Some birthday customs（习惯） are quite similar（相似） in many parts of the world—- birthday candles, birthday games，and birthday cakes. But some customs are more special to some countries. Here are some children talking about their customs.

Linda—I am fourteen. I come from Aruba. In our country, children take something special to school for their classmates and all teachers. Every teacher gives the birthday child a small present like a pencil, an eraser or a postcard. The birthday child doesn't need to wear special uniform(校服). He or she can wear family clothes.

Lucy—I am one year older than Linda. Denmark（丹麦） is my country. We hung a flag(旗帜) outside a window to show that someone in that house is having a birthday. Presents are placed around the child's bed while they are sleeping so they will see them at once when they wake up.

Tom—I am as old as Linda. I am from Brazil(巴西). The birthday child receives a pull on the earlobe(耳垂) for each year in my country. The birthday person also gives the first slice of cake to his most special friend or relative, usually mom or dad.

    How do you find happiness every single day? How do you get more out of life and live life to the fullest? There are three easy ways to help you to enjoy your daily life.

    One way to find happiness within you is to show your appreciation（感激）to others. Showing appreciation not only gives happiness to others, but also we can receive happiness in return by writing a letter of appreciation and for the response we get. Often maybe you are strict with yourself by telling yourself you could have done things better. Have a look at your life and think about what you have achieved today. So take 5 minutes right now to write down what you have achieved in life and what you are proud of.

    Have you ever kept a diary? Sometimes writing things down will give you a clear thinking and allows you to let go of things. When you write in a diary, you have the ability to express yourself as you truly would like to be.

    Each of the above three easy steps takes only 15 minutes. Not only can it produce happiness for you, but also it will help others be in good feeling. Why not have a try right now?

    "Mom, I dreamed about you all night. I dreamt that you had come back to me, but I know you are gone." says a post-80s girl named Lulu in a Sina Weibo post.

    Lulu has been "talking" to her deceased(已故的) mother through her microblog for the past four years. Her act has moved millions of Chinese netizens. Xinhua reported last Tuesday.

    The girl from Shenyang posted the first message to her mother in June. 2012, just over a week after her mother passed away. "I will keep talking to you until I leave the world", Lulu wrote. Since then, she has kept updating her post almost every day, expressing how she misses her mother and also shares exciting or sad moments of her daily life.

    Lulu said it's her way to "keep in touch "with her mother, as she used to talk with her three to four times a day when she was alive.

    During the past four years, she has posted over 1, 200 messages and got 86, 583 followers so far. One internet user said, "Every tweet moves me to tears, and thank you for reminding more people to cherish(珍惜) each day we have with our mother. "Another said this was the most touching microblog ever.

    Lulu said she was pleased that her microblog made more people realize their filial(子女的) duties and she hopes young people could take more time to be with their parents.