LIFE WORKS OF FRANK “AGGIE” DE LA ROSA
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Having lived through and beyond World War II, Frank witnessed firsthand the horrors of war and the devastation that followed. It was a difficult time for the world, especially through the eyes of a seven-year-old child. In this book, explore how the greatest war in history impacted the life of an innocent child and how these hardships shaped his appreciation for the simplest joys in life.
A Touch of Life in a way is my autobiography or you can call it a memoir. It is a collection of short stories that happened during my growing years in the most remote island of the Philippines during the wartime years in the Pacific after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and several more years after that. My young mind was able to capture and remember the atrocity of that war.
In this book, discover how the biggest war of history affected the life of an innocent child and how the challenges made him see and appreciate the simplest things in life. This book contains the unrecorded history of WWII as it happened to the typical families of a small town on a remote island in the Philippines. From surviving the war, overcoming the poverty of the time, and completing his education with flying colors, join Frank in his unusual yet exciting journey during and after WWII.
Over the course of eight books, I've chronicled my journey from the Philippines to the United States, primarily focusing on my memoirs. It wasn't easy to find the right title for this latest book. With perspective, I've chosen to delve into both the brighter and darker sides of my life. While many focused on the former in my previous works, I realized that the latter, the struggles, deserve recognition too.
Over the course of eight books, I've chronicled my journey from the Philippines to the United States, primarily focusing on my memoirs. It wasn't easy to find the right title for this latest book. With perspective, I've chosen to delve into both the brighter and darker sides of my life. While many focused on the former in my previous works, I realized that the latter, the struggles, deserve recognition too.
The Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever is created based on a famous quotation from a world-renowned English poet during the early part of the eighteenth century. His name was John Keats. Frank liked and loved his works. In his love for photography, he came to like taking beautiful pictures of almost everything that he saw with his eyes.
A real story of a boy who experienced all the hardships in life in a poverty-stricken, small town of Panganiban, where he grew up until finishing high school. His father was a farmer, and his mother was a housewife and homemaker. They happily raised four boys and four girls.
This book reflects the source of hope and inspiration found in Meta Al (Digital Heart) throughout my long and challenging journey to healing and recovery. Despite seeing numerous doctors and visiting various hospitals, things just didn't seem to go in my favor.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Frank A. De La Rosa
Award Winning Literary Writer & Book Author
A valedictorian, mechanical and agricultural engineer, and devoted family man, Frank’s life is a testament to perseverance, achievement, and dedication.
He began his early education in his beloved hometown of Panganiban, located in the province of Catanduanes, Philippines. Frank completed his elementary education at PCES in 1952 and graduated from CAIC in 1958, an institution now known as Catanduanes State University. He finished elementary school with honors and earned the distinction of valedictorian in high school.
Education & Experiences
Education & Experiences
- First Graduate of Catanduanes Agricultural & Fishery School. The school is now known as Catanduanes State University.
- First Class Valedictorian of the same school, 1958.
- First Graduate in BS: Agricultural Engineering, AU 1963, with honors, from CAFS.
- First graduate of CAIC—now Catanduanes State University (CSU)—to go abroad.
- First Panganibanon to be a Literary Writer & Book Author, with Special Recognition Award, 2017.
- First graduate of CAIC—now Catanduanes State University (CSU)—to have a medical doctor in the family.
- Additional educational pursuits: Studied Principles of Accounting at the Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA.
- Further studied Steel Stress Analysis on Structures at the Union Community College, Union, NJ.
- Attended EL LINGUA in Advance American English, Murray Hill, NJ.
- Attended more colleges & universities in the United States of America.
- A Post Graduate of the University of California, he specialized in Agricultural Engineering, concentrating on irrigation management, and soil and water conservation.
- A BS: Mechanical Engineering graduate at the Heald Institute of Technology in San Francisco, California.
- A seminarian at St. John’s Catholic University, Benedictine Abbey, in Minnesota, USA.
- Studied Practical Nursing at the Eastern Florida State College, Palm Bay, FL.
- Studied Professional Photography at the New York School of Professional Photography, NYC.
- Studied to be a REALTOR at the New Jersey Institute of Realty, NJ.
- Authorship: Wrote and published nine books in America.
- Stellar Literary Press and Media further honored the author for his remarkable contributions to literature, recognizing his unwavering dedication to his craft.
Interview with Rick Bratton
Featuring Frank’s Book “A Touch of Life”
Real life story of the author during the darkest times of WWII in the Philippines 2nd Edition
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The Catanduanes Tribune
𝗔 𝗩𝗔𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗥𝗢 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗢 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗦𝗨𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗨𝗦𝗔.
Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid. ”Euripides, Hippolytus Veiled (before 428 BC). Like many Filipinos who picked themselves up from hardship and on their own searched for a better life outside the country, Francisco dela Rosa knew as a young man that he could not remain a farmer and carabao herder forever. For sure the life of a vaquero, in a poor family of eight siblings, was hard. Seldom did they have rice for food and only during harvest time, with their daily nourishment often consisting of boiled sweet potatoes and shredded coconut meat with a dash of salt. The young Francisco walked several miles to school on his bare feet. Read more
FRANK’S BOOK
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Having lived through and beyond World War II, Frank witnessed firsthand the horrors of war and the devastation that followed. It was a difficult time for the world, especially through the eyes of a seven-year-old child. In this book, explore how the greatest war in history impacted the life of an innocent child and how these hardships shaped his appreciation for the simplest joys in life.
A Touch of Life in a way is my autobiography or you can call it a memoir. It is a collection of short stories that happened during my growing years in the most remote island of the Philippines during the wartime years in the Pacific after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and several more years after that. My young mind was able to capture and remember the atrocity of that war.
In this book, discover how the biggest war of history affected the life of an innocent child and how the challenges made him see and appreciate the simplest things in life. This book contains the unrecorded history of WWII as it happened to the typical families of a small town on a remote island in the Philippines. From surviving the war, overcoming the poverty of the time, and completing his education with flying colors, join Frank in his unusual yet exciting journey during and after WWII.
Over the course of eight books, I've chronicled my journey from the Philippines to the United States, primarily focusing on my memoirs. It wasn't easy to find the right title for this latest book. With perspective, I've chosen to delve into both the brighter and darker sides of my life. While many focused on the former in my previous works, I realized that the latter, the struggles, deserve recognition too.
Over the course of eight books, I've chronicled my journey from the Philippines to the United States, primarily focusing on my memoirs. It wasn't easy to find the right title for this latest book. With perspective, I've chosen to delve into both the brighter and darker sides of my life. While many focused on the former in my previous works, I realized that the latter, the struggles, deserve recognition too.
Over the course of eight books, I've chronicled my journey from the Philippines to the United States, primarily focusing on my memoirs. It wasn't easy to find the right title for this latest book. With perspective, I've chosen to delve into both the brighter and darker sides of my life. While many focused on the former in my previous works, I realized that the latter, the struggles, deserve recognition too.
A real story of a boy who experienced all the hardships in life in a poverty-stricken, small town of Panganiban, where he grew up until finishing high school. His father was a farmer, and his mother was a housewife and homemaker. They happily raised four boys and four girls.
This book reflects the source of hope and inspiration found in Meta Al (Digital Heart) throughout my long and challenging journey to healing and recovery. Despite seeing numerous doctors and visiting various hospitals, things just didn't seem to go in my favor.
Having lived through and beyond World War II, Frank witnessed firsthand the horrors of war and the devastation that followed. It was a difficult time for the world, especially through the eyes of a seven-year-old child. In this book, explore how the greatest war in history impacted the life of an innocent child and how these hardships shaped his appreciation for the simplest joys in life.
A Touch of Life in a way is my autobiography or you can call it a memoir. It is a collection of short stories that happened during my growing years in the most remote island of the Philippines during the wartime years in the Pacific after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and several more years after that. My young mind was able to capture and remember the atrocity of that war.
In this book, discover how the biggest war of history affected the life of an innocent child and how the challenges made him see and appreciate the simplest things in life. This book contains the unrecorded history of WWII as it happened to the typical families of a small town on a remote island in the Philippines. From surviving the war, overcoming the poverty of the time, and completing his education with flying colors, join Frank in his unusual yet exciting journey during and after WWII.
Over the course of eight books, I've chronicled my journey from the Philippines to the United States, primarily focusing on my memoirs. It wasn't easy to find the right title for this latest book. With perspective, I've chosen to delve into both the brighter and darker sides of my life. While many focused on the former in my previous works, I realized that the latter, the struggles, deserve recognition too.
Over the course of eight books, I've chronicled my journey from the Philippines to the United States, primarily focusing on my memoirs. It wasn't easy to find the right title for this latest book. With perspective, I've chosen to delve into both the brighter and darker sides of my life. While many focused on the former in my previous works, I realized that the latter, the struggles, deserve recognition too.
Over the course of eight books, I've chronicled my journey from the Philippines to the United States, primarily focusing on my memoirs. It wasn't easy to find the right title for this latest book. With perspective, I've chosen to delve into both the brighter and darker sides of my life. While many focused on the former in my previous works, I realized that the latter, the struggles, deserve recognition too.
A real story of a boy who experienced all the hardships in life in a poverty-stricken, small town of Panganiban, where he grew up until finishing high school. His father was a farmer, and his mother was a housewife and homemaker. They happily raised four boys and four girls.
This book reflects the source of hope and inspiration found in Meta Al (Digital Heart) throughout my long and challenging journey to healing and recovery. Despite seeing numerous doctors and visiting various hospitals, things just didn't seem to go in my favor.
