eddie's blog

nana serma and ka siclo

2010-02-25T15:02:00.000-08:00

nana serma has a big lump on her neck which she acquired from years of living in the iodine-deprived hills of kalaboso, tagaytay. she also attributes her croaking voice to her goiter. but i fondly remember her for the breakfasts she prepares. she boils freshly harvested bamboo shoots with rain water, adds a dash of salt, if available, and serves it with rice. (that was the first time i learned

the outstanding ate cita esmao

2010-02-22T16:42:00.000-08:00

she texted me recently to let me know that she was nominated outstanding alumna of their school. she was a graduate of adamson university. a few days ago, i received word that she made it. she is recognized as one of adamson's outstanding alumni!!! i featured her in one of my blogs some time ago as one of two peasant leaders who helped me keep my faith in the filipino. she was one of the

on hacienda luisita issue

2010-02-11T16:05:00.000-08:00

the other day, noynoy publicly stated that hacienda luisita will be under CARPER (this is the agrarian reform program with Extension and Reforms) in the next five years. and the following statements from the noynoy team explain the reasons behind the decision. below is a commentary by prof. fermin adriano: It is true that Hacienda Luisita in in dire financial situation. The reason is that

winnie monsod on the c5 extension project

2010-02-10T15:36:00.000-08:00

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let us tell them to shove it up their (CON)ASSes!

2009-06-03T13:34:00.000-07:00

Dear All, Following the harrrowing development last night at the HOR, we are aware that there were at least two meetings convening different anti-chacha groups held this morning, to which Ibasura members were invited: one hosted by Mayor Jojo Binay in Makati at 11:00 AM and another hosted by Senator Mar Roxas in Cubao at 9:00 AM. Tomorrow morning, representatives from the two meetings are

fr. columbano, osb

2008-09-09T20:59:00.000-07:00

he prays for a day when he can concentrate on monastery work, a time when he does not receive any visitor. there is just so much work in the monastery, he stresses. but once he starts chatting there is no stopping his stories of how the benedictine community grew in bukidnon. he visited the USA recently and met up with my former bedan classmates who kept him up all night with reminiscences.

a stolen republic

2008-07-26T11:07:00.000-07:00

A STOLEN, NOT A STRONG, REPUBLIC The State of the Nation According to Former Senior Government Officials Manila, July 25, 2008Fellow Filipinos, Friends of the Filipino people:On Monday, July 28, 2008, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will make her 8th State of the Nation Address. The abundance of the number eight may make the occasion lucky for her. We gather today to consider if it marks a

take up film spool for kiev 41

2008-07-08T21:11:00.000-07:00

pagsi's boys at home

2008-05-20T12:02:00.000-07:00

with a glimpse of the controversial hanging crib on upper left "finally, i get enough space," my eldest son breathed out as he passed by, making sure the mother and i heard. his batchmates from dulaang sibol spent last night at our place for the first time. dan had been wanting to have this get-together but he said we did not have enough space. and that was one of the main reasons for the

peasant leaders

2008-05-03T00:27:00.000-07:00

i know that "araw ng magsasaka" is still in october but i recently unearthed some black and white photos i took years ago. the one on the right was taken sometime in the 70s and the one below was in the 80s. kuya oca (adult male on right) was the first peasant leader i have ever met and became a dear friend. i and some other upscans spent two weeks in the barrio where he stayed.

usb turntable on audition

2008-05-02T14:26:00.000-07:00

romy, a patient and fellow vinyl lover, announced that his balikbayan box of analogue goodies has arrived. and in it are two brand new usb turntables. but he will be too busy for the whole month and asked if i was interested in trying one out. he needn't ask, actually. i had to warn him that he was lending at his own risk because i might have a tough time returning. well, that afternoon i

james curtin (aka james morena)

2008-04-30T13:25:00.000-07:00

he was again there sitting on the gutter raising his hands to greet us. this is another morning for a miracle, he shouts. i asked why. he says it is always so whenever we visit him. he is quite glib. he reached for what he called his "most precious possessions" from his plastic grocery bag and showed me this picture with a list of songs he used to sing. he used to be a club singer until mt.

