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THE MUSHROOM



name : tan juan
age : 18
hometown : malaysia


PIECES OF ME

LOVES

MUSHROOMS
shopping
drawing
TURQUOISE
MUSIC
rainbows
chocolates
chinese orchestra
fairy tales

HATES

CICAK WTF
creepy crawlies
homework
COPY CATS
chinese




GREAT ESCAPES

*chelsea*
*chia chia*
*crystal*
*ee leng*
*ee teng*
*jhing huey*
*jia lee*
*jo ying*
*jun fang*
*lee mei*
*mok mok*
*ning zhen*
*pei jia*
*pei qi*
*rui mei*
*su yin*
*teik hua*
*tict chyn*
*wen huey*
*wen yuan*
*xin yuan*
*xue yi*
*yi ching*





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♥ Friday, April 22, 2011 ♥
Macau Part II (and a half)

16 March 2011

(This is a pretty pointless post)

So, after visiting the A-ma Temple, Macau Tower, Fisherman's Wharf and the Lou Lim Ioc Lotus Garden from the morning until around 5 pm, we went back to the hotel, rested for awhile, then my cousin and I went to the private lounge on the 17th floor for the complimentary cocktails (who doesn't love free drinks! WHO!) and food, which were only available from 5 pm to 7 pm.

Since everything was free we decided to eat as much as we could and thought of it as our dinner. Unfortunately there weren't many choices of food there, since it wasn't actually dinner and more like tea or a pre-dinner light snack.



Cute pastries and cakes :)

They were pleasing to the eye, but not for the tummy. Not saying they weren't tasty, it was just that ... we were looking for dinner. Not dinner material, haha. But to be frank they weren't particularly delicious either! Nothing special.

Lighting was great for taking photos!

View was quite awesome as well, can see mini human figures milling around the Ruins of St. Paul's if you look carefully! :D


Pretty hard to believe that it only takes around 15 minutes to walk to the ruins. Looks so very far away from the hotel!

Fizzing bubbles in a Bellini

My cousin ordered this, which I'm sure everyone (okay, maybe not, doubt that my friends know) knows is champagne and peach juice. I know because I read about it in books. Haha.

From what I've read and heard, the tinier the bubbles in a champagne, the better quality it is. Not sure though.

I was going to order the Cosmopolitan, but unfortunately it was 'out of stock'. PAH. I had the chance to order anything I want, without my parents around, without questions asked about my age, and FOR FREE, and it had to be unavailable.

So in the end I settled for a Mimosa, which is champagne and orange juice, if you don't know. Preferred the Bellini though!



We were kind of hungry so we had to look for some other things to eat. The waitress then offered to ask the cook to prepare us some 'crab'. Hahaha, my cousin didn't understand at first, and thought she was offering us seafood, which of course we didn't want, famished as we were. Turned out to be CREPE. Don't you pronounce it as 'crape' or at least 'creep'?

*shrugs* That's how I always pronounce it anyway.

I think the crepe was infused with wine of some sort, tasted so unusual.

Still our tummies weren't satisfied (we shared one crepe, didn't like it enough to order another one), so we asked the waitress if they could possibly prepare something like scrambled eggs and toast (a bit weird I know, LOL) from the breakfast menu for us. She said no. Pah.

I mean! It was just SCRAMBLED EGGS! AND TOAST! Maybe I should have asked to enter the kitchen myself and prepare my own food. Or just ask her to give us a toaster.

Okay I understand that the lounge was just a place for appetisers, to chill with friends etc, and not for 'heavy' food. But still! Haha.


Cousin and I were reduced to eating raw oysters, which neither of us had tried before. Decided to try it together, haha. Not before squeezing a whole lot of lemon onto the oysters first though.

I have always found the appearance and thought of raw oysters disgusting but turned out they weren't so bad. Not as horrid as we expected anyway! Might try it again some other time. Haha.


AND THESE!!

Aren't these the most revolting food substances you have ever seen!

The things on the left were ... asparagus and oysters, I think. And the ones on the right were steamed vegetables wrapped with a cabbage leaf and topped with a blob of something like tomato pasta sauce.

In contrast to their unappetising appearance, they actually tasted quite good. Haha. Unexpected.


Once I polished off my Mimosa I ordered another cocktail, a Tom Collins, which tasted just like soda with lime, couldn't taste alcohol at all. My cousin barely took 3 sips from her Bellini, so I finished hers as well.

That was why I felt so good and light-headed, and slightly tipsy the whole night. Haha.



Okay, vain photos that you probably want to gag and puke seeing, haha.

We walked to the Wynn Hotel, to watch the free musical fountain show. And to explore around a bit!



Quite a boring show, have seen better. But wait!


Try spotting the TINY Macau Tower at the back! Only photo we took with the tower, I just realised.



This is some kind of ... courtyard? I have no idea what it's called, in the MGM Grand Hotel. Full of flowers and their fragrance.

Beautiful hydrangeas

More exquisite, brilliantly-coloured flowers





We were tired as hell by that time, and feeling all greasy and uncomfortable. But still, had to take photos. :P

Blisters were killing my cousin's and my feet. Awful.



Over the top deco inside ... I think it was Wynn, didn't find out. All those huge tassels on the wall, and those gigantic traditional Chinese coins on the ceiling. Kind of at odds with the outward appearance of the hotel.


Casino Lisboa again, but the other side of it.



Was lucky enough to catch another musical fountain show (which I think is at 15-minute intervals), and this one was much more impressive and nice, with fire and rainbow lights. This show lasted far longer too!

We watched the show from inside a small, long park, which we got lost in. Not exactly got lost, actually, it was just that all the entrances/exits from the park were locked except the one we got in by, and we didn't know, and we thought we could cut across the park and reach the Grand Lisboa Hotel in a shorter time and through a shorter route.

Walked around almost the whole park looking for an exit and had to admit defeat (after watching the fountain show) and return to the gate we went in by. Oh, our poor feet. :(


Soaked our feet in warm water in the tub. Bliss(ter)! ARGH!

Stupid face! :P

Okay, end of post! Hahaha. I know this post has lots of little, unimportant details you probably don't want to know. :P Forgive me!

Taaa!



craving chocolate kisses ..
12:08 PM


♥ Friday, April 15, 2011 ♥
Macau Part II


Ooh, almost a fortnight since I last updated. Slipped my mind, sorry! Had my mind on other more important things. Like the JPA Scholarship interview which I sat for - completely unprepared - yesterday afternoon. Of course the interview turned out to be a total disaster.

My brain was being obstinately blank and it refused to think of any impressive answers. I stuttered so much, and couldn't control my hands. LOL. Major flunk! It didn't help that my teammates were all totally smart. Boohoo. I want to cringe and hide under the table everytime I recall what I said (or think I said, I don't really remember) yesterday.

Alright, no need to cry over spilled milk!

16 March 2011

Second day of my Macau trip! Hopefully I'll be able to keep this post short and sweet. Pretty unlikely but I'll try!

Woke up and went to the Mistral restaurant for breakfast.



Not that you can see anything here but the restaurant overlooks the gorgeous hotel swimming pool. Wasn't fortunate enough to get window seats, most of them were reserved, blah.


Mini macarons!

Ooh, those macarons were so repulsively sweet! That still didn't stop me from having three, though. Hahaha. Disgustingly sweet, but still tasty. Hmm. Hope it makes sense. Loved the gooey filling in the middle!


The buffet had quite a variety of food, I suppose. The usual bread and pastries, pancakes with many different types of toppings to choose from, an array of cheese, pasta, fruits, yoghurts, a thousand and one types of veggies, baconsausagemushroomseggs blah blah blah.

Personally I don't care much for variety, as long as the food taste good!

The breakfast there was quite yummy, my cousin and I loved the scrambled eggs (I'm a sucker for scrambled eggs) and sauteed mushrooms. I absolutely loved the tea they served too, though I have no idea what tea it was.

The dim sum was totally horrible though. Yuck.

Oops, short and sweet. Right!

We walked to the A-ma Temple after breakfast. It's a longer walk than compared to the walk to St. Paul's Ruins. Should take around 20 minutes or so.



Didn't take much photos there, had a blister on my foot due to the slingback on my new wedge shoe, and was feeling totally pissed. Luckily I had a pair of flat sandals with me! Haha I go everywhere well-prepared.

