CHICAGO ILLINOIS FILIPINO

Eighty-two-year-old Estrella Alamar made it her mission to preserve and share the history of Filipino Americans in Chicago.  

Looking for a caregiver in Wheeling, IL. I am trying to see if there’s anyone is looking for a job as a caregiver to my mom in Wheeling, IL. She only needs someone to be with her for 4-5 hours in the morning.

Crazy Rich Asians Official Soundtrack | Money (That’s What I Want) - Cheryl K | WaterTower Money, Money, Money I work all night, I work all day to pay the bills I have to pay Ain't it sad? And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me That's too bad In my dreams I have a plan So wrote ABBA in their 1976 song "Money, Money, Money." The song was used in the film " CRAZY RICH ASIANS " in 2018. I Have A Plan This website is my plan. Actually, this was my plan before Facebook came into existence in February 2004. Having seen the business potential and experienced the boom of AmIHotOrNot.com and Friendster, I wanted to build a website with my own Pinoy flavor. I met with cousin Melvin and his cousin Ress in January 2003 to bring up a site that would connect Filipino-American college students in California. The mission was to be the top Fil-Am site in California. With the hits and advertising revenue from just California, that should be rather l...

Chesca & I arrived at Kadence's High School Graduation Party July 9, 2022. Algonquin, IL. Alaina and Arvin were helping set up in the front lawn when we arrived early afternoon. Congratulations Kadence Rivera & Jacobs Class of 2022! Join us & help build our Fil-Am online community. Please leave a comment, and  click to follow our website   IL.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.

Having beers with fourth grade classmates! Vince, Jose and I were classmates in fourth grade in St. Sebastian School. They both moved after fourth grade unfortunately so we never got in touch until I found Vince's wife, Reina, on Facebook. St. Sebastian School (before it became a parking structure for Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital where my mom used to work) was on the corner of Halsted and Wellington. Per Google Maps, it is 0.6 miles away from Graystone Tavern. Cheers Vince & Jose!  Thanks for meeting up!   L-R: JF PERSEVERANDA, VINCENTE TIBUDAN, JOSE TIGTIG At the Graystone Tavern after the Chicago Cubs game

Chef Marty in his element. Thanks for lunch cousin. Check out that Marty's pizza oven!  

Reunion with my Badiola cousins in Glenview, IL. Thank you cousin Marty and Badiola family for the get-together! Glenview, IL. July 10, 2022. It was great for my daughter Chesca to meet her Chicago relatives. This is a back-post photo dump of all the photos. I thought I had lost these in a crashed hard drive. Cousins: Alex, Chelsea, Landon & Chesca