Smallest Plaza in the World for a Great Man - Dr Jose P Rizal
Happy 156th birthday to our national hero!June 19, 2017Dr Abe V RotorA rare photograph of Rizal in Europe in a fencing outfit. (Internet) Jose Rizal monument towers over the “world’s smallest plaza,”...
View ArticleTen Most Important people who influenced your life and career: A Survey
Dr Abe V Rotor In a survey conducted at the UST graduate school and the Faculty of Arts and Letters, the respondents were asked to list down the names of the ten most important persons outside of...
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Grains Museum Re-opened After 30 YearsDr Abe V RotorRecently the author received an invitation to witness the re-opening of the museum at least in part (leaving behind for renovation the seven...
View ArticleI asked God for more
"I asked God if I can be god, too, all knowing with my technology ..."Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on BlogPaaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid with Ms Melly C Tenorio738 DZRB AM Band, 8 to 9...
View ArticleReturn of Balloon Frog Symbolizes Nature's Victory
But Nature’s victory does not mean man’s defeat; rather it humbles man to be obedient to Nature’s laws and rules which is the key to his very survival. Dr Abe V RotorViews of the Balloon Frog -...
View ArticleImpressionism and Abstract Nature Paintings of Nature (Article in progress)
Dr Abe V RotorBirds (16" 28") 2012Bugs (11" x 14") 2012Bullfight (13" 24") 2013Eyes, Eyes (12" 24") 2013Autumn Bloom (22" x 22") 2013
View ArticleA Day at the Museum of Natural History
Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on BlogSkeleton of a tamarawWall. wall, who is the most informed of all? History in a glass caseWhale, dead and alive - and threatened.Kids' world in a natural...
View Article50 Kinds of Phobia - A Checklist for Self-Analysis
We are Living in Parallel Worlds: The World of PhobiaDr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature - School on Blog--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------It's a...
View ArticleIfugao Rice Terraces Diorama at the Smithsonian
Dr Abe V Rotor Photo taken in 1976 at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC. No dioramas were shown about contemporary Philippines at that time.We may be happy to see the image of our ancestors,the...
View ArticleMimicking Nature by Means of Transforms
Dr Abe V Rotor Living with Nature School on Blog Anna at the Museum of Natural History, UPLB Mt Makiling, LagunaIf I were given wings, I would rather be a butterfly,and flutter from flower to...
View ArticleTraces of Art Movements are Alive in Today's Paintings
Dr Abe V Rotor Living with Nature School on Blog [avrotor.blogspot.com]These representative paintings are the works of amateurs at the University of Santo Tomas. They provide a keyhole view on the...
View ArticleHow to catch frogs
Dr Abe V Rotor Palakang Bukid (Rana vitigera)It was fun to trap frogs when I was a kid. At harvest time I would dig holes in the ricefield around one and one-half feet deep. The frogs seek shelter in...
View ArticleGiant Cranefly
Dr Abe V RotorCrane Fly (Tipula sp), Family Tipulidae, Order DipteraThis is a rare specimen I caught at home. It is a very curious one, although it a relative of the mosquito. It has the size several...
View ArticleWild Pigeon
Dr Abe V RotorMarlo, Tikob Lake, Tiaong QuezonYou cannot be free if man is your master,even if he feeds you and shelters you,for you belong to a flock and the sky;be a friend then to a young heart,...
View ArticleBig Bang - the Origin of Life
Dr Abe V RotorBig Bang (19" x 23") painting by the author 2012Once upon a distant past, a proto mass of converging gases, too huge to hold on in space exploded - the Big Bang like a...
View ArticleInvisible Wall
Dr Abe V RotorFish to butterfly danger in the open harmless between a wall; Humans behave like friend to friend between an invisible wall.
View ArticleThird Part:: Functional Literacy in the Cyber Age
Laptop computer, and its versions, a must in college, office and in the home.Dr Abe V RotorToday, to have a credit card or an ATM card is no easy task; much more if you have both. One must acquire...
View ArticleSecond Part: Functional Literacy - Beyond the 3Rs
Hands-on and on-site study enhances practical learning.UST Graduate Students on a field trip in Amadeo, CaviteDr Abe V RotorLiteracy is a measure of capability rather than just meeting the fundamentals...
View ArticleFirst Part: Functional Literacy, "A Camilo Osias Story"
Dr Abe V RotorRARE 1924 CAMILO OSIAS THE PHILIPPINE READERSHere is a story about Pedro and Jose I read in the elementary.One day Pedro approached his boss and complained why his partner Jose is...
View ArticleFunctional Literacy
Greater Lagro Gazette, July-Sept 2017Special Report by Abercio V Rotor, Ph.D.First Part: A Camilo Osias Story------------------------------------------------------------------EDITOR’S NOTE: Education...
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