Monthly Archives: October 2006

Halo-halo-ween

By deebeedee | Published: October 29, 2006
Growing up in the Philippines, we didn’t really “celebrate” Halloween.* Yes, come October, establishments would be decked with Halloween decorations but kids didn’t go Trick-or-Treating (door-to-door roaming of the neighborhood was done during Christmas instead – in the form of caroling). That, however, didn’t stop us from dressing up in costumes and it wasn’t just [...]
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Philippine History at Wikipedia

By deebeedee | Published: October 20, 2006
Today’s featured article on Wikipedia is the History of the Philippines. On this day, October 20, sixty-two years ago, General Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines as promised. In 1955 on this day, The Return of the King was first published. The Monterey Bay Aquarium first opened its doors on this day in 1984. The [...]
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Sesquicentennial Celebration

By deebeedee | Published: October 11, 2006
Last Saturday was Sesquicentennial Day at my high school alma mater, Lowell High School in San Francisco. Yup, that’s one hundred fifty big years, making it the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi. I got the invitation to the event from the Alumni Association but I couldn’t make it. It was the 3-year [...]
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