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Flashback: Happy Birthday Auntie Dory & Joy Family is forever.  Today’s flashback takes us to (I'm guessing) the first Saturday after Auntie Dory & Joy's shared July 31 birthday - August 3, 1996, 190 Toni Ct. Vallejo, CA.  It's the first house my parents bought in the USA.  I use  timeanddate.com  by the way to look up dates & days. Reyes sisters reunion: Dory, Nati, Rachel, Manye & Joy If memory serves, Auntie Dory & family always drove up from San Jose for an annual shared celebration with my sister so that my mom and her sisters could spend time. 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 flashback? Share it with us in the c...

... in the #Philippines! 🎉 #Makati pic captures one of my favorite moments: after I gave her the engagement ring. #TimeFlies but #memories are #forever ✨💕#InMemoryOfTess #ForeverInOurHearts #TimelessMoments #EngagementMemories #Family #Love #Blessed View on Instagram at https://instagr.am/p/DL7kI8Sx1JK/

Joy & Vince got extra food, so she called me to come over. Benicia, CA. January 26, 2025: I brought one album that had photos of Joy and me when we were toddlers with family. I had been looking for old photos of my mom's sister Evalina or Auntie Baby.

In a conversation yesterday with a friend, I shared BIRTH ORDER THEORY. My younger sister graduated from UC Davis in Psychology and I used to read her psych textbooks. My favorite was one on BIRTH ORDER. I should have the book in my house somewhere. Per Birth Order Theory, your place in your family, and the siblings composition between girls/boys has a great, lasting influence on a person's personality. I agree with that. Since I don't have that textbook handy, I found this YouTube video. Understanding your personal history will explain your past, clarify your present, and liberate your future. -- Pavel Mischenko   You’ve been secretly programmed for great success. You’ve also been programmed for stress and conflict. How? It happened during your childhood—and you had no choice or control over it. Trained therapist and business consultant Pavel Mischenko will explain how to unlock the mysteries of your BIRTH ORDER HABITS Pavel Mischenko is an international business consul...

The birthday girl chose 'La Casa Mia' so her ate (big sister) could easily make it. July 14, 2024. Santa Clara, CA. La Casa Mia, meaning "my home" in Italian, is a Japanese American family-owned restaurant located at 3548 Homestead Road, Santa Clara. Just like its sister restaurant Orenchi, meaning "my home" in Japanese, our restaurants aim to bring a nostalgic sense of home to those who miss the authentic tastes of Japan. Since La Casa Mia is a Japanese Italian fusion restaurant, our dishes replicate the delicious Japanese style of Italian food that is so rare to find outside Japan.  Chesca & Nica. Photo was actually taken after lunch. 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.   fil-am,filipino-american,california...

Sister, Sister. Birthday lunch at La Casa Mia. July 14, 2024. Santa Clara, CA. Nica & Chesca 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.   fil-am,filipino-american,california,norcal,bay area,

Belated 'Happy Birthday' Uncle Tante! April 19, 2008. South San Francisco, CA. Flashback to Auntie Bec's granddaugher's debut in South San Francisco. Or was it Daly City? Five of eight Baliwag-Reyes siblings were reunited. Uncle Tante was vacationing in the USA at the time. Missing from the photo: Evalina, Carmelita & Alexander. Adora, Marinella, Constante, Rebecca & Lualhati. 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 November 1999 when I gave her the ring at Makati Shangri-La Then we met Reggie and you at this restaurant/bar across the street. Do you remember which restaurant this was? 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...

On Tuesday, Jun 12, 2023, just 30 days shy of her 60th birthday, we lost a beautiful lady, my sister Cecilia. Her Celebration of Life was held in Colorado early last week, but her family and close friends were able to be present when we laid her to rest on June 29th in Livermore, with her beloved husband, Zig. … those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles." - Isaiah 40:31 Hello. My name is Eileen Beltran . I am one of Cecilia's siblings. Leslie , Cecilia , Alan and I were the four who were born in the Philippines. First the girls, then Alan. We immigrated to the US in 1968, where the last two were born... Diana and David .  She is one of my older sisters who I respectfully and affectionately called Ate Cecile .  As my sisters mentioned at the Celebration of Life in Colorado, Ate Cecile was the first of many. I know for me, she was also the first to get a stick shift car. So I, of course, had to do the same! But she al...

Photos of Ate Nica & her baby sister Pilipino Culture Night. Kapamilya DUC. Dominican University of California. San Rafael, CA. April 23, 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. 🇵🇭 

Happy New Year Pasadena 2002 Do still have these photos Tita Lila? New Year's right after midnight taken on your Olympus C3000Z. You must have asked me to copy them to my computer back then. I have all the photographs I've ever taken on digital cameras except for those I've recently lost a couple of hard drives that crashed. I'm sure I have these on Facebook, but as you should know I'll be posting mainly on this site. Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook have too much money as it is. Time to generate more income for Pinoybuilt!  I prefer you comment here on Pinoybuilt.com instead of commenting on Fb. Please register at  disqus.com . Or try logging in with Facebook or Google (by clicking the appropriate button) at the comment box. Comment boxes are at the bottom of each post on Pinoybuilt.com. Salamat! Left to right: Tita Lila, Tita Gigi, Tita Nene & Tito Jun

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2016 National Siblings Day: Larry & Vince, Joy & JF. Flashback Friday FBF 2016 [post_ads]

Sister, sister 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. 🇵🇭