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The Wars of Inheritance15 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 5 days ago: If there will only be one defining post of this blog, THIS IS IT [ ala Michael Jackson ]. INHERITANC … more →

Tags: 1800s Filipinas, 1900s Philippines, 2000s Philippines, angst, Current Events, Personal, Random Memories, The Cebuanos, The Davaoenos

Velada6 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 1 month ago: Assumption Convent High School Batch 1969 celebrated their 40th anniversary “velada” las … more →

Tags: 2000s Philippines, Current Events, Family Traditions, Humor, Random Memories, Religious Traditions, The Cebuanos, The Davaoenos, The Global Crowd

It's Time16 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 1 month ago: When I was very young and blissfully ignorant, and that was many, many, many years ago, the arrival … more →

Tags: 1900s Philippines, 2000s Philippines, angst, Current Events, Personal, Random Memories, The Cebuanos, The Davaoenos, The Global Crowd

Under the Sea51 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 1 month ago: Manila and environs literally went “Under the Sea” today with the 24 hour nonstop rains … more →

Tags: 2000s Philippines, angst, Current Events, Manila Houses, Personal, Random Memories, The Cebuanos, The Davaoenos, The Global Crowd

An afternoon at "Tana Dicang"2 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 2 months ago: … more →

Tags: 2000s Philippines, Current Events, Design and Decoration, Domestic Travels, Family Traditions, Personal, Random Memories, The Global Crowd, The Manilenos

Social conscience and responsibility9 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 2 months ago: It is only expected that those here in Manila, used to a life of ever-increasing expenditures, are c … more →

Tags: 2000s Philippines, angst, Current Events, Domestic Travels, Random Memories, The Cebuanos, The Global Crowd, The Manilenos, The Negrenses

Teves town1 comment

toto gonzalez wrote 2 months ago: Of course, Negros Oriental Governor Emilio “Dodo” Macias M.D. reacted suitably when I ca … more →

Tags: 1800s Filipinas, 1900s Philippines, 2000s Philippines, Design and Decoration, Domestic Travels, Random Memories, The Cebuanos, The Global Crowd, The Manilenos

The Cure6 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 2 months ago: For a month before I went on a jaunt with Tess Lopez to Negros Oriental, I had been quietly enduring … more →

Tags: 2000s Philippines, angst, Domestic Travels, Humor, Personal, Random Memories, The Cebuanos, The Global Crowd, The Negrenses

Fruit Batty3 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 2 months ago: I’m not a fruit lover, unlike my late paternal and maternal grandmothers, my late mother, my s … more →

Tags: 2000s Philippines, Domestic Travels, Humor, Personal, Random Memories, The Cebuanos, The Global Crowd, The Negrenses, The Pampanguenos

Update13 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 2 months ago: Dear friends, I apologize for the “inactivity” of twelve days from 05 – 16 Septemb … more →

Tags: 2000s Philippines, Current Events, Domestic Travels, Family Traditions, Personal, Random Memories, The Cebuanos, The Global Crowd, The Manilenos

Filipino Precolonial Jewelry8 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 3 months ago: “Please look out for UOD earrings…”  a dear lady friend of Old Cebu and Old Iloilo … more →

Tags: 1800s Filipinas, Random Memories, The Cebuanos, The Davaoenos, The Global Crowd, The Ilocanos, The Laguna Tagalogs, The Manilenos, The Negrenses

Filipino Colonial Jewelry5 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 3 months ago: “You should see the gold cuffs I inherited from Mama, Toto.”  a dear lady friend of Old … more →

Tags: 1800s Filipinas, 1900s Philippines, 19th century Filipino Art, Random Memories, The Cebuanos, The Davaoenos, The Global Crowd, The Ilocanos, The Laguna Tagalogs

Of established family25 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 3 months ago: Many comparisons have been drawn between the “de buena familia” good families and the … more →

Tags: 1800s Filipinas, 1900s Philippines, 2000s Philippines, Random Memories, The Cebuanos, The Davaoenos, The Global Crowd, The Ilocanos, The Laguna Tagalogs

The Apex of Power13 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 4 months ago: I assume that most of us have read through [ in whole or in part ] the major treatises on Power, the … more →

Tags: The Pampanguenos, The Manilenos, The Global Crowd, The Ilocanos, The Negrenses, The Davaoenos, The Cebuanos, The Laguna Tagalogs, The Tayabenses / Quezonians

The Heir and the Hair-Raiser11 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 5 months ago: OK, you raving and ranting ladies and gentlemen win.  Here is a blog post on Senator Mar Araneta Rox … more →

Tags: 2000s Philippines, angst, Current Events, Humor, Random Memories, The Global Crowd, The Manilenos, The Negrenses, tristesse...

Problems in Paradise31 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 5 months ago: When I was in my early teens at the onset of the Reagan 1980s, the most popular television shows wer … more →

Tags: 2000s Philippines, angst, Current Events, Family Traditions, Random Memories, The Cebuanos, The Davaoenos, The Global Crowd, The Ilocanos

Adios, Don Zafiro32 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 5 months ago: The month of June 2009 began with shocking news…  I was at “Gallery Frames” along … more →

Tags: 2000s Philippines, Current Events, Domestic Travels, Family Traditions, Personal, Random Memories, The Global Crowd, The Manilenos, The Negrenses

DysPresidentiables46 comments

toto gonzalez wrote 6 months ago: It will be the Season of DysPresidentiables here in the Philippines SOON.  And YES, I claim my copyr … more →

Tags: 2000s Philippines, angst, Current Events, Humor, Random Memories, The Cebuanos, The Davaoenos, The Global Crowd, The Ilocanos

"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: 1800s Filipinas, 1900s Philippines, angst, Arnedo de Sulipan, Escaler de Sulipan, Family Traditions, Gonzalez de Sulipan, Pampanga Traditions, Personal


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