It's pretty nice to have a well-deserving break after all the midnight oils I've burnt for the last few papers in my poly life! Mom, Sis & I are heading to Zhuhai & Macau!!! jeeez, this is just soooo egggziting because it's been awhile.... my last trip was 2 years back to BKK! Sis did a fabulous job in planning our free and easy trip's itinerary, the booking of hotels & air tix, to bringing us around famous places of interest! & i rlly rlly like it when we spend quality time tgt cause its always hard to fix a time to chat/have dinner tgt. :(

On the plane: is it me, or is it normal to feel your heart sinking down each time there's a turbulence experienced? & i feel very tickled too! HAHAHAHA. i think im weird.

Macau International Airport Take a cab once you reach the airport to Gongbei Port.

(thats the only way u can get to Zhu Hai)

The taxis here are equivalent/more expensive than Singapore and in addition, for each luggage you carry with you, they'd charge an additional 50HKD/MOP. (if i remember correctly)

Once you leave the airport to flag for a cab, you'll experience the ultra cold weather. It's my first time experiencing it! okay..... i know you'll say im a noob but heh, im so hehpi!

& It's like having air-con everywhere you go. So remember to bring thick gloves and jackets cause it really helps! Dont be like me, "kay-kiang" bring one thin blazer -.- i was freezing and shivering.

The so -called "HDBs" in Macau! very old & dirty-looking.

This bell boy refused to let go of our luggages despite us spending prolly abt 10 mins to clear some enquiries. So remember to tip them!

Madly in love with our room ! Very welcoming, gorgeous and classy! After checking in, it was already 8+pm! We're famished :( Zhu hai is well-known for their fresh sea food, so Sis asked the hotel if they've got any good recommendations on seafood restaurants and we got directed to Xin Hai Li Restaurant.

One thing good about this restaurant is, they'd rinse the porcelein utensils with hot water infront of you. The freshest prawn i've ever eaten! it's so yummy & succulent ;) Am not exactly a fan of crab. so i only ate a pincer. Not that fantastic though, Singapore has better crabs! The best one's at Joo Chiat! ^^ Yangzhou fried rice- Singapore does it better too!

Bird's nest. All in all, only the prawns are worth your penny, other than that.... it's a big NO to come here :( $88 SGD for this meal.

Bad service, Food's so-so, Expensive and hence, NOT RECOMMENDED. Never waste your calories & money on such restaurants. You'd easily find better seafood places if you've done adequate research. The reason why we didnt try street seafood hawkers's cause my mom's pretty particular about hygiene and she's afraid we might get sick after eating em! But for those who doesnt mind, im sure street hawkers can offer better food than Xin Hai Li.

The best thing's for 8 SGD, they'd help you to remove all the dead skins around your nails!

I got so tickled when she scrape my feet. They're all rather professional cept for the fact that... one inexperienced staff made my mom bleed!! because my mom's callous are really thick so the staff actually had to scrape for damn long! Poor mommmyyyy~ After manicure/pedicure, it was 12.30pm! :( we wasted 1 hr+ on our nails. Opportunity cost on the time to shop at the shopping malls :( but, we quickly went to the mall and shop shop shop!

The luggages here are really cheap too! i got my hard case polka dots luggage for SGD$40! ^^ we dumped all our shopping stuffs inside. ;) Then we got hungry, and decide to have lunch @ Ajisen!

I dont usually dine at Ajisen in Singapore because i dont like ramens (my poly gfs love it!) and i think its not worth it to pay $12-$15 for a bowl of ramen.

Over here @ Zhu hai, you pay on average SGD$4-6 for a bowl of ramen! and that's probably why many people, even those that resides in Macau, would come over to Zhu hai for food.

