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Name: marie
Country: Macao
Metro: Macao
Birthday: 10/9/1980
Gender: Female
Interests: reading, travel, driving around, good music, good movies, good food, drinking with friends, chatting, knowing new people, learning new things
Expertise: making people happy
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MSN: reckah@hotmail.com
Member Since:
8/4/2003
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| totally stayed home today
we didnt even go out for food
we ate stuffs at home
and just slacked
browsing the net
watching tv
playing games
reading
right now, i'm just lying on the sofa playing monopoly on P's itouch
staying with P makes me want so many toys
i really do kind of want an itouch
but its so unnecessary >_<
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| today started a bit later than yesterday
i finally didn't wake early at before 8am
bcoz we both slept so late yesterday, we both woke pretty late... hehe...
lunch was simply at mcdonalds
I was surprised to see HK had the 'shogun tukimi burger'
its basically teriyaki burger with egg
after lunch, we went to the computer place at shamshuipo
seeing computer hardwares n cables hanging around everywhere makes me happy
both of us brought quite a number of things... (i was never planning to get so much stuffs there)
i got....
8gb flash stick (i originally was planning to only get a 4gb stick.. but ended up getting 8gb and a bunch of other 'unplanned for' things)
plug-in car mp3 kind of thing (for our okinawa road trip)
55 in 1 card reader (i have no idea how it can read '55' types.. i just know it reads my microsd and m2)
universal charger (supposedly charges itouch, mobiles, nds, etc all at the same time.... but after testing, its not working for itouch, hopefully it would work for nds, have to test that after gettin bk to macau)
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then, we had some dessert at my fav hk sweet stuffs shop - hui lau san
getting addicted with games on P's itouch
very nice colors... small...... i kind of want one
but with only wifi connectivity, it kind of seems not attractive enough.....
what P bought
what I bought
tomorrow....... wonder what we should do?
P seems to be getting sicker n sicker :-/
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| woke up extremely early again today
dont know whats happening with my body
w, p, and i went to the sony something festival at the convention center today
after we entered, we were greeted by this.... giraffe green haired ..... doll thing...
The production of this event seemed pretty cheap and rushed and unplanned... there was no carpetting... the staff didn't know about the products... and it just looked very sucky for a sony production..... wtf happened?
 
PSP Go was like the main item at this event coz it was just released yesterday...
Yet, they only had one 'real' psp go on site for people to touch / experience....
And a horrible thing is... they lock it down so badly, you couldn't lift it / hold it / feel the weight, the body or anything.........
Yet, thanks to W actually buying it right on site. I got to feel the real thing in my bare hands.
You will see that it really is pretty small... look at those huge guy hands
The control buttons are hidden in the slide pad..
At first, I really wanted one of these. The price tag of HKD 1899 didn't seem expensive at all to me at first... but after reading some reviews around........ when a normal psp cost around HKD 1300..... and when a ps3 (new slim version) costs around HKD 2300..... the psp go did seem pretty expensive....
And coz I never really liked 'slide pads'... (thats why i never used slide cellphones).... the design of it didn't attract me too much...
But... I am kind of considering wanting one...... just so "i look good" ........... vanity....... so hard to control..... lol.......
left guy: just tackling along
right guy: bought a psp go right there
So after the sony disappointing event, we went to grab some lunch.
Then, W went back to work.
P and me went over to Tsimshatsui...
I went to my favorite Japanese bookstore - tomato books......
Only while paying... do I realise...... the only credit card I'd brought along with me..... has expired in 9/9;......
how retarded.....
I was originally planning to do all shopping on the card so I didn't bring much cash.... And I didn't bring the other credit cards coz I didn't want to spend 'too' much.............
Its a good thing I have money in the bank and I did bring my atm card along......... but spending cash... and spending plastic...... feels so different........ sigh.... (I'm the type who prefer plastic)
Next.... just wandering around Harbor city....
then... ferry back to Wanchai...
Candlelight dinner with just P........
chatting about thoughts on love and life.............. its amazing how we are thinking exactly the same things...
looking at P feels like looking at a duplicate me...
Then.... back home.... chill......
watched a so called gay artistic movie.......... which supposedly talks about 'life and death'.... which I totally did not understand..... I mean... which the movie totally couldn't bring out.... it couldn't bring out what it wanted to say about love... it couldn't bring out what it wanted to say about gay... it couldn't bring out anything on life or death... it was so...... like an university student creating some project for graduating.......... it kind of feels like uni students working on such project might even be doing better....... -_-
tiny living rm in tiny wanchai apartment
totally taken over by my stuffs
so great to hv a guyfrd who wouldnt bother or complain :D
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| I woke real early
But the day didnt really start until P got up (which was like 1230) .
Thanks to W reminding us, we switched on the tv and watched the China National Day March/Shows..... woooohhh... .such power! Tho I'm not Chinese in blood, but being born and raised in Macau, then Portuguese, now China, theres a positive feeling inside me. It does look scary and robotic - kind of like what North Korean would do. But it felt so positive, so strong, and I am happy how most Chinese people can be proud of their own origin.
(Tho, I must include, I know quite some people in Macau/Hong Kong who prefer they were not Chinese... its sad. If I was Chinese, I know I would be pretty proud .)
We left the house 2pm-ish and went to Olympic, did laundry, ate lunch, went shopping for hotpot things.
Came back home, did washing veggies and bowls while enjoying a peaceful little sea view (Tst side).
In Hong Kong / Macau hotpots, we usually have a lot of meat balls (imagine minced fish shaped into a ball).. its usually round ball-ish shape... this time I saw a 'heart' shape........
Is there anyone in the world who would accept my heart as it is?
We do hotpot on the ground, bcoz like Macau home we do not have 'dinner table'... hehe
Food!
 
