Ascending the winding staircase of the Inquirer building for the last time before it was torn down brought back many happy memories of people who helped this column see print for the last 32 years. One of the front pages hanging on the glass wall by the editorial desk reminded me of the 100-day, front-page series I wrote in 1998 on the events and personalities that figure in the birth of the Filipino nation. 'Centennial Countdown' marked the run-up to the June 12 Philippine Centennial. It competed with the count of the National Centennial Commission, and even outlived a copycat series in a rival newspaper.

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