11:33 PM. Back home from "U.S.-Philippine Friendship through Art" at the residence of Ambassador Philip S. Goldberg. Seen: National Artist for Literature Frank Sionil Jose; visual artist Leo Abaya; Ditas Samson of the National Museum; Raul Sunico, Nes Jardin, Chinggay Bernardo, and Menchi Mantaring of the Cultural Center of the Philippines; dancer Nicola Ayoub; filmmaker and Cordillera culture hero Kidlat Tahimik; photographer Hedwig de Leon; Philippine Ballet Theater's Liza de la Fuente; concert pianist Jovianney Cruz; Lucky Guillermo and his documentary crew; Adelina Suemith of the National Commission for Culture and Arts; potter Ugu Bigyan; old and new Embassy officers and former-co-workers, including the woman who took on my position after I retired, Amiya Rosalyn Sawadjaan!

Hedwig and I had coffee at Gateway afterward.