The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
I told you about what he did but you don’t know how he looks. This is Mike Manlungat (thanks, Alex, for taking the photo), the one I wrote about in my op-ed column last week. Mike and his family were at our house last Sunday to pick up the old clothes we gathered for the ... (more)
At 9.00 a.m. on September 26, the high school volleyball team of La Salle Antipolo left the vicinity of Boni Avenue after a match. One of the athletes, Isay Manlungat, left with her father, Mike. Eight other athletes boarded the school service vehicle. Isay and Mike went straight to Sta. Lucia East Mall along Marcos ... (more)
It isn’t exactly the time to talk about leisure and vacations but if all I think and write about are Ondoy and Pepeng, I think I’ll go nuts. Good thing that I was asked to write a travel piece for Manila Standard Today for last Thursday’s edition. It’s the seventh or eight travel feature I’ve ... (more)
When power was restored in our area on Tuesday, and after the announcements that classes would remain suspended until Saturday, one of the first instructions that I gave my daughters was to collect clothes and blankets that they could spare so we could bring them to the evacuation centers. Since we were on our way ... (more)
Through the dark nights and waterless days, one thing and one thing only kept from bitching – we had it good compared to what a lot of other people went through. Even during the heaviest downpour, we remained untouched by floods. We suffered no injury nor illness nor property damage. And we live in Antipolo, one of the areas hardest hit by typhoon Ondoy.
Thanks for the good thoughts. I return them all and I hope everyone will manage to get back on their feet soon. We can all use an indomitable spirit right now.
Indomitable spirit, yeah. I could have gotten depressed over the weekend but the girls and I found a nice way to deal with the powerless and waterless situation.
There was a storm raging when we got up this morning. Hard rain, strong winds, bad visibility. The thing is, our area is not in the direct path of the storm. If it were, wed have been prepared. Power went out when we were having lunch. For ten seconds. No need to panic. At any ... (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 … »»
In the aftermath of typhoon Ondoy, shortage of toilet facilities, uncollected garbage and bacteria in flood waters now threaten the lives and health of flood-stricken Metro Manila and suburbs. For people in areas on Pepeng’s path, they problems are only just beginning.
When Onyong struck and the pumping station was flooded, water supply got cut off. By Monday, many were getting water from the clubhouse swimming pool. They filled their pails and carried the heavy pails to their houses to flush down their toilets.
Today’s lunch, as simple as it may be, is the best we’ve had in a long time. It wasn’t just tummy filler; it was soul food. This is the first real home cooked meal we’ve had since Saturday. The first meal that was cooked without pouring something out of a jar or without opening a can. 
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