Celebrating Our 16th Dating Anniversary

Ok, time for couple pose in front of Wan Chai street junction :). This HK-Macau weekend trip continues our annual tradition for "honeymoon", get time just for two of us to spend time together without the kids. Oh, and this is by the way, to commemorate our 16th dating anniversary. It's been that long really. Time flies so fast.

Kao Kei Peanut Candy Store

When we were about to leave Macau, we were wondering, "Why do most people carry the same brown bag? It must be the must-have souvenirs from Macau?!". And it was right. I looked up to internet, and found out that this store, "Kao Kei" pastry sells the favourite gifts from Macau: peanut candy and almond cakes. They tastes delicious, even though not dissimilar with the ones we have at Indonesia: "Enting-enting" and "Sagon". The store (shown on the left side), was full pack with visitors. The posters inside cited that 72% Macau tourists bought the souvenirs from this place. A commanding market share. But I was really amazed with the "salesmanship" of the store keepers, they aggressively offer me various range of cakes and candies, as if the store will go bankrupt tomorrow if they don't sell those. Amazing. No wonder it sells like... well.. hot cakes.

Macau Landscape

Macau Landscape taken from the top of the Portuguese fortress on top of a hill in the central of Macau city.

Gambler's Heaven

Forbidden to take pictures, I discreetly took this picture of main gambling hall in Venetian Casino at Cotai strip. Such a huge and beautifully developed gambling complex, complete with luxurious hotels and entertaining mall.

Ferry to Macau

We hopped a chance to visit Macau on the weekend, riding one hour ferry ride there. The ride is brief, and relatively calm despite of quite rough water. Thanks to hydro foil technology.

Masjid Ammar at HK

Elok's friend in HK, Santi, showed us this mosque near Wan Chai. Aside from being a mosque, the place also has moslem food canteen serving variety of 'halal' foods. Such a relaxing finding after days surrounded by pork, pork and pork. :-)

Toy Store at Wan-Chai

I found this toy store near Wan Chai MTR station by coincidence. Apparently the store sells variety of good toys with rather cheap prices compared to Jakarta's. And it also has some bargain bins which sell many famous toy brands in knock out price!

HK Ladies Market

A heaven for ladies looking for bargain price hand bags and quality copy of famous brand. Elok is looking at her options for the gifts.

Wasteful Caleg Campaign

Political Reform in Indonesia show its ugly and shameful form. Most of the candidates for House of Representatives fill in Jakarta streets with their campaign posters, banners and in this case, big billboard! With this amount of money, should they spend for something more meaningful for society?