Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, happy birthday… Happy birthday ate! Everyone sing to me. It’s my twenty-fifth birthday. Muka lang akong twenty pero nasa twenty-five na talaga ako. Years pass by and I’m still achieving my dreams for my family. And through that years, changes eaten my whole self. I become a woman who I didn’t thought I could be. Make a wish before you blow the candle, anak. Ani mama habang nilalapit saakin ang cake. I smiled at them and close my eyes. I wish for more blessings and happiness to our family. Good health for mama and papa. And no boyfriend for Ella. I said before I open again my eyes and saw the irritation in my sister’s face. Ate naman! Wala ka lang boyfriend, nandadamay ka na? naiinis niyang saad saakin. My parents laughed a

