Monthly Archives: June 2017

Trendy jacket

My son got this jacket for P500. He’s eyeing this jacket for some time now and promised to go back to the mall once he raised the amount. Like his sister, Kyle loves to wear jacket and has been collecting a few pieces since junior high school. I wish to get the same design in size xxl or xxxl perhaps.

On a different note, the world’s largest musical instrument retailer is selling doumbek, an instrument that belongs to drum and percussion family. For those who love exotic instrument, doumbek is for you.

She would have been 48 today

My cousin Cecil would have been 48 today (June 28). She died four days before Christmas Day in 2015. Her family visited her at the cemetery where they offered flowers and prayers to commemorate her birthday on earth. I remember her as a tough cookie. She doesn’t easily give in to life’s challenges especially when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010. She remained positive even up to her last few weeks. I did not hear anything negative from her. If she were alive today, she could be the one helping some family members who are in dire straits. She was a year older than me but I admit she’s more mature when it comes to decision making. I miss you Cez. Happy birthday wherever you are. :'(

Image courtesy of Keerati at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Pieta

A Franceso Riccardo Monti sculpture at the National Museum.

Located on the ground floor of the National Museum of Fine Arts (Old Legislative Building), visitors can view a Pieta by Italian sculptor Francesco Riccardo Monti (1888-1958) who lived and worked in the Philippines from 1930 to 1958.

The Pieta, probably made in 1946 of concrete polychrome, features a mannerist style that became predominant in Italy after Renaissance in the 16th century. It is characterized by “elongated forms, spiral angles, twisting poses, and aloof subject gazes”, according to rad.edu. Monti was commissioned to create this for a funerary chapel, which may have inspired him to depart briefly from his remarkable Art Deco style.

Catalina Realty, Inc., through artist Phyllis Zaballero, donated Monti’s Pieta to the National Museum in 2013.

© The National Museum of the Philippines (2017)

Information taken from the Facebook page of the National Museum of the Philippines.

The picture was taken by hubby when he and the kids visited the museum last June 17.

The National Museum of the Philippines is located at the P. Burgos Drive, Rizal Park, Manila. It is open from Tuesdays-Sundays, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM