We woke up at about 9.30am and got ready for Macau! Hee... We were rather late and Ah-Yi was worried that we might miss the ferry. So the moment we reached the car park, we ran all the way to the pier! And I was shocked to see the ferry! It was so different from the luxurious ferries that we had taken! It was so packed and we were standing literally at the edge! Then Ah-Yi told us that we had to get nearer to the exit as it might take some time for us to clear the Macau immigration. So, we did. The moment the ferry berthed, the people were running (yes, they RAN!) to the immgration checkpoint. Xiuyue and I were taken aback but being trained Singaporeans, we quickly made our way into the queue too. The queue was so so so long! Then, about 5 minutes later, another ferry berthed! And the queue got even longer! I was so relieved that we got there earlier. It took us about 30minutes to clear the Macau immigration and then we were on our way!
We crossed the road using a overhead bridge and walked down this beautifully tiled road (Ah-Yi informed us that the tiles were all imported from Portugal when the Portugese were ruling Macau). And then, we were there! We were in the middle of a square where we were surrounded by beautifully coloured buildings! The buildings were unique because they are western in appearance but yet emit an Oriental flavour. It's just so beautiful.
We stopped to take photos (a lot of photos!) before going to a cafe （茶餐厅）to have Milk Custard （炖奶）and Pork Cutlet Bun （猪扒包）. Yum yum... and then we continued our little journey!
We walked all the way to St Paul's Ruins and was awed by it. Quite a few people told me that if you go to Macau and did not go to St Paul's Ruins, you have NOT been to Macau. So, here I am! I have been to Macau! Ha... And if you do not know the background of St Paul's Ruins, then here's a brief on it. St Paul's Ruins was part of a church by the name of St Paul's Church (yup... what else could it have been?). One day, a fire broke out in the kitchen and burned up the whole church. The only structure left standing is the structure we now know as St Paul's Ruins.
We took lots of photos in front of St Paul's Ruins and then visited the Crypt, the Museum of Sacred Art, and the Macau Museum. I loved the Museum visit.. and one of the exhibits got me all captivated. It was an exhibit of Chinese currency used through the ages/dynasties! People in the Shang/Zhou （商周）dynasty used seashells and then the copper/silver coins used during the various dynasties. Wow...
After the museum visits, we made our way back to the Macau/ZhuHai immigration at GongBei （拱北）. But then, along the way, we were distracted by the many shops and heir merchandise. Hee...
We got some BBQ Pork Fillet （肉干）, peanut cookies, almond biscuits and loads more... We also got ourselves Milk Tea... And when we passed by a Roxy outlet... we stepped in! Except for Xiuyue, none of us purchased anything. I couldn't find anything my size... and I think the designs are just too young-ish for me. Haha... But well, Xiuyue got some shirts for her brother (such a sweet sister, isn't she?) and a bag for herself. And she got them at 40% discount! Great deal!
Once done shopping, we took a bus to the Macau immigration where we took a very very very very very long time to clear the immigration! The crowd was really scary, it's like thrice the crowd you find at the Malaysian/Singapore immigration during long weekends! It's scary... We took an hour or so just to clear it! And when we finally got out, we saw Qiao Qiao and Ah-Yi munching on the BBQ beef fillet they bought earlier on. Hee...
We got to the 地下商场, and made a beeline to the mobile phone section. And there, we spent almost 2 hours! Haha... Xiuyue checking out all the mobile phone, Qiao Qiao having seen Xiuyue's enthusiam also became interested in the mobile phones, and Ah-Yi checked out the digital cameras. Wow... Xiuyue finally bought 2 touchscreen mobile phones at S$150+ each, Qiao Qiao fancied the same phone but they ran out of stock, Ah-Yi got herself a cool digital camera at 2000RMB... And I got myself a 1GB memory stick (for fear that Kat's 2GB memory stick would not be enough for me to take all the photos I would be taking). Hee... harvest!
Then we shopped around... the fashion is not exactly as interesting as Hong Kong but it's also quite nice. Xiuyue got herself a neat little sweater and Qiao Qiao got herself a few tops.
Then we ended the day with Thai dinner! Haha... Interesting little incident happened. We wanted to order pineapple rice and so asked for huang-li-fan （黄梨饭）and the waitress told us that they don't have that item on the menu. We were puzzled. Then a thought flashed across my mind and I asked for bo-luo-fan （菠萝饭）and they have that! In Singapore, pineapple is 黄梨, but in Hong Kong (and now we know, ZhuHai) pineapple is known as 菠萝. Haha... so interesting, right? Just 3 hours of flight apart and the terms of the things we know of are so different. :)
Oh, we had to sleep early becausewe have a flight to catch the next day!
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