About the AuthorRodel J. Ramos, "Winds of Change" was born in barrio Alusiis, San Narciso, Zambales, Philippines and now resides in Metro Toronto, Canada. He wrote the book, "In Search of a Future, the Struggle of Immigrants". Contributions to the Community: Revived Community Centre issue: Every Filipino in Metro Toronto dreams of a Community Centre. For 30 years, different groups tried but failed to build the centre. With his writings and strategies, the issue was revived. Today, no less than 3 groups are working to ...
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About the AuthorRodel J. Ramos, "Winds of Change" was born in barrio Alusiis, San Narciso, Zambales, Philippines and now resides in Metro Toronto, Canada. He wrote the book, "In Search of a Future, the Struggle of Immigrants". Contributions to the Community: Revived Community Centre issue: Every Filipino in Metro Toronto dreams of a Community Centre. For 30 years, different groups tried but failed to build the centre. With his writings and strategies, the issue was revived. Today, no less than 3 groups are working to realize the dream. He was Chairman of the Publicity and Marketing of the Filipino Centre, Toronto until 30 December 2001.Promoted Multiculturalism: The Asian Connection that he founded was a social club where Canadians and Orientals mingled. The Club promoted inter-marriage. Hundreds of happy couples and beautiful children with Eurasian mixture resulted in this. Hundreds of Filipinas were able to come to Canada also because of this.Promoted largest gather of Filipinos: Handled the Marketing & Promotions of the Philippine Centennial Festival at the Sky Dome. This is the largest gathering of Filipinos overseas with 35,000 in attendance. It also made a gross profit of $550,000. Many said it was impossible but was achieved. It brought pride to Filipino-Canadians and they regained faith in themselves. It was his innovative and aggressive marketing strategies that encouraged the community to join to.tooooooo+ + + + + + + +PrefaceSome words from Tatay Jobo Elizes, Self-PublisherFirstly, I thank my friend, Rodel J. Ramos for his permission that I publish his book, entitled THINKING ALOUD AND RETROSPECTION, appropriate title for this purpose.Writings are timeless and they act as mirrors to history. I publish writings as they remain relevant anytime. I have seen a lot of good writings in the internet, in magazines and newspapers. But most writers have only one or two articles and therefore not enough material to be published as a book. And yet, many of them need to be published or archived. There are also writers who write a lot but never publish them. There are also old books with no more prints available. The solution is to publish/reprint. I do this for free because of the print-books-on-demand (POD) system, but the printed or hardcopy is not free.The printed book will always be there among your collections or libraries. Not all use the internet. The internet access has its technical problems. I can produce fiction, non-fiction, in color also.I promote reading especially to the youth. Interested reader may request free reading of any of my books, articles or essays via online reading or ebook. Just email me. Thank you. Tatay Jobo Elizes
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