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My Inquirer column yesterday on History from Trivia.https://opinion.inquirer.net/165800/i...

My Inquirer column yesterday on History from Trivia.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/165800/i...



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I have been informed that it is an insult to crocodiles when we refer to our corrupt government officials as "buwaya." They are ...

I have been informed that it is an insult to crocodiles when we refer to our corrupt government officials as "buwaya." They are not rapacious as the human kind. When I saw this photo from the prewar magazine Renacimiento Filipino I wished that this becomes the red-plate official car model for corrupt officials. They can be heralded by wang-wang and use the bus lane on EDSA :)



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Forgot to bring Freud to the Philippine BookFestival Davao. Brought home Bibi Mangki the Davao book mascot who now shares shelf ...

Forgot to bring Freud to the Philippine BookFestival Davao. Brought home Bibi Mangki the Davao book mascot who now shares shelf space in my library. Will bring them to the 2025 Frankfurt Bookfair!



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I've received 100,000 reactions to my posts in the past 30 days. Thank you! 🙏🤗🎉 Will appreciate your suggestions for future po...

I've received 100,000 reactions to my posts in the past 30 days.
Thank you! 🙏🤗🎉
Will appreciate your suggestions for future posts. What more do you want to see in future posts.



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Having fun at the Philippine Book Festival @Davao. Signed books for three hours yesterday, and two hours today. Tiring? Definite...

Having fun at the Philippine Book Festival @Davao. Signed books for three hours yesterday, and two hours today. Tiring? Definitely, but meeting, greeting, and connecting with readers is priceless. Thank you for making this writer from “Imperial Manila” welcome in your city.



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National Artist Resil Mojares and I pose with our books in the Anvil Booth at the Philippine Bookfair Davao. We share the same i...

National Artist Resil Mojares and I pose with our books in the Anvil Booth at the Philippine Bookfair Davao. We share the same interest in old dictionaries and bibliographies.
My Inquirer column today is on bibliographies of Philippine books from the late 16th century to the early 20th centuries that helped me talk and write about books I have not read or even handled physically.
https://opinion.inquirer.net/165646/h...



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Booksigning in SM Lanang, Davao tomorrow at 1pm and on Saturday same time in conversation with National Artist Resil Mojares.

Booksigning in SM Lanang, Davao tomorrow at 1pm and on Saturday same time in conversation with National Artist Resil Mojares.



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Visited the Inquirer building one last time before it is torn down. At 32 years in the Opinion Page, I’m tied w...

Visited the Inquirer building one last time before it is torn down.
At 32 years in the Opinion Page, I’m tied with Ceres Doyo as the oldest serving Inquirer Opinion Page columnist!
If you count from the time I wrote for Letty Magsanoc at Sunday Inquirer Magazine I’ve been writing for the paper 36 years! I feel ancient.
Holding Guyito who will make Freud jealous.
Photo Yam Lee Arpon



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Quiet dinner with the siblings. I declined the rowdy birthday serenade by the waiters.Thank you to all who flooded my inbox wit...

Quiet dinner with the siblings. I declined the rowdy birthday serenade by the waiters.
Thank you to all who flooded my inbox with greetings today, it is much appreciated and made growing older by another year worthwhile.



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Every semester my class opens with a Diagnostic Test that requires students to DRAW Rizal and Bonifacio. This term I saw the ol...

Every semester my class opens with a Diagnostic Test that requires students to DRAW Rizal and Bonifacio. This term I saw the old way of doing it by shading or copying coins (Left), by copying an image from Google on a smartphone (Middle), or tracing the image on paper using a brightly lighted device underneath (Right).
When I was in grade school, we were not allowed to use calculators because mental math was the goal. But if we understood math and used calculators we would be doing calculus ...