Food here's rlly rlly cheap & good!! Super proud of the fried udon i chose! HEH. yummy! it's such a huge portion that i have to share it with my Sis because her chilli beef ramen sucks! Do order the fried chicken if you happen to be there! It's as good as any KFC!! so yummy & im so in love with the sauce ;( i dont think Sgp has it? Mom's pork rib ramen, it looks sick :Xpan fried gyoza! ubi tempura ;)

the killer- Sis's chilli beef ramen. So spicy that they have a weird taste. yuck! please dont order this when you're there! After that, we carried on shopping again. I had lotsa fun bargaining! though sometimes some stores that sell rlly nice apparels doesnt have such a practice, TRY.TO.BARGAIN. at least 50%! then.... while mommy's hunting for her boots, gaygay & I chanced upon this takopachi store! So cute and striking that we both wanna try it so badly! However, the queue pretty horrendous and the staff there aren't systematic enough to manage the crowd. So only queue if you're patient, lest you screamed at their non-chalent attitudes. we waited for 15-20 mins for 4 balls and a drink -.- im starting to appreciate the service i received in Singapore! BUT IT'S DAMN DELICIOUS AND AWESOME! it beats singapore's Gindaco & takopachi HANDS DOWN! so crispy i feel like opening a franchise in Singapore. HAHAHAHAHA. Then we carried on shopping. I think that's the reason why some time back ago, a HK tourism advertisement feature this as their selling point: 买东西吃东西,买东西吃东西

(go shopping, take breaks for food, on repeat) but heh heh heh we wont grow fat, cause each time after we have calories intake, we shopped like crazy women and burned those calories away. That's prolly why we get hungry easily. HAHAH! Then it was dinner time again! This time Sis wanted to try the KFC here. My mom's pretty disappointed that they do not have any cheese fries here, but they certainly do have these interesting deep fried mini crabs! huh, why crab again? i hate crabs leh! and these KFC crabs stink really badly! only Sis ate it. My mom and me just indulge in our fries + zinger. Their zinger's really dry and eeyuckky. Singapore's ZINGER's still the best! (but i overheard Mom & Sis commented that Johor's zinger's the best!) Time flies and soon~ it's..... DAY 3: woke up at 7am cause we have to reach Macau fast! we skipped the hotel breakfast and intend to have our breakfast @ Macau. am hoping the food there would be better!! I couldnt bear to leave this pretty hotel :( can my future house be like this? ;) look how messy our hotel is! Bye charming holiday hotel :(








We wanted to have a good breakfast, but only a few stores are opened for business. So we went to Huang Zhi Ji Restaurant for some good local breakie! This intrigued me! Food elevator! I wish Singapore adopts this! So cool!

They say Macau's well known for Pork Chop Bun! But their pork chop bun doesnt really taste good! & i ordered peanut french toast! I thought they'd look sth like what you'll see in Singapore's Xin Wang Cafe.... those thick squarish french toast! But dang!! :( it came as an ordinary white triangle sandwich -.- Hey!! that's called sandwich not french toast! stop deluding your customers :( The century egg porridge is the only food worth raving about here. Mom say the Hongkong's well-known for their porridge! Sis's ham macaroni. It tasted like crap ! my dumpling braised noodles. It tasted like shit as well. I only took the dumplings cause the noodles taste like my long hair. yuckkkkkkkk! Overall, it's quite bad. Dont bother coming here wasting your calories and $$$. Remember to do adequate research and dont leave your hotel too early in case they dont open early! HAHA. My mom & sis mentioned that yesterday was my day because it's shopping day and they have to tag along with me, which is soooooo not true? they bought a few good buys too!! how can that be My Day instead of OUR day huh? I reckoned they said that just so i'd be obedient to tag along with them when we go casino-scouting the whole of today! Cause i dont gamble and i dont want to waste my money on casinos... i spend the whole of today stoning while sitting beside them in the various Casinos! The Casinos here in Macau are all in cluster, and they are like literally next to each other. I wonder why the government in Macau's promoting gambling because there's a ferry where you get to board all the free shuttle buses that brings you to their destined Casinos. So after our sucky breakfast, we took a bus from our hotel to the ferry! So eggziting because i always see those HK actors/actresses boarding public buses in HK dramas. I finally had a feel how it's like! gahhhh!