Hey everyone
Today I have some great news that I want to share with everyone. I haven't done a post like this in a while but it feels really great to be able to do one now.
I recently passed 1000 followers on this great platform and it feels great!
Steemit has given me so much over the time I've been here and I feel like 2018 will be an awesome year for us Steemians. This year has already been great seeing the platform grow as much as it has and seeing all of the new users posting everyday.
A couple of posts ago I was talking about having a contest at some point and seeing that New Year's eve is right around the corner I thought it would be as good a time as ever to have one. I have been thinking about what kind of contest I should have for a while now and finally came up with something I thought could be some fun.
The Contest
The idea I had is that since it's so close to the new year I would love to hear some New Year's Eve stories from my followers. The contest will take place on this post in the comment section. If you choose to provide a picture with your story I think that will be even better since the winner will be chosen by the most upvoted comment by value. So some type of proof to the story is always appreciated. The deadline will be this New Year's Eve so everyone has a couple of days to think about their best stories.
The prize for this contest will be 10 SteemDollars for the number one most upvoted comment by value and then 10 Steem for the second most upvoted. The third most upvoted comment will be receiving a 100% vote on one recent post that they have made and that I like the most from their blog.
I want to thank all of my followers for the support and I hope everyone has a great next year.
Please write your stories down below and good luck to all the people who choose to participate in the contest!
Take care everyone and remember to follow!
Strawhat
Thanks @strawhat for this wonderful opportunity.
This is my story but it's a short one.
Every new year's eve I go to church to celebrate mass as we usher in the new year. The church is always filled to the brim, sometimes most people stay outside because the church is all filled up. Most of this people are those who haven't been attending mass since the beginning of the year. But with a new year coming they would want to change their ways.
The mass starts around 9pm Nigerian time, with processions and the Reverend enters to begin the mass. After the mass has been said and the time is exactly 12 am which ushers in the new year. We all begin to sing praises and shout at the top of our voice, thanking God for bringing us into a new year. Then the fireworks will begin, the fireworks is the most interesting part. Different sounds coming from different places and the beauty it creates when it's up in the sky, like a sparkling star. New year resolutions are made on new years eve, I write down all I want to start doing in the new year or what I will stop doing.
For the past few years that's how I celebrate my new years eve and it has been eventful so far. Looking forward to this year's celebration.
I couldn't add a picture because I don't have a picture of last year new year's eve. Thanks
@hornblende
Wow, sounds like it must be a really beautiful evening! I wish you and all of your close ones a happy new year and also congratulations on winning the contest. :)
Thank your for participating and sharing your story!
Thanks so much for the gift. That is my first gift of the year. Happy new year to you.
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Wow... This is an awesome idea @strawhat
This is how I always celebrate my New Year eve.
It's no more fairy tales that 2017 is gradually taking a bow, and the New year eve is already on queue as usual. It's always an exhilarating moment tailored with so much fanfare.
I would have to draft my "Happy New Year" message earlier at noon, in preparation for the Dec. 31st midnight, and would send it exactly at 12:00 O'clock to friends and family members.
Before this moment, I must have bought some fireworks that will serve me for the night.
Of course, I have to attend the New Year eve Church service, which we call "Cross-Over Night." I normally go with my family to the Church that evening, to thank God for His mercies in the outgoing year, and commit the Next year into His Able Care.
With my fireworks well stocked in my big pockets, am always one of the first to open the floor for explosion, at the conclusion of "sharing the Grace" prayer. I have a way of escaping the watchful eyes of My Dad.
I normally disappear into the crowd with my friends during exchange of New year Pleasantries inside the church, we have our place of convergence, and from there we take off to the streets to enjoy the night. The streets are always beaming with lights, youths dance around burning tyres, some masquerade display too will be on.
At the exhaustion of our fireworks, we stroll back with immesurabe satisfaction that we have finally parted with the year, this is how I spend my New Year eve here in Nigeria.
It's always an awesome experience.
Thank you for sharing your story it sounds like you do a great job celebrating the new year in Nigeria. It must be really beautiful to walk in the streets on that moment.