welcome breaks from the routine

2008-04-29T14:02:00.000-07:00

melvin, my suki audiophile dealer, had the cartridge delivered last monday. i installed it yesterday and i was pleased with the full-bodied sound of this entry level product. i can again play LP music in my clinic! music from a needle for patients stuck with needles!and this sustains me, too -- needles with burning common mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris). Joy thought it is high time i get my

my boxes

2008-04-21T17:42:00.000-07:00

my clothes in a boxmy music from a boxusing the sandals of someone in a boxi have been surviving on boxes. and i have most of my clothes in a box. even my music is coming from a smaller box. and lastly, i just received the sandals of a friend who is now in a box. and that is just stretching it a bit.but i have no qualms. the sandals look new. hardly used, the wife said. originally, the

in the midst of the food crisis

2008-04-19T15:56:00.000-07:00

a genuine agrarian reform program is key to industrialization. that is my cherished conviction. taiwan did it. south korea did it, too, at the point of park chung hee's guns. and so i asked a patient of mine, a finance expert/technocrat and former government official if we can still do it. he answers, "that would be an inefficient route." true to his form, he was thinking industrialized

the week that was

2008-04-18T02:04:00.001-07:00

she finally went for her tests this morning.house is almost finished but the road is halfway through.joy with fr. basil and some sinful shellfish. she joins me to celebrate my former classmate's turning 50.i attend the wake of a former classmate who died serving a life sentence for possession of drugs that are considered legal in more advanced countries. he loved music. he was the lead guitar

time for coron

2008-04-02T16:46:00.000-07:00

a play pen as a mezzanine is what this humongous wood structure is all about. for the future grand kids ... but for the future lolo and lola for now. ;)but joy is shocked at the size. i forgot to tell her what cliff and i cooked up. ooops. and she is slightly upset.the temperature outside was a searing 34 degrees. with a partly opened roof what used to be a three degree difference is

the family driver

2008-03-27T22:25:00.000-07:00

ramon von possel taught me how to drive our also german car. i was a senior high school student when i had my maiden drive from home to my school in mendiola. traffic was not as crazy but, basically, the driving rules were the same -- you set your own and you break them anytime! mang monching sat on the front seat, passenger side, while i took on the VW station wagon. he was quiet

the deep well

2008-03-27T05:42:00.001-07:00

going home to apalit when i was a kid included playing with this water pump. i particularly enjoyed the sounds it made. it sounded like a goat being guillotined as water is forced out of its spout.and amazingly, it still works. rickety and pining its last few years, it still gave that amusing throaty goaty wail.anton on my toy wella huge earthen jar that was mysteriously pit black inside used

isla verde phone cam photos

2008-03-14T20:33:00.000-07:00

as i work, they send this via mms. they are spending their evening just off batangas in a world heritage site cited by national geographic.

Skin Deep at PETA theater center

2008-03-02T02:17:00.001-08:00

the usherette saw anton and advised parental guidance. nor domingo, the director, told us that he let his six-year-old watch it. well, the language was not vulgar by present standards and the sensitive issues grappled were not luridly presented. at the end of the play, i asked if he enjoyed watching and what he found most memorable. these were some of the scenes we both found beautiful and

A Pilitical Task on Feb 29

2008-02-29T13:24:00.000-08:00

My son was mouthing Homer's tale on stage which I only read about when I was his age. I had to be there.anton backstageat ease on stage, he was the only one who took a drink. he was one of the suitors of penelope who was twice his height.a towering penelope (tala alexander).a triumphant odysseus (jot) lording over his dead enemies.teacher mean prompting a bow in front and anton takes on his own

because they breed greed

2008-02-15T19:49:00.000-08:00

a patient came in wearing this t-shirt. they were selling for Php100 a piece yesterday at the makati rally. they were all sold out in an hour.

the new breed of greed

2008-02-10T21:09:00.000-08:00

http://tinyurl.com/37n8t5 orhttp://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20080209-117750/Greed-in-a-changing-landscaperandy david hits it on the nail. his analysis of a grotesque and complicated political situation is seamless.

