The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
Living with no house help, you can’t imagine how many times I’ve been tempted to buy a clothes dryer and a dishwasher. These electric appliances may be considered standard household items in First World countries but not in the Third World. In fact, the washing machine was not a standard household appliance until about two ... (more)
We went to the supermarket earlier today and, as we turned the corner to Circumferential Road, Sam noticed a GMA 7 truck in front of us and wondered what event was taking place. The answer became obvious just as few seconds later. As we passed the Yñares Sports Complex along Circumferential Road, there were new ... (more)
Remember our mango tree? The one that was filled with flowers at the beginning of summer? Well, very few of the flowers turned to fruits and what few fruits there were were much too high to reach. The winds took pity, shook the tree and down came the fruits, some of them hitting the concrete slabs and cracking because they were still very green and hard and not really ready for anyone’s digestion.
It was frustrating. We were dreaming of free mangoes all throughout the summer but the insects were always there ahead of us, pissing off the flowers until most of them just gave up and decided not to become fruits.
Today’s column. If you have been following the developments on the Manila Electric Co. saga, three very substantial questions are worth pondering over. First, what really is the agenda of Government Service Insurance System in its seeming attempt to wrestle control of Meralco? Second, is Meralco trying to evade answering the “syndicated estafa” charges by ... (more)
In many ways, the school year opening is like Christmas. Children expect treats in the form of new shoes, bags, uniforms, supplies, lunch boxes and even new accessories to prettify books and notebooks. I must admit that I used to be one of those kids. School didn’t seem so exciting unless my parents bought me ... (more)
Eastern Philippines is listed among the most endangered coastlines in the world. Reason: “over-fishing and the conversion of mangrove forests into aquaculture ponds with low productivity.” The Caribbean and Phuket in Thailand are on the list too. The next list might include Boracay at the rate things are going. Read the story that accompanies the ... (more)
Pretty, aren’t they? But I didn’t buy these disposable paper cups for their looks. We’re waterless again. In a week, the subdivision will cut off the deep well water supply and Manila Water will be our water supplier. The problem is that when Manila Water was laying out the pipes, their people thought that the ... (more)
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.
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 »)
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