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Good Monday Morning! April 28, 2025. Vallejo, CA. I'm pumped. My Smugmug site is back online this morning after I sent them a "What's up?" status request on Saturday. Saturday was all about my niece's Senior Prom photos. Sunday, I wanted to go to the Benicia Classic Car Show in the morning then a West Coast Creatives photography meet-up in San Francisca late afternoon/early evening. I totally forgot about the car show until noon when I was deep into editing photos while watching an NBA playoff game. I considered driving to SF... but decided to just edit the photos at hand. It would've been nice to meet some photographers and models though. This morning, I saw JLO's latest Instagram post. Due to inflation my love will now be costing a thing. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jennifer Lopez (@jlo) Love it JLO! So I played her video "Love Don't Cost a Thing" on YouTube... which brought up this cool mix below. Back...

Morning workout done. #mondaymotivation #pinoybuilt via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/DIb4JxeScxb/ There is nothing outside of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself. --Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings #quotestoliveby #quotesdaily #MondayMotivaton — Filipino-American 🇵🇭🇺🇸 (@PinoyBuilt) April 14, 2025 View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pinoy Built (@pinoy.built)

Happy Monday! 

Monday Motivation: "The purpose of life is to give it away." -- Pablo Picasso "You have two choices: use your energy to worry; or you can use your energy to believe, enjoy, create, manifest, heal, grow and glow." -- The Universe Xfinity outage this Monday morning in my neighborhood. I'll have to post using my phone. 

I dropped off Chesca at my sister's house so she can care for my mom. The Christmas tree is still up. 🎄 After I kissed my mom, waited for my dad to get up and get his coffee and start work, chatted with Vince... I took off. Happy Monday!

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris honored the nation's military veterans Monday in the annual Veterans Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery. Biden and Harris appear together for first time since she lost the election.  It was their first appearance together since Harris lost last week's election. Arlington National Cemetery is the largest cemetery in the United States National Cemetery System, one of two maintained by the United States Army. Over 400,000 people are buried in its 639 acres in Arlington County, Virginia. Today, we honor generations of America's veterans – patriots who have stood on the frontlines of freedom and kept the light of liberty shining bright around the world. May we all strive to be worthy of their sacrifices for us. pic.twitter.com/QHcldlF4Pf — President Biden (@POTUS) November 11, 2024 Join @VP and me as we participate in the Presidential Armed Forces Full Honor Wreath-Laying Ceremony on Veterans Da...

Who thinks there should be a recount of all the 2024 presidential ballots? Kamala's campaign says They can Overturn Trump's Election Victory with a Recount pic.twitter.com/lNZybRm2K4 — BAY AREA STATE OF MIND (@YayAreaNews) November 10, 2024 DANA BASH: It seems to me that Republicans claim voting fraud when you lose and not when you win. JIM JORDAN: No. This election was the greatest political comeback we've ever seen. BASH: Why was 2024 different from 2020 when Trump lost? JORDAN: There were concerns about 2020… pic.twitter.com/9UFZZwRdp5 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 10, 2024 Who thinks there should be a recount of all the 2024 presidential ballots? — 🗳4fuxake!🗳 (@blueheartedly) November 10, 2024 To Kamala Harris, Walz & all the Democrats that sent me hundreds of texts / emails asking me to Favor them by Contributing to their Campaigns. Now Do Me a Favor: demand an investigation into Musks, Russian Operative's & Republican Election Interf...

4 Things You Can't Get Back The stone after it's thrown. The word after it's said. The occasion after it's missed. The time after it's gone. Two of my favorite people. Rest in peace, Ninong Oscar Ocampo . Please say 'hello' to Tess. Photo taken at Dennis' 50th birthday party. June 27, 2015 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.

Merry Christmas JianCarlo & Diana! 🎅 Maligayang Pasko! Thankful. Grateful. Blessed. Benicia, CA. December 25, 2023. #december25   #bayarea   #filam   #filipinoamerican   #filipinaamerican Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

Happy New Year from California! Manigong Bagong Taon! "Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year." Ralph Waldo Emerson Thankful. Grateful. Blessed. Benicia, CA. December 25, 2023. #december25   #california   #filam   #filipinoamerican   #filipinaamerican Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

From our family to yours, Manigong Bagong Taon! HNY 🎉🥳 Thankful. Grateful. Blessed. Benicia, CA. December 25, 2023. #december25   #bayarea   #filam   #filipinoamerican   #filipinaamerican Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

Merry Christmas from the cousins! 🎅 Thankful. Grateful. Blessed. Benicia, CA. December 25, 2023.  #december25   #california   #filam   #filipinoamerican   #filipinaamerican Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

Merry Christmas Putong family! Maligayang pasko! Thanks for hosting. Thankful. Grateful. Blessed. Benicia, CA. December 25, 2023. #december25   #california   #filam   #filipinoamerican   #filipinaamerican Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

Merry Christmas Joy & Vince! Maligayang Pasko! Thankful. Grateful. Blessed. Benicia, CA. December 25, 2023. #december25   #california   #filam   #filipinoamerican   #filipinaamerican Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

Merry Christmas Joy & Angel! Maligayang pasko! Thankful. Grateful. Blessed. Benicia, CA. December 25, 2023. #december25   #california   #filam   #filipinoamerican   #filipinaamerican Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

Merry Christmas🎄 Luz, Diana & Grace! Thankful. Grateful. Blessed. Benicia, CA. December 25, 2023. The titas, my dad's sisters. #december25   #california   #filam   #filipinoamerican   #filipinaamerican Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

Merry Christmas Tita Gigi, Tita Nene, Tita Lila! Thankful. Grateful. Blessed. Benicia, CA. December 25, 2023. Christmas🎄 Titas & kids. #december25   #california   #filam   #filipinoamerican   #filipinaamerican Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

Merry Christmas titas! Thankful. Grateful. Blessed. Benicia, CA. December 25, 2023. Christmas🎄 My titas & my kids. #december25   #california   #filam   #filipinoamerican   #filipinaamerican Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

Merry Christmas Mom! Thankful. Grateful. Blessed. Benicia, CA. December 25, 2023. Christmas🎄 Mama and her grandsons #december25   #california   #filam   #filipinoamerican   #filipinaamerican Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

Merry Christmas! Thankful. Grateful. Blessed. Benicia, CA. December 25, 2023. Mama and her granddaughters. 🎄 #december25   #california   #filam   #filipinoamerican   #filipinaamerican   #perseveranda Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com