World Press Freedom Day

What’s wrong with this picture? Are you getting just one side of the story? RT if you support a free and independent press on #WorldPressFreedomDay! #WPFD #PressFreedom @mariaressa @rapplerdotcom pic.twitter.com/0btFtNGVwA

— IFEX (@IFEX) May 2, 2018

Spotted: 03 May 2018, "IFEX" on Twitter

IFEX is the global human rights network of organisations defending the right to freedom of expression and informatiion

"What's wrong with this picture?" is the 2018 IFEX campaign for World Press Freedom Day.

[This post is antedated]

No regrets

Anong oras na? #laborday #nationalmuseum #manila

A post shared by Glenn Cruz (@glenncruz_ph) on May 1, 2016 at 8:08am PDT

Down Memory Lane: 01 May 2016, National Museum, Manila

Two years ago this day, I finalized my political choice inside the National Museum. It was to be my fifth time to make that decision, who for me was best to lead the country.

There was this important message from the distant past that helped me firm up with my decision:

I assume in all humbleness the complex responsibilities, which you have chosen to give me. I pledge my effort and my life to discharge them with whatever talent, strength, and energy I can muster. 

I still am sure why that quote from the inaugural address of the late President Manuel Roxas resonated with me. It made me smile, feel warmer and lighter somehow, and I left the Museum sure of myself that I will not regret making that decision. And really, I have none. 

Taureau I

Taureau I by Le Corbusier pic.twitter.com/HHXC1bnm4z

— Art Pics Channel (@ArtPicsChannel) May 1, 2018

Spotted: 01 May 2018, "Art Pics Channel" on Twitter

"Taureau I" (The Bull I) by Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret) was exhibited at The Salon: Art+Design, Park Avenue Armory in New York City in 2012. That was the best information I've gotten for this work after a simple Google Image search.

(Also found out that there's a "Taureau III" at the Tate in the United Kingdom.)

Taurus is the zodiac sign associated with people born on a day from 21 April to 21 May; this post is part of some sort of birth month celebration series on liwaliw.

Tie a Yellow Ribbon

"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" by Tony Orlando and Dawn from their album I Can't Believe How Much I Love You was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973, my birth year.

Now the whole damned bus is cheerin'
And I can't believe I see
A hundred yellow ribbons round the ole oak tree
I'm comin' home

The most popular song when I was born -- no wonder, I don't easily get offended when I'm name-called "dilawan." And I do get teary eyed at times when I imagine how an old oak tree full of yellow ribbons would come into view of a window of a bus full of people cheering on your behalf.

Taurus symbolism

Non-random selection. pages 62-65 of Sun & Moon Signs by Julia and Derek Parker. pic.twitter.com/B9arP1V0aP

— glenncruz (@glenncruz) May 1, 2018

Non-random selection from my home library. Pages 62 to 65 of Sun and Moon Signs: An Indisposable Illustrated Guide to Astrological Characteristics, by Julia and Derek Parker, and published by DK Publishing, features symbolism associated with the zodiac Taurus, the sign of the bull, assigned to people born a day from 21 April to 21 May.

• Flowers: primrose, columbine, daisy, foxglove, poppy, violet
• Trees: ash, cypress, vine, almond, fig, apple, pear
• Herbs: spearmint
• Spices: all, particularly, cloves
• Metal: copper
• Gems: emerald and moss agate (because green is the Taurean color)
• Animal: all types of cattle (no surprise there)

In different sections this month, will post stuff I find related to the month of May, or the zodiac sign Taurus, or maybe even the Year of the Ox (my birth year in Chinese astrology).