Jay’s gently sailing life would soon be rocked by a devastating news from the Philippines. But with his senior high school graduation looming, it is imperative to pursue a lucrative college course in a prominent university just like his older brother Chris. He lived the typical American teenage life – the predictable cycle of home, video games, school with some distraction on the side. Born in a progressive middle-class home, his future was cast in stone. Seventeen-year old Jason “Jay” Reguero’s family migrated from the Philippines to fulfill the proverbial American Dream. It was Jay’s favorite letter, chosen from a pile of letters he received from Jun but never found the time to respond to. Nothing I guess,” introspects Jun in his letter to his favorite cousin Jay who was residing in Michigan, United States. “ In all seriousness, I don’t know what saint I would be.
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