And then we watched fireworks.
 
And then, old style monopoly~
I was so close to winning~~~~~~~
>_<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tomorrow.... visiting the sony thank you something exhib or something?
They are selling the new psp for $1899~~~~~
I wonder if I will do impulse shopping??
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| Here I am again.
At P's Wanchai apartment since last year. Still feels warm and cozy here. :D
Toner, moisturizer, hygiene care stuffs, computer, charger - I don't have to bring any of those. All available here. Isn't that so cool?
Its only 08:51am.... silly me didn't close the curtains last night, the bright sun has woken me up before it even turned 8... I tried to go back to sleep... but with no luck......
Back to yesterday.
I arrived at the Macau-Hong Kong ferry terminal at 1805, but somehow they were only selling tickets for 1915 and it wasn't even crowded. So after going through immigration, like most people, I went to queue for standby seats for 1815 boat..... surprisingly, we were all shoo-ed off by the staff saying "this is for premier VIP guests only, you economy tickets cannot board on this board!" uhhh....... ok........ thats weird..... a boat of only VIP?
Is this something new?
Managed to get on the 1830 boat in the end...... It was so bouncy/(windy)..... I was at the blink of puking..... it seems like as I grow older, I grow weaker in many aspects.
So, Hong Kong... I can't remember the last time I was here............ it was probably for work or something... but I really can't remember when it was or what it was for. Seeing "red" color taxis here felt so nostalgic.... heehee... it is kind of more convenient that I can just come to Hong Kong with my Macau ID (no longer wasting visa stamps on the passport)... but because of this, my "mark" of Hong Kong has gone.... I kind of wonder if I should just keep using passport when I enter Hong Kong?
After arriving on Hong Kong land.... I got on the MTR, and somehow the ticket vending machine spitted me a senior/kid ticket......... I didn't even notice it until I'd stuck the ticket into the "entry gate" and the "light" flashed..... all the ride till Causewaybay, I was worrying...... ."I wonder if there's a flashing light at the exit..... I wonder how I should explain why I'm using a Kid ticket if I get caught.... should I pretend I don't know Cantonese and that I'm fully a Japanese visitor?"
Luckily, there were no "lights" (it indicates the ticket is a senior/kid tkt so officers can tell if passengers are 'cheating') at the exit gates.. and I got out safely........ After telling P about this, he told me the 'penalty' if caught is like a 500dollars? WOH.
Met up with P at City super, and we just hanged around PageOne at TimesSquare till W could show up. Somehow, I never really liked the PageOne in TimesSquare.... it is big alright... but that shop kind of doesn't make things look so appealing to me............ I think the PageOne shop that I like most is the one at Harbor city....... I remember I used to go there every time we had meetings in Hong Kong (when I was at my first job..... like... 13 years ago)
Dinner, we had at Ootoya. P introduced me to this Jp chain store (based in Tokyo) when we visited Japan together a few years back. He loves it and I love the shop too. When I first saw the chain open in Hong Kong, I was sooo happy. This is not a sashimi/sushi place, but more like a usual ... emm..... casual.... family restaurant thats Japanese themed.
Its right opposite Times Square, and on the 3/F.
When I first ate at Ootoya, Causewaybay before, the prices were cheaper - and the menu was more similar to the one in Tokyo. But this time, the menu content has increased and so feels the price. I guess they just have to suit themselves to the local Hong Kong market.
The empty plate at the front was a korokke... Our photographer only remembered to take pics after we started eating.. hehe....... and the set there with the veggie and meat-like stuffs was my set.... Fried Chicken & veggie in sweet n sour sauce.
Another one of my favourite, Tofu seaweed salad. Its so hard to come by 'nice' Tofu these days. I hate it that restaurants are always using "Bak Fok".... like.... I see the 'lines' and the 'logo' of "Bak fok" on the tofu?? -_-
(These pictures were stolen from P)
One thing that really surprised me tho, was the waiter that took our order, was a Japanese guy - kind of cute guy too.. hehe...... This was not a fancy high class Japanese restaurant where they claim they have a Japanese chef and Japanese-speaking-staff/etc...... how come the waiter was Japanese?? I didn't really know what language to respond in.... but P responded perfectly in Japanese...... .... tho supposedly, I was the 'real' Japanese there.... lol...
Dinner was great. Even tho I hadn't seen P for almost an whole year, and W for more than half year(?) but we just blend in like always. Its great to have friends like this, where we don't have to "try to keep talking" or "try to keep entertaining" and such. :D
We walked back home, chatting along the way. (Able to "walk" home from Causewaybay in Hong Kong..... such convenience!)
Upon getting home, I was welcomed with;
A whole pile of free magazines!! hehehehe
P carried it all the way from NY just for me. hehehe.
We went to bed around 2am.... but I had a hard time sleeping because of aircon water ticking sounds........ isn't it supposed to be stricter in Hong Kong? This apartment is high class mansion too, how come they can allow aircon water dripping? I was still rolling in bed at 5am............
And then at like 8.... I woke.. because the sun was way too shiny.............
The sea looks very calm. I hope the weather is going to stay sunny the whole day.
We are going to Olympic to do laundry at third HK home.... .. and buy food and do hotpot at home while watching the National Day's fireworks at home tonight. :D
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