Filipino Identity, Culture & Diaspora

Al Muraqqabat, Deira Kabayan Night Market sits along 37th Street in Al Muraqqabat, a familiar stretch in Deira where many Filipinos gather after work. February 8, 2022. Tintin and J.F. That evening, TinTin and I found a small table beneath the lights and ordered dinner. Around us were the usual sounds — utensils against plates, Tagalog conversations, and the tired laughter that follows long shifts. For many OFWs, places like this are more than just night markets. They are temporary commons — where distance from home feels slightly smaller, even if only for a meal. Photographed on Sony a6000.

How to Post to Pinoybuilt.com by Email — Add a Filipino Layer to Your Social Media Did you know you can easily create a post on Pinoybuilt.com using just your email? If you're already sharing photos and stories on Facebook, you’re just one step away from cross-posting to a wider Filipino audience — without logging in to Blogger or touching any dashboard. Here’s how to do it: ✉️ Step 1: Get Your Secret Email Address Each Blogspot blog (like Pinoybuilt.com) has a unique "Post by Email" address. If you’re part of the team or admin, make sure to: Go to Blogger Dashboard > Settings > Email . Under Posting using email , you’ll see something like: css Copy Edit yourblogname .secretcode @blogger .com Save the settings to Publish email immediately (or save as draft if you prefer reviewing). 🔐 Keep this email private! Only those with the secret address can post to your blog. 📸 Step 2: Download a Photo from Facebook Find the Facebook photo you ...

"Bringing you the best of Filipino flavors!" "Kain na at Chibugan — where every meal feels like home." Flashback: August 25, 2021. Grace Cubel Caparas. Join na kabayan! How can I join Pinoybuilt.com? Since it's built on Google technology, you just need a Google account. Give me your Gmail address and I can send it an invite to be an "Author" on this Blogger.com site. Is there an app I can install on my phone to post to Pinoybuilt.com? There is a  BLOGGER  app for  Android phones . I sometimes use that on my Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. What if I have an iPhone? You can enable " POST USING EMAIL " in Blogger settings once you are authorized as an author. You designate a  secret email address . Posting to Pinoybuilt.com is then as easy as sending an email from your iPhone. 

February 17 Flashback Dinner at Highest View Lounge, Gevora Hotel. Dubai, UAE. It was windy and a little cold, but it was a great dinner.

February 17 Flashback Dinner at Highest View Lounge, Gevora Hotel. Dubai, UAE. Gevora Hotel (Arabic: فندق جيفورا) is a 1,168 ft (356 m) tall hotel along Sheikh Zayed Road in the city Dubai, UAE. That height has given the skyscraper the title of tallest hotel building according to Guinness World Records.

Expo 2020 Dubai February 11. Expo City Dubai. Tin & JF Flashback: Expo 2020 Dubai. February 16, 2022. Rose, Gab & Tin. Expo City Dubai, UAE.

Manigong Bagong Taon Thank you to all Dubai/UAE OFWs. You not only support your respective families, but the Philippines' economy as a whole while being away from loved ones. Flashback: Expo 2020 Dubai. February 16, 2022. Expo City Dubai. Tin & JF.

Manigong Bagong Taon Flashback: Expo 2020 Dubai. February 16, 2022. Rose, Gab & Tin. Expo City Dubai, UAE.

Merry Christmas Khrixia & Khris! Flashback to Expo 2020. February 23, 2022. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. KD, Tintin and me.

Merry Christmas Rose & Gab! Flashback to Expo 2020. February 16, 2022. Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Lookout Weekend Hard Rock Cafe Dubai is located at Dubai Festival City Mall Zone 8A - Dubai - United Arab Emirates. OFW & Fil-Am tourist KUMUSTA KABAYAN 🇵🇭 Please drop us a comment below. Help us grow Pinoybuilt to be the number one online OFW community in the  United Arab Emirates . Please click to  follow AE.pinoybuilt.com . Thank you! Shukran (شكراً). Maraming salamat po kabayan.  ✌🏽 You can visit our sites in California:  Los Angeles ,  Sacramento ,  San Diego ,  San Francisco ,  San Jose  or  Vallejo . Click on a tag below to browse. 

Dubai Marina Dhow Cruise Birthday Dinner September 12: Photo after my birthday dinner cruise along Dubai Creek. Jaddaf Waterfront, behind Palazzo Versace Dubai. My birthday in Dubai Overview Map of D-Marin Jaddaf Waterfront Coral Dubai Deira Hotel to Palazzo Versace Dubai, Al Jaddaf - Jaddaf Waterfront Per Google Maps, it's about 6.8 miles (16 minutes) from my hotel to the front of the Palazzo Versace Dubai. D-Marin Jaddaf Waterfront is the back of Palazzo Versace. KUMUSTA KABAYAN 🇵🇭 Please drop us a comment below. Help us grow Pinoybuilt to be the number one online OFW community in the  United Arab Emirates . Please click to  follow AE.pinoybuilt.com . Thank you! Shukran (شكراً). Maraming salamat po kabayan.  ✌🏽 You can visit our sites in California:  Los Angeles ,  Sacramento ,  San Diego ,  San Francisco ,  San Jose  or  Vallejo . Click on a tag below to browse.  For a photographer, go to  JFPERSE...

