DIANNE, the contributor, is from the Philippine Women's University-Manila, Philippines.  She came up with this poem because she was home alone since April 2010 for her family migrated abroad. (You, too, can have your articles published here. Send them through e-mail to OurHappySchool@yahoo.com)

"LET US GIVE the birthday celebrator a big hand of applause!"

Oops! Wait! Did I hear it right? Birthday Celebrator?

I am quite sure some of you have already heard this from a party host and definitely gave him or her a puckered brow. But after recovering from disbelief, you probably have asked yourself whether you were right and he was wrong, or the other way around. There was a bit of doubt and confusion as to what term should be used – celebrator or celebrant? “Celebrant” perhaps is the term we have been accustomed to and using “celebrator” would be a new thing for us ...

SHOCKED!  S-H-O-C-K-E-D. This was what I felt upon seeing my monthly electric bill.

Imagine, staying at our house for just 16 days in a month since our family and I used to stay most of the time at my in-laws, painstakingly tolerating the summer heat (sleeping without air conditioner even if my toddler begs me to switch it on), switching off the refrigerator at night, and plugging in our energy saver device, still, my bill is so high!

For people with the same sentiments as I do, let us watch this video for some energy-saving tips! FAN PLEASE…

(Editor's note: LHYN PHYDES, the contributor, is an ordinary wife who is willing to give everything for her newly-built family. She used to work in Malacañang Palace. Her current office is her kitchen... and she is the head of it. You, too, can have your articles published here. Send them through e-mail to OurHappySchool@yahoo.com)

... I jumped and hopped and skipped to different jobs. Until I landed in a pit where I felt I fitted. I became one of the writers of a prominent (if not the most) person in the land. And writing paragraphs on Her behalf was such a big honor and pleasure. I loved my last job and that's where I felt contentment. But again, I left it to fulfill my other dream - to build my own family ...