December 2011
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Patay na si Rizal
sinulat ni Mark Jason A. Alcantara
Patay na si Rizal. Patay na si José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda magmula pa noong ika-30 ng Disyembre taong 1896 sa batang edad na tatlumpu’t lima nang binaril siya sa Bagumbayan. Patay na si Rizal marami nang taong nakalipas at hanggang sa ngayon, patay pa rin si Rizal sa mga karaniwang mamayang Pilipino.
Patay na si Rizal. Patay na ang...
Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC... →
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Bold those books you’ve read in their entirety.
Italicize the ones you started but didn’t finish or read only an excerpt.
1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series – JK Rowling 5 To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee 6 The Bible 7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte 8 Nineteen Eighty Four – George...
“After love, book collecting is the most exhilarating sport of all.”
– A. S. W. Rosenbach, Book Hunter’s Holiday (via bookoasis)
Poem based from the short story, "Tokfefe, The...
by Markus Alcantara
Unit: The farmer fell in love with the youngest of them and hid her wings.
“What is this odd captivating resonance that I hear? Am I now conscious or still fast asleep? Siren voices coming from what I believe are beautiful star maidens bathing in the lake Songs of merry carefree living they are singing, a blessing to my corporeal sense of hearing!
Their carefree laughter...
XU-Ateneo Relief Center is accepting donations for the victims of typhoon Sendong. Xavier University Relief Center is conducting a relief operation for families affected by Bagyong Sendong.They are asking for donations in CASH FOOD (noodles, canned goods, etc.) BOTTLED WATER and CLEAN CLOTHES. Donations in kind like food, clothes, books, bottled water or others can be sent to: Fr. Eric Garcia...
Want to help out with the Sendong relief operations? You can donate via SMS or G-Cash to the following: RED CROSS: SMS: Text RED<space>AMOUNT to 2899 (Globe) or 4143 (Smart) G-Cash: Text DONATE<space>AMOUNT<space>4-digit M-PIN<space>REDCROSS to 2882 SIMBAHANG LINGKOD NG BAYAN: G-Cash: Text DONATE<space>AMOUNT<space>MPIN<space>SLB and send to 2882 or you...
“We always depend on the government to do this and that for us. No government can...”
– Teodoro A. Agoncillo
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Talking History
Ambeth Ocampo: How reliable is a piece of literature as history?
Teodoro Agoncillo: It takes a very perceptive reader to do that. For example, if you know nothing about Jose Rizal and his times, you cannot use Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo.
Ambeth Ocampo: Kunsabagay.
Teodoro Agoncillo: Kaya kailangan malaman mo the time in which Rizal wrote so that you can determine which part of the novel is real, taken from real life and which is not taken from real life. Kaya mahirap iyan...
Ambeth Ocampo: ...what will be the standard of literary criticism?
Teodoro Agoncillo: Basta sa akin, you must have the cultural background which is most important. Also, the insight of which is very important because no amount of cultural background can help you when you have no insight. Merong mga taong talagang sharp ang insight nakikita agad... but sometimes akala nila iyong interpretation na nawala roon, inilalagay nila. I disagree with that.
Source: Ocampo, Ambeth. Talking History: Conversations with Teodoro A. Agoncillo. pp.100-101
Mula sa librong Stainless Longganisa ni Bob Ong
Sa mga kabataang nanghihingi ng words of wisdom at laging nag-aakalang meron ako sa bulsa, meron nga. Ito, hindi ko ginagamit, inyo na lang:
Kumain ka na ng siopao na may palamang pusa o maglakad sa bubog na nakayapak, pero ‘wag na ‘wag kang susubok mag-drugs. Kung hindi mo kayang umiwas, humingi ka ng tulong sa mga magulang mo dahil alam nilang kung saan ang mga murang supplier at...
Talking History
Ambeth Ocampo: Kunwari you have three different sources, iba-iba, how do you judge which one to believe?
Teodoro Agoncillo: Diyan mo makikilala ang galing ng student of history! Especially when they are conflicting. ...what you will determine first is the authenticity of the document. Assuming the document has been authenticated, the next is reliability. How reliable is the person writing this? Where was he at the time? What prejudices has he?
Ambeth Ocampo: Parang detective?
Teodoro Agoncillo: ...There is great similarity between the legal evidence and the historical evidence. The only difference lies in the fact that in legal evidence, it is the judge who determines whether the account of a witness is acceptable or not. ...The historian is the prosecuting attorney and the judge all rolled into one, and he is the narrator and interpreter. There is no evidence which is hearsay but which is credible. Sa legal evidence, basta hearsay hindi tatanggapin. Not the historian. Kahit hearsay, basta credible. The philosophy behind the law is that it is better to acquit a guilty person than to condemn an innocent person. Kaya when there is doubt, it is always in favor of the person who is guilty [accused]. Kahit na guilty ang hayop na iyan, nalalaman mo personally na he is guilty, but because the prosecutor was not able to prove the line of guilt, the judge will be compelled to acquit him. But not the historian. Kaya masaya iyong klase ko na I handled because aside from the books I have on evidence in history, I have my own experience. I add my experience.
Source: Ocampo, Ambeth. Talking History: Conversations with Teodoro A. Agoncillo. pp.66-67.
“The conclusions in history are not final. Tentative lahat iyan. History is...”
– Teodoro A. Agoncillo
“Bonifacio is only the beginning of a sad story, a story Filipinos refuse to...”
– Ambeth Ocampo
“In 1872 Jose Rizal was 7, Andres Bonifacio was 9, Apolinario Mabini was 8,...”
– Ambeth Ocampo