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2008 - The Year of the Rat

rat I'm a little late. The "Year of the Rat" started on February 7, 2008 and I'm just now getting around to writing about it. What significance does it have? I was born in 1960; I am a rat and this is my year!

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Street Lights of Olongapo

street light I was going to spend some time writing about the different kinds of street light fixtures I've seen in both Olongapo and at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, but decided instead to point out one of the most common street light fixtures in Olongapo. Look at the picture on the left.

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Confessions of a Drug Addict

forms of heroin Until very recently, I was a user of the most dangerous drug in the world. I'm not talking about cocaine, heroin or any of the hard drugs you hear about. I'm talking about a drug that's thousands of times more powerful. It's just as deadly as the hard drugs, but it kills you slowly instead of quickly.

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Halloween and the Day of the Dead in the Philippines

costume Halloween isn't celebrated by the older folks of the Philippines. The majority of them celebrate the Day of the Dead, which is the very next day. As far as I can tell, the only celebrations associated with Halloween itself are the costume parties.

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Use CSS to Make WordPress Tags Lowercase

WordPress When tags were introduced to WordPress, most people expected the tag names to be in lowercase. They weren't, or to be more exact, they weren't forced into lowercase. They use the same format as the category names. It's your choice. There's a problem with this, however, as I'll quickly explain.

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