we’re heading to nearby famous place.. Macau!! i really didn’t expect to go there but yea.. it happened! :D & a way to go there is using a ferry..
as usual, complained again to myself! Ugh. i hate riding water transpo!! i feel dizzy every time.. & goin’ to Macau was no exception! tried to sleep for an hour but failed to do so.. so i really have to endure! -.- well, everything faded away when we reached the port!! Aaaaaaaah. amazing place!!!! Hello Macau!
the situation in Macau port is always like this.. there were people walking around the port, waiting for tourists, & they’re asking if they need guide on their Macau tour! there’s this man who approached us, talking & talking! lol. we actually didn’t plan to have a guide, we bravely decided to go around Macau by ourselves! [Thank God we didn’t pursue it!] the man left us because i guess he feels like we don’t want him! lol. he approached someone, & i heard that he said to that someone that we’re Filipinos! that someone was also a Filipino! kabayan! :) so our plan to go by ourselves was gone! Papang decided to go with a guide.. with a kabayan guide! she’s so talkative, she has a lot of things to say, she mastered Macau very well! glad to met ate Mar! [well she’s half ate-half kuya! lol.] :) so she took us to the bus outside the port, with other tourists, we headed to Grand Emperor Hotel! & this hotel is owned by no other than Jackie Chan himself!
that Buckingham Palace-like guard reminds me of Donghae! :D & his eyes were moving madly! lol. i laughed when we had eye-to-eye contact! :)))) i wonder if you’re wonderin’ what are we doing in Jackie Chan’s hotel~ we’re not gonna stay there nor play in casino! we just passed by on its door to go to the bus station.. we’re heading next to Macau Tower!!
i wonder why ate Mar took us there~ i know she’s not planning to do bungee jumping, only brave people can do that! but, it could’ve been better & fun if we did it! lol. when we got there, there’s this casino called Mocha! due to my baby-face [lol.].. the guard asked for my passport, he thought i was under 18 but he was wrong, so i’m allowed to enter Mocha! kala mo aa.. :))) Hahahaha. okk. we’re supposed to eat in an eat-all-you-can buffet inside but there’s misunderstanding between Macau people & other guides in the line.. we’re a bit late tho! there’s actually a limit in people & time, unfortunately, we didn’t make it! :D what else can we do? since we’re already in casino, we tried to play games! keke~ not that we’re gambling huh! ;> this casino offered a privilege card for members.. it’s a free membership so we go for it! won HK$600 in playing but only took HK$200 because the guides have to divide it for 3! but that was ok :) so moving on, we went to a mall near the Grand Emperor Hotel to take our super late lunch! it’s past 4pm already, the last time we ate was morning in HK! Macau ramyeon was yummy but my tummy had a hard time to accept it ;( from the mall, we walked towards the known tourist spot there! remember where Boys Over Flowers’ Ji Hoo played guitar in Macau? & the store where Jan Di noticed that her wallet was lost? i was happy to know from ate Mar that we’re going there!
the store’s playing the BOF clip on the screen monitor & Ji Hoo and Jan Di’s photos were there also! :) failed to try their foods because where somehow in a hurry and there were lots of people queuing. we’re still in the alley, passing by that store, walking with other tourists, eyes goin’ left & right.. finally we reached the Ruins of St. Paul!
aiyah~ Papang’s not looking again in the camera! anyways, the place was reeeeeeally nice!! it’s been my dream to go there! learned so much from ate Mar.. i knew nothing about that place, even it’s name, but i know that it’s a church before! when we got there, ate Mar told me more about it.. i thought it was ruined because of earthquake but i was wrong! so it’s the fire that destroyed St. Paul church. & i thought the remaining part of the church was the only thing that place could offer! but i was wrong again! we went up & behind it was so much more to offer! the history of the church was there.. the other ruined remaining parts of it was there, even the bones of the people who died during the fire, it was all in the museum! a place i wanted to go in my life, a very historical place i’ll never forget! we’re going down & on our way was the beautiful alley again.. stores left & right! & the best thing there? free taste of their delicious products!!! i wanna live there!! i enjoyed it very much that i wanted to not leave! :D it’s dark already & the place was lighted by Christmas lights all over! hotels and casinos lighted up also! fantastic!
