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Vallejo, CA • September 2026. Happy Birthday, Michelle: From a 1978 Wedding in Imus to My 40th in Hiddenbrooke. happy birthday michelle, michelle cuason, michelle angeles, ninang, chesca, 1978 imus cavite wedding, hiddenbrooke vallejo, virgo birthday, filipino american family, perseveranda, angeles family, kapamilya, 9/20. Kapamilya • September 2026 Happy Birthday, Michelle: From a 1978 Wedding in Imus to My 40th in Hiddenbrooke Twenty years after my 40th birthday party in Hiddenbrooke, a greeting to Michelle, a fellow Virgo, and the family story that began at a 1978 wedding in Imus, Cavite. Michelle and me in the kitchen of our old house in Hiddenbrooke at my 40th birthday celebration, September 20, 2006. Happy birthday, Michelle ! Twenty years ago today, you and I took the photo above in the kitchen of our old house in Hiddenbrooke , Vallejo , at my 40th birthday celebration. It was the last big birthday party I ever had. Wishing you...

Happy Birthday Nati! December 18. Early 90s. Vallejo, California. Birthday flowers for Mom. Thank you for everything! 💛 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 PinoyBuilt Blog 📺 Follow PinoyBuilt YouTube 🎓 Interested in helping us create content? Apply as a college intern and join our team! #PinoyPride #PinoyCommunity #FilAm #FilipinoAmerican #PilipinoAmerican #kaibigan

Happy Birthday Melissa! 🎉 Flashback to 2019 November 23 in Benicia, California. Tony, Rudy, Arnel and I met you in Rellik Tavern to celebrate. Cheers. Hi Maricruz! 💛 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 PinoyBuilt Blog 📺 Follow PinoyBuilt YouTube 🎓 Interested in helping us create content? Apply as a college intern and join our team! #PinoyPride #PinoyCommunity #FilAm #FilipinoAmerican #PilipinoAmerican #kaibigan

Belated HBD Leonor! Flashback to wine tasting at V. Sattui Winery. Maybe your birthday? I hope you're well. Join the #FilipinoAmerican conversation. Comment below. #PinoyPride #Filipino Click to follow this website . Like our Facebook Page Pinoy Built . Thank you. Salamat po.

The family sings 'Happy Birthday' to Tito Nelson when we had a reunion in January 2024. Tito Nelson runs out into the rain to join my dad on a lunch outing. Tito Nelson says bye to his sisters as they depart for SoCal Sunday. November 25, 2012. 10:15 AM.

Watch: Chanylle's 30th Bday Celebration September 23, 2008. Great Wall Chinese Buffet. Fairfield, CA. I was organizing my photos/videos on my hard drives when I found this throwback from 16 years ago. It's a quick edit. This video is so old the restaurant has likely been sold, and renamed. I left out a 20-minute video so I can more easily upload this one. It came out to 1.24 GB after I edited in Capcut. I'll upload that tonight or tomorrow. I had to use a thumbnail from CJ's bday (July 2008) since I offloaded 2008 photos to a DVD years ago, and it's AWOL. Remembering Tito Eduard, Tito Maning & Tess. Happy birthday! 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.  

Maligayang Bati! 🎂 Cousins photo. Front: Chanylle, JF, Garry. Back: Kristine, Melvin, Melissa, Glenn, Brian, Paul, Julius. September 16, 2023 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 to my first bday party with Tess September 11, 1999. Vallejo, CA. Tony M brought Milo to the party at Joy and Vince's house. Mini-Springstowne reunion. I think Tony P said he was Hawaii getting engaged. September 11 before it was 9/11. Good times with Sheryl Samonte, Scott Moyer, Michelle Endriga, Mandy & Ester Trillana, Missy Cabrera, Marie Neri, Milo Fortes, Marie Arzaga and Tony Magbitang. Special guest of course was Tess Garcia. MY FIL-AMS! 🇵🇭🇺🇸 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.  

