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PinoyBuilt 2026 Update: 500% Performance Growth & New Contributors

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Vallejo, CA • March 2026. PinoyBuilt Performance Update: The Secret Sauce and New Voices. pinoybuilt update, fil-am blog, filipino-american website, clarence mamaril, vallejo filipino, pinoybuilt growth, fil-am media. VALLEJO, CA • MARCH 2026 PinoyBuilt Performance Update: Finding the Secret Sauce Site performance is soaring, new contributors are arriving, and the PinoyBuilt vision is finally coming home. PinoyBuilt community — Fil-Am friends & family across CA, LA, SF & Hawaiʻi, 2011 Our site PinoyBuilt has been outperforming itself. Yesterday's AdSense earnings spiked over 500% compared to the same day last week. Our "Last 7 Days" metrics are also up over 500% versus the previous 7 days, and "This month" is already +351% versus the same period last year. I may have found the "secret sauce." Thank you to every visitor and reader...
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Filipina Flashback Friday - Veronica

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Nica's Senior Photoshoot August 2017 Hiddenbrooke. Vallejo, CA. August 12, 2017 Added GPS coordinates to 366 photos via Adobe Lightroom Classic. Backed up album to Amazon Photos.
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Location: Hiddenbrooke Pkwy, California, USA
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Hogan Spartans Reunion for Raymond Bilan 🙏🏽

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Rest In Peace Ray Bilan January 24, 2025. Twin Chapels Mortuary. Vallejo, CA. Hogan Class of 1985 Ted Hibbard, J.F. Perseveranda & Tony Hibbard Hogan High School Alumni Hogan Spartans from different years: J.F. Perseveranda (Class of 1985), Arlette Pacanza-Constantino (Class of 1989), Nancy Ocampo-De Leon (Class of 1988), and Joy Perseveranda Putong (Class of 1986).
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Location: 1100 Tennessee St, Vallejo, CA 94590, USA
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Avocado Spread on Sourdough Bread

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Good morning. Happy Friday. Blood sugar - 187 BP - 170/101 Pulse - 97 Weight - 167 I know -- I have to get my 10,000 steps in.
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DOGECOIN broke 42 cents today! - Friday January 17, 2024

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#DOGECOIN to the moon! #crypto #cryptocurrency Bitcoin hovers near $100,000 and XRP surges 16% ahead of Trump inauguration: CNBC Crypto World CNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what's ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry. On today's show, Eric Jardine of Chainalysis breaks down the firm's latest data on crypto's use in illicit activity.
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July Friday Twenty Years Ago 👶

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Chesca was 2 days old July 16, 2004. Vallejo, CA. Tess, baby Chesca, kuya Jian & ate Nica. 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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Location: 975 Sereno Dr, Vallejo, CA 94589, USA
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October 29 was my last day as a bachelor in the USA

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My crew brought me to SFO for my flight to MNL & CGY for my bride  Flashback to October 1999. I flew to the Philippines so Tess and I could get married in Valencia, Bukidnon. I used to think this was October 30 or 31 in 1999. Thanks to the internet, I now know October 29, 1999 was my last day in the United States as a bachelor! My dad is wearing a tie, meaning he had work that day. October 29 was a Friday, the last weekday of 1999. Left to right in the photo above: Tito Ed, my Dad Ronnie, my Mom, me holding my nephew Ronick, Joy & Brian. (Vince took the photo). Left to right in the photo above: Tito Ed, my Dad Ronnie, my Mom, me holding my nephew Ronick, Joy & Vince. (Brian took the photo). Album - Party Like It's 1999 'Smooth' by Santana topped Billboard Hot 100 on October 23,1999 The single became a chart-topping hit in 1999, spending 12 consecutive weeks at number one on the  Billboard  Hot 100  beginning with the week of October 23, 1999. It was t...
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Location: San Francisco International Airport (SFO), San Francisco, CA 94128, USA
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Happy Anniversary Kristine & Julius!

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Flashback to your wedding at St. Basil the Great Catholic Church on May 26, 2012. I must have just bought my Nikon Coolpix S6100 because it's what I used to take photos that day. I guess I didn't feel like lugging my big DSLR.  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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Location: 1200 Tuolumne St, Vallejo, CA 94590, USA
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Post Haircut - Overlook #Flashback - May 3, 2003 #fbf #flashbackfriday #twentyyears

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After my wife had forced me to shave our kids' hair off to supposedly make them thicker when their grows back. Has anyone else done this? We had lived in the Overlook house for only seven months, and we had only two kids at the time. Shot with an Olympus C3000Z. 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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Reyes-Altamirano: Auntie Fe says "Go Warriors!"

