Thristan Mendoza
Thristan "Tum-Tum" Mendoza (born 1989) is a Filipino Prodigious Savant and marimba prodigy.
Mendoza was born in Quezon City, Philippines. He was enrolled at the Philippine Montessori Center. He was diagnosed as autistic at the age of two and a half. During the same year he began to play.
In 1997 the University of the Philippines presented him as a gifted child prodigy.
He is now a college student majoring in percussion.
He has three siblings (Rainier, Victoria Angela, Victorina Francesca)
Thristan Mendoza Media
Jeddah , 1938
Tabula Rogeriana, a reproduction of one of the most advanced early world maps, by Muhammad al-Idrisi produced in 1154 shows the location of Jeddah. This is a south-up map orientation.
Mohammed Abu Zenada, one of the Chiefs of Jeddah and the advisor to the Sharif during the surrender to King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud in 1925.
King Abdulaziz sitting with Abdullah Ali Reda on the day he entered Jeddah in 1925
Map of Jeddah from OpenStreetMap
Jeddah Park Mall is the largest shopping mall in Jeddah.
King Abdullah St. - Jeddah
Galleria, a hotel on Tahliyah Street
A view of the Madinah Road in 2007
References
- Darold Treffert. Thristan "Tum-Tum" Mendoza – a child prodigy marimbist with autism from the PhilippinesWisconsin Medical Society. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
Further reading
- Bouy, Janet (December 1, 2001). "Keyed up: Thristan Mendoza, 12 Quezon City, Philippines. (Kids Did It!)". National Geographic World.