14 Jan 2012
Today marks the last day of the 5 days 4 nights Company's sponsored Macau trip. As much as I wish that I could go on a holiday forever, I still have to accept the fact that it's time to go back to Singapore. Time to work harder. Let me just take one last photo of my hotel room again from the other angle. Jes has already flown back to Singapore on the earlier flight and I'm taking my own sweet time to enjoy the bath tub.
Luckily, I've already packed my luggage yesterday but I've yet to pack my holiday mood away. Tugged my heavy luggage with me to check out of the hotel room by 11am. The whole big group is divided into smaller group with the majority returning back to Singapore and a handful embarking on the next journey to Hong Kong. So envy. I did thought of extending and going to Hong Kong with them too but considering all factors like accommodation, time to rest before work on Monday, I choose to change my flight to return from Macau today. Well, at least I have a reason to travel to Hong Kong again next time.
Our flight is at 5.05pm so there's still plenty of time left after the check out. Walking around the hotel shopping area again with Hui, Cl and Py. Thanks Ms Tay and Cl for the lunch and coffee treat.
There's still one last item to buy back for my parents beside those almond cookies which I've already bought yesterday and that is the Portuguese egg tarts. Since it can't be kept for too long, it's better to buy them on the last day before departure to retain the freshness. Cl recommended us this shop called the "Lord Stow's Bakery & Cafe" and interestingly, I learnt from her that this shop is actually opened by the ex-husband of Margaret who also opened a very famous egg tarts shop called Margaret’s Cafe e Nata (马嘉烈葡挞店). Well, didn't have a chance to taste it (refer to my earlier post which I've yet to blog about) but I'm quite sure the standard is just as nice. Read review by PassportChop.com comparing on the different egg tarts between Lord Stow, Margaret and KFC.
When you are in a Venetian hotel, it's always nice to look up to their ceiling for their paintings.
Dragon year.
Look below! it's the casino. Hoping to make a windfall there by playing the jackpot. For the past few days, I've only walked past the casino but didn't played anything inside. So since it's the last day here and there's still so much time left after shopping so we decided to kill time inside.
It's my very first time playing the jackpot in a casino. Great experience with the many masters guiding me like Py who even sponsored some loose change for me and Hui to start. Five in a single row to win the jackpot money but sometime if three of a certain icon match, one could win a little bit of money too. Initially I was winning but after a few more games my wealth luck disappeared. For the last game, I put in a HK$100 note and a few minutes later, it was reduced to HK$1.45. It really feels like throwing the money away. Get this piece of cash ticket for keepsake since it was no point cashing out. I can totally understand why some people got addicted to the jackpot. If you are winning, you wanted to win more. If you are losing, you wanted to win back. We stopped as the time is up for us to catch the coach to the Airport, if not I might just invest in a few more hundreds there.
