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Hello! (: Just thought that it'll be good to drop a little entry to document this short holiday trip that Char and I had together with my in-laws... short entry because I'm kind of limited by the battery life of Char's mini notebook which is like dying out soon. :/ Haha... on the plane now on the way back to Singapore by the way! Very happy to have the seat beside me untaken, meaning that I've got extra space! :P

We arrived in Macau on Friday (11 Dec) morning.. loved the weather! Stayed at Taipa Square Hotel in Taipa, a more residential area than Macau's city centre. We got ourselves much acquainted with the bus system the five days we were there... also took advantage of the various hotels' shuttle services to get outselves around. :P

Visited Lord Stow's twice, this supposedly famous cafe and bakery place where the first portugese egg tarts were created. They serve the tarts freshly baked... which really makes all the difference - the crust incredible... and the filling... wah. Haha. Went to Hac Sa (black sand) beach the morning we touched down... was a little let down cause I was envisaging an entire beach that's black in colour like that of black sesame paste... it wasn't like that of course.

Walked down Senado Square twice on two separate days and did some shopping... the only thing I bought for myself on this trip is a pair of running shorts. I didn't think much till hours later after I bought the shorts... that it's actually quite significant for me to buy something sports related on a trip for myself! Haha... running in 2010... here I come!

Actually it's been very much a eat, shop, eat, rest, eat trip... Oh oh we went over to Zhu Hai (China) for a day as well - so now I have both the Macau and China chops on my passport. Haha... Good timeouts spent... wouldn't say that we've 'recharged' - it was quite tiring at times actually (so ironic right haha) but it was good time spent together. (:

Now that we're back, it's time to focus on getting ourselves prepped for the new year... as for me, it's the time to catch up and actually start writing my essays and yes, wouldn't want to miss the recollections and reflections over the Christmas season!