Filipino Identity, Culture & Diaspora

Khor Fakkan Beach & Gulf of Oman Flashback: Khor Fakkan Beach - Sharjah - United Arab Emirates. Khris and I drove from Dubai to Khor Fakkan in the emirate of Sharjah, from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman. We got to Khor Fakkan right before 8 PM, but as you can see, it was HOT & HUMID. This was September in UAE so expect it to be hotter than hell. What is Pinoybuilt.com? Pinoybuilt.com is an online Filipino Community built on Google technoloogy. As a Filipino born in the Philippines and a previous IT Product Manager at a Fortune 500 company, this is my way to show my Pinoy Pride. As a father to three kids born in California, this is how I'd like to share my Filipino (as well Filipino-American) culture and heritage with them and our extended Filipino family. How can one 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 ...

August 27. Coral Dubai Deira Hotel Checking out Rumours Cafe. August 27. 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 .

The Workers Monument is so cool!  Expo City Dubai, UAE. February 16, 2022. Expo 2020 Dubai Expo 2020 Dubai is the first World Expo ever hosted in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region. Through our theme of Connecting Minds, Creating the Future, we aim to host a World Expo that inspires people by showcasing the best examples of collaboration, innovation and cooperation from around the world. Expo 2020 ran for six months from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022. From  https://www.expo2020dubai.com/en 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.

Kumusta Kabayan The ' Red Gorilla ' or Wild Kong , a sculpture by French artist Richard Orlinski, is a reinterpretation of King Kong creature. This artwork is located in Dubai Mall – ground floor, near Apple store (before at Address Downtown Crossing). 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.  ✌🏽

If you see TOTOO STYLE, that's my buddy Glenn's brand. Photo taken in the lobby of Coral Dubai Deira Hotel. September 11, 2021. KUMUSTA KABAYAN 🇵🇭 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 online community in the  United Arab Emirates . Please click to follow AE.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 www.pinoybuilt.com, 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 (whether they're in Dubai, the Philippines, USA, Canada, UAE, etc). Please share this site with them. Btw, blogging is what you do on Facebook, Tw...

Waiting for the shuttle Dubai, UAE. February 23, 2022. It's almost 1 PM. Needless to say, it was hot! 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.  ✌🏽

Dubai Dinner at Gevora Hotel Dubai, United Arab Emirates. February 17. Tin & JF pose in the lobby. 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.  ✌🏽

After-Dinner photos in Gevora Hotel Lobby Dubai, United Arab Emirates. February 17. I thought I had instructed our photographer to include the sheikh, but maybe it got lost in translation. 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.  ✌🏽

Health is Wealth! 8am reading under 120! Took one metformin last night before bed. 😊 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.  ✌🏽 Click on a tag below to browse.

Hello from the Philippines Pavilion. Expo City Dubai, UAE. February 16, 2022. 11:36 PM.  Expo 2020 Dubai Expo 2020 Dubai is the first World Expo ever hosted in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region. Through our theme of Connecting Minds, Creating the Future, we aim to host a World Expo that inspires people by showcasing the best examples of collaboration, innovation and cooperation from around the world. Expo 2020 ran for six months from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022. From  https://www.expo2020dubai.com/en 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.

Outside Al Ghurair Centre Salah Al Din St / Omar Bin Al Khattab St Deira, Dubai, UAE. February 9. 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.  ✌🏽

Arrived in Dubai on Wednesday evening  Dubai, UAE. February 2, 2022. Wednesday. 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.

Best Birthday Ever! Thank you for celebrating with me. Tintin and Maria model Glenn's 'Totoo' brand. OFW Life. Dubai OFW 🇵🇭 Thanks for stopping by. Please drop us a comment below in the comment box at the bottom. If you can't login automatically in the Disqus box with your Facebook, Twitter or Google account, please create one at Disqus.com . For the latest comments across all sites in Pinoybuilt.com, go to & follow  disqus.com/home/forum/pinoybuilt-com . #habibicometodubai #kumustakabayan #dubaiofw #dubailife

Glenn Victa met me at my hotel for our excursion to China Mall in Ajman These are photos from the lobby of Coral Dubai Deira Hotel at 12:30 PM. Glenn and I were schoolmates in Springstowne Junior High School and Hogan Senior High School in California. Prior to this month September, we hadn't seen each other in fifteen years since we had high school reunion picnic with our pinoy friends.  Glenn's cap is TOTOO STYLE , his brand. Yes, we wear masks everywhere in Dubai . I do recommend Coral Dubai Deira Hotel highly. KUMUSTA KABAYAN 🇵🇭 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 online community in the  United Arab Emirates . Please click to follow AE.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...

Got to Khor Fakkan late September 10, 2021. This was about 8 PM already after the drive from Dubai. JF & Khris

Dinner at Chibugan August 25, 2021. Al Muraqqabat. Deira, Dubai. Dinner with Tin's friend, Grace. JF & Tintin 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.

I did not get to finish 'Wrath of Man' There were a few good movies available on my sixteen hour direct flight. (Emirates Airline by the way is the only airline that flies directly from San Francisco or any US city to Dubai, UAE). But I was busy reading up on Dubai and started the movie too late. I think I got halfway. Jason Statham is one of my favorite action stars. I'll have to finish 'Wrath of Man' on the flight back. KUMUSTA KABAYAN 🇵🇭 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 online community in the  United Arab Emirates . Please click to follow AE.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 www.pinoybuilt.com, LA.pinoybuilt.com, HI.pinoybuilt.com, AU.pinoybuilt.com & PH.pino...