Historia | Personal

You can’t make this stuff up!

  I recently started posting short blogs across all my social media. The first one was about Gen. Henry Lawton. He died in San Mateo in 1899. The only US general to perish during the Philippine-American war. The coincidence relating to his death is worthy of a “Twilight Zone” episode:   “We all know Lawton […]

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Personal

Portrait of the Artist Nick Joaquin

I knew ahead that Tony was already working on the book a few years ago. He sent an email to people that he hoped knew something interesting about Nick [though there were people that I wished he contacted]. I never replied since I don’t know the Nationalist Artist personally, but his writing. Tony Joaquin took […]

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Manila

La Naval: A Glimpse and Some Thoughts

I was very upset when I found out that the digicam I bought last year is already having some problems. A strange dark spot started appearing on the lens and this appears on all the pictures I took. So I started looking for the box and the warranty card. I got even more upset when […]

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