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Vallejo, CA • October 2015. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom: 2016 Season Passes, Day One. six flags discovery kingdom, 2016 season passes, vallejo, jian, nica, chesca, filipino-american family, throwback, on this day, 10/4. ON THIS DAY • VALLEJO • OCTOBER 2015 Six Flags Discovery Kingdom: 2016 Season Passes, Day One Jian, Nica and Chesca on a Sunday in Vallejo, four days before Ate Nica turned 15. An ordinary family day, kept on purpose. Left to right: Jian, Nica and Chesca at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, October 4, 2015. Facebook Memories handed this one back to me today: October 4, 2015, a Sunday, at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo. Left to right, that's Jian, Nica and Chesca. My caption back then was short: "First time to use their 2016 season passes." I can't find the original post anymore, so I'm moving the memory here, to the archive I keep. It was four days before Ate Nica's 15th b...

Photos with my new friends August 25. Deira, Dubai. United Arab Emirates. They said they were vacationing from Syria. Taken with my iPhone 11. Files stored on my hard drive (Seagate One Touch Hub Media - 8 TB).

Whether you're a first-generation immigrant who journeyed here from the Philippines, a second-generation Filipino-American born and raised in the U.S., or like me—a 1.5-generation Filipino—you belong here.  At the party yesterday, I had a great conversation with cousin Melvin. Pinsan ko (my cousin). He mentioned how his two daughters had expressed interest in learning Tagalog (which warmed my heart). I need to dive in and learn beyond my third grade education in Pilipino, but this is a quick introductory post for my cousin and his girls (and anyone who wants to learn Tagalog. I have a post in my Drafts translating some phrases from a tagalog song, so this has been in the works. Let's get this started! Tagalog Lesson 1: AKO, KO, and AKIN Let’s start simple. In Tagalog, “ako” means I or me . But here’s where it gets interesting—Tagalog pronouns change form depending on whether they’re the subject , the actor/possessor , or the object . 📝 The Pronoun Chart ...

Flashback: August 7, 2004 Family is forever. Every now and then, it’s nice to open the old photo albums (or scroll through our hard drives -- and back them up before you drop them!) and relive moments that shaped who we are. Today’s flashback takes us to Outside Lands 2004  — when that meant Mama & Papa's front lawn (with the new added bonus of a water slide I bought). Jian and Keo attended Outside Lands Day 1 in Golden Gate Park yesterday, so I'm just playing off that. They've got two more days with their Benicia buddies. Enjoy. Jian, Nica, Keo & Kuya R Tita Gigi was in town to help care for Baby Chesca. This flashback is a reminder that no matter how much time passes, the moments we share with loved ones are priceless. Whether it’s a holiday, a family vacation, or just an ordinary day that became extraordinary — they all deserve to be remembered. 💬 Your Turn! Do you have a favorite family fla...

Happy 1st Birthday, Kiara! Flashback to Wellfleet in Glencove, Vallejo, CA. Kiara's birthday party at Manny & Puri Perseveranda's house. Families: Perseveranda, Cervantes, Angeles, Putong, Cuison, Reyes and more.

How old are you, Mace? Four. Mace came to visit Auntie Manye with her family from Las Vegas. Mace's mom is my Reyes first cousin. Vallejo, CA. April 14, 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. 🇵🇭 

June 21, 2002

"What do you want for Christmas?" Message to adult kids... actually kids in general.

Family is "God's gift to you, as you are to them." Flashback to November 16, 2013 in American Canyon, CA.

Flashback to February 12, 2010 when we first ate at Yo Sushi in Vallejo Thanks Facebook Memories .

Happy Dads' Day from Benicia! Family shot on First St. June 17, 2018. My Dad & Mom had their kids and all their grandchildren on hand.  

Join Venessa Manzano & Argelyn Tecson at 'Kwentong Pambata' Children's Story Time When: August 27, 2016 - Saturday Time:  10:00 AM Where: Kalayaan Hall, Philippine Center              556 Fifth Avenue              New York, NY 10036

Pop Warner Football Jian is #61.  Flashback September 2010.

Go Jian! Flashback: September 2010