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02 November: All Souls' Day

A 02 November 2009 entry from my daily journal: “***02 November: All Souls’ Day. During Lola Charing’s lifetime [ up to 02 November 1976 ], and up to 1984, All Souls’ Day meant a 7:30 a.m. Hol… more →

remembrance of things awry

02 November: All Souls' Day — 12 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 2 weeks ago: A 02 November 2009 entry from my daily journal: “***02 November: All Souls’ Day. During Lola … more →

Tags: angst, Arnedo de Sulipan, Brother Andrew F.S.C. of De La Salle, Family Traditions, Gonzalez de Sulipan, Personal, Random Memories, Religious Traditions, The Global Crowd

The Patriarch's House

toto gonzalez wrote 3 months ago: … more →

Tags: 1900s Philippines, 2000s Philippines, Architecture, Design and Decoration, Domestic Travels, Gonzalez de Sulipan, Manila Houses, Pampanga Art, Pampanga Cuisine

Connections of Old — 10 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 6 months ago: For those of you with no interest in history, specifically late 1800s Filipinas, then I suggest that … more →

Tags: 1800s Filipinas, Arnedo de Sulipan, Design and Decoration, Family Traditions, Gonzalez de Sulipan, Manila Houses, Personal, Random Memories, Religious Traditions

"Mata Pobre" — 7 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 6 months ago: Rather than moralize on these oh-so-common occurrences in our daily lives, let me ramble on with my … more →

Tags: Gonzalez de Sulipan, Arnedo de Sulipan, Quiason de San Fernando, The Pampanguenos, The Manilenos, The Global Crowd, The Ilocanos, The Negrenses, The Ilonggos

"Maleldo 2009" — 2 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 7 months ago: … more →

Tags: 19th century Filipino Art, Family Traditions, Gonzalez de Sulipan, Pampanga Art, Pampanga Cuisine, Personal, Random Memories, Religious Traditions, Rodriguez de Bacolor

Reunion Runs — 12 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 10 months ago: We are having clan reunions left and right and it is becoming quite maddening… specially if on … more →

Tags: Gonzalez de Sulipan, Arnedo de Sulipan, Reyes de Arayat, Quiason de San Fernando, The Pampanguenos, The Manilenos, The Global Crowd, The Ilocanos, The Negrenses

Finally Understanding... — 3 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 1 year ago: It’s “All Souls’ Day”… … more →

Tags: angst, Arnedo de Sulipan, Brother Andrew F.S.C. of De La Salle, Family Traditions, Gonzalez de Sulipan, Personal, Quiason de San Fernando, Random Memories, Religious Traditions

The Lion at Sunset — 3 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 1 year ago: He lies in his bed at the Intensive Care Unit of the top hospital in the city. His final hours appr … more →

Tags: The Pampanguenos, The Manilenos, The Global Crowd, angst, tristesse..., Random Memories, Manila Houses, Family Traditions

Old names, new fortunes — 7 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 1 year ago: I recently attended the birthday luncheon of a dear friend, a gentleman of Old Pampanga, held at a t … more →

Tags: The Pampanguenos, The Manilenos, Pampanga Cuisine, Random Memories, Personal

Apalit Fiesta 2008 Advisory — 2 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 1 year ago: “FIESTA” ADVISORY: ON 28 JUNE 2008, SATURDAY, AT EXACTLY 11:00 A.M., “APUNG IRO … more →

Tags: Arnedo de Sulipan, Domestic Travels, Escaler de Sulipan, Family Traditions, Gonzalez de Sulipan, Pampanga Art, Pampanga Cuisine, Random Memories, Religious Traditions

Discovering Pampanga — 11 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 1 year ago: One of the best things in Life is to be able to help the less fortunate and yet have fun in the proc … more →

Tags: Domestic Travels, Filipino Art, Humor, Pampanga Art, Pampanga Cuisine, Random Memories, Religious Traditions, The Cebuanos, The Davaoenos

"Ahfee Hihstehr!" [ Happy Easter!" in Kapampangan ] — 9 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 1 year ago: … more →

Tags: Arnedo de Sulipan, Escaler de Sulipan, Family Traditions, Gonzalez de Sulipan, Humor, Random Memories, Religious Traditions, The Pampanguenos

"Pabasa" — 1 comment

toto gonzalez wrote 1 year ago: … more →

Tags: Gonzalez de Sulipan, Arnedo de Sulipan, The Pampanguenos, Escaler de Sulipan, Humor, Random Memories, Religious Traditions, Family Traditions

Holiday Nostalgia — 7 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 1 year ago: “I like The Past. It’s sweet and familiar. The Present is cold and foreign… … more →

Tags: Gonzalez de Sulipan, The Pampanguenos, The Manilenos, angst, tristesse..., Random Memories, Religious Traditions, Family Traditions

"Cafamfangan" — 6 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 2 years ago: If you are not Pampango / Kapampangan / Capampangan, meaning to say that you are a native of Pampang … more →

Tags: The Pampanguenos, Humor, Random Memories

Final Kick — 6 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 2 years ago: A paternal first cousin of my mother was widowed young — only 40 years old — in the mid- … more →

Tags: Reyes de Arayat, The Pampanguenos, The Manilenos, Humor, angst, tristesse..., Random Memories, Religious Traditions, Family Traditions

"La Morenita"

toto gonzalez wrote 2 years ago: Some people are just destined to have it Tough… My Lola Charing [ Rosario Lucia Arnedo y Es … more →

Tags: angst, Arnedo de Sulipan, Brother Andrew F.S.C. of De La Salle, Family Traditions, Gonzalez de Sulipan, Random Memories, The Manilenos, The Pampanguenos, tristesse...

The Unraveling — 1 comment

toto gonzalez wrote 2 years ago: … more →

Tags: Gonzalez de Sulipan, Arnedo de Sulipan, The Pampanguenos, The Manilenos, The Global Crowd, Escaler de Sulipan, angst, tristesse..., Random Memories

Powerful Uncle