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Remembering 2006

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Ok, new year 2007, and what happend in 2006... well a lot of stuff to me and to my country and friends:

- I started the year (2006) with my first real job, all my previous jobs where half time
- I travel completly alone for the first time in my life, and to Mexico City, the city of crime (nothing happend to me)
- My brother is getting married, he give my future sister in law the ring, after 9 years
- The World Cup!!!
- Mexico does the same thing in teh world cup, when it is going to be our time!!??
- Elections... hate that, politicians are full of lies (all of them)
- I receive my first "reparto de utilidades" (distribution of utilities) if the company where you work has profits, they MUST give the employees 10% of all the profits (according to law)
- I travel for the first time to Europe
- I receive my first christmas bonus
- I receive my first savings fund
- Lots of first times things in work! (my first job, remember)
- I spend almost the entire year without vacations for the first time, in 2005 I had 5 months of vacations!
- I paid taxes of my own!!
- The city goverment built a new road to my house
- The state goverment arrenge the pyramid in my town, so you can come a see it clear and nice.
- I knew a lot of great new friends, and spend great time with my already friends.
- The first plane trip with my friends, we can afford it now!!, we work :frown:
- I was able to buy expensive presents to my family in christmas for the first time...
- My grandmother (mom's side) died at 76 (love her very much, and miss her a lot)
- I traveled a lot, and had the chance to visit for the first time in my life Guadalajara, and being in alone trips to Monterrey, Aguascalientes, Veracruz, Mexico City, and other places...

If I remember something else, I'll publish it.

But belive me, tons of great stuff, great year, the good thigns where GOOOOOOD and the bad things where good to, because I experience and learned from them.

I'm still happy, and planning to be happy, it is my primary goal in life, not money, not fame... HAPINESS!

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New Year Celebration Mexican Style!!!

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How mexicans (in central mexico) celebrate new year...

The celebration is very similar to the one in christmas, also a five times dinner, again with all the family, we take the chance to celebrate with the family that we did't celebrate chirstmas, so we spend part of the holidays with the two families.

The menu is the same posibilites than in christmas, you can add the chance to have beef as a third or forth time.

New Year is like our thanksgiving, is a family event, after 2:00am some family members goes to the disco or to another party, but is not as common as in other countries.

The first thing is we all go to church, a late celebration, like 9:00pm or 10:00pm to thank God for the pass year and to thank him for the new, also to ask for something in the new year.

Then we have dinner, at midnight we hear the bells of the clock and eat twelve grapes, that represents the twelve months of the year, and drink cider or champagne, even the kids, after that well all kiss and hug to have a happy and prosper new year, we kiss and hug EVERYBODY, so lots of kisses and hugs.

After that the oldest member of the family (grand parents commonly) give thanks to God for the good year, even for the bad things, because we learn from them.

That is why i said it is like our thanksgiving.

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Gaining weight in christmas

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It is impossible not to get heavier in christmas time, I have been in 3 christmas parties/dinners so far, in Mexico christmas is celebrated with the entire family (something like Chevy Chase's National Lampoons Christmas Vacation) so friends and other celebrate christmas before the actual christmas, so far my parties are:
  • Friends at work
  • College friends
  • Club friends
  • College Club Friends (tomorrow)

Still my family dinner and because I have my father's side and my mother's side, so the 24th is the christmas dinner and the 25th is the reheat of the dinner (which is better).
Also the New Years dinner.

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