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Breaking news for the upcoming coffee table book “LA LAGUNA The Heart of the Philippines”…

It’s now official: renowned historian, scholar, and linguist, Señor Guillermo Gómez y Rivera, will write the foreword to my debut book, LA LAGUNA The Heart of the Philippines! Meeting last Sunda… more →

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Breaking news for the upcoming coffee table book "LA LAGUNA The Heart of the Philippines"...

Pepe wrote 2 months ago: It’s now official: renowned historian, scholar, and linguist, Señor Guillermo Gómez y Rivera, … more →

Tags: Adamson University, Announcements, Celebrities, delineations, History, Pagsanján, pila, Provincia de La Laguna, Spanish language

Laguna | Pagsanjan Arch | Top Places To See In Laguna

nik_rielo wrote 10 months ago: This is Pagsanjan Arch in Pagsanjan, Laguna. Story to follow.   0.000000 0.000000 … more →

Tags: Laguna, Landmarks, Philippines, Travel, Asia, Philippine, Arts, Architecture, Photography

28 July 1571: The story behind the discovery of La Laguna's foundation date. — 14 comments

Pepe wrote 11 months ago: Good day, dear readers, particularly to my fellow Lagunenses. For this blogpost, I am sharing to you … more →

Tags: Controversies, History, The Helter-skelter World of Philippine Politics, social networking, Adamson University, Provincia de La Laguna, San Pedro Tunasán, bay, Calambâ

Happy 75th birthday, Señor Gómez!

Pepe wrote 1 year ago: Happy 75th birthday to the man who gave my life direction: Señor Guillermo Gómez y Rivera! My wife Y … more →

Tags: Celebrities, Ciudad de Macati, Current Events, Dance, Food, Metro Manila), Photography, birthday celebration, Chihuahua Mexican Grill and Margarita Bar

Charming Chabacano! (Ciudad de Cavite, Cavite) — 10 comments

Pepe wrote 1 year ago: Caviteño fanfarrón, Roba cualta na cajón. —Chabacano Caviteño Proverb— In just a few months, it will … more →

Tags: History, Christianity, philippine churches, language, Identidad Filipina, Spanish language, Voyages, Nationalism, Provincia de Cavite

Ms. González's "petty" remark — 3 comments

Pepe wrote 1 year ago: Last Sunday, me and my wife Yeyette visited Señor Gómez in Rockwell Center (Ciudad de Macati) where … more →

Tags: Controversies, History, Christianity, breaking the news, Philippine literature, Jose Rizal, freemason, The Philippine Star, SMS

Farewell, Ate Mayén — 8 comments

Pepe wrote 1 year ago: Marién Gómez de Lizares (1968-2011). The angels in heaven will soon be dancing flamenco. And Marién … more →

Tags: Celebrities, Dance, delineations, Provincia de Negros Occidental, tragedy, academy of the performing arts, Alice Parham Juico, Bacolod, Ballet

Don Hilario Ziálcita has finally come home... — 8 comments

Pepe wrote 2 years ago: Early this morning, I was chatting with Tita Maggie Ziálcita de Tomás, a former print model and an o … more →

Tags: History, breaking the news, Spanish language, Philippine literature, nick joaquin, Academia Filipina de la Lengua Española, The Manila Galleon and Other Poems, Hilario Ziálcita y Legarda, Fernando Zialcita

Tía Isabel's response to a hispanophobic "Asian" — 12 comments

Pepe wrote 2 years ago: Arnaldo’s blogpost about my dad’s hometown received all sorts of commentaries. There was … more →

Tags: History, Christianity, social networking, Culture, Identidad Filipina, Nationalism, Filipino, filipino identity, Arnaldo Arnáiz

GGR's angels

Pepe wrote 2 years ago: José Miguel García, yo, y Arnaldo Arnáiz -- los últimos filipinos que luchan contra una realidad enr … more →

Tags: History, social networking, Identidad Filipina, heroism, Spanish language, Nationalism, With One's Past, patria, Alas Filipinas

Biñán is in the heart (Biñán, La Laguna) — 24 comments

Pepe wrote 2 years ago: Indians brought their game-cocks to be admired, but we did not encourage the display of their warlik … more →

Tags: bahay na bato, binan, Christianity, Controversies, Culture, Environment, Familia de las Alas, History, Identidad Filipina

The Alberto Mansion debacle — 31 comments

Pepe wrote 3 years ago: Architecture is another form of language. -Guillermo Gómez Rivera- The 400-year-old (some say 200) m … more →

Tags: Current Events, History, Crime, Identidad Filipina, bahay na bato, Inquirer.net, Provincia de La Laguna, binan, Jose Rizal

Julio Nákpil, musical revolutionist — 1 comment

Pepe wrote 3 years ago: Today is the birth anniversary of a very prominent and highly talented revolucionario. His name is J … more →

Tags: Christianity, heroism, History, Identidad Filipina, Music, Nationalism, The Helter-skelter World of Philippine Politics, Andres Bonifacio, Arnaldo Arnáiz

A call for the preservation and defense of Spanish in the Philippines — 2 comments

Pepe wrote 3 years ago: A CALL FOR THE PRESERVATION AND DEFENSE OF SPANISH IN THE PHILIPPINES Señor Guillermo Gómez Rivera D … more →

Tags: Economy, Identidad Filipina, language, Nationalism, Spanish language, Sports, The Helter-skelter World of Philippine Politics, Call centers, Claro M. Recto

Happy 6th birthday, Momay!

Pepe wrote 3 years ago: Today is the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima. It is also the sixth birthday of my eldest son, José M … more →

Tags: Current Events, Familia de las Alas, Good News!, José Mario Alas, José Mario Guillermo II Alas, Our Lady of Fatima

Without Spanish, the Filipino will be disfigured — 8 comments

Pepe wrote 3 years ago: WITHOUT SPANISH, THE FILIPINO WILL BE DISFIGURED Guillermo Gómez Rivera That is what many of our thi … more →

Tags: Culture, History, Identidad Filipina, language, balarila, Claro M. Recto, English language, Filipino, filipino identity

The purported elusiveness of our national identity — 8 comments

Pepe wrote 3 years ago: “To accuse the Spanish, over and over again, of having brought us all sorts of things, mostly evil, … more →

Tags: Controversies, History, HOPE, Culture, Economy, language, Identidad Filipina, nick joaquin, Carlos P. Romulo

Heart anatomized

Pepe wrote 3 years ago: in corrugated-iron shanties centipedes reek with the stench of putrefied human hearts in concrete-an … more →

Tags: History, HOPE, Familia de las Alas, Internet, Adamson University, Poetry, language, Identidad Filipina, Socialism

Our treasured family values: scribbling like a mad potato like the one I saw in a run-down wet market filled with earthworms, screaming beggars, fighting vendors, and siesta-fanatics eager to forget the trauma caused by Ondoy and Pepeng who weren't even invited to attend Pacman's victory party over Pacmom's debut movie about happy families resembling one another but that every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, only to realize that it was Tolstoy who said that in Anna Karenina (not the TV soap) just to prove that he's a prrrrrrrroud Rrrrrrrrrussian and that I'm not... but there's still sunshine left! — 1 comment

Pepe wrote 3 years ago: Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters … more →

Tags: Familia de las Alas, HOPE, My Fabulous Self, social networking, archangel raphael, Christ the King, Corporate Holdings Management, family problems, Freemasons


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