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My Inquirer column today on symptoms of disease in Marcelo H. del Pilar and Ferd...

My Inquirer column today on symptoms of disease in Marcelo H. del Pilar and Ferdinand Marcos.

http://opinion.inquirer.net/35364/from-chicken-oil-to-cortisone


From chicken oil to cortisone
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With each batch of the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health forced to listen to my lecture on medicine and history lies my hope that one would, even as a hobby, follow up on my leads and write on how disease has affected the course of our history. Cholera epidemics in the 19th century killed ...

Every August I celebrate my birthday with two friends. This year we got these wo...

Every August I celebrate my birthday with two friends. This year we got these wonderful cakes from Miss Oc's Kitchen as well as very small paintings by National Artist Bencab.

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Graffiti by Juan Luna on the wall of the Fort Santiago cell where he was impriso...

Graffiti by Juan Luna on the wall of the Fort Santiago cell where he was imprisoned with his brother Antonio. They were implicated in the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution of 1896 but were pardoned by the Queen of Spain.Too bad these and other graffiti were not preserved.

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History 2

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.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=839543&publicationSubCategoryId=64


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.


History 2

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...