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Hey, everyone! Sorry for the month-long hiatus. I got a little bit tired of writing in a blog but I always promised that I'd write again. I have plans for February, actually starting today (January 31) and I'll tell you about that later! :) For now, let me tell you about the things that happened since my last post.

So for New Year's, it was the first time we spent the holiday with just the four of us. Like I said in my last post, my cousins and I grew up spending every important holiday together. So New Year 2011 was really different and surreal for us. My sister and I were afraid that it might not turn out so good because the only ones in the house were my dad, my mom, my sister, our two helpers, and me. But it turned out really fun and still very special. My dad learned how to make martini's the night before (James Bond style) and we didn't really like it so he gave in to my Cosmopolitan request! We started the night with cosmo's with dinner, then we went to church then when we got back, he made Mojitos and my sister and I learned how to use the vuvuzela.

First we thought that she and my mom (who bought the toys) got ripped a hundred pesos (each!) off, but then someone realized what it was and I had to search on YouTube how to use it. You can learn and watch it here. So, back to the real story, my sister and I bought fireworks earlier that morning on our way to the mall and since our driver went home, our maid, Lanie, was the one who played with them and we enjoyed watching them. At twelve midnight, we made noises with bells around the house and I used the Flip to take videos of the fireworks happening all around. It was magical and really fun. :) Oh, and while I was outside, I saw my best friend of more than ten years and we hugged. It made me really happy. We ended the night with champagne (we gave some to the helpers, too! They spit it out right away 'cause the other one said it tasted like vinegar, haha!) and Media Noche.

The next day, we had family over and we spent the day eating, again, my sister and older cousins played their new favorite past time, Mah Jong and then my darling cousin, Kandy and I sang karaoke in my room. When they left after dinner, my mom, my sister and I stayed with my dad and his friends in the terrace and we finished the champagne left while I hosted a game of "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?" with my dad's iPod Touch. It was so fun 'cause everyone was trying to think of the right answer, as if we were actually getting a million dollars in the end.

P.S., We never got to a million dollars. I don't even remember getting to a hundred!

The next day, we went to Araneta Coliseum for a Chinese acrobat show.

I really wish I could tell you so much about this but my fever was starting to show when I was in the coliseum itself. :( But I really wanted to react as happy as the other people around me. They were so graceful, pretty and talented! They were so good. . I wish I could watch them again so I can go like, "WHOO!!!".

So many things happened already in my first thirty days of 2011 and one of them is our Ormoc trip which I'll tell you all about real soon, with more pictures. :) So, about my plan (that starts today) for February: It's the 30-day blog challenge which I got from my blockmate/friend, Liz Pasana. She's a very beautiful, artistic and creative friend of mine who also loves to write and I try to read her posts everyday. She just finished with the challenge today and I want to join in the fun, too! Check her blog out, you'll see how witty she is and sweet!

That's all for now.

WHUT: How'd your first thirty days of 2011 go?

By the way, just wanted to share my #nowplaying (on YouTube): PaRappa! It's a game my sister, my cousins and I used to play on our Play Station 1. I'm watching American Dragon right now and I think they ripped off one of the raps from PaRappa, so that lead me to this! Hihi. Okay, good night now. :)