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Thank you Chris & Maricar Lalucis for hosting a mini Reyes-Altamirano Reunion / Warriors-Kings playoff game party. Auntie Fe and I both wore our Stephen Curry t-shirts on Friday when we thought we'd celebrate a series win after Game 6. Stephen Curry had a historic game, scoring the most points in an NBA Game 7 ever -- 50 points, on Sunday April 30. The celebration was delayed, but the Warriors finally move on to meet the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference Semifinals. Glad Auntie Fe and I root for the same team. GO WARRIORS! #DubNation #Goldblooded Chris: Your secret sauce was awesome! Red Ribbon, etc Go Warriors! 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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Hard Habit To Break 🍔

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Habit Burger for lunch How can I turn down my dad's invite for lunch? 😆 I don't eat hamburger, unless my dad wants to eat at Habit Burger Grill. Or he takes out from In-N-Out Burger. I still do not get why everyone loves In-N-Out. Burger King and Wendy's hamburgers are more tasty to me.
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Hive Hotel Rooftop Pool - Deira, Dubai

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Friday, February 11. Checking out water temperature of the rooftop pool at 1pm. It was still too cold. Suleiman told me the water should be a lot warmer at 3pm. Hive Hotel is still finishing up it's build. The hotel gym is still not up/open. #dubai #deira #uae
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Location: 37th St - Deira - Dubai - United Arab Emirates
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TGIF: Jose Mari Chan 'Christmas Songs'

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Thank God I'm Filipino! Jose Mari Chan, Gary Valenciano, Freddie Aguilar, Ariel Rivera & Others
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TGIF: Bruno Mars vs Johnny Gill - Leave The Door Open vs My, My, My Remix

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TGIF: Thank God I'm Filipino Leave The Door Open vs My, My, My Remix The official music video for Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic's new single "Leave the Door Open" Johnny Gill "My, My, My" Motown Records (1990) Lyrics - My, My, My - Johnny Gill Yeah Mmmh, mmh, mmmh, so good My, My, My (you look so sweet) Listen Put on your red dress And slip on your high heels And some of that sweet perfume It sure smells good on you Slide on your lipstick and Let all your hair down Cause Baby when you get through I'm going to show off you Tonight will be a special night No matter where we go And I'm so proud to be with you I just wanna let you know You got my saying My, My, My My, My, My You sure look good tonight And you're so damn fine I wanna say My, My, My My, My, My You sure look good tonight After all this time Slip on your nightgown Step in our bedroom First I wanna take sometime I just wanna look at you Girl you are so ...
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"The Perfect Rice" | Jo Koy : Comin' in Hot

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The Filipino secret to making perfect rice. If you follow these steps EXACTLY, you'll never mess it up again. Watch "Comin' in Hot" on Netflix!: http://bit.ly/NetflixHot
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The Last Handshake: Friday the 13th in Vallejo (SF Bay Area)

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Vallejo, CA (SF Bay Area) • March 13, 2020. Friday the 13th: The Last Handshake. Reflections on Sony Alpha gear and the shift to the COVID-19 era. Vallejo, CA (SF Bay Area) • March 13, 2020 The Last Handshake: Friday the 13th Wash your hands for 20 seconds; the elbow bump is your best friend. A gear-talk encounter marks the end of an era. Happy Friday! But today feels different. Migrating this from my Facebook thoughts today—I want my kids to see exactly how the world changed in a single afternoon. The advice is clear: wash your hands and keep your distance. I had a strange moment this past Sunday. I was washing my hands in a men's room after a stranger admired my Sony Alpha gear. We had this great, high-energy conversation about cameras and lenses. Without thinking, I offered to shake his hand as we finished. I realized mid-gesture that the world had already tilted. "If I offer to shake your hand... SLAP ME! Oh wa...
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Happy Birthday Darwin!

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Flashback to  Darwin's birthday party 2 yrs ago:  Deo, Darwin & J.F. at Bruno's Nightclub, San Francisco, CA. Darwin , you remind me of me at your age.  Wait, you're older than me.  Never mind.  Enjoy your birthday !
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
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