TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Friends in Cebu, Philippines

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Friends in Cebu, Philippines

Seated l-r: Terry Manguerra, Helen Misa, Lucy Garcia

Standing l-r: Cecilia Brainard, Chona Bernad, Teresita Huete, Chinggay Utzurrum

I had dinner and lunch with some friends in Cebu City, Philippines.

The picture above includes my circle of friends who are involved in heritage work in Cebu: Terry Manguerra, Chinggay Utzurrum, Chona Bernad. We have been missing dear Inday Blanco who was part of our circle and who unfortunately passsed away last January 20.

The Franco sisters: Lucy, Helen, and Teresita, are family friends. Their parents knew my parents. Teresita and I were classmates at St. Theresa's Cebu since kindergarten. Teresita is based in Madrid, Spain, but visits the Philippines regularly.

l-r: Henry Go, Cecilia Brainard, Mayen Tan

This picture of three, shows Henry Go and Mayen Tan, literary/theater friends of mine in Cebu. Henry and Mayen have been travelling a lot and plan more travels and our conversation swirled around that topic.

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This is all for now,
Cecilia

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.