Random Thoughts

Finally our last day has come. I was pretty sad because our much awaited vacation is over. But I still have one whole day to explore Macau and it's shops. Because our flight is still around 10 PM.

Hubby decided to just stay again at home with Alex. I will be doing last minute shopping for this day and the weather was getting colder than our first day so Alex was better at home.

Good thing my Mom has a lot of energy left to shop so she went with me and my sister to Red Market and San Ma Lo.

Red Market was the divisoria of Macau. But it was cleaner, less people, and nicer. :) I think of all the shops that we've been to in Macau, my fave is Red Market. So many cheap clothes, socks, baby clothes, winter clothes, fruits, veggies, etc. I just love it here! The weather was too cold then so we decided to buy gloves. It was funny because (I think) we were the only ones who were wearing gloves there.

I was able to buy a lot of socks for myself, Alex and Hubby. I was able to buy some for my nephews and niece too. I just hope they like it. We had lunch in the area and the noodles were yummy. I most especially like the orange juice that was freshly squeezed in a very cheap price. Oh i love this place! (how many times did I say that? LOL!)

Our next stop San Ma Lo. The reason why we went back to San Ma Lo is because of the Chicken Little Toy that we saw the other day. It was a nice toy for Alex that I said will have to think about it overnight if I really wanted to buy it for her. It was big and the nice thing about it is that it dances with Chicken Little's voice. You see, Alex looooved that chicken. LOL! When Hubby saw it the other day he just loved it too. He was even disappointed when he found out that I didn't buy it.

Anyway, we went back to the store and found out that they didn't have stocks anymore. Arrrrgh. But after some hand signals and hearing some Chinese words that we never understood, my Mom finally got that we just needed to go back around 3pm to get the new stock. Hurrray! (for Alex and Daddy. LOL!) It was still 2:30pm so we went around the area first and took some photos.

with my sister





We also had snacks at McDonald's. It was the only place where we can sit so we opted for that even if it was a bit expensive (compared to McDo here!). We were so tired already but we still kept on walking because I was still looking for some stuff that I needed to buy. Mind you, I was able to buy some inner blouses, leggings, perfume, and some food for pasalubong during my last minute shopping. I had fun! Haggling is not too effective in this place though. But it definitely made my shopping easier. :)

We were able to go back home around 530pm. We still needed to buy some chocolates so I just asked Hubby to go with my parents so I could do the packing. He was able to buy cheaper chocolates (take note: Ferrero, Malteasers, M&M's) in the grocery. Yes, if you want cheaper chocolates you need to buy it in the groceries. My parents bought food for dinner there too.

We had dinner at around 6pm, packed some stuff and then we headed to the Macau International Airport around 8pm. We didn't have a hard time getting a cab. Everything was a breeze after that.


At The Macau International Airport




I bought a big jacket for her so she can still use it next year...(who knows we will be in the US next Dec. Hehe!)


Happy!


Flight was delayed. We boarded the plane I think around 1030pm already and left Macau at around 1045pm. Alex was awake the whole time. :( She was even mentioning (in a loud voice)...KAGO - which means Mango for her! It doesn't sound that good though right? So I kept on saying to her - MMMMMAAAANGO! Just to let the people know that she's not saying a "bad" word. LOL!

We got here in Manila around 12:45 AM. After immigration, customs, and baggage claim, we were finally able to get a cab around 1:30 AM already.

Sigh. The much awaited vacation is over. My parents, sister and brother were left there and will be coming home two days after us. And I was right, they did more shopping right after we left. Haha!

I loooove Macau. It's small but homey. I didn't like the weather that much though but it was quite a change from our rainy-sunny-humid weather.