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Connie Veneracion

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  • I am human
  • In the kitchen
    • Cooking
    • Organizing
    • Cleaning up
  • In the dining room
  • In the den
    • Creating
    • Watching
    • Reading
    • Listening
  • Elsewhere

Archives for June 2014

Imaginaerum, the movie and the album by Nightwish

28 June 2014
Unless the movie is a musical, the score is usually an accessory — something that helps set the mood or convey the emotion in a scene. For instance, there’s John …
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13 Sins: a commentary on modern society’s reward system

24 June 2014
It is a remake of a Thai film called 13 Beloved and if you’ve seen the 1997 Michael Douglas starrer The Game, it’s easy to dismiss the plot 13 Sins as non-original …
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Penny Dreadful and Eva Green

24 June 2014
With Newsroom, Game of Thrones, House of Cards and Downton Abbey all on break, there’s nothing really interesting on TV. I gave up on Food Network long ago, I …
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The Angry Christ mural

Solving the puzzle of Alfonso Ossorio and The Angry Christ mural

13 June 2014
Except for the architecture, I’m really not into churches. But, during last month’s visit to Negros Occidental, when we were told that we ought to see the church of the angry …
Read moreSolving the puzzle of Alfonso Ossorio and The Angry Christ mural

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Easy noodle soup with Tai O style clam sauce

Easy noodle soup with Tai O style clam sauce

14 November 2026 » Cooking» In the kitchen

Frozen dumplings and hotpot-style seafood balls, chicken broth straight out of a carton, instant noodles and fresh spinach. It would have been just another noodle soup were not for the addition of a lovely sauce I bought in Hong Kong.

Hand made gift tags

Holiday paper crafts

13 November 2026 » Creating» In the den

The girls and I used to make holiday paper projects together once Christmas vacation started. Creative activities to while away the long days. It was fun. It was a great opportunity for bonding. It felt good to create something pretty; it felt even better to be able to create together.

Taal Lake and Volcano viewed from a private residence in Tagaytay City

A story about a fish, a volcano and a book

12 November 2026 » Elsewhere

This is a story about a fish that can be found in only one lake, and that lake is in the caldera of a volcano. But to tell that story, I first have to write about a book I found lying around in a house overlooking the lake and volcano.

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