INTRODUCTION
New year comes once a year. it's always the first day of every year. It marks the beginning of a new year. People travel to visit their family members and then celebrate with them. It's always full of festivity and fun. I enjoyed with my family, my in-laws and friend. Before I continue, let me use this opportunity to wish a happy new year.
I had already planned how my activities will be on that day. So, I woke up very late in morning around 8am because I attended tarry night in the church, a night before the first of January.
Almost all christians go to church on the eve of the new year to thank God for sustaining their lives to the end of the year. At the break of a new year, they also thank God for bringing them into a new year. Therefore, my church was not an exception. I came back late about 4am in the morning of 1st January. I had to rest. I was tired that I overslept till 8am.
Immediately, I realized it was morning already, I quickly woke up, said my prayers, thanking God for His sustainance and then went straight to the kitchen to start my morning chores.
After house chores, I took my bath and then went back to the kitchen to prepare a little breakfast. I had promised my wife that I was going to help her in the kitchen throughout that day. So I was in charge of the kitchen yesterday. I prepared rice and stew for a breakfast.
It was a food that served the family.
Last year, I didn't have enough money to visit my father and mother-in-law. So I had planned to visit them and give them a token of what I had. By 11am, my family and I left to visit my in-laws.
It was a nice time with my in-laws. I stayed there with them for 3hours. My mother-in-law is so caring. She is like a mother to me. She prepared pounded yam for me but I was already filled up at home. I only drank a bit of what they gave me.
While there with my in-law, I watched masquerade display in the street closed to their house.
My afternoon with them was very rewarding.
As a promise to give my family a special treat this new year, I took them out to a nearby sit-out and they enjoyed eating and drinking.
After the the sit-out with my family , I left them
with my mother-in-law's house by 5pm to relax with my friend at eatery. Mr. Ubong Udoh is my childhood friend I don't joke with during a time like this. We had a time together till 8.30pm.
While sitting there, we used that opportunity to watch Arsenal match with Brentford which ended 3:1 in favour of Arsenal.
I came back home around 9pm, tired and exhausted. I immediately undressed and went to bathroom to take bath. I didn't feel like eating again though there was food in the house because I was already filled up. So I went to bed and rested.
That was how my new year day was. It was full of engagement, excitement and fun.