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Classics of Philippine Cartography Exhibit in National Museum Cebu

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An Ode to the Pizza Toast

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Fencing: a symbol of 19th-century Filipino 'manliness'

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Let's Cook with Nora: Our 35-year-old Cookbook

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The Visual Noli Me Tangere: 28 Paintings at the National Museum of Fine Arts

It was a Saturday morning when I went to the National Museum of Fine Arts. And if it weren't for a group of young people who were taking a selfie, I wouldn't have known that there is a special exhibit of twenty-eight Noli Me Tangere Paintings by Leonardo Tayao Cruz . This is the largest collection of paintings inspired by Jose Rizal 's novel. When one of the security guards approached the group to ask them to refrain from making a lot of noise, I got to talk to her afterward about the Museum. She advised me of the Noli Me Tangere exhibit which is located on the Judiciary Floor (Sandiganbayan Reception Hall and Gallery) . Right after my conversation with the guard, I went directly to the ground floor to see the paintings. The oil paintings were completed between 2002 and 2006. They were previously displayed at the Rizal Shrine in Fort Santiago in 2008. The paintings were done in the classical-impressionist style which the artist is known for. ...

El Filibusterismo: The Death of Maria Clara De Los Santos

A drawing of Maria Clara by Vicente Manansala. National Museum of Fine Arts. As a Jose Rizal fan, it might sound blasphemous but I don't enjoy reading El Filibusterismo as compared to Noli Me Tangere . I find Rizal's writing a little hurried and the narrative complex in this book. As a sequel to Noli Me Tangere , it does tie up the loose ends that were left unanswered at the end of the book. I always get emotional whenever I read El Fili. Maybe it was all because of the "revolutionary" talk that happens throughout the story. The scenes in El Fili are graver and forthright. There seems to be a sense of darkness that surrounds every page. The Deal There is this particular chapter in El Fili where Simoun , the intrigue-laden protagonist, visits the infirmed Capitan Tiago . The old man is being taken care of by Basilio, the young orphan sacristan in Noli Me Tangere who is now a medical student. Captain Santiago de los Santos is the father of Maria Clara, the...

The Secrets of Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere

"To this end, I shall endeavor to show your condition, faithfully and ruthlessly. I shall lift a corner of the veil which shrouds the disease sacrificing to the truth everything even self-love---for, as your son, your defects and weaknesses are also mine." Jose Rizal 1886, Europe The first time I read Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere , it was a comic book version that my Dad bought from National Bookstore. It was designed for school kids since it was a short and sanitized version. You can tell that the artist's inspiration for Crisostomo Ibarra was Rizal. I think it was originally made in the 1960s. I still see National Bookstore selling them. My first full reading of Noli happened when I was in 6th grade. I borrowed my cousin's Noli textbook which was in Tagalog. It was engrossing and I had fun reading it. I didn't put the book down until I finished the story. Years later, I bought a copy of the English translation made by Ma....

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A week before the declaration of the Enhanced Community Quarantine in Cebu City last March, I visited a local bookstore and came across Neni Sta. Romana-Cruz's Philippine Proverbs book published by Tahanan Books. It's a compilation of 105 sayings gathered from the different languages and dialects that we have in the Philippines. I've been a fan of Ms. Sta. Romana-Cruz since I bought her books, You Know You're Filipino If...A Pinoy Primer and Don't Take a Bath on a Friday: Philippine Superstitions and Folk Beliefs in the early 2000s. I so love these books that I've even given copies of them as gifts to my cousins who grew up in the United States of America and even to my international acquaintances. I also have a copy of her take on how we Filipinos love wordplay, especially on store signs and business names. The title of this book is, Ngalang Pinoy: A Primer on Filipino Wordplay . Looking at the cover illustration of her books, one would think that they are de...

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Ah, love. You win some, you lose some. It's a neverending quest to find that person to spend your lifetime with. What is Hugot? It's a Filipino word that means pull out or drawn out. But recently, Hugot became a catchphrase for something that is deeply emotional especially love. It can be triggered by a song, a word, an action or a movie. Hugot lines have been in vogue even decades ago. It's just that people didn't know how to collectively say it.

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