A 19th-century burgher records the faces of his people (originally published in the 1975 edition of the Archipelago magazine) by Santiago A. Pilar Perhaps the most satirical of witticisms expressed about the Philippines during the Spanish times… Read More ›
Month: August 2010
The Roughness Of Times
by jun asuncion The search for the roots can never be a one-man undertaking even if given the time and the means to pursue it. It is a teamwork. For unlike writing an article on a particular theme,… Read More ›
On Looking Back
by jun asuncion I guess many of you have already noticed that over the last few weeks, comments that came in were mostly on my posts about the Asuncion History thus giving us the impression that we’re drifting… Read More ›
Stitching Up Dreams
by Michelle Dayrit-Soliven Her dreams are made of a thousand and one fabrics fashioned out of a thousand and one stitches. This I learned about Cora de Jesus Manimbo. One of the most meaningful events… Read More ›
The Noodle In Asuncions’ Soup
by jun asuncion Clarifying some confusions. I’ve tried to know whether our patriarch Mariano Kagalitan was originally a native Muslim. He was for sure not a mestizo of any kind or a Spaniard for he also had to change his… Read More ›