Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 225

Thanks Carmen Pedrosa of the Star for the kind words and the plug for my August...

Thanks Carmen Pedrosa of the Star for the kind words and the plug for my August 25 lecture at the Ayala Museum.

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People to people; Hiroshima Mon Amour - FROM A DISTANCE By Carmen N. Pedrosa - The Philippine Star »
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The Japanese Embassy recently celebrated Philippine-Japan friendship with a wonderful display of Japanese art and culture.

My Inquirer column today in trees,http://opinion.inquirer.net/34878/nat...

My Inquirer column today in trees,

http://opinion.inquirer.net/34878/native-trees

Rain or Shine hope to see you at the Ayala Museum on August 25. Click on flyer f...

Rain or Shine hope to see you at the Ayala Museum on August 25. Click on flyer for details.

Thanks for all the birthday greetings. I wish there was enough of this beautiful...

Thanks for all the birthday greetings. I wish there was enough of this beautiful "lechon cake" from Josine Elizalde and Little Miss Oc's Cakes to share with all of you as I grow a year older and hopefully wiser too.

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Trece de agosto is an old street in Manila. August 13 was formerly celebrated as...

Trece de agosto is an old street in Manila. August 13 was formerly celebrated as "Occupation Day" to mark the day in 1898 when the Spanish, holed up in Intramuros surrounded by Fiipino troops under Emilio Aguinaldo, arranged a sham battle with the Americans who bombarded Fort San Antonio Abad (present Bangko Sentral on Rocas Boulevard) to effect the surrender of Spanish Manila to the US not to the Filipinos. That is how the Philippines passed from the Spanish flag to the Stars and Stripes in one day.


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Topics for History Comes Alive 2012 @Ayala Museum on August 25 and September 8....

Topics for History Comes Alive 2012 @Ayala Museum on August 25 and September 8. See the full pic for details.

My Inquirer column today on drivers and cocheros.http://opinion.inquirer.net/34...

My Inquirer column today on drivers and cocheros.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/34391/kwentong-kutsero


‘Kwentong Kutsero’
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Fabian de la Rosa, dean of the prewar University of the Philippines School of Fine Arts, is a great painter unfortunately overshadowed by his nephew Fernando Amorsolo, the first National Artist, whose paintings, whether big or small, never go unsold at auctions abroad. De la Rosa was the link betwee...

The recent rains reminded me of this charming print "Moro umbrella" by Elizabeth...

The recent rains reminded me of this charming print "Moro umbrella" by Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956) who is best known for her vignettes on Japan. She travelled a lot in Asia and produced a series on the prewar Philippines now little known. One of my regrets was not buying this print in the mid 1980s when I first saw it in Heritage Art Center in Cubao


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Fabian de la Rosa, uncle of Fernando Amorsolo, the first National Artist, paint...

Fabian de la Rosa, uncle of Fernando Amorsolo, the first National Artist, painted this flooded Manila street over a century ago yet the scene and the experience is the same in 2012. Is this history repeating itself? Not really. We just need to blame someone or something else. History doesn't repeat itself, it is we who repeat it.


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My Inquirer column today on crocodiles and chocolates.http://opinion.inquirer.n...

My Inquirer column today on crocodiles and chocolates.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/34239/chocolates-and-crocodiles


Chocolates and crocodiles
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When the rain pours and makes the Pasig river swell, I notice that the normally dark and stagnant water turns a shade lighter, and the stench momentarily wafts away. When the Pasig throws up all the garbage stupid people have thrown into her I realize we never get the message. There was a time, jud...