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La Naval
by Ambeth Ocampo
MANILA. Philippines -- After evening Mass last Oct. 1, Ateneo de Manila University president Bienvenido Nebres, S.J., blessed and distributed what Ateneo boys call “October Medals.”
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Memories of a Pandaqueño
by Ambeth Ocampo
MANILA, Philippines--Ten years ago, I had a corner office at the top floor of the former Philippine National Bank Building on Escolta Street, facing the Pasig River. That room had a spectacular view of the city, which was a real joy.
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Lost in Pandacan
by Ambeth Ocampo
MANILA, Philippines -- When caught in traffic, I amuse myself by using up all the foul language I know. After this brief vocal exercise, I observe how others try to cope.
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Ateneo’s Rizal Library
by Ambeth Ocampo
They say that if you ask a fish to describe its surroundings, the last thing it will describe will be the water.
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Origins of boxing in Philippines
by Ambeth Ocampo
Christian Bautista slipped while singing the National Anthem before a boxing match recently. He didn’t slip on the notes, he did on the words, and showbiz news made a big thing out of it.
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Day of reckoning in Spanish times
by Ambeth Ocampo
MANILA, Philippines -- People are still spilling their two cents worth on the Sandiganbayan decision on the long drawn-out Erap plunder case, and the comments often reflect a personal knee-jerk reaction favorable to either Erap or the judicial system since few people have actually read the whole decision.
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Blog experience
by Ambeth Ocampo
WRITING HISTORY FOR NEWSPAPERS AND magazines has been a long solitary journey. In the age before e-mail and the Internet, you did not get feedback right away.
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Lost books
by Ambeth Ocampo
MANILA, Philippines -- Writer Jessica Zafra, who has an uncanny knack for finding the most engaging books in the most obscure places or bargain bins, gifted me with “The Book of Lost Books: An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You’ll Never Read” by Stuart Kelly (Random House, 2003).
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