You won the second prize in the contest and I wish you a happy new year! :)
Thanks for this wonderful contest @strawhat
It was really interesting, fun and breathtaking.
I really appreciate.
Lol.... You just said the life of guys in Nigeria. Nice one
Lol...
Abi, that's it o.
Thanks for stopping by.
Nice post I think u win this
Thanks for stopping by to read bro..
Nice story, I love it
Thanks for the read @kenking
Really appreciate.
Humm! Thats nice! Kind of similar to how i spend my new year eve too. Nice post
Thanks for coming around bro.
Enjoy the eve.
What a wonderful way to end the year. +1 vote
More Providence to you, brother.
Thanks a lot for coming around to read and Upvote, really appreciate @jazzhero
I can relate with your experience.
Thanks boss for coming around, I really appreciate.
rock on
i want to be like yhu
Lol...
Are you sure u wanna do it.
Thanks for stopping by.
@ewuoso, you are the boss
If you tell lies again, I will not play with yhu
@ewuoso you are the main guy.
i just flagged yhu for telling lies.
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Amazing story, a great way to wrap up the year
Thanks brother for coming around, you know how we do it.
Great way to celebrate
Yes o, my brother...
Thanks.
Weldone God will help you.
Thanks bro.
Thumbs up
Thanks Boss.
Super Cool
Thanks @harrywill
Nice narrative. Voted
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Thanks dear.
Thanks dear.
Fantastic post...
I love this!
Thanks bro..
I appreciate.
I really get lost in recognizing people with one punch man profile pictures.
Here's my story, but it's a short one
Every 31st December reminds me of my most horrific experience.
It was on 31st December, 2012, I was travelling in a commercial bus from Makurdi to Orlu to celebrate the new year with my family. Just before getting to Asaba, along Benin-Onitcha express road, our vehicle collided (head-on collision) with a bike that was going the opposite way. Our driver who then lost focus mistakenly turned the steering towards a tree. It was after the collision that the vehicle stopped. Almost Everyone in the vehicle went into coma except I and a few others (maybe because I was sitting at the back). Not only was that accident tragic, what came after was horrific. Passersby took that advantage to steal from us- to steal from accident victims. I was awake, I was conscious but I couldn't move a muscle. Just in about 30 minutes, I passed out (became unconscious). I opened my eyes (came to) and found myself in the hospital. It was then I was told that the driver and two others (including the bike man) lost their lives.
I don't have any picture to add since it was 5years ago and there was nobody that took the picture.
Thank God you made it out alive.
That alone makes me happy
Hmmmn.. Continue to thrive safely.
Thank you so much for stopping by
Thank God for your life
Tomorrow makes it exactly 5years. Thank God I tell it as a story.
Thank you so much
Thank God you survived
Thank God, you survived
Seriously it was a testimony, thanks for reading
Wow, sounds really horrible. Glad you made it out alive!
Very horrible bro. Thanks for reading
You won the third prize in the contest so congratulations! :) I wish you a happy new year and I will be checking out your posts soon to choose one to vote on :)
Thank God you survived it bro..
God is wonderful.
Weldone
I had a ghastly motor accident and God saved me. i was making a Journey to Shagamu from Ibadan a town in Nigeria.
I was traveling to see one of my uncles in Shagamu when the commercial vehicle had an accident.
The vehicle was on a high speed and ran into a parked Truck carrying logs of wood.
3 People lost their life but thank God I am here today.
May God almighty preserve all of us from accidents and sudden death.
Wow, we all are surviving to the new year and beyond
Amen.Thanks @afrovoter
Last New Years eve I left church during the cross-over service. It seemed there was so much I didn't achieve. I ended up running 🏃🏃 through the streets at 11:30pm just to glimpse a bit if sanity before returning to church.
