Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

March 18: Dr. Rene R. Escalante

Southeast Asia and the Quincentennial Commemoration of the First Circumnavigation of the World

Date and Time
0815 am, 18 March 2021 0915 am – 0945 am (No Q&A session)
Profile
Rene R. Escalante, PhD is the Executive Director of the National Quincentennial Committee, which aims to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the "Victory at Mactan (27 April 2021) and...of the Philippine part in the first circumnavigation of the world."