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Happy Birthday Helen Baluyut Garcia!

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Happy Birthday, Mama Helen & Tess ❤️🎂 Today, August 16, is a day filled with both joy and bittersweet memories for our family. It’s the shared birthday of my beloved mother-in-law Mama Helen in the Philippines, and her youngest daughter, my late wife Tess . Fate has a funny way of working. Long before I even met Tess, I had already planned a week-long vacation for the week of August 16. Then, on May 16 of that same year, Tess came into my life. Lo and behold — it was a perfect match. That week, which I had set aside for rest and fun, would soon become one of the most meaningful times of my life, forever tied to celebrating two incredible women. This year, we remember them through a flashback photo from August 1999 in Chino Hills, California. It was taken right after we returned from a weekend in Las Vegas to celebrate their special day. The smiles in that photo say it all — love, laughter, and family togetherness that distance and time can never erase. August ...
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Flashback: Mama Helen & Veronica: August 12, 2002

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Advance HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mama Helen! By J.F.R. Perseveranda This #OnThisDay flashback takes us to August 12, 2002 , when my eldest daughter Veronica — a proud second-generation Filipina-American born and raised in Vallejo, CA — just got home from cousin Ethan's birthday party in Fairfield, CA. Mama Helen was staying with us in Toni Ct. and would be celebrating her birthday in a few days. Advance HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mama Helen! Looking back, this photo is more than just an image — it’s a chapter in our family’s history. It’s a reminder that our stories are worth preserving, sharing, and celebrating, especially as Filipino-Americans raising the next generation. Do you have a family flashback photo to share? Join the Pinoybuilt.com community and keep our heritage alive online. For more reading: Asian Americans in the United States - Pew Research Center Vallejo Sister City Association ...
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Remembering Antonio Garcia

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Rest In Peace Antonio Garcia 2002 August 17. Flashback to when we went to Las Vegas for Tess' 30th birthday. Mama Helen, Nica & Papa Tony Join us & help build a Fil-Am online community. Please leave a comment, and  click to follow our website  www.pinoybuilt.com. Join one of our sites in California: Los Angeles , Sacramento ,  San Diego , San Francisco ,  San Jose  or Vallejo . Click on a tag below to browse.  
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Enjoyed Kapamilya DUC's Umaasa - Pilipino Culture Night

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Photos from Kapamilya DUC's 12th annual Pilipino Culture Night I enjoyed the musical, although the story hit a little too close to home. The father and his two daughters lost their mother. Tbh, it was gut-wrenching for me during the play. So I just concentrated on shooting the video. I had a Sony camera in each hand for most of Umaasa . Angelico Hall. April 23, 2023. Please drop us a comment below. Help us grow Pinoybuilt to be the number one Filipino-American online community in California, if not the USA. 🇺🇸 Please click this to follow www.pinoybuilt.com . Thank you! Maraming salamat po kabayan. 🇵🇭 
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Remembering Lisa Marie Presley

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The singer and only daughter of Elvis Presley has died at age 54 after suffering an apparent cardiac arrest.  ABC News’ Will Ganss takes a look back at Presley’s life. For the short film to “You Are Not Alone”—the first Michael Jackson song to ever debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100—Michael appeared with Lisa Marie Presley, his wife at the time, in scenes inspired by the renowned Mitchell Parrish painting Daybreak. You Are Not Alone - Lyrics Another day has gone I'm still all alone How could this be? You're not here with me You never said goodbye Someone tell me why Did you have to go? And leave my world so cold Everyday I sit and ask myself How did love slip away? Something whispers in my ear and says That you are not alone I am here with you Though you're far away I am here to stay But you are not alone I am here with you Though we're far apart You're always in my heart But you are not alone 'Lone, 'lone Why, 'lone Just the other night I thou...
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Top Gun: Maverick: Must See Movie

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Brought my baby girl to the first showing of the day of Top Gun: Maverick I wanted to bring the whole family, but Chesca was the only one available. We watched the original 'Top Gun' beforehand so she she knew the background and had more of an appreciation of Tom Cruise. Of course, it is one of my favorite films. I'm pretty sure I enjoyed watching the film more than my millennial daughter, but more importantly, we watched and spent time together. Top Gun: Maverick | NEW Official Trailer (2022) - Tom Cruise Please drop us a comment below. Help us grow Pinoybuilt to be the number one Filipino-American online community in California, if not the USA. 🇺🇸 Please click this to follow www.pinoybuilt.com . Thank you! Maraming salamat po kabayan. 🇵🇭 
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My Seventeen Year Old Baby Girl & Me

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Chesca & me with my new glasses on Please don't grow up so fast baby girl!  
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Remembering Lola Amparo whose birthday is Valentine’s Day: my mom Lualhati Reyes, her mom Amparo Baliwag, & my sister Amparo Rose Joy. ❤️❤️❤️

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Late Afternoon Walk

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My 16yo invited me to walk today since the air quality was good. An hour walk. GO NINERS! Register to vote at www.vote.gov . Already registered? Find out about state and local elections . Find your  state or locall election office website . Join us . For the latest comments on Pinoybuilt.com , follow our forum .
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Christina Aguilera - Reflection (2020) (From "Mulan"/Official Video)

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What do you think of the new rendition? ⚔ ⚔ When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army to defend the country from Northern invaders, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. Masquerading as a man, Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her inner-strength and embrace her true potential. It is an epic journey that will transform her into an honored warrior and earn her the respect of a grateful nation…and a proud father. “Mulan” features a celebrated international cast that includes: Yifei Liu as Mulan; Donnie Yen as Commander Tung; Jason Scott Lee as Böri Khan; Yoson An as Cheng Honghui; with Gong Li as Xianniang and Jet Li as the Emperor. The film is directed by Niki Caro from a screenplay by Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver and Elizabeth Martin & Lauren Hynek based on the narrative poem “The Ballad of Mulan.”
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Watch Ivanka Trump’s Full Speech At 2020 RNC

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Ivanka Trump touts some of the policies of President Trump’s administration and calls for 4 more years during her speech at the 2020 RNC.
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Tess & her daughters

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Christmas tree photo before we leave Tess was flying Philippines Airlines tonight to spend Christmas and extended vacation with her mom in Valenica, Bukidnon. Vallejo, California. December 12, 2017. Fil-Am. Filipino American. #filam   Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com
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QOTD: "To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter."

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"To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter." The quote is from Euripedes ' play Helen (which coincidentally is my daughters' maternal grandmother's name). Helen is a drama by Euripides about Helen, first produced in 412 BC for the Dionysia in a trilogy that also contained Euripides' lost Andromeda. The play has much in common with Iphigenia in Tauris, one of the playwright's later works. E uripides c. 480 – c. 406 BC) was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom a significant number of plays have survived. Some ancient scholars attributed 95 plays to him but, according to the Suda, it was 92 at most. Of these, 18 or 19 have survived more or less complete (there has been debate about his authorship of Rhesus, largely on stylistic grounds) and there are also fragments, some substantial, of most of the other plays. More of his plays have survived int...
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