Friends 80's Reunion flashback in Napa, CA.   August 26, 2023. Great event Belinda. Let's do it again. Renel Amante, Belinda Berdan & J.F. Perseveranda Belinda & J.F. Photo bombers: Tony Palisoc & Tony Magbitang 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.

Bon anniversaire, Joel! Flashback: Lunch with Lorina at Kimono Japanese Restaurant. January 29, 2024. Lorina: what was this room called? Join me and blog with Pinoybuilt. I joined Facebook in September 2007, so I have tons of photos I haven't posted yet. I will be posting to this blog/website going forward. I'd rather make money for Pinoybuilt instead of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. 😉 Please visit often, and leave a comment. Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

Happy Birthday Glenn! Flashback: Lunch with Lorina at Kimono Japanese Restaurant. January 29, 2024. Lorina: what was this room called? Join me and blog with Pinoybuilt. I joined Facebook in September 2007, so I have tons of photos I haven't posted yet. I will be posting to this blog/website going forward. I'd rather make money for Pinoybuilt instead of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. 😉 Please visit often, and leave a comment. Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

Jian's 1st Birthday flashback. We had just moved into our new house three months earlier so it was also our house blessing party. Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

Happy Birthday Auntie Manye! 🎂 Maligayang Bati! Auntie Manye, Nica, Angel & Chesca. Flashback: Christmas. Benicia, CA. December 25, 2017. Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

Flashback to Christmas Lunch in Doppio Zero!  Doppio Zero. Concord, CA. December 26, 2021. #berenguer   #doppiozero   #filipinaamerican Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

Happy Birthday Tita Gigi!  Thankful. Grateful. Blessed. Benicia, CA. December 27, 2023. #december27   #diana   #filam   #norcal   #perseveranda Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

Happy Birthday Tita Gigi!  Thankful. Grateful. Blessed. Benicia, CA. December 27, 2023. #december27   #diana   #filam   #norcal   #perseveranda Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

Jun, my brother from another mother Vallejo, CA. Flashback to Jian's christening party when my Chicago cousins flew to California. Jun and Allan's mom, Tita Lita is my mom's Reyes-Altamirano cousin. We grew up together in Chicago before my family moved to California. Left to right: Jun Rivera, JF, Allan Rivera FIL-AM. FILIPINO/FILIPINA-AMERICAN.  Click on any photo above to enlarge, Use left/right arrows to navigate. 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. 🇵🇭 ✌🏽 Pinoybuilt uses Disqus as the commenting system because it prevents spam, but also because it connects our various sub-sites like LA.pinoybuilt.com , HI.pinoybuilt.com , AU.pinoybuilt.com & PH.pinoybuilt.com . Comments help a website go viral (and make $$$) so we hope to h...

Flashback to City College of San Francisco Judo Tournament Everyone medaled at the 2017 tournament in CCSF. It was Chesca's first and only tournament, and she got a gold medal! Thank you Napa SAL Judo and the Hsieh family. FIL-AM. FILIPINO/FILIPINA-AMERICAN.  Click on any photo above to enlarge, Use left/right arrows to navigate. 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. 🇵🇭 ✌🏽 Pinoybuilt uses Disqus as the commenting system because it prevents spam, but also because it connects our various sub-sites like LA.pinoybuilt.com , HI.pinoybuilt.com , AU.pinoybuilt.com & PH.pinoybuilt.com . Comments help a website go viral (and make $$$) so we hope to hear from you. 🙏🏽 Know anyone who'd be interested in blogging for Pinoybuilt. Please s...

Maligayang Kaarawan! Where's da party?! Flashback to your First Communion May 3, 2008. Dominic and Nica received their First Communion at St. Catherine of Siena. Vallejo, CA. Dominic: you've still got Author permissions here on pinoybuilt.com. Feel free to post to market your fitness training and certification. Posts here auto-post to the Pinoy Built Facebook Page, as well as my Twitter account (followed by 14K tweeps). 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. 🇵🇭 

Pinoybuilt Hello! 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. 🇵🇭