TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Manila Philippines: Friends and Chinese New Year of the Rooster

Saturday, January 28, 2017

Manila Philippines: Friends and Chinese New Year of the Rooster

Dear Readers, here in Manila wifi is very slow and I can post brief updates of my Philippine visit in Facebook. Please visit my FB site, thanks.

Today I'm able to post a couple of pictures with friends. The picture above show Guia Lim and me having dim sum at Chang Palace at Shangri-La hotel in Makati, to celebrate Chinese New Year. The picture below shows my high school frineds from St. Theresa's College (San Marcelino) having dinner at Tutti Belli also in Makati.

Stay tuned, dear Reeaders!

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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.