Get Real Post: The official blog of Get Real Philippines is online!

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Get Real Post is now online! This is the forum where issues will be discussed from well-considered perspectives. Check it out right here, or logon with the following URL:

GetRealPhilippines.com/Blog

The site is a Wordpress installation within the GetRealPhilippines.com domain and currently makes use of the Magazine Basic theme with a bit of customisation applied to the CSS code.

I've since re-named this blog (the one you are reading now) "benign0's blog" and I will continue to write here about stuff that comes to my mind every now and then. Happy reading and let's welcome Get Real Post to the GRP Network!

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