Doing some research ion preparation for an interview on The Correspondents, I came across a transcript of a press conference held by my grandfather on July 10, 1936, eight months into his first term. The issue is apparently a jueteng scandal in Laguna province. What’s interesting is the approach to the issue: a distinction between [...]

Movie parodies are part of the great fun one can have on the ‘net. Years ago, when most of the blogs I read were on LiveJournal, a blog purporting to have the secret diaries of characters from the Lord of the Rings caused a sensation. The original LJ is gone, but mercifully, someone saved them [...]

The Long View Senior moment by Manuel L. Quezon III May 30, 2005 OF the Class of 1944, of Georgetown Prep, in Washington, D.C, my father’s graduating high school class, only a few are left. Perhaps one of the most prominent of them is John Dingell, who has been a member of the U.S. Congress [...]

I get very, very cranky during my birthday. It helps when friends go out of their way to greet me. Turning 35, in particular, is something of a milestone -so much that should have been done, so much still to do, so very much that may never get done. Then you run across ephemera like [...]

Senior moment – INQ7.net: is my PDI column for today. An interesting email from Mary D. Dulatre, who has self-published Oral Histories of the Ilocanos: Life Experiences from World War II to Present by Mary D. Dulatre (Book) in Books > Social Sciences > Ethnic & Gender Studies > Asian Studies: My name is Mary [...]

Writing Executive Order No. 310 was a profoundly satisfying experience, because it addressed several problems. The first was caused by sloppy legal writing: the presidential coat of arms, and the presidential seal (they are not one and the same thing) were created by an executive order issued by President Manuel Roxas. On the presidential flag [...]

A place I got to visit for the first time was the Pat Hurley mansion in Leesburg, Virginia, where my grandparents and their family stayed for a few months upon arriving in the United States to establish the government-in-exile in 1942. Here is part of a photo showing the family, August 19, 1942: A little [...]

Japanese media are abuzz over the possibility of Japanese Imperial Army stragglers being identified in Mindanao, although, Just rumors, diplomat says of stragglers’ tale”>The Manila Times Internet Edition | TOP STORIES > Just rumors, diplomat says of stragglers’ tale. A side note to the Japanese media frenzy is that a Japanese loses $20,000 at airport [...]

I’ve signed on as a co-author at asiapundit. Still getting the hang of it, but first entry is on La Vida Lawyer recounting a Filipino bureaucrat’s philosophy: “What is the most important rule in life?”, Mr. Bureaucrat, a career officer in a government agency, blurted as he swang his club and sent the golf ball [...]

…So, until I recover, a blast from the past… Central Park, late June, 2002. Right after a Summer shower.