Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 45

Just when I thought check-in at Sofitel Manila couldn’t get worse than it is. This is check out just now. Looks like an airport ...

Just when I thought check-in at Sofitel Manila couldn’t get worse than it is. This is check out just now. Looks like an airport counter with delayed flights. Sofitel commented on yesterday’s IG post but didn’t get in touch as they promised. PR lang. Sad that Sofitel is a victim of its own success, they can do better.



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Honored and pleased that National Artist Ricky Lee dropped by the Anvil Booth as I was pre signing books for my event tomorrow a...

Honored and pleased that National Artist Ricky Lee dropped by the Anvil Booth as I was pre signing books for my event tomorrow afternoon at the Philippine Book Festival. We see each other only at book fairs, I hope to attend his seminars to learn to write better.



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Standing between these shelves in the National Library of the Philippines Rare Books Division reminds me of a line from Chaucer:...

Standing between these shelves in the National Library of the Philippines Rare Books Division reminds me of a line from Chaucer:
“The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.” (Parlement of Foules).
These boxes contain the “Philippine Insurgent Records” that are the primary source for any study of the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-American War. Captured documents of the Malolos Republic were brought to the U.S. and arranged by Capt. J.R.M. Taylor into a five-volume compilation in Eng...

Born in the last century I have experienced the change from manual typewriter, to desktop, to laptop, to smartphone. From physic...

Born in the last century I have experienced the change from manual typewriter, to desktop, to laptop, to smartphone. From physical books in a library to pdfs downloaded from the internet.
My Inquirer column today underscores the reality that the past really is a foreign country, they do things differently there.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/173167/o...



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TACSYAPO! Is said to be the Kapampangan equivalent of the Tagalog "bwiset!" I used to hear "taksyapo" around adults during child...

TACSYAPO! Is said to be the Kapampangan equivalent of the Tagalog "bwiset!" I used to hear "taksyapo" around adults during childhood summers in San Fernando where I learned other bad words my mother didn't allow in our Manila home. I was to learn later tacsyapo was a very rude reference to an old woman's genitalia :)
At Isdaan restaurant in Gerona, Tarlac you can release your stress by shouting expletives (in any language) while hurling plates, cups, saucers. even TV sets on a Tacsiyapo wa...

Signed books at Dia de Libro for almost three hours today. Thanks to those who braved the heat with me. See you next week at the...

Signed books at Dia de Libro for almost three hours today. Thanks to those who braved the heat with me. See you next week at the Philippine Book Festival! That’s aircon:)


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Browsing old periodicals is an occupational hazard for historians. Prewar newspapers provide hours and hours of fun/My Inquirer...

Browsing old periodicals is an occupational hazard for historians. Prewar newspapers provide hours and hours of fun/
My Inquirer column today is on the prewar newspaper, Tribune, where I found a number of interesting articles that included a high-profile death on the Malacañang dance floor.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/173066/d...



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Leonor Rivera Kipping (1867-1893) is a name we see in textbooks, without her husband's surname because she was Jose Rizal's lost...

Leonor Rivera Kipping (1867-1893) is a name we see in textbooks, without her husband's surname because she was Jose Rizal's lost love. We know her by name but don't know her by face.



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Travels with Freud. Freud and I at the entrance to the Museo Oriental in the great Augustinian Monastery in Valladolid, Spain...

Travels with Freud.
Freud and I at the entrance to the Museo Oriental in the great Augustinian Monastery in Valladolid, Spain (2022). Preserved in the museum are many artifacts from the Philippines.
If you look behind us [Left] you will see a portrait of Santos Gomez Marañon, born in Valladolid in 1763, clothed with the Augustinian habit in 1777, sailed for the Philippines in 1787 where he served as Parish priest of Hagonoy and Pasig. In 1825 he was elected Provincial in San Agustin, In...

You should catch the BBC series "Cunk on Earth" where academic historians are asked outrageous questions on their field of exper...

You should catch the BBC series "Cunk on Earth" where academic historians are asked outrageous questions on their field of expertise. Their responses are priceless. Over the weekend someone suggested a Philippine version with Ruffa Mae (but I would prefer Eugene Domingo) interviewing me.



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