September 9. Met Glenn Victa at Burjuman Mall. Burjuman, Dubai, UAE. I hadn't seen Glenn since our mini-reunion at Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo. That was at least fifteen years we had not seen each other. #hoganspartans #dubai #filam

Lunch in Deira, Dubai September 21: Stayed close to 'home.' Rassasy is just down Al Muraqqabat from Coral Dubai Deira Hotel. First time uploading an MOV file to this site. Let's see if this works. September 21 lunch in Deira Dubai. Coral Dubai Deira Hotel to Kings Park Hotel Rassasy Restaurant (Kings Park Hotel) is not too far from Coral. But if you drive there, you have to go down to the end of Al Muraqqabat Rd, make a U-turn, then hope to park/fit into a space in front of Kings Park Hotel. Address: Al Muraqqabat Street, Deira - 18 23b St - Deira - Dubai - United Arab Emirates   KUMUSTA KABAYAN 🇵🇭 Please drop us a comment below. Help us grow Pinoybuilt to be the number one online OFW community in the  United Arab Emirates . Please click to  follow AE.pinoybuilt.com . Thank you! Shukran (شكراً). Maraming salamat po kabayan.  ✌🏽 You can visit our sites in California:  Los Angeles ,  Sacramento ,  San Diego ,  San Francisco ,  Sa...

September Night at the Pyramids September 19. Wafi City. Dubai, UAE. Anubis, ancient Egyptian god of funerary practices and care of the dead, represented by a jackal or the figure of a man with the head of a jackal. In the Early Dynastic period and the Old Kingdom, he enjoyed a preeminent (though not exclusive) position as lord of the dead, but he was later overshadowed by Osiris. September in Dubai KUMUSTA KABAYAN 🇵🇭 Please drop us a comment below. Help us grow Pinoybuilt to be the number one online OFW community in the  United Arab Emirates . Please click to  follow AE.pinoybuilt.com . Thank you! Shukran (شكراً). Maraming salamat po kabayan.  ✌🏽 You can visit our sites in California:  Los Angeles ,  Sacramento ,  San Diego ,  San Francisco ,  San Jose  or  Vallejo . Click on a tag below to browse.  For a photographer, go to  JFPERSEVERANDA.COM .

WOW! I had already walked outside on Al Muraqbbat St at 1:30 PM to go next door to Puranmal Restaurant for lunch. So I experienced the hottest temp of the day. But "freezing" my butt off in my air-conditioned hotel room for hours, then stepping outside at 8:30 PM -- it still was a 'shocker' to say the least. It is VERY HUMID in Dubai, especially in August. That's why hotels and other businesses give their biggest discounts of the year in August. If you love discounts, and can "take the heat," then by all means "Habibi, come to Dubai" in August. September in Dubai KUMUSTA KABAYAN 🇵🇭 Please drop us a comment below. Help us grow Pinoybuilt to be the number one online OFW community in the  United Arab Emirates . Please click to  follow AE.pinoybuilt.com . Thank you! Shukran (شكراً). Maraming salamat po kabayan.  ✌🏽 You can visit our sites in California:  Los Angeles ,  Sacramento ,  San Diego ,  San Francisco ,  San Jose  or  Vallej...

Khristine had Pad Thai September 1: We had a nice view of the Dubai Fountain & Burj Khalifa just outside the windows. I highly recommend eating at Time Out Market Dubai at least once. You can choose from various restaurants and choose where to sit. September in Dubai KUMUSTA KABAYAN 🇵🇭 Please drop us a comment below. Help us grow Pinoybuilt to be the number one online OFW community in the  United Arab Emirates . Please click to  follow AE.pinoybuilt.com . Thank you! Shukran (شكراً). Maraming salamat po kabayan.  ✌🏽 You can visit our sites in California:  Los Angeles ,  Sacramento ,  San Diego ,  San Francisco ,  San Jose  or  Vallejo . Click on a tag below to browse.  For a photographer, go to  JFPERSEVERANDA.COM .

After dinner at Time Out Market Dubai September 1: On the way out to Souk Al Bahar. Saw this wall with multiple "Time Out" posters. Downtown - Level 3, Souk Al Bahar - وسط مدينة دبي - دبي - United Arab Emirates September in Dubai KUMUSTA KABAYAN 🇵🇭 Please drop us a comment below. Help us grow Pinoybuilt to be the number one online OFW community in the  United Arab Emirates . Please click to  follow AE.pinoybuilt.com . Thank you! Shukran (شكراً). Maraming salamat po kabayan.  ✌🏽 You can visit our sites in California:  Los Angeles ,  Sacramento ,  San Diego ,  San Francisco ,  San Jose  or  Vallejo . Click on a tag below to browse. 

Had to take a quick selfie with Jollibee August 30. After dinner. Khalid Bin Al Waleed Rd - Al Mankhool - Dubai - United Arab Emirates. J.F. & Khristine. BurJuman parking. KUMUSTA KABAYAN 🇵🇭 Please drop us a comment below. Help us grow Pinoybuilt to be the number one online OFW community in the  United Arab Emirates . Please click to  follow AE.pinoybuilt.com . Thank you! Shukran (شكراً). Maraming salamat po kabayan.  ✌🏽 You can visit our sites in California:  Los Angeles ,  Sacramento ,  San Diego ,  San Francisco ,  San Jose  or  Vallejo . Click on a tag below to browse.  For a photographer, go to  JFPERSEVERANDA.COM .

Dubai Festival City Mall First dinner together. August 27. Dubai Festival City (DFC). Khristine & JF KUMUSTA KABAYAN 🇵🇭 Please drop us a comment below. Help us grow Pinoybuilt to be the number one online OFW community in the  United Arab Emirates . Please click to  follow AE.pinoybuilt.com . Thank you! Shukran (شكراً). Maraming salamat po kabayan.  ✌🏽 You can visit our sites in California:  Los Angeles ,  Sacramento ,  San Diego ,  San Francisco ,  San Jose  or  Vallejo . Click on a tag below to browse.  For a photographer, go to  JFPERSEVERANDA.COM .