I will probably wear running shoes this time.
first of all congatulations for ur reach 1k followers hope u get more and also more succes in steemit then well @strawhat fro ur make a wonderfull contest but sorry i have no any story with the picture of specially new year and also with story otherwise i dont paste a photo of some other day of my life bcz it will be cheating so i only @resteem this post that so many people see it and participate this to.....ur conditon is some difficult that a photo of new year with story
Thank you I appreciate that :) yeah I understand it can be a little difficult but the photo is not mandatory so if you just have a great story then that will do too!
whats mean from story a story of our life our past new years or a story only on new year ?
a story from a past new years eve :)
Hey, congratulations on hitting 1k, bro! That's a great milestone to hit, especially when you actually have a fair amount of loyal followers :) I'm hoping to get to 1k by the end of next month, but I guess we'll see.
Hope you get a lot of entries in your contest, man! I don't have any exciting new years stories to tell, the only one that even sticks out to me right now is when I got the Norovirus and got horribly ill on New Years Eve a few years ago, lol. I'd say maybe I'll post something from this New Years Eve, but I'll probably just be chilling out with my fiancee and being a bum since between asking her to marry me a few days ago and Christmas, we're both pretty strung out from doing so much running around and dealing with family.
Again, congrats though! I'm looking forward to seeing what 2018 will bring us all :)
Thanks man! I appreciate it. Wow glad to hear it bro, congratulations on the engagement and all the best wishes for you and your fiancee :)
Me too man, me too!
Thank you! Appreciate the well wishes :) She's still super excited about it even after 5 days have passed, haha. I mean, I am too but she is still trying to show her ring off to me and gloating about it, lol. I guess she has the right to do that though :P? I haven't really told anyone about it in my personal life save for a few people, and I made a post about it on here now. I feel like I'm being a bit too antisocial about the whole thing, like I should be making it into a bigger deal or something.
Well it is a big deal I agree on that but you have to take it the way it feels best for you I guess :D maybe it's normal for the woman to be more excited though so I think you're probably okay! :D
Follow me and up- vote
Nah, I'm good.
haha
Lmao, yeahhh I see why ur good lol
Yeah, I really must be missing out on something special there. How could I do such a thing?
Congratulations on your 1 grand! It's awesome for you :-)
Anyway, I have never really made a big deal and therefore I, unfortunately, don't really have any exciting story to share with you as such. Last year on New Years eve, however, was quite a special time to me as I was sitting in an airport in Guangzhou, China for 8 hours waiting for my flight to New Zealand where I went for work for 6 months. One of the greatest times of my life!
^This picture might not be much of a proof, but it was taken as I left my hometown before I had 48 hours of travel ahead of me!
that's a cool story :) what did you do for work in New Zealand?
I hate having to wait in airports.. would've probably flipped out after a couple of hours xD
Thanks! I worked at a lodge in Milford Sound (I don't know if you've heard about it) and then travelled around for a bit! It was great :-)
Haha, I almost did - and even though it was New Years they don't spend that at the same time in china so I had pasta and ketchup for dinner for 20 USD and no champagne at midnight on the flight xD
Congrats on 1000 followers. This is my sad true story.
News years eve for me is either about church camping trips, family sessions with dad or nothing. Pure unadulterated "nothing"😒😒
My new year's eve went toward nothing for that year.
It was January 31st and we were supposed to have been in church but we cried off. I must say that I have the most controversial wards ever but I still love them like that😍
So that 31st night, we were home, with no parents, all our friends, every single one of them was at camp. That was the era of no internet and my dad never really believed in phones. There was absolutely no light that whole day and in the night either. So everywhere was dark as sin. All phones were low on battery, there was no airtime to call anyone(they wouldn't even pick up because they were busy in church), besides there was hardly any network. All the torches and rechargeable lights had given up the ghost and to crown it all, we could not sleep. I and my sisters were restless and there wasn't even the joys of chop chop ie food to turn to that day. We prayed in the New Year and sang a few songs but virtually, It was a sad sad depression filled night. 😞😞😞 we ended up huddling together till the morning came.
I'd never wish that experience on my worst enemy.
You've got yourself a new follower! - I've been hearing/reading a lot about you, due to all the gaming you and @acidyo does, so it was about time to follow you.
I look forward to more great content, gaming-related or not, and I wish you the best of luck in 2018! :)
Man, congratulations on passing the 1K follower mark! I was browsing random articles then got so stoked when I saw someone with username - "Strawhat". I’m forever an OP fan.
Nice one bro...
It's cool sharing your experience with us.
Hey Congratulation for the 1k followers.
And btw I like One Piece too.
So, this is my entry:
31st December 2015, me (front from the picture) and my friends decided to go to the mountain in our village. We planned to see and spend the new years eve from the top of the mountain. One of my friend ever climbed that mountain but he wasn't sure about his memory. There were no certain path in this mountain, it was completely jungle. When we're in the middle of the mountain or jungle, we got lost. My friend couldn't tell the exact path to reach the top. We were splitting to find the right path but we couldn't until finally we had to rest in the middle of jungle by the evening. 08.00 PM we tried to climb again with flashlight. I led the way, I was completely had no idea where we're going to. I just went up and up and straight because I thought of the top of the mountain so you just have to climb it. Unfortunately, before 12.00 o'clock we were stuck, because there was no way up, we were blocked by some big rocks. We gave up, the clock was ticking. Suddenly I heard an explosive sounds, I checked the time and it's 12.00, I knew it was fireworks. We just heard the sound of the fireworks but we couldn't see it, because so many trees were blocking our view. After that we slept until the morning. We decided to head home, I led the way so I just ran straight down because I thought if you want to go down the mountain so you just have to go down. Fortunately my friend saw a path, and it's making us easier to get off the mountain. Luckily we're survive, no animal attack, no rain. Although our plan didn't work out, we still glad that we were home safely. But I made a promise I will come back to that mountain again, and I did... The view was extraordinary although it's not on a new years eve.
Thank you for the contest.
I like the your post and waiting for 2018 for plans of steemit best of luck
My story! In 2001 I came up with a new new-years tradition. The idea was to give 3 personalized Kinder eggs to the most valuable new friends I made during the year, inside there was a wish for them that they could only open on the next new year. Then next year they had to each give 3 kinder egg to the 3 best new friends they made during the year and like that. I started the chain 2001 but then forgot about it..
then, years after I was backpacking in china, and I made a friend with whom I traveled for like 2 month. During new years eve, she tells me, hey last year someone tought me a cool tradition bla bla... guess what she gave me!!!! a fucking kinder egg!!
You're perfect. Thank you for the post
Wonderful Idea!
Only tomorrow i will create my experience about the celebration of the new year. because i never really celebrate the eve new year! I am sure i will write about it more two days after the first date of the new year.
Thank you for post!
Thank you very much for the useful contribution
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Congrats man, hope to hit that many on here some day myself.
I've had A LOT of good NYE stories, hard to pick the best one. My favorite might be two years ago. Had no plans up to the last minute when a bunch of local NYC rave legends got together for a party. Except because they didn't make it happen until a few days left MAYBE 15 people showed up. But it didn't matter, since it was so dead everyone who was there, including a bunch of DJ's I grew up loving just hung out chilling all night. We left the party at 3am, napped for about 5 hours, and then showed up at an afterparty at 11am New Year's day. That one was still raging when we got there, champagne toast at noon, lots of people dancing in some outlandish costumes. We stayed at that one until it closed down at 6pm. It was a perfect New Year's experience with the girl I had started dating 3 months before. This year I think will top that year, and the girl I was dating back then and I are getting married in 2018. Hopefully should have an amazing start to what will probably be the best year of my life.
Congratulations to you! How can I participate in this contest?
Wow great post. Amazing. advance happy new year. Thank for sharing such a great post
Congrats on 1000!! Quite an accomplishment to celebrate! 🥂🎉🥂
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Di tahun baru 2018,,,
Semongga steemit selalu sukses,,
Dan steemit selalu harga tinggi,,,
Hanya ini saran yang bisa saya sampaikan,,,
Terimakasih... 🙏
New Year, is a very happy year for me because, on the 1st of month 1 I will hold my wedding. thank you for making a very interesting contest to follow @strawhat
Amazing post Really like this. thanks for shring
one piece luffy :D @strawhat
your good tracker, please keep sharing like this
Life may not always give you the second chance so be grateful to God that you are alive to see another year of happiness, wealth, prosperity and joy.
hlw bro am ur new flwer 😊😊
am notice in ur post ur writing style dfrnt wish u best of luck
I will be Following you too now. Congrats on reaching your new level and looking forward to seeing what kind of stories show up on your list.
Thanks,
@ohicklin
Congrats with the milestone, @strawhat! This sounds like a very cool contest, and I'm looking forward to reading some of the entries. New Year's Eve can be a very nice evening with lots of cool stuff happening, but for me personally it's pretty dull. The reason is that one of my two dogs is extremely afraid of the fireworks, so I have to stay inside and soothe him while the mayhem is outside. It's been over 5 years since I last saw the fireworks, so I mostly just watch Netflix and try to calm him down during the event.
day to day keep changing, week to week and keep changing
So also month to month continue to rotate as the year 2017 changed to 2018. Let us celebrate 2018 with a new life the new spirit towards a better life and progress, happy new year all friends
Awesome!
I actually do 5 STEEM giveaway, you should check it out.
Merry Christmas bro :)
Thank you so much :)) I will try to get involved if I have the opportunity..
Thanks for sharing :)))
Congratulation for reaching this milestone and i hope slowly slowly more and more followers will add you on their list...
Now back to the contest:
Since i travel because of my work most of the times i miss spending Christmas or New Year party home but last year and this one looks like i am a bit lucky. So last year i spend the New Year's Even home with my grandmother, my mother and my daughter and honest to be was the best time i had. My grandmother cooked and she is cooking amazing and we all spend great time talking and enjoying the evening. For me at least the best time is when i am home spending time with my family and it doesn't matter if its a normal day or the New Year's Eve!
Always time spend with my family is magic!
Have an amazing and fabulous 2018 and always Steem On!
Congratulations @strawhat..it is indeed a great feat, my passion for steemit has grown, seeing people like you make me want to do more and it brings the best out of me. I really love what you are doing..keep it up bro.
Congrats for you and it's great post
Congrats man, I'm really happy for you.
You always here smiling and keep everyone spirits up!
I wish you to successfully reach any heights in the upcoming years.
And always move with a broad smile in your life.
@strawhat thanks for contributing to the wellbeing of mankind..... This contest is going to be one of its kind
Congratulations!! You deserve it, creating good content. Hope you continue to grow even bigger in the Steemit community in 2018.
Wohooo !! Congratulations on achieving this major milestone you deserve it too no doubt about that keep sharing loads of interesting content and yeah keep smiling + steem on
congratulations buddy so good to hear that what a great year this has been for you :)
excellent to know that you completed the major milestone of 1K follower not a easy task to be honest congratulations :)
Great post there, keep up good work !
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This is a story about an unforgettable New Year for my family. It happened when I was 11 year's old and New Year in the Philippines is often met with lots of fireworks, horn's tooting, speakers on full blast and other means to add cacophony to the noise.
One particular bad habit of Filipinos are firing weapons to add to the din of the noise. You'll hear it overcoming the clang of pots and the explosion of fireworks as you head bang, bang, bang of handguns and the rapid fire dhak, dhak, dhak of high powered rifles.
Shots fired in the air, not knowing where it will fall and whose lives will be forever changed by indiscriminate firing and irresponsible gun owner behaviour.
We are awakened to a scream emanating from my sister's room and we all rush to see what happened. We see here crying holding her foot. The smell of burnt flesh permeates in our nose and we expect the worse.
A hole in the ceiling confirmed our worst fear. A stray bullet fire by an irresponsible person has breached our roof and hit my sister.
My Pops nervously approached her and asked if there is a lot of blood. My sister wailing said that there was none but it really hurt and the area was hot. He looks to the bed to see the slug intact beside her foot, still smoldering.
I saw my Pops start to snicker and leave to get the first aid kit. I was amazed and saw though the whole thing funny because she was impervious to a bullet. We had already called her an Amazon before because of her strength but adding this feat she was downright a Wonderwoman.
A laugh escaped my mouth and she started screaming at me. I taunted her that she had such tough skin and I paid the price a few days later when she could run after me and bop me in the head.
Oh such is sibling love and concern haha.
God is great!
Hmmmmmm... nice one