It's the first day of the year 2006. January 1, it's the birthday of the hottest anime character, Kaede Rukawa. It's also the birthday of the second hottest anime character, Tamahome. Hehe. You might find me delusional for celebrating fictitious characters' birthdays but hey, it's the start of they year so let me be delusional. Anyhow, it's January 1 what else is there to say? Well, we'll be going back to Manila tomorrow. Classes will resume on Wednesday and we'll be back to a world filled with nothing but gruesome studying. What a joy, not. Anyhow, this has been a great Christmas Vacation. I actually look forward to the start of school but I don't look forward to the amount of work awaiting all the studs. Since I don't really have a certain topic to discuss. I didn't make any new years resolution 'cause I'm sure I won't be able to follow them. I'll just tell you how the Vicentina Clan celebrates New Year.
Our New Year's Celebration has been the same for the past 15 years. Yes, the only difference is that the family get's bigger and bigger. I am closer to the Vicentina Family more than the Dela Cruz family because they live in Manila and we in Pampanga but over the years the Dela Cruz clan has spread their wings and went to different countries. Let me introduce you to my family (paternal side)
Grandfather: Antonio Dela Cruz - lives in the US (he's really nice)
Grandmother: Lilia A. Dela Cruz - deceased (1995) I barely knew her
Uncles: Rey Dela Cruz - eldest (lives in the US with his family)
Jun Dela Cruz - not his full name I think it's Jose Antonio but anyway he also lives in the US, he's a policeman and still single
Patricio Dela Cruz - tito pat in short, he lives in the UAE with his family
Marvin Dela Cruz - the one I envy most, he lives with his family in London...waah..take me with you
Aunts: Ailyn Dela Cruz Schutt - lives in the US, I can't remember the last time I saw her. I think it was 10 years ago.
Mae Dela Cruz ? - I don't know her husbands last name, she's still here in the Philippines
Michelle Dela Cruz - youngest aunt, still here too and she was 13 when I was born.
Cousins:
Raymond Dela Cruz - I think he's 13 years old, eldest cousin, only saw him once, also an HP adik
Lila Alexandria Schutt - I don't know how old she is but I like her name
Lea Antoinette Dela Cruz - I envy her, she'll grow up in London
Ashley Sophia ? - youngest cuz
Kylie ? - Ashley's elder sister, we're not really close
Patrick Dela Cruz - closest cousin, he's 6 I think
AJ Dela Cruz - I forgot what AJ stands for but he's Patrick's younger bro
So, that's the Dela Cruz Family. We're not really close. I see them once in a blue moon.
Now, it' time for the Vicentina Clan
Grandmother: Bonay Doda Vda. de Vicentina - we call her Apo, I really love her, we grew up with her
Grandfather: Manuel A. Vicentina - died when he was just 33 years old and my youngest aunt was 3 months old
Uncle: Cornelio M. Vicentina - we call him Tito Bong though we don't know where he got that name
Aunts: Mary Anne M. Vicentina - Nang Anne, or Ninang Anne, I don't know why everyone calls her Ninang but we just got used to it
Cristy M. Vicentina - Ta Cristy, our official guardian, we live with her
Leah Ronah V. Ocampo - Ta Ley, the official saleswoman of the family
Ma. Fe V. Dizon - Ta Fe, youngest, strictest, largest
Cousins:
Criselle Joie H. Vicentina - known as Joie2 age: 12
Manuel Christian H. Vicentina - known as Chan2 or Chan taba age: 9
Sean Louie V. Ocampo - know as Sean or Louie or Tembong age: 6
Shella Laine V. Ocampo - known as Shella age: 4
Manuel Lorenz M. Vicentina - know as timo or tim age: 6 (ehem, don't ask me why he has the name Manuel but has the nickname tim, it's hard to explain, it was tita fe who gave him that nickname)
extra Aunts and Uncles:
Seraffin Ocampo - tita ley's husband, we knew him since we were 3 or 4 years old
Dixie H. Vicentina - tita dix, tito bong's wife
Renz Dizon - I really don't know tito Renz's real name since he just joined our family recently
Now, I'm really close with my family (maternal side) because we live close to each other. We used to live under one roof. Since both my mom and dad are working, they have been taking care of us since I was only ababy. I was closest to Tita Ley since she was the one who really took care of me when I was young.
New Year's Eve was celebrated with a bang! (or singing and dancing more likely) Since everyone is younger than me I was just watching while all of my cuz's except joie2 and I were dancing to Average Joe. The adults were watching. Everyone was singing, dancing and simply having fun. Some were eating. We were playing games and it was just pure fun until I got tired and lied down. I started texting people happy new year by 11:45 and I finished at exactly 12. Everyone was wearing gas masks, especially moi because the smoke might trigger my asthma. Anyhow, of course there were fire crackers and stuff but I really did not participate. I was just jumping at the strike of 12 hoping it would work and I'll grow even just a few inches taller. It was just a simple celebration but we've got tons of food including a lechon. Anhow, it was simple yet enjoyable. I was happy. I hope this new year will bring new hopes and new challenges that I will overcome.
Time really flies. In three months time, junior year will be over. You know what? I feel like it's only June and I'm just starting 3rd year because everything that happened these past few months have all been a blur. Anyway, I'm going to miss Mendel so much but everything has a beginning and an end. Let's all rejoice that we're all safe and we've still got 10 fingers. Once again, I greet all of you a Happy New Year!
