Ambeth R. Ocampo's Blog, page 55

Trending on Tiktok video this morning was the post of Veronica Balayo, a recent visitor to the National Museum who resembles a ...

Trending on Tiktok video this morning was the post of Veronica Balayo, a recent visitor to the National Museum who resembles a photo-oleo of my mother from the 1950's! The video has earned over 400,000 likes!



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Photos from Ayala Museum's post

Double feature at the Ayala Museum on February 18, 2024.
Gomburza Lecture at 2 pm, followed by a Luna Lecture at 5pm. *For those who missed History Comes Alive last year, Luna lecture is an updated replay.
Lectures are in English with a sprinkling of Filipino.





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Imagine the present Blackbird Restaurant on Makati Avenue [Encircled] before World War 2. It was then an airport control Neilson...

Imagine the present Blackbird Restaurant on Makati Avenue [Encircled] before World War 2. It was then an airport control Neilson Tower. What are now Paseo de Roxas and Ayala Avenues were the runways. Can you locate where the Manila Peninsula and Makati Shangrila now stand? Could anyone at the time imagine that this grazing land would develop into the glitzy Makati Commercial and Business District?



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If I filter the background and wear a sweater people will think I am in a kiat-kiat orchard in China, but this is Binondo, the w...

If I filter the background and wear a sweater people will think I am in a kiat-kiat orchard in China, but this is Binondo, the world's oldest Chinatown, two weeks before the Chinese New Year. I forgot to bring Freud but had great company with Ivan Man Dy of Old Manila Walks mapping out the routes for my special tour of Rizal's Binondo coming soon.



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Book signing at Robinsons Galleria this Sunday.

Book signing at Robinsons Galleria this Sunday.


Meet and greet acclaimed historian and bestselling #AnvilAuthor Ambeth Ocampo at the #NationalBookStore Sulit Reads New Year Book Fair! Join his BOOK SIGNING:

🗓️2:00 - 4:00 PM, January 28 (Sunday)
📍Level 1, Main Atrium, Robinsons Galleria Ortigas

‼️FREE ADMISSION. RSVP now: bit.ly/nbssrnyfep ‼️

Bring your family and friends and enjoy:
✅up to 80% OFF on participating items,
✅₱99 books, and
✅book signing events with Filipino authors!

Special th...

Caught in Monday morning traffic wondering why the Point to Point (P2P) Bus that only passes by and doesn’t stop anywhere on Eds...

Caught in Monday morning traffic wondering why the Point to Point (P2P) Bus that only passes by and doesn’t stop anywhere on Edsa is not allowed on the Bus Lane?



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Ephemera from the Philippine Revolution and the First Republic are so small and fragile. Tomorrow, the 125th anniversary of...

Ephemera from the Philippine Revolution and the First Republic are so small and fragile.
Tomorrow, the 125th anniversary of the promulgation of the Malolos Constitution, was the prompt to open my Cabinet of Curiosities and bring out a copy of the Constitution, printed small, the size of a novena, quite appropriate because all the events were held in Barasoain Church.



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Near-famous indeed. These are the original manuscripts of the novels that figure in the emergence of the Filipino nation. They a...

Near-famous indeed. These are the original manuscripts of the novels that figure in the emergence of the Filipino nation. They are preserved in the National Library of the Philippines, secured in a vault.
My Inquirer column today are random notes on the novels of Rizal that I hope to build into a long, but readable, bibliographic essay.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/170090/n...



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After a century and a quarter we should look back on the Spanish-American and Philippine-American War through the primary source...

After a century and a quarter we should look back on the Spanish-American and Philippine-American War through the primary sources I first encountered as an undergrad at the Lopez Museum and Library. My talk at Rockwell Cinemas on February 3. Pls contact the museum for registration.


Watch out for details and how to sign up next week, it’s a date!

Image source:
Telembang, 1 July 2022 issue, Lopez Museum and Library Collection

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Back to school again! At the beginning of each semester I ask my students to draw Andres Bonifacio and Jose Rizal to see wh...

Back to school again!
At the beginning of each semester I ask my students to draw Andres Bonifacio and Jose Rizal to see what they remember from K-12 and also to see how they solve a question. Some are old fashioned and trace the images off coins on paper by shading with a pencil (Top Left), others use another method, they Google the images on their phone, place paper over a lighted screen and trace. (Bottom Left). Others draw free-hand (Top and Bottom Left) with varying results.
This ...