FUN FACTS ABOUT RIZAL  As a gift for his former professor in

Ateneo, Fr. Jose Guerrico who went to

 Rizal’s mother, almost cost her life in
Dapitan, Rizal made him a bust of Fr.
giving birth to Rizal due to his big head.
Jose Guerrico. The bust then won a gold
 His name “Jose” was chosen by his
medal at the 1904 St. Louis Exposition
mother who was a devotee of the
 Rizal was a polyglot who was
Christian saint St. Joseph.
conversant in 22 languages
 Rizal honored his older brother, Paciano
 Rizal’s favorite park in Spain is the
in his first novel as the wise Pilisopo
Parque del Buen Retiro which inspired
Tasio.
him to name his plave of exile in
 Rizal is a product of the mixture of
Dapitan, Zamboanga as “Mi Retiro”
races.
 When Governor General Terrero
 In his blood were both East and West-
assigned a bodyguard to Rizal named Lt.
Negrito, Indonesian, Malay, Chinese,
Jose Traviel de Andrade, a friendship
Japanese, and Spanish.
between them blossomed
 Jose Rizal fell in love with a Japanese
 Jose Rizal’s favorite dish was carne
girl named Seiko Usui whom he
asada
affectionately call her as “O-Sei-San”
 His poem Mi Retiro was written when
 Mango and lanzones were Rizal’s
he was sick and could not work
favorite food when he was imprisoned in
 Rizal spent Php500.00 for coconut oil
Dapitan
lamps for the streets of Dapitan.
 Due to having short height for his age,
 Rizal would often jokingly pinch his
he was a victim of bullying during his
students who couldn’t answer correctly
childhood school days, in which he
 Some books mention that Rizal
answered with wrestling techniques he
collected frogs, snakes, shells, orchids,
learned from his Uncle Miguel
and even butterflies
 His other talents include pistol shooting,
 Rizal joined a lottery and won one-third
cartography, and fencing
of the grand prize Php18,000.00
 One of Rizal’s lovers, Suzanne from
Belgium, called him a ‘little bad boy’.
 A religious sect called Rizalistas believe
that Rizal is a Godsent being
 Before his execution, a Spanish surgeon
checked his pulse and it read normal,
 which is uncommon considering that he - a remarkable woman, possessing refined
is about to face death, this shows how culture, literary talent, business ability, and
prepared he is with death the fortitude of Spartan women.

 His first patient as a doctor in his - Rizal lovingly said of her that his mother is
homeland is his sister, Olimpia, who a woman of more than ordinary culture
was pregnant but later died of -died in Manila on August 16, 1911, at the
miscarriage, along with the offspring age of 85
 He formed a mini-school during his
Dapitan exile with 21-free tuition
student who all do community service as
a price

Franciso Rizal (Father)

- born in Biñan, Laguna on May 11,1818
- studied Latin and Philosophy at the
College of San Jose in Manila
- He was a hardy and independent man who
talked less and worked more
- died in Manila on January 5, 1898 at the
age of 80
- In his student memoirs, Rizal 8’
affectionately called him “a model of
fathers”

Teodora (mother)
- was born in Manila on November 8, 1826
- educated at the College of Santa Rosa, a
well-known college for girls in the city