MUMPS

2008-01-04T17:49:00.000-08:00

joy is praying hard tonight.because our youngest has mumps.and i haven't had it yet!the patches on the cheeks are traditional medicine vinegar patches that reduce swelling.

UERM 84 ALUMNI FOUNDATION INDUCTION PARTY

2007-12-09T21:57:00.000-08:00

biking against violence against women

2007-11-25T20:21:00.000-08:00

miyen versoza being interviewed by GMA 7 before the early morning bike ride.DENR bike groupjoy waiting for start of the 6:30 AM bike ride last sunday.kaligtasan ng kababaihan laban sa karahasan ... tungkulin ng bawat mamamayan.joy buying pan de sal after the bike ride.joy and i joined the short advocacy bike ride against violence against women. miyen versoza, executive director of the national

the ballroom shoes or the garrote

2007-11-21T17:17:00.001-08:00

i have always wanted to own two-toned satin shoes. they would look great with my rangefinder cameras. but these shoes are not made for street-walking. they have velvet soles!the wife used to be with the UP Filipiniana dance troupe and she loves dancing. so what options does the loving husband with two left feet have? well, maybe, i won't get the garrote if i abscond but i know it does not hurt

shopping in vietnam

2007-11-17T05:48:00.000-08:00

she brings out the calculator and coyly shows you a figure.you press cancel and press a figure close to what you like. she may frown or laugh. just smile back and remain firm and cheerful.after several minutes of exchanging figures, a compromise is made.and the transaction becomes a pleasant social exchange.my friend dindo showed me how to do it. as a matter of fact "my friend" was the first

the irosin man

2007-11-02T17:36:00.000-07:00

left to right: noel vasquez, sj, oyen and eddie dorotan, allan and maribel dionisio, joy and myself in a wedding anniversary of common friends pia and jam malanyaon (http://tinyurl.com/2tp2ey) irosin hit the headlines during the martial law years when the NPA raided the town hall and raised their red flag with hammer and sickle in a brazen show of force. they held fort for a few hours

photos of the week

2007-08-13T20:51:00.001-07:00

mama two days after a fall in the bathroomjoy with anton and junie at the museo pambatajoy at the museo pambatajoy with the zorki 1with old friends in a wedding anniversary (photo taken by anton on the rd1s). left to right: fr. noel vasquez, oyen and eddie dorotan, allan and maribel dionisio, joy and myself.jam and pia

good old friends celebrate 25 years of bliss

2007-08-12T06:36:00.001-07:00

jam and pia celebrate 25 years of marriage and renew their commitment at the san jose seminary chapel at the ateneo de manila. the slideshow presents the couple with friends from the UP PGH and fellow volunteers of LIKAS (Lingap para sa Kalusugan ng Sambayanan) with their children. officiating priests are noel vasquez, sj and guido arguelles, sj. guido was the priest who married them.

life without househelp

2007-07-18T08:48:00.001-07:00

these were the times when we did not have househelp around. i see them as photo op time. the photos were taken with the rollei 35s and the leica m2.

having fun with rollei 35s

2007-05-19T06:31:00.000-07:00

get-together at daisy'spidoy and marciasusan and ferdiewith my son at greenhills, photo taken by my eldest sonsan beda chapel

shooting with the rollei 35 s

2007-05-04T05:47:00.000-07:00

taking a taho break at the state universitycruising the academic oval with the UP library at the backgroundjoy near the sunken gardenanton busy making a papier mache lens cap for the rollei

