Tag Archives: 1970s

Manila, Manila

Check this gem out: Nostalgia Manila. As you dear readers know, I like to wax nostalgic once in a while so discovering this site was an absolute delight for me. It covers Manila in the 1970s and 1980s, the…  Read more

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Halo-halo-ween

Growing up in the Philippines, we didn’t really “celebrate” Halloween.* Yes, come October, establishments would be decked with Halloween decorations but kids didn’t go Trick-or-Treating (door-to-door roaming of the neighborhood was done during Christmas instead – in the form of…  Read more

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Scared of Santa? Me?

When I saw this hilarious photo gallery of kids scared of Santa a couple days ago, I had to dig up my own “scared of Santa” picture from my childhood:

Scared of Santa

That’s me at two years old being held…  Read more

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Brother Bear

Pinoy artist Franc Reyes, who drew Tarzan at DC Comics in the 1970s, does visual development for Disney’s Brother Bear. Way to go, bro!

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Will the Real Mr. Bocobo Please Stand Up?

In his blog, Dean Jorge Bocobo describes himself as “a physicist by training and profession (Harvard, 1980).” He is also a writer for the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Interestingly, there was a Jorge Bocobo who lived from 1886…  Read more

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