How I became a historian

How I became a historian.
"Why is Rizal wearing a heavy winter overcoat in the tropics?"
That was the question my father asked on my first trip to Luneta or Rizal Park.
That question changed my life.
In retrospect, father was just being silly, but his question probably formed me into the curious Public Historian I am today.
Early in life I learned to see the world differently, always from a different angle, and my method has always been to
LOOK CLOSELY
CONNECT BROADLY
THINK CRITICALLY
and EXPRE...