Pretty leafless trees

Went to the Macau Tower after that. No, wait. Not after that. Thanks to my dear guy-cousin who felt cold because he didn't (not forgot! He assumed that he could withstand the cold) bring his jacket along, we had to walk all the way back to the hotel so that he could grab his jacket. Blah.

Bought some warm milk tea from the K convenient store outside Sofitel. The milk tea was really, REALLY yummy!! There was a very fragrant smell to it that I couldn't quite place. No one, NO ONE makes milk tea like that here! Wonder what was it that they added to theirs to make the tea so tasty. Eeeee.



View from the 58th floor of the Macau Tower

Didn't find the view very impressive or anything but I suppose it was something different, not so many skyscrapers, and more old buildings (like Penang). Especially hated how yellow the sea was (can be seen in the photo of me lying down below). Arrgh reminded me of muddy puddles of water at construction sites.


Hahaha yes I know the floor has been stepped on by 291031940 people. Pretty thrilling to walk and stare through the glass at the same time, vertigo-inducing! For me, at least. :P

61st floor is for the brave and adventurous! You can bungee jump from the tower and do many other scary but exhilarating things. Not for people like me.

Lip-shaped sofa. Cute!



Oh, aren't you just PROUD to be Malaysian (if you are one)!! Seeee! Our KL Tower (on the left) is in the list! Haha!

We took a cab to the Fisherman's Wharf after that.

Ooh, a fake Colosseum!



It kind of looks like the set of Harry Potter right! KIND OF. The arches. Haha.

Aladdin's Fort at the back

Not sure what's inside! Maybe some theme park? Casinos? *shrugs*


The Sands Hotel and Casino (that hideous building with gold-tinted windows) at the back.

Nothing much to see there at the Fisherman's Wharf, it was quite desolate. Great place for taking photos, I guess, with many old-style buildings.




The Babylon Casino


Had to wear sunglasses because it was SO windy, and the wind made my eyes dry. Didn't help that I was wearing contact lenses. The wind felt really cool and good though!


Had lunch at the McDonald's, of all things. I just had a few fries and a big mug of hot chocolate, wasn't that hungry after my heavy breakfast.

There is this thing called Taro Pie (which is yam, I think) at the McDonald's there, which is just DELICIOUS. My aunt absolutely loved it, I think she had 3 or 4 during the trip. Haha. Pity they don't sell those here!

We also went into the Sands Casino and had a free drink or two, hahaha. The casino is reaaaaally huge. And there were quite a lot of people. Gambling! Burning away their money! I don't see the appeal with gambling, which is a good thing! I'd much rather spend the money on some gorgeous designer shoes! Hahaha.

Then, we took a cab to the Lou Lim Ioc Lotus Gardens.


What I called the Mini Central Park of Macau. =.=




A very tranquil, serene place, and I'm guessing, a favourite hangout for the senior citizens of the area.

Giant bird of paradise on a ... fan tree?

Forgot the name of the tree in English, do know that it's called 芭蕉樹 in Chinese though! (and no I'm not going to search for it in Google again, not this time hahaha)


Beauty in the park AHAHAHAA

Just a joke, just a joke!!!


There, the famed lotus of the Lou Lim Ioc LOTUS Garden.

LOOOL. So pathetic! All dead!! How awful. They should do something about it!


Exquisite, vividly-coloured flowers in full bloom

I know they look like bougainvilleas from a distance. But they're not, they're far more beautiful. And these flowers, I have no idea what they're called, in English and Chinese. Hahaha.



HAHAHA seems that I like making a fool of myself in public. Tsk tsk.

WALKED (yes, walked) back to our hotel from the garden. Not a very short walk, I can tell you. Asked around for directions and most people said it's a 15-minute walk from the garden to the Ruins of St.Paul's. Maybe it was because my feet were hurting that I thought it felt more like 30 minutes. LOL. And we still had to walk back to our hotel from the ruins. Zzzz.


A very crowded Senado's Square. Probably because the weather was nice! :)

Okay. End of this post! Will continue with Part Two and a Half soon, hopefully. Hahaha.

Ta!


craving chocolate kisses ..
2:13 PM