Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 219

I have appeared in two films that were rated X by MTRCB, thus no Filipino direct...

I have appeared in two films that were rated X by MTRCB, thus no Filipino director wants to hire me anymore. My dream role is to play Godzilla destroying downtown Tokyo and was thrilled to play such on a japanese movie set.


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Atang de la Rama, National Artist for Theater, was the widow of Amado V. Hernand...

Atang de la Rama, National Artist for Theater, was the widow of Amado V. Hernandez, National Artist for Literature. She was in her 80's and I was in my 20's when we had our weekly Sunday morning telebabad that made me realize that I was probably born old.

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Autographs

My Inquirer column today.http://opinion.inquirer.net/39006/a-f......

My Inquirer column today.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/39006/a-first-step-in-writing-history


A first step in writing history
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Writing A new history of the Philippines is a daunting task for any historian because of the mountains of information readily available with a click on a keyboard.

My Inquirer column today.http://opinion.inquirer.net/38878/mal......

My Inquirer column today.

http://opinion.inquirer.net/38878/malala-and-the-women-of-malolos


Malala and the women of Malolos
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Malala Yousafzai is a 14-year-old blogger from Pakistan who dared defy the Taliban by simply going to school and publicly asserting her right to an education. At 11, she began a blog for the BBC that focused attention to life in her corner of the world.

Mass-produced plastic buttons are everywhere, they are almost worthless, but whe...

Mass-produced plastic buttons are everywhere, they are almost worthless, but when US sailors went ashore in Manila in the 1900's one of the recommended souvenirs/pasalubong were hand-harvested, hand-made mother-of-pearl buttons. Very stylish.


History 2

Wow mali! Aguinaldo gave this autographed photo to a Col. Younghusband who read...

Wow mali! Aguinaldo gave this autographed photo to a Col. Younghusband who read it wrong and published it in his book The Philippines and Roundabout. Caption says he was born May 9 but Aguinaldo provided: his birth place as Kawit, his birth time as between 8-9 in the morning 22 March 1869.


Autographs

Havent felt a real earthquake in Tokyo for sometime now. Half an hour ago we had...

Havent felt a real earthquake in Tokyo for sometime now. Half an hour ago we had a 5.1 degree quake. Nothing fell off my shelves but being a circular one it made me a bit dizzy.

My Inquirer column today.http://opinion.inquirer.net/38534/a-h......

My Inquirer column today.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/38534/a-history-of-crime-in-the-philippines


A history of crime in the Philippines
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You may have received a scam e-mail from a friend, whose account has been hacked, saying that he is currently on a trip to London, that he was held up and needs some money to tide him over until he returns home.

One Sunday last spring, when the cherry blossoms were followed by hydrangeas I c...

One Sunday last spring, when the cherry blossoms were followed by hydrangeas I came across TV5's Jove Francisco outside St. Ignatius church, Tokyo. Ambush interview followed.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151042851706557&set=a.10150586010556557.380942.667381556&type=1&theater

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Jove Francisco's Photos
With historian Ambeth Ocampo in Japan.

In November 1838 Domingo Roxas acquired 59 carabaos for the hacienda de Calataga...

In November 1838 Domingo Roxas acquired 59 carabaos for the hacienda de Calatagan in Batangas. To make sure that even an illiterate could understand the transaction the carabaos were drawn on the receipt just like we write checks out in words and numbers today. I will request to see the original document from the Ayala Archives someday.

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History 2