Anding Roces

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Even though he was asmathic, National Artist Anding Roces was a known animal lover especially of dogs. He defied this health condition by still owning a dog named Zippy, a female Toy Poodle which shed the least.

He was a noted champion of Philippine history and cultural heritage. During his stint as Education Secretary under President Diosdado Macapagal, he was able to retrieve from the thief the priceless historical items written by Rizal: the original manuscripts of Noli Me Tangere, El Filibusterismo, and "Mi Ultimo adios."

July 13 was Anding Roces' birth centenary. Thank you for your legacies! Know more about him through the Anding Roces' official page.

📷 Family of Anding Roces

“Only now I realized, in hindsight, that Dr. Roces still holds the distinction as the one and only National Artist with well-chiseled abs.”
- Totel V. de Jesus

Why I can’t forget Anding Roces—the humor, the wisdom, the writing—and the six-pack abs - The Diarist.ph What’s with 1924, that three of our distinguished National Artists were born? There’s filmmaker Eddie Romero on July 5, followed by writers Alejandro “Anding” Roces on July 13, and F. Sionil Jose on December 3.

"To dream the impossible dream... To reach the unreachable star."

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🎶 The Impossible Dream by Joe Darion as featured in the 1965 musical Man of La Mancha

🧑‍🎨 Toym Imao Studios

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"Always with lolo"

Excerpt from Ninoy Aquino's Speach in Los Angeles:

"I say, our situation today, may be likened to the story of a fellow candidate of mine during LABAN. As you very well know, we fielded a team in 1978 to oppose the Marcos team, and I was in jail and I was never allowed to campaign. But, there were 20 other gentlemen; ladies & gentlemen campaigning for us. One of them was the irrepressible former Secretary of Education Anding Roces, and Anding Roces had a very favorite candidate, or had a very favorite personality in all of his speeches, and he called them “Iskombro”. According to Anding, and this is a story of “Iskombro”, Mr. Marcos one day wanted to go to the National Mental Institution, to the psychopathic, to visit the psychopathic. And naturally, the doctor of the psychopathic wanted to impress Mr. Marcos. And three weeks before Mr. Marcos arrived, all the patients of the psychopathic, according to “Iskombro”, were trained by the director. And so, according to the story, the director trained them, “Pagdating ika dito ng ating panggulo, pagtaas ng aking isang daliri, ikang ganoon, palakpakan.” And so, one week they trained them, the director would lift one finger, palakpakan. On the second week, “pag ikang ganoon dalawa na, palakpakan at sigawan.” And so the patients responded, two fingers, palakpakan, sigawan. On the third week, just before Mr. Marcos arrived, pag isang finger, ikang ganoon, palakpakan. Pag dalawang finger, palakpakan, sigawan. Pag tatlong finger, palakpakan, sigawan, talunan pa. And so the patients responded. And the great day arrived, and Mr. Marcos came. The military escorts came. Five thousand inmates of the hospital were there, and they were all dressed immaculately in white. And the director, walking behind Mr. Marcos, lifted one finger, naku palakpakan. And Mr. Marcos saluted. As they were going to the middle of the auditorium, the director point two fingers, naku palakpakan, sigawan. Sabi ni Marcos, okay to ah. And as they enter the main stage, as Mr. Marcos was about to sit down, sabi ng direktor tatlo, naku palakpakan, sigawan, talunan pa. And Mr. Marcos sabi niya, sabi niya kay direktor, “ayos ka na direktor, doble na ang iyong budget.” But as Mr. Marcos sat down, he noticed there was an old man sitting in a corner. Walang kibo, he was just sitting in the corner. And so naturally, the president wanted to know. Sabi niya, “Direktor, eh bakit ika yung matandang iyon, hindi pumapalakpak, hindi sumisigaw, hindi tumatalon?” Ang sabi po ng direktor, “Pangulo, ikang ganoon, mabuti na po iyon. He’s already okay. Lalabas na bukas. Hindi bale na.” Kaya po sa ating mga kababayan na nandidito sa Los Angeles na pag nakikita ang larawan ng Ginoong Marcos at sila’y nasaludo pa at napalakpak, huwag niyo sanang kalimutan ang mga kasama niyo sa National Psychopathic Hospital, sapagkat kami’y hindi na napalakpak ay kami po’y magaling na at kami’y palabas na." - Ninoy Aquino

🔗 StudentPolitician. "Ninoy Aquino’s memorable speech in Los Angeles" Real Encounters (blog). Blogspot. April 20, 2009. https://bit.ly/3ROepjD

📹 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHyJYcUIUjg

💡https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2006/08/24/354387/lakas-ng-bayan-candidates