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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...

Belated Happy Birthday Lolo Emiliano Perseveranda! Vallejo, CA. Flashback to February 1992 after Lolo Marciano passed away. All eight Perseveranda siblings were present at Tito Maning's house in Wellfleet. Tito Ed's four boys would be able to migrate two years down the road. Tito Nelson and family flew up from Down Under. Tito Sonny, Tita Neneng and Twinkle made it from Marikina.  I tore my ACL during Friday basketball before Palm Sunday 1991 (March 24 per the internet) so it was almost the one-year anniversary when I tore my knee. Scanned and quick edit in Adobe Lightroom Classic and Photoscape. 

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.

Happy Birthday again, Dad! Let the December 'family foodfest' begin. Last group shot before everyone went home; mom is already asleep. Front, left to right: Jonjo, Keona, Puri, Diana, Ronnie, Luz, Nelson, Grace. Back: Angel, Kalea, Paul, Melvin, Glenn, Chanylle, Vince & Joy.

Happy Birthday Tita Nene! November 28, 2024. We had family missing from the photo since they were hosting their own dinner for another branch of their family. But this is a good angle for a family shot since you can also see the food. Perseveranda-Putong Thanksgiving National Day of Mourning The National Day of Mourning is an annual demonstration, held on the fourth Thursday in November, that aims to educate the public about Native Americans in the United States, notably the Wampanoag and other tribes of the Eastern United States; dispel myths surrounding the Thanksgiving story in the United States; and raise awareness toward historical and ongoing struggles facing Native American tribes. The first National Day of Mourning demonstration was held in 1970 after Frank "Wamsutta" James's speaking invitation was rescinded from a Massachusetts Thanksgiving Day celebration commemorating the 350th anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower. James instead delivered his spe...

Happy Birthday Tita Nene! November 28, 2024. Jakey is in the house! Perseveranda-Putong Thanksgiving We acknowledge today as the National Day of Mourning. “Participants in National Day of Mourning honor Native ancestors and the struggles of Native peoples to survive today. It is a day of remembrance and spiritual connection as well as a protest of the racism and oppression which Native Americans continue to experience.” - UAINE pic.twitter.com/ai7abDK7ED — Alex ꩜ (@alexlacasse1222) November 27, 2024 On this National Day of Mourning, we reflect on the deep wounds of historical trauma carried by Indigenous communities and recognize that healing is a powerful form of resistance. #NationalDayOfMourning pic.twitter.com/GaoB49WjcP — Michigan Planned Parenthood Advocates (@mippadvocates) November 28, 2024

Happy Birthday Tita Nene! November 28, 2024. We had several special guests, but the farthest traveled of course was Tito Nelson. "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi!" On the drive to Thanksgiving dinner, I asked Chesca what her favorite Thanksgiving food was. She replied, "The Filipino food!" 🇵🇭 Perseveranda-Putong Thanksgiving We acknowledge today as the National Day of Mourning. We acknowledge today as the National Day of Mourning. This day reminds us that systems of oppression are antithetical to who we are to each other. And it is in resistance we find fellowship, self-determination, and liberation. pic.twitter.com/KJ9BfLDQ3Y — Public Square Amplified (@publicsq_news) November 28, 2024 On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning. The whitewashed story of unity with the Wampanoag people—who have long lived in southeastern Massachusetts and easte...

Easter Sunday Mass in St. Patrick's Melbourne The last time Easter Sunday fell on March 31, we were in Melbourne, Australia . I'll be posting the rest of the Australia photos at au.pinoybuilt.com . Prior to 2013, Easter Sunday was on March 31 in 2002. Photo from that day here . The Cathedral Church and Minor Basilica of Saint Patrick is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, and seat of its archbishop, currently Peter Comensoli. In 1974 Pope Paul VI conferred the title and dignity of minor basilica on it. 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.

Quick video of Tito Boy welcoming our Australia family, Jian leading the prayer & Perseveranda January birthdays celebration. Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

Perseveranda Family Reunion Benicia, CA. January 23, 2024. Short but sweet family reunion. There were a few folks missing, but at least cousins got to meet for the first time. #filam   Please click to follow our website/blog PINOYBUILT.com

My paternal grandfather, my dad, his 4 brothers & me. Flashback to when my sister and I still had no cousins on my dad's side. Cousin Paul would be born in a few days. Tito Maning is about to ship off with the U.S. Navy. Remembering Lolo, Tito Ed, Tito Sonny & Tito Maning. 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 ...

Sunday Lunch at Grand Hyatt Melbourne Family lunch after Missy and Ren's wedding the previous day. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. March 24, 2013. 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. 🇵🇭 

Visited Sydney Opera House on March 26, 2013.  Photos were tough since we were there at high noon. For more Australia pix, visit au.pinoybuilt.com . 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. 🇵🇭 

Maligayang Bati Flashback: 1992 Feb. Boreal Ski Resort. I wish we could watch the video I took that day. But it was all on our Sony Betamax camcorder. GO NINERS! Thanks for stopping by. Please drop us a comment below in the comment box at the bottom. If you have a hard time logging into the Disqus box with your Facebook or Google account, please create a Disqus account . Join us and help create the #1 Filipino website in the SF Bay Area, if not the USA. Worldwide? Pls follow our social media accounts: www.instagram.com/pinoy.built www.youtube.com/@pinoybuilt www.fb.com/pinoybuilt www.fb.com/jonjo

Vince, Joy, Dad, Chanylle, Glenn, Tito Nelson & me

Happy Birthday Tito Boy!

We took the 8:15 AM Vallejo Ferry. Arrival in San Francisco Ferry Building was 9:15 AM. The San Francisco Bay Ferry schedule is here .

Welcome back Tito Nelson!  

Happy Australia Day! Photo L to R: Tess, Luz, Nelson & Norlida. The Twelve Apostles  is a collection of  limestone   stacks  off the shore of  Port Campbell National Park , by the  Great Ocean Road  in  Victoria ,  Australia . Their proximity to one another has made the site a popular  tourist attraction . Seven of the original eight stacks remain standing at the Twelve Apostles viewpoint, after one collapsed in July 2005. [1]  Though the view from the  promontory  by the Twelve Apostles never included twelve stacks, additional stacks—not considered part of the Apostles group—are located to the west within the national park. [2]

Family shot after we picked up Tito Nelson & family in San Francisco International Airport February 1992 Re-edited with Adobe Lightroom.