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Maligayang Pasko Kapamilya at Kababayan! 🎄 2025 December 25: Vallejo, California. In the front are Paige Hardegen & Nica (they were classmates in Wardlaw School), Jian, Keo, & Chesca. In back are: Dominic, our host Melvin & Dino. Melvin and the next generation. Generation X (Gen X) and Millennials (Gen Y) are distinct demographic groups, with Gen X generally born 1965-1980 and Millennials 1981-1996, bridging the gap between older Boomers and younger Gen Z; Gen X are independent latchkey kids of the 80s/90s, while Millennials are digital natives known for tech-savviness, shaped by the turn of the millennium.   Thank you everyone for the delicious food/drinks, as well as the games and entertainment. Maraming salamat, kapamilya! 💛 Explore Filipino American heritage, culture, and stories! Join our Fil-Am community to connect, comment, celebrate, and share experiences. Mabuhay! 📌 Follow  PinoyBuilt Instagram 👍 Like  PinoyBuilt Facebook ✍️ Follow...

A Tuesday night at home Flashback. July 20, 2004. Vallejo, CA.  Photo after dinner. 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.  

Flashback twenty years ago July 20, 2004. Vallejo, CA. Tess had just given birth to Chesca on July 14. She, the kids and I were still camped out at my parents so they could assist with the kids. My sister, Vince and their kids lived in our first house at Toni Ct (which you could see from the backyard) so we were always complete for dinner. Dad, Ronick & Dino. 7/20/04. Dino says we're ☝🏼 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.  

49ers beat the Seahawks; Miss USA won Miss Universe on Jianuary 14. R'Bonney Gabriel of the United States is half Filipina. Her dad immigrated from the Philippines. What more can you ask on your 21st birthday?! Thanks for coming Putong family : Dino, Vince, Joy & Angel. 🇵🇭 Thanks for stopping by. Please drop us a comment below in the comment box at the bottom. If you can't login automatically in the Disqus box with your Facebook, Twitter or Google account, please create one at Disqus.com & follow Pinoybuilt . 🇺🇸 Let's create the #1 Fil-Am/Filipino-American website in California, if not the USA. Worldwide? Please follow our social media accounts: www.instagram.com/pinoy.built www.youtube.com/@pinoybuilt www.facebook.com/pinoybuilt www.facebook.com/jonjo

Flashback 20 years ago. March 10, 2001. Mama & Papa's house.

March 10, 2001 at my parents' house.

Left to right: auntie Manye (my mom's sister), Nica, Dino, Vince & my sister Joy.  Joy is pregnant with Keo; he'll come out in 2.5 months.

Baliwag reunion. Flashback to cousin Kristine Llanes' wedding on July 27, 2002. Rest In Peace Nancy Baliwag Dudley-Navarro. Rest In Peace Tess Baluyut Garcia Perseveranda. Auntie Nancy's mom Pilar Baliwag was my mom's mom Amparo Baliwag's ate (older sister). Left to right : My wife Tess holding Nica, my dad Ronnie, auntie Nancy, my mom Nati, uncle George Dudley behind her, auntie Cynthia Baliwag Dudley next to my mom, cousin Maribeth Navarro-McKean in the red (auntie Nancy's youngest child), auntie Manye in the yellow holding Dino, my sister Joy in the black (who is pregnant with Keo) and my sister's eldest child Ronick Putong.

Papa Ronnie wanted to treat his grandkids to lunch before they went off to their respective colleges.  

YALE! There's Dino. Congratulations again on getting accepted into Yale University, nephew. I heard you are the first ever Benicia High School graduate to ever get accepted into Yale or Harvard! WOW. Naks naman! Congratulations Class of 2017!    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. 🇵🇭 

Benicia High School Graduation - Class of 2017 The graduation was held at Diablo Valley College (DVC) since the stadium at Benicia High School was getting renovated. June 10, 2017. Concord, CA. Congratulations Class of 2017!   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. 🇵🇭