TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Dining with More Friends and a Dog Named Shakira!

Friday, February 14, 2014

Dining with More Friends and a Dog Named Shakira!

Here are a few more pictures with friends:
Top photo was taken in Makati, l-r: Cecilia, Cynthia Posa, Mila Santillan, Marily Orosa;

Next photo shows a group celebrating the birthdays of Inday Blanco and Terry Manguerra. The far right of the picture, r-l: Chinggay Utzurrum, Cecilia, Inday Blanco, Terry Manguerra

Next shows a picture of the trio, l-r: Terry Manguerra, Inday Blanco, Chinggay Utzurrum

The following pictures show a group having dinner in Cebu, l-r: Louie Nacorda, Father Romeo Desuyo, Hope Saban Yu, Cecilia, Terry Manguerra, Chona Bernad, Lynley Ocampo, Nilo Ylanan

The young man is Hope's relative, and the dog is Shakira, who belongs to Father Desuyo. Or perhaps it's Father Desuyo who belongs to Shakira.

tags: friends, family, Cebu, Makati, Philippines, Cecilia Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.