Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 157

Went to a Godzilla exhibit in a small museum outside Tokyo and caught the monste...

Went to a Godzilla exhibit in a small museum outside Tokyo and caught the monster hiding in one of the rooms! Pls share.


2015

My Inquirer column today on a Japanese Christian Daimyo exiled to Manila 400 yea...

My Inquirer column today on a Japanese Christian Daimyo exiled to Manila 400 years ago.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/82332/justo-takayama-ukon


Justo Takayama Ukon
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Cardinal Chito Tagle, the Archbishop of Manila, made a stopover in Japan this week en route to Rome. He celebrated Mass in Kobe marking the 400th death

Fernando Amorsolo is best remembered for his cheerful paintings of the prewar or...

Fernando Amorsolo is best remembered for his cheerful paintings of the prewar or "Pistaym" Philippines, but he also documented the horror and destruction of World War II that many collectors avoid because these canvasses are considered bad feng shui in any home. Pls share.


2015

My Inquirer column today explains why I missed my Friday column last week.http:...

My Inquirer column today explains why I missed my Friday column last week.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/82273/in-combat-in-old-makati


In combat in old Makati
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Some friends on Facebook still have their profile pictures blacked out to mourn the 44 policemen killed in an operation to extract two known terrorists from territory controlled by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Mindanao. As I processed my feelings in relation to everyone else���s, I realized th���

This 18thC Italian map of the Philippines shows the isllets and shoals claimed b...

This 18thC Italian map of the Philippines shows the isllets and shoals claimed by China within our territory. These were formerly known asL Galit, Panacot, and Lumbay.


2015

Saw this in the grocery and smiled. Sarap is imported Thai patis but Jufran is P...

Saw this in the grocery and smiled. Sarap is imported Thai patis but Jufran is Philippine-made Thai patis. Pls share.

Karen Berthelsen Cardenas dug up lines I should have used for the column I coul...

Karen Berthelsen Cardenas dug up lines I should have used for the column I could not write. The Internet does have more interesting items than porn. Karen wrote:
I was doing some googling on Fr Vicente Marasigan and I came upon an old (2008) article of Ambeth R. Ocampo and his words ring true as we grieve the death of the Fallen 44.
"Father Marasigan's words came as a shock to me when I first read them, but it also made me realize that the life sacrificed for country is more than just a historical event, it has a personal dimension to it. A dead hero is someone's father, mother, brother, sister, husband, wife or lover. The sacrifice is more painful for those who are left behind. When a folded flag is given to the relatives of a soldier who has fallen in battle, it is conferred with the stirring words, 'Take this symbol from a grateful nation.' It will never replace the loved one lost, and when I think about the living people left behind by our heroes, I appreciate an even greater sacrifice on their part."

My Inquirer column today on the art of Fernando Zobel.http://opinion.inquirer.n...

My Inquirer column today on the art of Fernando Zobel.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/82087/zobel-words-and-pictures


Zobel, words and pictures
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Some people react to abstract art with the comment that any five-year-old can do the same dabs of paint on a canvas and be considered an artist. When some

MERALCO was not just an electric company. Iit was the "Manila Electric Railroad...

MERALCO was not just an electric company. Iit was the "Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company" till 1919 and this advertisement shows how their trains earned extra income by selling advertising space just as our MRT/LRT and buses do today. Pls share.


2015

I chose to stay home during the Papal weekend and watch everything unfold on TV....

I chose to stay home during the Papal weekend and watch everything unfold on TV. No crowds, no diapers, just idiotic commentary from TV anchors and reporters. I have no pictures with the Pope, not even the cardboard ones in churches, but I have the next best thing, a photo with Cardinal Tagle.


2015