My son’s school gives out what they call Student Handbook to each student in Grade School and High School every year. This handbook, aside from serving as a diary of activities of the students and as communication between the teachers and parents, also has pages with lots of information. There are pages called Food Trivia, The Internet, Ecology, Physical Fitness and more.

     My most favorite page is Recycling. This shares information on which products are made of recycled materials, as well how one can help reduce waste by recycling. They got it from World Almanac for Kids 2002. Though most of us may have memorized this, let me just write some of it here.

• From recycled paper, we get newspaper, cereal boxes, wrapping paper, cardboard, containers and insulation.
• From recycled plastic, we get soda bottles, tables, benches, bicycle racks, cameras, backpacks, carpeting, shoes and clothes.
• From recycled steel, we get steel cans, cars, bicycles, nails and refrigerators.
• From recycled rubber, we get bulletin boards, floor tiles, playground equipment and speed bumps

You may also search the web or get in touch with the proper authority in your area for more information.

Before we turn the lights off tonight for the Earth Hour, let me leave you with this.

Today was just an ordinary day. I woke up with morning breath and my eyes full of muta (I don’t know what’s that called in English, but we call it muta in Filipino – you know the thing that lurks in the dark and before you knew it, it has taken over the little space in your eyes where your tears fall?) Anyway, I went on my usual routine – washed my face, gargled, got a cup of coffee, went back to my room, turned the PC on and checked my emails.

Today was just an ordinary day . . . . . or so I thought.

As I logged in to my blog to post about my newly found identity, I was surprised when I noticed a new link in the ‘Incoming Links’ section in my Dashboard. I clicked on it thinking that it was just a link from a site that I left a comment previously. It was, but not as I expected. The link said ‘Winner of Drawings – March26, 2008’ and it took me to the site where I left a comment yesterday. This was what I found out:

I won the Graphics Package and this blog is going to be pretty! So as directed, I emailed Marie, the host of the contest, to claim the prize. I am just waiting for her response.

Meanwhile, I have been asking around for some help with my little problem here. Under the category ‘the life of an ordinary earthling‘, I have 18 posts including this one. But when I click on it, it only shows 10 posts and I can’t see a ‘previous entries‘ link at the bottom. Why is that? Can anyone tell me how to fix this? I hope someone provides me with a step by step procedure because I am not well-versed with codes. Thanks so much, guys!

Update: The little problem I was talking about has just been fixed tonight. Thanks to Ivan of Mabuhay Hosting Philippines.

Sssshhhh! Don’t tell anyone

No more assignments. No more late night reviews for the exams. No more early morning alarms to wake us up. No more preparing of my son’s lunch box. No more travel to and from school.

It’s summer vacation already! Yeheeyyy!

Right now, the only thing I have to take care of is our next visit to his doctor for a check up, and that will be on Monday. Then we will know when he is going to be scheduled for tonsillectomy (Jeff has large tonsils – the reason why he snores at sleep). And my husband won’t be home until next month. So I have time to relax a bit more. And that is the most exciting news for me at the moment.

See you around, people!

Though I have been blogging for a year now, I am very sure that every pro blogger will definitely refer to me as ‘kid’. This blog, under my own domain, has just been launched last month as my gift to my 31^st birthday and I am very proud of this one. I consider having my own site as one of my little accomplishments in life. Yes, you may laugh and others may think, ‘Abelle, you’re so shallow!’ But sometimes, it’s my patting my own back that makes me smile, and laugh, like nobody’s looking. (Actually, sometimes there was nobody, because my son was in school and everybody’s downstairs )

I haven’t perfected yet the art of blogging and there are a lot more that I have to learn - making quality content, getting a decent rank and all. And until now, I find it hard to get some codes working. I wanted so much to have my own header as part of my ‘branding’, as well as some banners and buttons so it will be easier to promote my blog. I know there are websites out there that can help me with this, but I don’t want to spend some money for things that I know I can’t do – I don’t know how to play around the codes in my header and I’m afraid I might mess it up. But I know someone can help me with this. I’m talking about the prize CelebratingWomensDay.com is giving away. I am entering the contest today because I wanted so much to make this blog different and succeed. With the help of that Graphics Package I’m eyeing, I know I can make it.

A friend sent me this email last week and I am posting it here to help spread the word.

On 29 March 2008 the Philippines will join countries around the world as we literally “turn the lights out” for Earth Hour - an event that will fuel awareness on climate change and prove that when the people of the world work together, they can make a difference in the fight against global warming.

Earth Hour will take place throughout the Philippines from 8 to 9 in the evening on Saturday night, 29 March 2008. WWF invites you to participate by shutting off lights for 60 minutes, organizing your own “lights-out” event or by forwarding this mail to your friends, workmates and family.

Launched in Australia on the 31st of March 2007, Earth Hour moved 2.2million people and 2100 businesses in Sydney to turn off their lights for one hour. This massive collective effort reduced the city’s energy consumption by 10.2% for one hour. With Sydney icons like the Harbour Bridge and Opera House turning their lights off and unique events such as weddings by candlelight, the world took notice. Inspired by the collective effort of millions of Sydneysiders, many major global cities are joining Earth Hour in 2008, turning a symbolic event into a global movement.

YOUR participation will go a long way in spreading the message that we, as individual droplets working collectively – can create an impetus far more powerful than the mightiest of rivers. For more information, log on to the WWF Earth Hour page at: www.earthhour.org.

If you want to learn more about how else you can help make Earth Hour in the Philippines a success, reply to this email or drop us a line at (632)920-7931, (632)920-7923 or (632)9207926.

This is my first time and I hope I get this right.

I’m talking about the Tuesday Toot meme of MommyCommunity.com. So what have I accomplished so far? Well, Jeff’s final exams are scheduled yesterday until tomorrow. That means we have been reviewing his notes since Sunday until tonight. This explains why I haven’t posted anything here in the last two days. Right now, Jeff and I are taking few minutes break to re-energize ourselves for the next round, of review, that is. School year ends tomorrow and summer vacation is on its way and we are so excited. Next week, we will be going back to St. Luke’s Medical Center for his check up. We will know by then when he will be scheduled for tonsillectomy. And this probably will be the next thing I’m tooting about, so until the next toot!

Oldies but goodies . . . . .