Jose Rizal: Komikero

 

I read this interesting piece today about our National Hero. I never knew he did some comics too. He created the first known Filipino comic strip. Another reason to admire this guy.  Thanks to blogger Dennis Villegas.

While Rizal was staying with the Ullmer family in Wilhelmsfeld, he created a comic strip called “The Two Brothers,”which he gave Friedrich "Fritz" Ullmer as a gift. Fritz was the young son of his friend and host Pastor Ullmer. These comic strips, along with several other drawings and sketches done by Rizal during his stay with the Ullmers, are intact to this day. The Ullmer descendants kept these precious mementoes and were eventually discovered by Mrs. Paz Mendez (of the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission), while she was traveling to Germany to retrace Rizal’s footsteps.

 You can read the entire blog by clicking the link below.

 http://dennisvillegas.blogspot.com/2011/06/rizals-self-portrait-circa-early-1880s.html

Addicted to Amy

I spend most of my time staying at our apartment's kitchen these days. That's where I can usually be found when I'm not at work. I'd be sitting there facing my laptop, tapping the keys when I'm writing something or chatting with people. Most of the time I can be seen watching clips on YouTube, where I find videos I refer to as precious gems. Below is just one of those that I found recently. Aside from the genre, and the late Amy Winehouse's voice giving life to it, its lyrics is beautifully honest. I've listened to different versions of it already.

Listen to this song and get addicted to Amy with me.

Still Alive

So I haven't posted anything here for months. I found something I like doing and it has been taking much of my time. It's a secret I might write about on my future posts. And yes that was an excuse. The real reason I disappeared was that I got lazy. I haven't even been sharing my thoughts on facebook which I used to do a lot. Is this a sign of aging? That must be it. I'm getting old.

So how have you guys been? Come here and have some coffee with me.