The freshman high school students’ song number.
I’ve attended many graduation ceremonies, including mine. But my daughter’s grade school graduation program, with its profound message to our children, will always be worth a thousand memories.
The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
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Strawberry pancake syrup
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Steamed chicken with ginger – garlic sauce
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Dad’s – turn – to – cook porkchops
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Pasta with crumbled Hungarian sausage and yogurt
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Chinese-style braised beef
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Milkshake with dulce de leche mudslide
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Creamed sausage, potato and cabbage soup a la zuppa Toscana
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About CASA Veneracion
Casa is Spanish for house. CASA is also an acronym for Connie, Antonio, Sam and Alex. We are all surnamed Veneracion. We all love to take photos -- of anything that catches our fancy. It's a family obsession.
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The kitchen staff
In 2003, a time when I hadn't heard of the term "blog", I started a recipe website at cooking.houseonahill.net using a now defunct content management system that ran on ASP. Ok, never mind the geek talk, I'm sure you're not interested in that. The contents easily multiplied and, in 2004, I moved the food site to pinoycook.net. Always unhappy with the fact that the dot com versions of houseonahill and pinoycook weren't … (click here to read all »)
Recently digested
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What an original and thoughful ceremony. They must have put in so much time on preparation. Congrats to your daughter!
hi, sassy! congratulations! i can imagine how happy you were on your daughter’s grad… but wait till her college graduation.. your joy will be tripled ! lol…
yes, i agree, we must instill more awareness on our kids regarding care for our environment. and your daughter’s grad theme aptly fits the need. .. i wish other schools would try set their own on this trend – you know – coming up with relevant themes on their grad ceremonies – instead of inviting high profile personalities who do nothing but recite their achievements.. yuck… hehe
yep, pinayhekmi, they practiced for 2 weeks. and they did the props too.
naku, rhodora, you said it! i hate it when school authorities politicize the graduation.
actually, i still have a hangover from the celebration mood hehehehe
I couldn’t agree more with Rhodora. The place where I was born does not look in any way, shape, or form like the place I long to be! Run by ‘politikos’ whose main agendas are ‘sabong’, and where the ‘inuman’ will be for the night.
Joe, the “sabong” mentality is so prevalent in the Rizal province. On a trip to Tanay about a year ago, we passed by dozens of farms for raising fighting cocks. The report I got was that they were owned by high ranking local government officials.
I used to live for 3 yrs at St. Anthony Subdivision in Taytay, three times a week I buy my groceries at the new Taytay market and some stuff at Tropical Hut.
Can you please post more photos of these areas, especially St. Anthony, Valley Golph, Antipolo, Taytay Market?
I used to traverse the Manggahan floodway everyday to Sta. Rosa, Laguna where Ford Philippines is located.
I travel a lot between New York and Ontario, BUT nothing beats my fun memories from the Philippines.
I really miss the Philippines. Thank you for this blog
Oh, no worries, Ron. Since I live in Antipolo, there’s be lots and lots of Antipolo pics. And of nearby areas too.
i’m very very impressed.
mga parinx musta na??????ingat kau lge ah..
hi shie msta kna man?ingat k lge ah..wag pbayaan srili….