Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 222

Contrary to popular belief, Rizal published three not two books. Everyone knows...

Contrary to popular belief, Rizal published three not two books. Everyone knows or has read the Noli (1887) and the Fili (1891) few know about Rizal's second book, his annotated edition of Antonio de Morga's Sucesos de las islas Filipinas (Events of the Philippine Islands) published in Paris in 1890. This autographed copy is in a private collection in Manila, it was presented to his Spanish bodyguard in 1887 Jose Taviel de Andrade whose brother Luis would be his counsel during his trial for treason in 1896.

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Autographs

My Inquirer column today on the Ferdinand Marcos Diary entries shortly before th...

My Inquirer column today on the Ferdinand Marcos Diary entries shortly before the declaration of Martial Law in 1972.

http://opinion.inquirer.net/37024/prelude-to-martial-law


Prelude to martial law
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Four decades have passed since the official declaration of martial law by Ferdinand Marcos. For good feng shui Marcos tried to time significant things on dates that had his lucky number “7” or its multiples. Thus, Proclamation 1081, the declaration of martial law, was signed and dated Sept. 21, 1972...

I started a new series to share autographs with a first edition of the Noli me t...

I started a new series to share autographs with a first edition of the Noli me tangere (1887) inscribed to Ferdinand Blumentritt. The Frontispiece with Rizal's photo was made specially for this bound edition, other copies do not have the photo.


Autographs

Two new books finally out. Tomorrow will start work on the next two :) Am very p...

Two new books finally out. Tomorrow will start work on the next two :) Am very productive in Jouchi Daigaku, Tokyo.


My BOOKS

Am back home in Tokyo where the internet is faster, now I can post last Fridays...

Am back home in Tokyo where the internet is faster, now I can post last Fridays column that couldn't open because of PLDT's lousy service.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/36656/more-on-the-mysterious-luzon-jars


More on the mysterious Luzon jars
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C. R. Boxer, eminent historian of Asia, is known to Filipino historians for an anonymous 16th-century manuscript on the Philippines referred to as the “Boxer Codex.” This 307-page handwritten chronicle would not be very different from other travel accounts of the period except that 15 of the 75 illu...

Was in the Bookfair yesterday, spoke to teachers before lunch and spent almost 3...

Was in the Bookfair yesterday, spoke to teachers before lunch and spent almost 3 hours signing books. I was quite tired but meeting readers of my books made me feel better. Thank you all for following this Fan Page and taking the trouble to read me.

My Inquirer column today on food and history.http://opinion.inquirer.net/36532...

My Inquirer column today on food and history.

http://opinion.inquirer.net/36532/cabeza-de-jabali


‘Cabeza de Jabali’
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When people ask where I get the material for this column, I often smile and say that I make it all up. After all, one constipated academic sneered at my appointment at the UP Creative Writing Center, saying that I actually wrote fiction and passed it off as fact. I did not waste my time on a critic ...

Rica (Carla) Peralejo was one of my best students in the Ateneo. I was disappoin...

Rica (Carla) Peralejo was one of my best students in the Ateneo. I was disappointed not to have a photo op when she graduated thus I was so pleased to see her again during my last Ayala Museum lecture with her equally pretty sisters.


Near Famous

Dasmariñas is the name of: a Cavite town, a posh Makati gated community, and a b...

Dasmariñas is the name of: a Cavite town, a posh Makati gated community, and a busy Chintown street in Manila. There were two men called Dasmariñas in Philippine history: Gomez Perez Dasmariñas Spanish governor-general (1590-1593) murdered by Chinese rowers while on military expedition, and his son Luis Perez Dasmariñas governor-general (1593-1596) who commissioned the Chinese artisan who carved the ivory head of the venerated image La Naval de Manila. This is a photo of Luis that gives us a face to Dasmariñas.


History 2

We had over 400 people at my Ayala Museum lecture this afternoon. 500 copies of...

We had over 400 people at my Ayala Museum lecture this afternoon. 500 copies of Looking Back 6 sold. Not bad for a days work.
Will be signing books at the Manila International Bookfair next Saturday.