{"product_id":"silicon-valley-sunrise-dreams-gambits-and-hamburgers-paperback","title":"Silicon Valley Sunrise: Dreams, Gambits, and Hamburgers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRomy Estioko\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn electrical engineer puts aside his technical skills and creates this book. Nothing is technical here. It's a tapestry of the common American life with flashbacks of life in the Philippines. He interweaves in plain English his reflections of \u003cb\u003eordinary people, things, places\u003c\/b\u003e and\u003cb\u003eevents.\u003c\/b\u003e The book is about \u003cb\u003edonuts, coffee breaks, cars, wine, silicon chips, hamburgers, traffic jams, cats and dogs, daily routine, sports, politics, taxes, the American Dream, \u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ebeyond.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The author is not entirely clueless about America, having lived in the country more than half of his life. Before he came over, he used to sing the \u003cem\u003eStar Spangled Banner\u003c\/em\u003e in elementary school. The Philippines was a United States Commonwealth. English was not his second language either. The medium of in schools and colleges is still English. The author speaks and writes English better than \u003cem\u003eTagalog.\u003c\/em\u003e He also speaks dialects like \u003cem\u003eIlocano, Pangasinan, \u003c\/em\u003e a little \u003cem\u003eVisayan\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSpanish.\u003c\/em\u003e Thanks to Magellan who discovered the Philippines and was under Spain for four hundred years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author got overwhelmed writing his random access memoir and didn't know how to end it!\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 26, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67981532496179,"sku":"9781432767174","price":35.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/7GIRUlO4869781432767174.webp?v=1794559892","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/silicon-valley-sunrise-dreams-gambits-and-hamburgers-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}