The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
I’m sure they’re mythological characters but what exactly, I have no idea. Fearsome creatures to shoo away would-be robbers or a lucky charm for all businesses in the building? Reminds me of Lara Croft.
The photo was taken in front of the Fabric Warehouse in Libis, Quezon City.
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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.
This is a journal of how we live, eat, learn, play and have fun. Work? Work is part of playing and having fun. Seriously.
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I remember in China/Korea/Japan the statues outside of temples always featured one with the mouth open and one with the mouth closed — to prevent the good fortune from getting away is what i eventually learned.
Oooh, that is picturesque. Both these statues have their mouths open so it might mean, what — bring in the good fortune twice as fast?