First Christmas in Australia

Whoah! I've been away for so long. Not literally "away" but I guess I was just carried away with the flow of life and just forgot to write something in here.

Christmas was fun. My first Christmas here in Australia was not as bad as how the entire season started. There maybe no children on the streets singing Christmas carols, nor Christmas lights and decorations everywhere, but I still felt the spirit of Christmas because of the warmth and love from my family and friends.

We gathered all together in my Tito's house. It was great because even though I just met my other cousins last year, the attachment or the bond we call is still tight. We played games, a lot of games. I won the "Hep Hep Hurray!!". lol. My family is awesome. I enjoyed every single second I spent with them. I felt like I'm in Cloud9. No problems. No worries. Nothing. Just us, playing and having fun. We ate our Noche Buena all together. The night was filled with laughter, tears (of joy, i believe) and screams of "Merry Christmas!". Gift-giving was great!! I didn't expect of getting anything from my tito's and tita's because of the world financial crisis but whoah!! Love was in the air. I received a gift from every single one of them. lol.

My cousins and I had some drinks. We finished at around 3 o'clock in the morning. I had a headache, my dad was already sleepy and my mom was exhausted so we sent our goodbye's and went home. I reached my bed at around quarter to four and I was so dead.

I received an unexpected call from an unexpected person at 6 o'clock in the morning. That time, I learned the meaning of the term, "hang-over". lol. From that moment, I felt like the world is revolving around me. I couldn't understand what was happening. I just hang up the phone 'cause I couldn't talk anymore. Suddenly, something just came out of my mouth. It was so gross and yucky. I vomit a lot of times. I felt like my stomach is burning. I wanted to get everything from my throat, everything from my stomach. It felt so weird, so uneasy. I woke my dad up and asked him what to do. He told me to drink lots of water and rest. Crap! I didn't get enough sleep so my head felt so heavy and so as my body.

From then on, I promise that I wouldn't take in alcohol if I couldn't handle myself. I promise not to drink alcoholic beverages until I'm 18. My mom is really competent on making lessons for me. She let me drink because I wanted to. She let me do what I want that night. I was so curious why she said "ok". Now I know, she just wanted me to learn from my own experiences. She knows that I wouldn't believe her if she says it's not good or what so ever. That's so funny. lol.

On Christmas day, Linsao Clan went to our place around 4 o'clock in the afternoon. We had siesta together as well as dinner. Again, another night of fun and laughter. My cousins and I played ps3 and other games we used to play in the past.

The next day, I watched Twilight with my cousins. Finally, I've seen it. lol. It was nice though the book will always be much better. Afterwards, we met up with our parents and other relatives at the bowling ally. Guess what we did? haha. Yeah! We played bowling, obviously. We also had fun on the arcade.

The following days were fun as well. I couldn't remember each and every detail though. But it sure was really fun.

Even if I am here in Australia, I still act, talk and live the way I lived when I was in the Philippines. I still practice the Filipino culture and I'm still a "Dalagang Pilipina" .

In everywhere I would be, I'm sure that I'll always feel the spirit of Christmas in the FILIPINO WAY. ♥