S h E r L y N

i am really upset today cos my flight change is unsuccessful...
after hunting for ppl endlessly to change flight with me, finally one kind soul agreed.
it was rather last min, and i had to go to the office personally after today's flight just to get it done...
but it got rejected!!!



i am just fated to go for that flight i guess...
hope all goes well and that meiting will get called up for that flight..
haha.. i'm so evil...




anyhow, enough of my ranting...
this post will finally mark the end of my hong kong trip...

we crossed over to macau on our second last day of the trip....

normal pheasants like us take the boat...

the super rich ones take the helicopter...
tong ren bu tong ming...

helicopter takes 10 mins from hk to macau
while the sane route via the boat is 1 hr...




when we reached macau ferry terminal, i never felt more lost then before...
though we did research on macau, where to go and stuff, transport was super ex...
hence, we joined a tour instead...




i think the one day tour only costs 150 MOP per pax..
about 30 odd SGD...

i think the last time i sat in a tour bus was my trip with my family to korea like 5 years back i think...

first stop was at the macau tower..

went up to the viewing tower...
some ppl were doing bungee, some were sky walking...

i wanted to try the sky walk...
but it was rather ex, and time did not permit...

bf loves this phrase..
why live on the edge when u can jump off...

mini macau tower...

after wow-ing over at the macau tower, we went to this ah ma temple...
yes.. even in macau, we can also visit temple...

next we went to this Praia avenue where the last 3 Portuguese styled houses are at...

green coloured walls...
it is a huge house...
so huge that i think i will never be able to afford even if i worked like a cow til i die...

the houses are now mini museums

bf gg upstairs...
i don't know what was up there as i was too lazy to climb up the stairs....

the stupid dustbin spoiled the pic...

-__-""





after the houses, the tour guide brought us to buy food!!!

my fav part...

i think there are other shops...
but this shop is one of the more popular ones...

they make the biscuits on the spot for you to try...
so yummy... good sales tactic...

Portuguese Egg Tart!!!
the only type of egg tart i eat...

the ones there are just heavenly...
just look at bf's expression...
hee hee...
i made him do that by the way...

he doesn't mind looking silly just to make me smile =)

after much food, we went on to the golden lotus...

the green one is macau's flag....
so cute with the lotus in the middle...

macau's national flower is the lotus..

learnt smth new...






after which we went to this place which used to be the fortress that protects macau from its enemies...

many canons, now they are positioned, all aiming the big casinos..
haha...

btw, the lady in pink is our tour guide...
its a pity we did not take a proper picture with her...

walked over to St Pauls Ruins...
an old church which was destroyed by fire, only leaving this wall left...

so nice ehh...
the picture could have been perfect if it were not for the many many ppl at the back...

further down was this ne zha temple..
it was said that this temple protects the kids...

after walking and walking...
bf got hungry and went to get this pork bun...
thank god ching wasn't there....

walking down the street, back to the bus...

a final pic with the ppl in our tour group...
all from diff countries...
vietnam, india, malaysia, singapore and usa..






the tour bus brought us back the the ferry terminal where the few of us took a shuttle bus to visit one of the casinos...

venetian...

the venetian...
really nice inside...
but too bad pictures are not allowed in the casino...

alighted at the hotel's west lobby...
bf and i played for a while and lost some $$$...
if we had won, we would have booked the helicopter back....






the next day, we woke up later than usual, went to the supermarket to get some cup noodles, checked out and went for some last min sight seeing...

noon day gun...

this is the place whereby they would fire canons at noon everyday...

the blue canons...

but it was a pity that when we got there, the firing was over and they had closed the gate..
poor bf...



hence we made our way back to the hotel, and off we go to the airport...

bidding hk good bye...

at the airport...
we went there with 2 bags and came back with 4 bags...
mostly food....

old school plane made of wood...
would anyone dare sit on this plane??

checked in...





and waited for our boarding time...
OMG... look at those eye bags...
the diff between got make up and no make up....
hahhaa....





only one pic in the plane as it was too dark and turbulence made all the pics so blur...
yet having the flash on would disturb other pax..



anyway, all in all, i will go back to hk one day...
the day when i have earned enough money to go on a branded spree...
cos hk is tax free, and it has many outlet shops...



for now, i shall look forward to my bkk trip with dear tata in dec...
cant wait cant wait...





bf: redang next march?
gek: aus next may?



i have another leave in feb...
still thinking what i should do.....





shall go dream for some inspiration..
good night....