Kid the Phantom Thief, on 26 Dec 2014 - 9:47 PM, said:
Tell more, tell more, tell more!!
How "more" exactly?
Should I start with nine days prior to Christmas? It's a tradition to go to mass very early in the morning (at about 3 AM) for nine consecutive days which starts on the 16th. Then, every night we go around the neighborhood to sing Christmas carols. (We use flattened soft drink bottle's metal caps looped in a wire as a tambourine. :3) Some would give us money, others give us food. Now, on the 24th, the my entire village is basically going to and fro the market square to buy additional ingredients to whatever menus they have. I mean, you could really see people eager for Christmas. Though it was banned, several teens play with firecrackers. My place is really far from the city, almost like a rural area, so no authorities bothered to check up on us. As for the games, Ahhhh.. My brain short-circuited from the thoughts of bingo. T^T I never won a prize in several previous rounds and by several, I mean, I haven't won anything in 19th time. But luck is upon me on the 20th and last round. :3 Just when I'm about to claim my prize, my sister insists she shouted "Bingo" first which means we tied. The jury consists of the adults in my family decided to let us pick a number instead to solve the issue. Whoever got the highest number wins the prize. I got *drumroll* 31! And my sister, haha, got a.. 32. T_______T So unlucky, I know. Then we have this game called "Pinoy Henyo" Henyo means genius. This game requires a pair. One to deduce the given word and the other to give clue. Facing one another, the word is put on the guesser's head. Example: Christmas tree. The guesser, would asks questions like "Is it a person?" "A thing?". The clue giver can only answer with "Yes" "No" and "Maybe/Can be". The word has to be guessed within the allotted time limit. If they were not able to, another pair takes over. That's just one of the few games. There's also an adult round where my aunts and uncles play. For the eating part, they were drinking champagne. Out of curiosity, I told them I'd like to try it. My uncle poured me a glass. :3 Then, I returned for another one until I almost finished up an entire bottle. I wondered why I wasn't drunk yet only to realized they gave me the alcohol free white grape juice. =___= The event ended with the traditional "Search for the Star". My aunt hid several paper stars around the house. Everyone is excited to look for it because each star has a respective prize. My grandpa was so happy when he found one. Hahahahah.. Really, this isn't the entire story yet.