Lisboa is the place to be!! we went inside the Grand Lisboa.. and i can say that it’s a Royalty place! i feel like i was inside a palace of Royal people! well, Stanley Ho is a royalty himself! bronze, jade, gold, ivory collections, crystal chandeliers, to name a few, were there! it was all owned by Stanley Ho, accdg to Papang! :) famous HK & China places were sculptured made by ivory..
another thing that amused me so much was the Santa house made by Graham crackers!! if only i can pull out those Graham and eat it! :))
after in Lisboa, we went to nearby hotel casino across the road.. Wynn! we watched the amazing performance lake! it’s the best and coolest dancing fountain i’ve seen in my life!!! as in di talaga ko mka-get over!!! the feeling when i watched Super Shows with lots of explosives.. that’s the feeling! i was jumping with the song, jaw-dropped, amazed.. i was really happy!
we rested for awhile since we walked so much from the time we had our late lunch, non-stop walking! it feels so good to rest on that time! while staring at Wynn, ate Mar told us that it’s the place where Kris Aquino stayed during the time she visited Macau. sya nang mayaman! :D we walked again to get to the bus going to our next destination, Galaxy!! & yea. it’s another hotel-casino! :D
if we were in a Royalty Palace-like earlier, now we’re in Castle! or should i say Galaxy.. the literal Galaxy? :)) Hehe. & earlier we had our membership card in Mocha, we had it also there! more beautifil card cause it has a photo on it! we played casino once again! lol. & one thing that we anticipated there was the Superman fountain show! it was great.. another fantastic show! :D
that was before the show started.. and here it was when it started!
pretty cool, right? :) we’re coming to the end of the tour! ;( after in Galaxy, we headed to our last stop.. the famous Venetian! ^^ so what’s there? another casino! lol. & this famous Italy-like canal! who wouldn’t love to go here?
this place deceived me! there’s a hidden mystery on this place that people who don’t know this place would get shocked if they will go there for the first time! just like me, i was like.. o.O “totoo ba ‘to? naloko ko ng lugar na ‘to aa.. =0” i was really on the stage of shock on that time! lol. well, it’s just that amazing! i love the blue sky :) keke~
one more photo inside Venetian.. :)
beautiful floor & ceiling! ^^ we’re leaving Venetian, we’re goin’ back to HK.. ;( & while walking out from Venetian, we passed by a store where it reminds me of Donghae & Eunhyuk, Oppa Oppa days!!
& for the last time we’re goin’ to ride the free bus going to Taipa Ferry! we arrived in the port & it’s the time to say goodbye to ate Mar who guided us very well on our 1-day trip! she’s so kind, very friendly, super cool, she knows everything about Macau, & helped me to take pictures anywhere! i wanna see her again if ever i’ll go there in the future :) Ah. she also asked me to contact her if i wanna have a job there! :D Hehe. so we entered the port, we waited for our departure, it feels so relaxing.. & finally boarded the ferry!
slept a lil bit during the ferry trip.. but that wasn’t enough for me! my ferry sickness attacked again! i wasn’t tired at all from walking in Macau, but when we reached HK, sigh* my head’s freakin’ painful! dizziness almost killed me, you know the feeling when you wanna vomit but there’s nothing to come out? Ugh! torture! it’s 1am already when we finally got to the bus.. dizziness continued on our way home! Hello HK again!
we all know that “the best thing in this world is free” so should i say the best place in this world is Macau? free taste of local foods & delicacies, free casino membership cards, free water, free bus rides all over the place & free gambling!! lol. i wanna go there again! there are places i haven’t explore that much so i wanna come back! i will really come back in the future! :D join me aa..
so that wraps up our Macau trip! a trip i didn’t expect before i leave the PH! :) another day to be thankful to Father God for guiding us on that day & thankful to Papang for giving me the chance to go there! a memorable trip that will last forever~
—Explore. Appreciate. Be Grateful.
