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The Tarot: A world heritage
PART I
In Cartas Philippinensis, the first Philippine Tarot cards by historian and lawyer Saul Hofileña Jr., painted by Guy Custodio, we have a newborn with a long, illustrious world heritage.
Tracing its genealogy has been quite an adventure. Thanks to the Internet filling in...
Class suspension, heroes, and Amari
Our last week’s visit here in Rizal Park helped prevent my incipient frustration with the late class suspension today, because it meant that I would have time to go back to the Trece Mártires de Bagumbayan marker that bears another masonic inscription on...
Why bullying is not child’s play
Bullying is about aggression. Fear in the child victim and the indifference of adult society fuel it. People’s refusal to intervene or report the incidents, thinking they’re only child’s play, makes it an extremely difficult problem to solve.
Domination, too. There has to be...
Is Rizal still relevant?
A hundred-and-twenty-two years is a fairly long time. Only very few live that long. For the youth, much too vague. Too murky that some are even asking: Is Rizal still relevant today?
Here’s a better question. To die the way Rizal did: what was...
Unhidden markers of Kilometer Zero
This was my daughter Janna’s idea; I never wanted to go to Rizal Park at midmorning, when the sun’s rays piercing the skin without mercy. Yes, I woke up early so we wouldn’t get stuck in the hell of Manila traffic. I was...
Hoops, we did it again
Settle down, people, but the battle of Katipunan between Ateneo de Manila and the University of the Philippines happens every year and not necessarily on the basketball court. In fact, if you ask a certain defined group, the yearly rivalry between UP and...
