Comments on: A Fifty Year Old Passport…

By: Kellyn

Kellyn — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:41:35 +0000

quiapo: my diploma when i graduated from politecnico di milano was done by hand :p looks super awesome, since most documents i get look computerized :p i just graduated last year haha so it’s still pretty recent.

By: quiapo

quiapo — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:33:22 +0000

When I was sstudying in England in the 60s, Coutts, the bank of the Royal family, used to issue statements written out by hand.
Dipomas also used to be written out in penmanship in those days.
In fact people used to write letters to each other, rather than text and email. These days my pens are used only for greeting cards, at Xmas time particularly.
I am pleased to see that some wedding invitations still are in calligraphy, though printed invitations are becoming more common.
We have lost something with technological advances.

By: sunflowii

sunflowii — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:23:10 +0000

oh my, this response is for apicio’s comment up at the top. it’s almost 2 years late but:
when i had to renew my passport at the Philippine Embassy in Toronto, one of the questions I had to answer on the form was: are you an illegitimate child?
why that would even matter, i don’t know. and why they would ask that question here when it’s not asked when you renew your passport in the philippines, i wouldn’t know either. but i told my canadian colleagues and they couldn’t believe it!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:58:28 +0000

Yissa, my lolo was born in Albay.

By: liyapot

liyapot — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:32:17 +0000

your lolo and i share the same birthday

By: Yissa

Yissa — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:02:18 +0000

Your father is from Albay?

By: alicia

alicia — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:14:40 +0000

What a great memento of you grandfather. I think I am going to ask my mom if she found anything similar from my Grandmother that passed on last year. I would love to keep that as a keepsake of her.

By: kate

kate — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:52:17 +0000

how wonderful! i love finding old family memorabilia as well. btw, i posted a link awhile ago but i don’t think its allowed. anyway, just wanted to share my dad’s old baby kit. i found a box of baby powder and soap still intact :) it’s pretty cool!

By: kate

kate — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:48:24 +0000

how pretty! i love finding old family memorabilia. will just share my find with you: https://meowbykate.blogspot.com/2008/06/jabon-talco-at-aciete-para-nios.html

By: sister

sister — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:05:00 +0000

Zena, One must choose one’s travelling companion carefully. My favorite one is myself, solo is hassle free. On the 1980 trip my grandmother arrived in NYC starved for a real meal, my mother had only dined on desserts in Vienna. Considering that both were diabetic it took it’s toll. One of my deepest regrets was not to be able to travel with my grandmother before she died at 92.