Friday I ordered a portrait made of Sra. Ypia.[1] [Olimpia] [1] Olimpia Rizal de Ubaldo (1854-1887) elder sister of Rizal. She was with child when Rizal, newly minted physician, returned to the Philippines in 1887. Rizal assisted at the delivery, the baby died and so...
Diaries
9 February 1888
Thursday The Zafiro set out [from the Fragrant Harbor’]. I wrote letters to Manila. [Cost was:]Postcard, three cents. Postage stamps, five cents. For foreign countries, ten cents. [p.6]
8 February 1888
Wednesday At 3:15 in the afternoon, we arrived at Hong Kong. [Manuel] Yriarte[1] with one Mr. Mitjans came to the boat. I lodged on the first floor of the Victoria Hotel. [p.6] [1] Manuel de Yriarte (1864-1930) a friend of Rizal, whose portrait as a young man was...
7 February 1888
Tuesday We arrived in the morning in front of Emuy[1]. It is raining. [1] Amoy, now Xiamen, Fujian Province, People’s Republic of China.
6 February 1888
Monday The weather improves.
5 February 1888
Sunday.
4 February 1888
Saturday. [p.5] We could still see the coasts of Luzon.
3 February 1888
On February 3, 1888 we departed at 5:00 o'clock p.m., Friday. On leaving Manila, I did not feel that sweet and melancholy sadness of six years ago, upon seeing the towers of the cathedrals and the big convents. I was accompanied by my brothers-in-law and cousins....