Weekends with Archie

Eastwood New Year: different but memorable

January 13, 2007

New Year Celebration of 2007 - different but indeed memorable. 

We were in Eastwood (again) that time apparently because we wanted to feel life than to hear the silence of the dorm.  This time, we were three! A freshman dormer who also wasn't able to spend the holidays with his family eagerly accompanied us.

Not surprisingly, Eastwood was full of people!  I was expecting that since this is Manila, the sight of young people in bars and concert places would just be normal, plus a free street concert could even invite them more.  But what really caught my attention is not the sight of the yuppies and the teens but surprisingly, the presence of the dads and the moms, some even with the lolos and the lolas, and of course the apos.

Maybe they were all waiting for the fireworks.  Maybe it is more convenient and cheaper to go outside.  Maybe time really changes. 

For me, I guess it's a wise and practical decision to go to Eastwood instead of buying firecrackers that could cost a lot and that could pose more danger if held not carefully.  That definitely defeats the celebration!  Wherever you are on New Year's Eve, the most important thing is that you get to spend your Buenas Noche with your dearest family.  As for me, I may have not spent it this year with them, but wherever I am, I know for sure that my presence transcends for them.

Twenty seconds before the clock ticked twelve, I felt my cellphone vibrate.  It was a call from my mom!  Together with the loud and enthusiastic countdown of the crowd, I answered my phone and shared the countdown too with them.  Five.. four.. three.. two.. one..  "Happy New Year, Me, De and Jun", I cried.  "I got to spend my New Year with them!", I said to myself. Fireworks then began lighting up the sky!

It was not a lonely new year for me after all.  Perhaps different but indeed memorable!

 

"No matter how happy or sad the past year was, it is the new year of 2007 that I am most hopeful of.  Happy new year to everyone!  And may God's light and love be with us all."

 


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