Fernando Ting
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Publishing his first book, the author won a Finalist Medal in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, an Honorable Mention in the Author Shout Reader Ready Awards, and another Finalist medal in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards. He was born in the beautiful islands of the Philippines to a Chinese immigrant father and a Filipino mother. Early in life, he learned Ilocano when his family lived in the northern part of the country, and Pampango at age ten when they moved to the central part of Luzon, among the many dialects of the Philippine islands. He forwent higher education after finishing High School due to financial difficulties and instead focused on securing employment to help support his family.
By God's grace and mercy, he was able to break out into a more financially rewarding but tough overseas work in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia when it needed contract workers by the hundreds of thousands to build its infrastructure. Thereat, his observant nature enabled him to learn the deeper meaning of life, as well as different customs, religions, and traditions through close daily exposure to the multicultural environment of international workers while also picking up some Arabic words in the process. After completing his work contracts, he found time to court and later marry his fiancée, Lucila Espinosa Muan. Their marriage was blessed with a beautiful daughter whom they named Hannah. The family immigrated to the United States and settled in the lovely city of Anchorage, Alaska, through a sister-brother immigrant petition filed by his elder sister, who married a United States sailor. He initially found a housekeeping supervisory job at the Best Western Barratt Inn and later an airport custodian position at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport after joining the Public Employees Local 71 Union. After fifteen years, he retired on March 31, 2013. He and his wife resettled back in the Philippines. After six years, they moved back to Las Vegas, Nevada, to be with their only daughter and her family. When the Covid-19 pandemic struck, he found time to write his first book, The Kingdom I Came to Love, which was published by Christian Faith Publishing Company. When he and his wife decided to move back to the Philippines in June 2022, he did not renew the publishing contract with Christian Faith Publishing, which ended the book's availability at Amazon. In 2025, he entered into a publishing contract with Central Book Supply, Inc to have the book revised in color. The revised edition became available for sale worldwide that same year through Central Book online and its physical stores. The following year, the Revised Edition was republished in the USA through Amazon Kindle Publishing and returned to the Amazon website on April 19, 2026. The author also finished writing his second book, "Why Alaska? The State I Came To Love," that same month, and it will initially be available for sale online soon through Central Book Supply, Inc., before becoming available on Amazon. |
The Kingdom I Came To Love: Revised Edition
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Memoir
This memoir was written to share and preserve the memories of ecstasy and tragedy experienced by the author as an expatriate worker in Saudi Arabia. The reader will gain insight into the world of multinational brains and brawn who were drawn to the Middle East in search of work, adventure, and the lure of petrodollars. Greatly sacrificing being away from home and loved ones for great lengths of time, each and every one of these brave and hard workers has a story to tell, this book is one of them. Although not everyone will have the chance of working away from home let alone find a job in the Middle East particularly Saudi Arabia, reading this book will let you experience in a matter of hours within the comfort of a safe and nice environment what this author took years to endure in the hot and dusty desert kingdom. Again, this book is just a microcosm of the so much bigger story of Saudi Arabia and its heroic workers. While not intended for children, young adults and grown-ups will find this book worth reading for the actual, real-life events described herein and will stir up further interest in related, broader subjects. Those in the construction and industrial maintenance industries may deduce some of the stories mentioned anecdotally and therefore amusing rather than technical in nature. Fernando G. Ting Author of the book 
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Why Alaska?: The State I Came to Love
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Memoir
Alaska is commonly associated with snow, igloos, and fur coats. Today's Alaskans, though, have modern, heated homes and wear modern parkas alongside traditional coats. I can attest to these changes, having lived and worked in Anchorage, the state's largest city, for 15 years. Transitioning from the hot, humid tropical islands to subarctic Alaska was a dramatic change — prompting the question: "Why Alaska?" This question is at the heart of this book, which offers a firsthand perspective on living in Alaska today. Through personal stories and observations, I highlight the evolving culture, diversity, landscapes, and daily life that define modern Alaska, offering readers a clear and honest look at what living here entails. And for legal immigrants, Alaska offers a good alternative to crowded, overpopulated destinations. It may appear and feel intimidating at first, but our human adaptability and natural ability at acclimatization conquer even the seemingly impossible Mt. Everest. 
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