Kaalama, Karunungan at Katotohanan: Giyera ng mga Langgam

Gintong Mariposa Family Magazine Taon 1 Blg. 7, Pebrero 11, 1992
Tampok sa harapang pabalat sina Martin Nievera, Pops Fernandez
at ang kanilang mga anak na sina Robin at Ram.
Tampok sa likurang pabalat si Cristina Gonzales
para sa Sun Beach Sandal print ad.

Ang unang labas ng Kaalaman, Karunungan at Katotohanan na aking sinulat sa ilalim ng penname na Newton Aresgala.

“Tignan mo ang mga langgam, ikaw na taong ubod ng tamad,
pamumuhay nila’y masdan mo at nang ikaw ay mamumat.
Kahit sila’y walang pinunong sa kanila’y nag-uutos,
walang tagapamahala o tagamasid na sinusunod,
ngunit nag-iimbak ng pagkain sa tag-araw,
kailanga’y iniipon kung panahon ng anihan.”
          – Mga Kawikaan 6:6-7, Magandang Balita Biblia, Tagalog Popular Version

 

December 12



DECEMBER 12

Mr. & Ms. Vol. 19 No. 33, December 12, 1995 

On the Cover: Kris Aquino and her son Joshua

 

Disyembre 12 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Disyembre 12, 1941, nakipaglaban sa himpapawid si Captain Jesus Villamor kasama ang ilang mandirigmang pilotong Filipino laban sa 54 na eroplanong pandigma ng mga hapon na sumalakay sa Batangas Air Field. Matagumpay na naitaboy nina Villamor ang mga dayuhan.

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GLIMPSE FROM THE PAST

Fashion designer Florette Townsend

 on the cover of Jet (December 12, 1957).

 

Personalities and celebrities born on December 12:

1858 – Valeriano Hernandez Peña, poet, fictionist and author of the first Tagalog novel – in San Jose, Bulacan, Bulacan (d. September 7, 1922).

1930 – Cesar Enrique Aguinaldo Virata, technocrat, politician, Finance Minister and Prime Minister (1973-1981) – in Manila.

1934 – Rene Luna Cayetano, lawyer, journalist, politician and senator – in Pangasinan. (d. June 24, 2003).

1935 – Epimaco Ardina Velasco, government official and politician – in Tanza, Cavite (d. January 27, 2014).

1964 – Lydia de Vega, athlete, sprinter and Asia’s fastest woman athlete in the 1980s – in Meycauayan, Bulacan.

Lydia de Vega
on the cover of Teens Weekly (March 18, 1982).



1966 – Pops Fernandez (full name Maria Cielito Lukban Fernandez), singer and actress – in Quezon City.

Pops Fernandez
on the covers of Good Housekeeping Philippines (June 2002), S Magazine (September 2007) and Health Today Philippines (March 2008)

1979 – Carlos Agassi (full name Amir Carlos Damaso Vahidi Agassi), Iranian-Filipino actor, model, television host and rap artist – in Makati City.

Carlos Agassi
on the cover of Star Studio (August 2002).

1980 – Bobby Pacquiao (full name Alberto Dapidran Pacquiao), boxer – in Bukidnon.

1986 – Denver Cuello, boxer – in Cabatuan, Iloilo.

1988 – AJ “Bazooka” Banal (full name Alex John Banal), boxer – in Cebu City.

 



Denise Richards on the cover of
Playboy (December 2004).

Picture Trivia

          Do you know that Hollywood actress and fashion model Denise Richards posed nude for Playboy barely five months after giving birth? Richards, who is known for her portrayals in such films as Blonde and Blonder, Starship Troopers, Wild Things, and The World Is Not Enough, was the former wife of actor Charlie Sheen. On March 2004, she gave birth to their first child. Barely five months later, she did nude pictorials which appeared in a 10-page spread of the Playboy December 2004 issue. She was even labeled by Playboy as “Drop Dead Gorgeous,” and was also the magazine’s cover girl.

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November 5



NOVEMBER 5

Tagalog Klasiks Taon 1 Blg. 9, Nobyembre 5, 1949

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang isa sa mga “Kuwento ni Lola Basyang" ni Severino Reyes

na iginuhit ni Fred Carillo

 

Nobyembre 5 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

                    

          Noong Nobyembre 5, 1944, (sa Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig) tatlong sunud-sunod na pagsugod ng mga eroplanong pandigma ng mga Amerikano ang nagpalubog sa heavy cruiser ng mga Hapon, ang Nachi, na nakahimpil malapit sa baybayin ng look ng Manila.

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Personalities and celebrities born on November 5:

1883 – Francisco Buencamino, composer, music teacher and musical director – in San Miguel de Mayumo, Bulacan (d. October 16, 1952).

1942 – Arturo F. "Turo" Valenzona, basketball player and coach.

1958 – Ronald Corveau (full name Ronald Maquilan Corveau, actor – in Manila.

1964 – Gabby Concepcion (full name Gabriel Arellano Concepcion), actor, director and businessman – in San Juan, Metro Manila.

Gabby Concepcion (with Pops Fernandez)

on the cover of Parade (July 14, 1982)

 

1986 – Diane Medina (full name Maria Patricia Dianne Perez Medina), actress – in Manila.

1988 – Enchong Dee (full name Ernest Lorenzo Velasquez Dee), swimmer, actor and model – in Naga City.

Enchong Dee
on the cover of Men’s Health Philippines (April 2012).

Marvel superhero Captain America (Chris Evans),
on the cover of Entertainment Weekly
(November 5, 2010).

Picture Trivia

          The fictional superhero Captain America was conceptualized by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. He first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941), published by Timely Comics.
          It is the first Marvel Comics character to be seen in media outside comics with the release of the 1944 movie serial, Captain America. Both comics and movies were used as propaganda materials during World War II.
          Chris Evans who played Captain America in several films since 2011 earlier played another Marvel Comics character, the Human Torch, in the films Fantastic Four (2005) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007).
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