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Vallejo, CA • September 2026. My Virgo Titos: Eduard and Manuel, Thanksgiving 2007. virgo titos perseveranda, eduard perseveranda ronnie nonoy, hiddenbrooke vallejo thanksgiving 2007, filipino american family archive kapamilya, chinese zodiac year of the horse virgo season. KAPAMILYA • VALLEJO, CA • SEPTEMBER 2026 My Virgo Titos: Eduard and Manuel, Thanksgiving 2007 Three Perseveranda brothers at one table in Hiddenbrooke — and a tribute, this zodiac season, to the two who were born under the same sign as me. Seated, left to right: Eduard, Ronald, and Manuel Perseveranda. Standing: Brian, Paulo, Glenn, J.F., and Melvin. Hiddenbrooke, Vallejo, CA — Thanksgiving, November 22, 2007. It's Virgo season, which in my family has always meant one thing before anything else: which of the titos are we celebrating this year. Two of them share the sign with me. Tito Ed was born September 4. I followed him on September 12. Tito Maning's birthday la...

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Memories from our Overlook house Thanks to Facebook for the memory. But I had restricted the YouTube subsequently after sharing it on FB. I just made my YouTube video public again. 2008 July2. Vallejo, CA. Their mommy shot the video. Since we had our first kid, Nica, I always encouraged her to shoot photos/videos while I was still at work. (We didn't have to pay for Costco photo processing anymore. LOL). Per the filename 20080702161804, it was 4:18 PM so I was still at work in Fairfield. I love how Jian leaves the Rockband session by running away when he sees the food his mommy had cooked, and says, " Ooh lumpia !" LOL! We never worried about Jian and Chesca eating -- only their Ate Nica.  When Nica was a small toddler, she had always shown natural musical gifts. Nica even made up her own songs. I got her first toy keyboard (a red one) when she was two years old I believe. I encouraged her to perform, and always had her sing karaoke at our parties. She ha...

Flashback to a Hiddenbrooke Birthday Party June 12, 2002. Hiddenbrooke. Vallejo, CA. Happy Philippines Independence Day!

Reunion 2016 April 15, 2016. Hiddenbrooke, Vallejo, CA. Here you go, Ray. Throwback Thursday na sa Pinas. I never got to post this on Facebook. At alam mo na -- dito na ko. The last time prior to this April day that the three of us were together was when you introduced Hannah to me December 1986 in front of your house. It was your senior year in UP. Sayang. We don't have a photo from that time. Please keep visiting to support our website & this Filipino community online. Click to follow this website . Like our Facebook Page  Pinoy Built . Leave a comment below. Thank you. Salamat po.

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.

Thanksgiving 2005 Mom carves up the turkey per usual.

Flashback to 2012 July 28 when we celebrated at my house Tess and Chesca had vacationed in Bukidnon, where Chesca had her 8th birthday. It was my dad's idea to have a mini-party at my house since Tita Nene had flown up to help me care for Nica & Jian. Maligayang Bati pinsan! Rosanne's celebration in Hiddenbrooke. 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.  

Mary Ann & Jon visit Atet July 17, 2022. Vallejo, CA. They also visited for Chesca's birthday. The kids with their mom's big sister, Mary Ann, & husband Jon. 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.  

Tess, Nica & Jian 2003 November 27. Vallejo, CA. Thanksgiving party at our Overlook house in 2003. We had lived there a little over a year only. This is pre-Chesca, but she's on the way. Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT .

Turkey Day 2003 Vallejo, CA. November 27, 2003. At our old house on Overlook. Jian is still the baby. Left to right: Tito Maning, Tita Lila on her cell phone, Tita Gigi, Tita Puring, Dad, Tita Nene, Dad, Tito Ed, Joy, Keo, Nica, Rosanne, Tess, Jian, and Melvin. Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT .

Turkey Day 2003 Vallejo, CA. November 27, 2003. At our old house on Overlook. Jian is still the baby. Left to right: Tito Maning, Tita Gigi, Tita Puring, Tita Nene, Dad (Tito Boy), Tess, Jian, Rosanne.

Turkey Day 2003 Vallejo, CA. November 27, 2003. At our old house on Overlook. 

Flashback to Dino's party in September a few years ago. Advanced 'Happy Birthday' to the other Virgos in the photo: me, then Tony M! Cheers Virgos Photo taken 2001 September 23. Vallejo, CA. 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 share this site with them. Btw, blo...

Good luck on your trip to Iceland, Jim. Summer Pinoy Potluck at Tony P's. Hiddenbrooke, Vallejo, CA. July 29, 2023.  Join us & help build a Fil-Am online community. Please leave a comment, and  click to follow our website   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.

Tequila Shots! Summer Pinoy Potluck at Tony P's. Hiddenbrooke, Vallejo, CA. July 29, 2023.  Join us & help build an online community. Please leave a comment, and  click to follow our website pinoybuilt.com . Click on a tag below to browse.

Dondi and Martin catch up Summer Pinoy Potluck at Tony P's. Hiddenbrooke, Vallejo, CA. July 29, 2023. Join us & help build an online community. Please leave a comment, and  click to follow our website pinoybuilt.com . Click on a tag below to browse.

"I'll have what they're having!" Summer Pinay Potluck at Tony P's. Hiddenbrooke, Vallejo, CA. July 29, 2023. Join us & help build an online community. Please leave a comment, and  click to follow our website pinoybuilt.com . Click on a tag below to browse.

Good Times at Vallejoish Summer Pinoy Potluck at Tony P's. Hiddenbrooke, Vallejo, CA. July 29, 2023. Hogan High School, Class of 1985. Join us & help build an online community. Please leave a comment, and  click to follow our website pinoybuilt.com . Click on a tag below to browse.

Who's that in the shadows? Summer Pinoy Potluck at Tony P's. Hiddenbrooke, Vallejo, CA. July 29, 2023. Join us & help build an online community. Please leave a comment, and  click to follow our website pinoybuilt.com . Click on a tag below to browse.