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Welcome 2007! A new year and a new life. How did you spend your New year? Where did you spend it? In the province? In the city? Or in a restaurant? What kinds of foods did you prepare? Did you display fireworks? What kinds of fireworks? But eventhough fireworks are nice, these things can also cause accidents.

We know they can cause injury and even death right? As we always know, they cannot be avoided. It can happen anytime. And also based on what I have read in the dictionary, accident is anything which is unexpected or any unfortunate event involving injury. But you know, I really believe in this statement that accidents can happen anytime and anywhere and I am going to tell you one proof.

This story I am going to tell you is about my scary and funny experience last new year and how I spent it.

December 31, 2006. Last day of the year. Almost everyone is preparing for the new year. Some are going out to buy fireworks. Some are just staying inside their houses to prepare. But my family just stayed indoors and planned to have an agreement. We agreed that the older ones are going to cook while the younger ones are going to clean and prepare the house. Our grandfather is of course exempted from this agreement. In the morning, me and my cousin started cleaning the rooms while my other cousins cleaned the living and dining rooms and the kitchen. Then we had our lunch. We were not yet done with the cleaning and also the older people are not yet done with their cooking. After we had our lunch, we continued on our cleaning. But then my mom asked me to call our neighbor to ask when will the evening mass start. When I called up, this person told me that the evening mass will start at 9 o'clock in the evening. When my mom knew this, she insisted me to prepare what clothes I am going to wear. Then after I prepared my clothes I continued on my cleaning. Cleaning............... Cleaning.............. Cleaning here.............. Cleaning there................ Cleaning................... Cleaning everywhere........

And then it came. The evening mass came. When we arrived at the church, you really cannot imagine the people. You can't even breath properly because of the crowd. But unfortunately, we came early. Me and my cousin intended to came early so that we can save chairs. But do you know what happened to our saved chairs? One guy approached us and asked for a chair. Of course we disagreed but he insisted to have one. I just gave him one chair because there is nothing I can do. He is really a demanding person. And you know giving a chair means that I will be standing for an hour and a half. I was really unfortunate.

And then it came. The mass was at last finished. We went directly to our houses and prepared for the new year. Thirty minutes to twelve, we started eating. After we ate, we went outside to watch the fireworks. There were many kinds of fireworks. With different colors and styles. When we were about to go inside to go to sleep, our close neighbor called us and gave us something. As we came closer, we noticed that he was going to give fireworks. When we received the firecrackers, we called the father of my cousin to light up the those things.

Before we started lighting up the firecrackers, my uncle wanted to try taping together two different firecrackers. At first it worked but at the second time, one of the firecrackers backfired and went directly almost in front of me. I was so scared that I ran away very fast. When I was far from that thing, that was the time it exploded.

To all those people who only watch these things, here is a tip from the expert: Do not stay outdoors and watch these fiereworks if this someone who is lighting up these things cannot be trusted or suspicious.