consummatum est
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… Ensueño de mi vida, mi ardiente vivo anhelo,
Salud te grita el alma que pronto va á partir!
Salud! ah que es hermoso caer por darte vuelo,
Morir por darte vida, morir bajo tu cielo,
Y en tu encantada tierra la eternidad dormir.
Si sobre mi sepulcro vieres brotar un dia
Entre la espesa yerba sencilla, humilde flor,
Acércala a […]
There will be a mass at the Himlayang Pilipino Chapel on July 13, 2008, at 9 in the morning. This is to observe the first death anniversary of Dr FG David. Relatives and close friends have already confirmed their attendance, but everyone who knew Dr David in life is welcome to attend this mass.
Ethel P […]
A year ago, today, I saw my Dad alive for the very last time. As we had no inkling of course that it was to be the last, I can recall nothing out of the ordinary between our exchanges that day. Apart from his usual queries as to my health (I had been pregnant at […]
… I must’ve been stirred by the trip, so much I couldn’t fall asleep. So, I filled up my time in bed with Beethoven’s 5th and 6th symphonies, with which I rambled in reminiscence of episodes of my life since November 15th 1961 . The corridor of memory has been very long already, especially dark […]
07.07.07
my parents’ 45th wedding anniversary
it was to be the last time we would all be together with Dad
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it has been too long. :’(
With Due Respect
Happy 100th birthday to UP
By Artemio V. Panganiban
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:59:00 06/28/2008
TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SING “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” to the University of the Philippines as it celebrates its centenary.
UP noon. In the early 1950s, my batch mates at Mapa High School and I often visited the UP campus. In front […]
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