tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2680469885341703021.post829090463826225892..comments2023-07-04T02:19:00.298-07:00Comments on <center><b>book-aklat-libro</b></center>: Miracles happen every day...let us pray for earthquake/tsunami victimsReymoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17070573070853493357noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2680469885341703021.post-47684070990021960412011-03-13T05:24:40.154-07:002011-03-13T05:24:40.154-07:00Hi Candy, thank you very much for having time to r...Hi Candy, thank you very much for having time to read and write your comment. I do hope that our readers out there will be able to grab a copy and share it with friends. Im sending copies to my cousin's kids in California and Toronto in the next few weeks and having your booktemplate will make it more special. Good luck to your next story and dont forget to keep us posted. All the best. Rey<br /><br />Note: I even forwarded the link of my review to a Japanese friend (in Tokyo) yesterday as a simple way of comforting her during this unexpected disaster. I met her during my postgrad program in Australia five years ago.Reymoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17070573070853493357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2680469885341703021.post-7142357086330268912011-03-12T02:01:52.916-08:002011-03-12T02:01:52.916-08:00Hey Rey, I'm glad you expedited your review - ...Hey Rey, I'm glad you expedited your review - it's so timely in the wake of the appalling events in Japan. My thoughts are with the victims and I hope their ordeal doesn't linger.<br /><br />And thank you for the excellent review - you're the first to pick up on those factual points. When I finished the book, I ran these by an immigration lawyer friend of mine because I was very aware that immigration has come a long way since the 1980s. She said Bernardo's situation still comes up on rare occasions ... hence in the Acknowledgements I made sure to say things were much better and I was careful not to set the story in a particular time! <br /><br />As for names! Heh heh, I named Andi after one of <i>my</i> very good friends, <a href="http://mandy-navasero.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Amandolina Navasero</a>, the photographer aka Mandy. Your description of Filipino naming culture was delightful. In my family, we have formal Spanish names for our tombstones (mine is Maria Cristina) and American nicknames (Candy!) ... <br /><br />Thanks again for your excellent comments.Candy Gourlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802791643303335762noreply@blogger.com