Gold and Our Ancestors: An Exhibit at the Ayala Museum

I haven't been to the Ayala Museum for ages so I'm a bit curious to see this particular exhibit since I too am a lover of anything golden!  I didn't know that our ninuno had lots of gold at their disposal - and wore it prominently too!  Anyway, I will visit this exhibit the same time as Mama and I will watch the play next weekend!

If you want to know more about the exhibit, just click on the link below - an article by the esteemed Ambeth Ocampo -

Living in a golden age

From Illegal Fishing to Seaweed Farming

When I was still in grade school in the 80s, our Social Studies teacher would tell us about the evils of dynamite fishing, so I am surprised that even with that awareness, fishermen continue to do such method of fishing!  It's a good thing though that with the help of NGOs and government agencies, our local fishermen are taught about the dire consequences of continued dynamite fishing and how it depletes the number of fish in the sea.

This article below is good news since it teaches fishermen how to do seaweed farming - an alternative source of income for them!

From illegal fishing to seaweed farming

Bringing the Affluent Art Buyers Closer to Home: HK Art Fair

Last year, a painting by a Filipino sold for over forty million pesos more or less!  Not bad for a payday check!  So it's great that the HK Art Fair is continuously expanding every year since it brings the affluent art buyers closer to home. HK is just a two hour flight away from Manila, and the curators there know very well that there is a market for Filipino art, knowing fully well how talented our local artists are!

It also gives the opportunity for our local art dealers to bring the work of our top local artists from both past and present and showcase them to a world market.  I would love to attend one of these fairs in the future.  I am definitely marking it on my calendar in the future!


Hong Kong fair showcases booming Asian art market

Great to See Atlas Mining Finally Out of the Red!

I am a beneficiary of the mining industry and so is my family and most of the friends I grew up with.  So I read with great gladness today that Atlas Mining, the company that has nurtured our family when I was growing up, is out of the red - finally posting incomes after being shut down for so long.  I do hope they continue what they are doing since I'm sure, the community around them will again be re-invigorated by their continued rise. 

If only mining is given a chance in this country, I'm sure many rural communities will benefit from it.  And we do need these minerals.  Pano na lang yang Ipod and Ipad and Iphone mo?  Galing sa lupa din ang components niyan noh!

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Filipinos in Andorra

An enlargeable map of the Principality of Andorra (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

It was with great interest that I read in a mini-newspaper magazine today that there are many Filipinos in the tiny country of Andorra!  Imagine how interesting our diaspora has become!  When I was growing up, I've always wanted to go to that tiny country and to find out now that there are many Filipinos there - and that we would really be welcome there - is such good news!

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