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The i-pod, i-pad, digicam generation does not realize how complicated taking pic...

The i-pod, i-pad, digicam generation does not realize how complicated taking pictures used to be. Pictures were printed on paper in a dark room, drawn from film or glass by light and chemicals.

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Yet another earthquake 30 mins ago. At 5.2 it wasn't strong as the 5.9 I posted...

Yet another earthquake 30 mins ago. At 5.2 it wasn't strong as the 5.9 I posted about earlier, but this one made made my apartment groan.

My Inquirer column today on Rizal and education.http://opinion.inquirer.net/29...

My Inquirer column today on Rizal and education.

http://opinion.inquirer.net/29813/the-hero-as-teacher


The Hero as Teacher
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Parents, teachers, and students are now preparing for the opening of classes: pay tuition; buy books, pens, uniforms; budget the baon. These remind me of Jose Rizal and his beach-front school in Dapitan. We know from his writings that Rizal was interested in education. If he were not shot dead at th...

Student reviews of Ateneo teachers are out. This made me smile.Ocampo, Ambeth R...

Student reviews of Ateneo teachers are out. This made me smile.
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HI 165: Rizal And The Emergence Of The Philippine Nation HI 166: Philippine History
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FUN: You won't ever not pay attention in class Most witty man you'll ever know He changes your perspective about certain things we know like heroes and stories He gives you amusing facts about heroes and the like You will never regret taking his class You get to play Pinoy Henyo and charades for bonus points in the long test His long test is per row, meaning one representative will take the long test for one row (he chooses which person will take the test) He's an easy C+, hard to get higher unless your papers are really high. Paper almost every week but they are all short (1-3 pages) I think he's not teaching next school year though HAHA. If ever he still is, GET HIM. You will not regret it.

My Inquirer column today on the dream that saved Andres Bonifacio from capture....

My Inquirer column today on the dream that saved Andres Bonifacio from capture.

http://opinion.inquirer.net/29687/virgin-of-balintawak


Virgin of Balintawak
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Balintawak to a 21st-century Pinoy is a part of Quezon City marked by an LRT station, or the entry point or first stop in the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx). Balintawak can also refer to a single-stick fighting style of Philippine martial arts (eskrima or arnis), as well as the colorful rural costume...

Many of us draw water from a faucet these days, imagine having to draw water fro...

Many of us draw water from a faucet these days, imagine having to draw water from a well and carry it home in an earthenware pot or palayok balanced on your head.


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This is not an early advertisement for Golds or Fitness First. Flexing their mus...

This is not an early advertisement for Golds or Fitness First. Flexing their muscles are National Artist for Sculpture Guillermo Tolentino (center) and his assistant Anastacio Caedo (third from left) who later claimed his winning form was used as the basis for Tolentino's iconic UP Oblation.


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This convenience store in NAIA Terminal 3 sells Santo Nino images along with cakes!

This convenience store in NAIA Terminal 3 sells Santo Nino images along with cakes!


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My Inquirer column today asking how and when a small piece of paper like a bankn...

My Inquirer column today asking how and when a small piece of paper like a banknote gains monetary value.

http://opinion.inquirer.net/29365/will-p1-million-fit-in-your-palm


Will P1 million fit in your palm?
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Watching Chief Justice Renato Corona dig his own grave on nationwide television was sad and painful. It was not so much the Chief Justice as the Supreme Court t

In a former life I signed three Cultural Agreements for the Republic of the Phil...

In a former life I signed three Cultural Agreements for the Republic of the Philippines with the Peoples Republic of China: the first in Foshan, China in 2005 and two more in 2006 in Manila during the State Visit of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. Im now happily retired from government and enjoying the quiet of academic life.


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