available light film photography

2007-04-27T06:36:00.000-07:00

joy 5/07(rollei 35s, agfa 400 apx)anton with candle insect repellant(rollei 35S, agfa 400 apx)baguio silhouette, c. 1984canon ftb, canon fl 55 mm/f1.2kutchie, c. 1980(canon fl 55/f1.2, canon ft)honeymoon, c. 1986(canon fl 55/f1.2, canon ft)watching tv(biogon 28, contax g2, agfa 400 apx)reading under lowlight(cron 35, leica m6, agfa 400 apx)

in memoriam: edel

2007-04-26T07:03:00.000-07:00

the summer wind

2007-04-24T05:52:00.001-07:00

mga gunita ... dahil tapwe na

2007-04-21T05:41:00.000-07:00

recurrent images on a 50-year-old visual cortex

vacationing east of manila

2007-04-08T23:01:00.000-07:00

it took three hours to reach real, quezon. traffic was surprisingly light over the long 5-day lenten holidays. the family with cousins went to tanay, rizal for its cool tagaytay weather and real, quezon for its clean beaches.

a brother passes away

2007-03-24T21:05:00.000-07:00

edel dipasupil, a long-time friend, passed away after seven years of ALSEulogy (I wrote and read during his necrological rites at della strada church, quezon city)Magnus phallus, semper erectusEdel had an impossible dream. He was planning to beat an unbeatable foe. Normally, his type of ALS gets you in three years. Well, he was planning to outdo Stephen Hawkings even if his was of the most

'Tis the season

2006-12-15T06:45:00.000-08:00

My essential needs:a need for permanence in a civilization of transience;a need for the Absolute when all else is becoming relative;a need for silence in the midst of noise;a need for gratuitousness in the face of unbelievable greed;a need for poverty amid the flaunting wealth;a need for contemplation in a century of action, for without contemplation, action risks becoming mere agitation;a need

MY RANGEFINDERS

2006-11-16T02:26:00.000-08:00

leica m2leica m6(above photo by pidoy velez)i have given up the bulky SLRs. i prefer these smaller tools that deliver beautifully.epson rd1smaybe, i have room for one more rangefinder. a great russian camera to pair with my fed 3 with. a fed 2 perhaps or a zorki 6. imagine all these hanging around my neck! too much! but they shoot great!!!voigtlander bessa rcontax g2fed 3canonet g3 ql17leica m6

MY KIDS

2006-11-10T06:18:00.000-08:00

Isay

2006-10-19T21:58:00.000-07:00

photoessay on motherhood: wife, mother, witch, queen, playmate and friend in random order

2006-08-26T04:54:00.000-07:00

my 9-year-old uses his kodak instamatic film camera in his first portfolio

2006-08-07T00:34:00.000-07:00

antonio maria urbano concepcion, 9 years old, and his pictures from a kodak instamatic and without any adult supervision. No cropping and enhancements done.

going global

2006-07-25T02:59:00.000-07:00

Soccer is not a favorite among Filipinos. But these Filipino kids are serious players. In the frenzy someone's shoe is going for the ball on its own.

ma vlast: blasted by poverty

2006-05-03T07:59:00.000-07:00

Sorry, Smetana, I could not resist the literary value of your opus for my little work. I just had to inject some humor the way my countrymen do in dire circumstances. We overdo zen; we chuckle and laugh out loud to drown the whimper inside. And we try our best to survive.These are pictures I took 20 years ago. They may well have been taken this morning.I wanted to know where he gets our

faces and feet through a leica m6 and a bessa r

2006-05-01T03:00:00.000-07:00

Pictures from rangefinder cameras:first cousins: two ballet dancers flank a gymnast**former high school classmates meet in a cafe*siesta in tagaytay***leisure reading in tagaytay***leisure reading in batanes***doctor turned artist after surviving a massive stroke**taken by voigtlander bessa r (with a voigtlander lens 50 mm aspherical).**taken by leica m6 (with 50 mm summicron lens)***taken by

urban and rural philippines

2006-04-29T05:41:00.000-07:00

batanesbatanes batanesbasco, batanesbatanesbatanestayabas, quezonuniversity of the philippinestayabas, quezonpowerplant, makatiteachers' village, quezon citymanila baymanila bay