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My Inquirer column today on Scaling the Monumento in Monumento.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/168383/s...







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Coming full circle by returning to Taft where I first taught almost four decades ago

Coming full circle by returning to Taft where I first taught almost four decades ago


Introducing our Graduate School course offering for Term 2 of Academic Year 2023-2024 to be taught by Dr. Ambeth R. Ocampo:

LIT900P / LIT800M | Literature Seminar: Literature and Historiography
(Saturday, 130-430pm, Online)
Offered to all graduate programs of the Department of Literature. Graduate students of other departments in the College of Liberal Arts may enroll in this course as their cognate course.
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GSM, AYALA, AMORSOLO, MARCA DEMONIO. I took a photo of a GSM label [Left] in the grocery lately and wondered if the presen...

GSM, AYALA, AMORSOLO, MARCA DEMONIO.
I took a photo of a GSM label [Left] in the grocery lately and wondered if the present label does justice to the original "Marca Demonio" drawn by Fernando Amorsolo.
An old label [Middle] from the Edward de los Santos Collection is clearer with more defined detail. A photo of an even earlier label [Right] links Ginebra San Miguel with Ayala Inc. just like the one in the middle.
Before they went into glitzy malls, condos and subdivisions Ayala...

Another item off my Bucket List in Iloilo. Until last Thursday I have only seen the OTON GOLD FACE MASK in photos. Not on di...

Another item off my Bucket List in Iloilo.
Until last Thursday I have only seen the OTON GOLD FACE MASK in photos. Not on display in the National Museum Manila, this National Cultural Treasure was returned”home” and is now in the National Museum Iloilo. I was thrilled to see it.
Most excavated pre-Spanish gold has been found in Butuan and Surigao, making this Iloilo example rare. It is exceptional because it is the most ornate and comes as a complete set: EYE COVER length 13.3 cm, widt...

First time to see skyscraper window cleaners along Ayala Avenue days ago. Surely this is one of the ten most dangerous jobs in ...

First time to see skyscraper window cleaners along Ayala Avenue days ago. Surely this is one of the ten most dangerous jobs in MetroManila. Can you guess what are in the Top Five?



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Another item off the Bucket List.I have long wanted to study Guillermo Tolentino’s Bonifacio Monument up close. Opportunity cam...

Another item off the Bucket List.
I have long wanted to study Guillermo Tolentino’s Bonifacio Monument up close. Opportunity came with ongoing conservation by NHCP. Thanks to Rommel Aquino and Chad Baula for helping the overweight Senior up the scaffolding. I was too scared to climb up to the Winged Victory or even go face to face with Bonifacio. This is as good as it gets.



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Another item off my Bucket List in Iloilo. Until yesterday I have only seen the OTON GOLD FACE MASK in photos. Not on displa...

Another item off my Bucket List in Iloilo.
Until yesterday I have only seen the OTON GOLD FACE MASK in photos. Not on display in the National Museum Manila, this National Cultural Treasure was returned"home" and is now in the National Museum Iloilo. I was thrilled to see it.
Most excavated pre-Spanish gold has been found in Butuan and Surigao, making this Iloilo example rare. It is exceptional because it is the most ornate and comes as a complete set: EYE COVER length 13.3 cm, width 2....

First run of Cabinet of Curiosities was out of print weeks after the launch at MIBF. Second printing is now out and copies w...

First run of Cabinet of Curiosities was out of print weeks after the launch at MIBF.
Second printing is now out and copies will be available at NBS Gateway 2 on Saturday where I will be having a book signing. Please consider my books as Christmas presents this year.
Looking forward to our meet and greet session on Saturday afternoon!


Meet and greet acclaimed historian and bestselling author Ambeth R. Ocampo at #NationalBookStore's BIGGEST BOOK SALE EVENT EVER: the Sulit Reads Christma...

Guess what City I am in?

Guess what City I am in?



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ON June 21, 1934 the center-spread of the Graphic carried the mugshots of newly elected members of Congress. What is odd are the...

ON June 21, 1934 the center-spread of the Graphic carried the mugshots of newly elected members of Congress. What is odd are the advertisements that shared the page: two for pomade (PALS and IDEAL), and one for Esco Shoe Store with a very seductive foreign woman!
There are some familiar names: Manuel Roxas, Quintin Paredes, and Isauro Gabaldon. Some were not too familiar like Narciso Ramos, who resembled his son Fidel V. Ramos/ Then there was a real blast from the past: Julio Nalundasan, ...