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When my name was rumored <br> to be the alias of Angelina Jolie
Before I Forget
February 15, 2021

When my name was rumored
to be the alias of Angelina Jolie

By Joy Wassmer
Welcoming Prince Andrew, Duke of York, with Jarlath Lynch (middle), then general manager of Makati Shangri-La As told to Joy Rojas Like most…
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My UP in the ‘70s: I didn’t mind <br> being a martial law baby
Before I Forget
January 23, 2021

My UP in the ‘70s: I didn’t mind
being a martial law baby

By Eric S. Caruncho
Martial law babies. That was what they called us, the incoming freshman batch at the University of the Philippines Diliman, school year…
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Our Christmas with ‘lolo’ Julio Nakpil and ‘lola’ Gregoria de Jesus
Before I Forget
December 24, 2020

Our Christmas with ‘lolo’ Julio Nakpil and ‘lola’ Gregoria de Jesus

By Peachie Santos Viola-Gaston
Quiet revolutionary: Julio Nakpil The Katipunan’s Lakambini: Gregoria de Jesus As told to Joy Rojas My grandfather was Julio…
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Doña Hemady—my great grand 'lola', <br> not the street
Before I Forget
December 19, 2020

Doña Hemady—my great grand 'lola',
not the street

By Rosary Ysmael
I was only five years old when my great-grandmother, Doña Magdalena Hashim Ysmael Hemady, passed away, so I have only snippets of memories…
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Holy Ghost College: I lost my way home
Before I Forget
December 18, 2020

Holy Ghost College: I lost my way home

By Conchita C. Razon
Holy Ghost College, renamed to College of the Holy Spirit, was established in 1913 and run by the German nuns of the order of the Sisters of…
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Malabon: Lolo didn’t care <br> about my reincarnation
Before I Forget
November 28, 2020

Malabon: Lolo didn’t care
about my reincarnation

By Thelma Sioson San Juan
Mommy claimed I was determined to be born. She seemed to have trusted more my audacity than Sta. Clara’s benevolence. Actually from my…
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Pitoy, Teyet: I saw their relationship end
Before I Forget
November 25, 2020

Pitoy, Teyet: I saw their relationship end

By Thelma Sioson San Juan
“You don’t know Teyet? How could you have forgotten Teyet?” I pressed on. Pitoy just shook his head, rather weakly, and kept his…
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The Baguio of old is forever mine
Before I Forget
November 8, 2020

The Baguio of old is forever mine

By Norma Olizon-Chikiamco
The day we were to leave, my mother was too sick to accompany us.  So it was my father alone who brought my sister Cora and me to the place…
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