Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 221

Visited the Meguro Parasite Museum to see what is allegedly the longest tapeworm...

Visited the Meguro Parasite Museum to see what is allegedly the longest tapeworm taken from a human. This 8.8 meter monster was extracted from a Japanese woman. Now that makes me think twice about enjoying sushi and sashimi. The piece of string on the left gives visitors an idea of the length of the tapeworm preserved under glass.

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Sharing a good Christmas idea.https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb......

Sharing a good Christmas idea.
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Timeline Photos

Saw this on the National Museum page today and asked why I gave Juan Luna away,...

Saw this on the National Museum page today and asked why I gave Juan Luna away, but then what better place will it be than in a room full of his paintings.
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Timeline Photos
Historic.
Bust of Juan Luna by Anastacio Caedo (1907-1990) on display in Hall III. Gift of historian Ambeth Ocampo, the sculpture and other art gifts to the Nation are on view in the 8 new galleries opened since 2 October.
The National Museum reserves all rights on these photographs. These are the copyright of the National Museum Board of Trustees. Please ask permission if you are going to use these for commercial purposes.

National Artist Nick Joaquin would rap me on the head with his knuckles whenever...

National Artist Nick Joaquin would rap me on the head with his knuckles whenever we met. This was the peculiar (and painful!) way he expressed his affection. Cariño brutal I think its called in Spanish, see how he dedicated this book :)

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Autographs

My Inquirer column today.http://opinion.inquirer.net/39926/red......

My Inquirer column today.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/39926/red-hats-for-all-souls-day


Red hats for All Souls Day
opinion.inquirer.net
READING biographical data off tombstones is a lesson in research I learned from the late E. Arsenio Manuel, author of the four-volume “Dictionary of Philippine Biography.”

Undas brings families together in cemeteries and memorial parks once a year. Its...

Undas brings families together in cemeteries and memorial parks once a year. Its time to remember that Funeral parlor ads are not as graphic as they used to be a century ago.


History 2

My Inquirer column today.http://opinion.inquirer.net/39790/riz...

My Inquirer column today.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/39790/rizals-ghost


Rizal’s ghost
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ON APRIL 22, 1895, Jose Rizal, then an exile in Dapitan, consulted a Jesuit regarding noisy and destructive ghosts in one of the houses in his estate. These types of spirits are called poltergeists and were the subject of a scholarly paper by the Jesuit historian Jose A. Arcilla, who dug up the foll...

Downtown Quiapo, home of the Black Nazarene, armpit of the nation, is said to ha...

Downtown Quiapo, home of the Black Nazarene, armpit of the nation, is said to have gotten its name from the water plant "kiyapo" that was abundant there in pre-Spanish times. This colored plate from Blanco's Flora de Filipinas carries the Latin scientific name. In English kiyapo is also known as: water lily, tropical duckweed or even freshwater lettuce though it doesnt look edible to me.

I have been teaching for close to three decades now, hoping to find one student...

I have been teaching for close to three decades now, hoping to find one student who will, like me, follow the path of Clio. Finally, a student gave his teacher the best compliment ever--front page story in today's Inquirer.
Now I can look to retirement.
Congratulations Nicholas Sy!
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/296856/st-calungsod-saintly-arm-could-be-dangerous


St. Calungsod saintly arm could be dangerous
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A picture indeed paints a thousand words, as does the portrait rendered by artists of Pedro Calungsod, who on Sunday officially became the second Filipino saint next to San Lorenzo Ruiz.

My Inquirer column today.http://opinion.inquirer.net/39452/for......

My Inquirer column today.

http://opinion.inquirer.net/39452/forbes-por-bes-or-pobres-park


‘Forbes,’ ‘Por-bes,’ or ‘Pobres Park’?
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“Dasma” is short for Dasmariñas and refers to the posh gated community in Makati, not the busy Chinatown street in downtown Manila, or the first-class city in the province of Cavite. “Por-bes” used to refer to a street near España Avenue and the University of Santo Tomas named in honor of William Ca...