples always reminds me of a 2008 tr...

Costumes worn during the Maundy Thursday commemoration of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples always reminds me of a 2008 trip to Zamboanga del Norte when I met the 13 Rizalista Elders who cared for the Rizal Shrine, Dapitan.
#ambethocampo #thefilipinohistorian #lookingback #AskAmbeth #dapitan #Rizal #shrine



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Looking beyond the first Mass in Limasawa

My Inquirer column today on re-reading Pigafetta and finding out more about the past and ourselves rather than obsessing over where the First Easter Mass was held.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/138956/l...
No newspaper on Good Friday!!
#ambethocampo #thefilipinohistorian #lookingback #AskAmbeth #Inquirer #magellan #500


The spoiler for today’s commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the first Easter Mass in Limasawa are the advocates who stubbornly insist t...

On my last visit to the National Museum two large historical paintings 🖼 n thby National Artist Carlos V. Francisco I ignored be...

On my last visit to the National Museum two large historical paintings 🖼 n thby National Artist Carlos V. Francisco I ignored before seemed relevant to the 1521 quincentennial. Do you know why? Can you supply the titles for each? #ambethocampo #thefilipinohistorian #lookingback #AskAmbeth #500 #quincentennial #magellan



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Happy Fathers Day to a 90-year old who can still travel and follow this FB Page....

Happy Fathers Day to a 90-year old who can still travel and follow this FB Page. We were in a Sydney pub a few nights ago to try crocodile pizza and washed it down with apple cider.

Had two Inquirer articles on Rizal's birthday---page one on Rizal's selfies ando...

Had two Inquirer articles on Rizal's birthday---page one on Rizal's selfies andop-ed page on Rizaliana in the Lopez Museum.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/85955/rizal-in-the-lopez-museum


Rizal in the Lopez Museum
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Raton de biblioteca, literally translated from the original Spanish, means ���library mouse��� in English, but a better rendering is ���bookworm��� or ���bibliophile.��� I fit the description to a tee because I grew up in a house with books and have lived most of my professional life in libraries. Fortunately,���

Online version of my page one Inquirer article on Rizal's two selfies does not c...

Online version of my page one Inquirer article on Rizal's two selfies does not carry these pictures.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/699422/rizals-self-portraits-late-19th-centurys-selfies

Josefa and Josefina are feminine forms for Jose. Rizal's younger sister was Jose...

Josefa and Josefina are feminine forms for Jose. Rizal's younger sister was Josefa, her nickname was Panggoy. Josefina in English is Josephine and this original letter of Miss Bracken is in the USP Museum in Cebu.

My Inquirer column today on teh shady Howard Bray.http://opinion.inquirer.net/8...

My Inquirer column today on teh shady Howard Bray.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/85908/lost-in-translation


Lost in translation?
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Philippine Daily Inquirer By: Ambeth R. Ocampo, June 17th, 2015 12:40 AM One of the most popular dioramas in the Ayala Museum depicts the declaration of Philippine independence from the balcony of Emilio Aguinaldo���s house in Kawit, Cavite, on June 12, 1898. Some visitors rightly comment that the rea���