“Five, four, three, two, one!” They were all smiling doing the count down. Charles, Bella, Kara, and Kent were holding sparklers while looking at the fireworks display at the municipal hall. There has been a yearly fireworks display to reduce firecracker-related incidents during the season.
“Happy New Year!” They greeted one another. The elders were holding wines and cheered the moment the clock ticked at midnight.
“Let us eat now,” Kara’s dad called Charles, Bella, Kara, and Kent, who were on the balcony.
“Yes dad,” Kara answered on behalf of them. They went inside the moment the sparklers went out. “Wow,” she uttered when she saw a lavish midnight feast being prepared on the table. There was ham, cochinillo lechon, which is very popular nowadays; fish lumpia, green salad, canton guisa
