Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 230

While I'm flattered to be cited in an Inquirer editorial, Im upset that the issu...

While I'm flattered to be cited in an Inquirer editorial, Im upset that the issue I focused on in 2007 still remains unsolved today.

http://opinion.inquirer.net/31231/strangers-to-our-heritage


Strangers to our heritage
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These days when I see numerous schoolchildren from out of town being herded into the National Museum and made to walk hurriedly and aimlessly through the halls

Notice of Rizal Day in Japan 2012 from the Philippine embassy, Tokyo.http://tok...

Notice of Rizal Day in Japan 2012 from the Philippine embassy, Tokyo.
http://tokyo.philembassy.net/events/philippine-embassy-in-tokyo-commemorates-dr-jose-rizals-151st-birth-anniversary/


Philippine Embassy in Tokyo Commemorates Dr. Jose Rizal’s 151st Birth Anniversary | Philippine Embas
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Ambassador Manuel M. Lopez and Madame Maria Teresa L. Lopez led Philippine Embassy in Tokyo officials in commemorating the 151st ...

My Inquirer column today on Rizal and Miss K.http://opinion.inquirer.net/31161/...

My Inquirer column today on Rizal and Miss K.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/31161/rizal-and-‘miss-k’


Rizal and ‘Miss K’
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The last time I checked, Internet sources listed nine women romantically linked to Jose Rizal. Three of the names on the list are familiar to everyone: Leonor R

The woman with fan drawn in Rizal's 1888 Japan notebook (above) bears an uncanny...

The woman with fan drawn in Rizal's 1888 Japan notebook (above) bears an uncanny resemblance to the image of the local Sogo motel logo (below). Nobody I asked could translate "sogo" into English or Filipino but one asked with a wink," Isn't Sogo short for Sodom and Gomorrah?" Thanks to Michael King whose comment resulted in this post.

My Inquirer column today on Rizal impersonating a Japanese man.http://opinion.i...

My Inquirer column today on Rizal impersonating a Japanese man.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/31017/rizal-impersonating-a-japanese-man


Rizal impersonating a Japanese man
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July 4 is US Independence or National Day worldwide, but in our country it is designated as Philippine-US Friendship Day, when some Pinoys show their affection by holding protest demonstrations in front of the US Embassy on Roxas Boulevard.

Typhoon presently hovering over Tokyo, but this morning we had the legendary sun...

Typhoon presently hovering over Tokyo, but this morning we had the legendary sunny Rizal weather at Hibiya Park when Philippine ambassador to Japan Manuel M. Lopez led a simple floral offering by Rizal's statue. With me are Ambassador and Mrs. Lopez and Prof Lorenzo Terada of Sophia University. Happy 151st birthday Lolo Jose!

Its Jose Rizal's 151st birthday today. This page from Rizal's Japan notebook (18...

Its Jose Rizal's 151st birthday today. This page from Rizal's Japan notebook (1888), now preserved in the Lopez Museum, shows Rizal drawing in the Japanese style. The two kanji characters on the right read "ni-hon" or Japan.


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Many people still remember Pepe en Pilar from the Philippine Readers used by alm...

Many people still remember Pepe en Pilar from the Philippine Readers used by almost everyone in the public schools. There was another series called the Rizal Readers and seem to have had nine years of basic schooling, did they already have a K-12 system before?


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FB acting up again. This photo uploaded this morning for Fathers Day doesn't app...

FB acting up again. This photo uploaded this morning for Fathers Day doesn't appear on the wall! Dad and me in the National Museum, Jakarta wondering whether this ancient stone sculpture of "Shiva's linga" is really a symbol of procreative energy or does it re-present what we think it is :)

I had to lie on the floor of the living room of the Emilio Aguinaldo Shrine in K...

I had to lie on the floor of the living room of the Emilio Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit (when no one was looking) to photograph the relief on the ceiling depicting Filipinas casting the chains that bound her and waving our flag as the sun of freedom rises in the background.


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