Small update from Macao

Since I'm back from Vietnam, life returned to 'normal' quite soon here in Macao. I've been here now since the 25th of January, so soon the two month mark will be reached and crossed. That will officially be a new personal record, since the longest I have been away from home would be around two months, back in Sardinia. It definitly doesn't feel that long though, since time just seems on flying by very fast, and I'm pretty sure that when June comes and I have to leave this place, it will probably be too soon. Perhaps not though, we'll just see what happens.

As I said, since I'm back from Vietnam, not much really changed. This doesn't mean nothing happened though. In the meantime I have been to Hong Kong twice. Last weekend, and the weekend before that. First I went to visit a friend of my who lives in the Netherlands, in the same town I live in (Helmond). His name is Patrick and he's doing an internship for half a year there. He showed me around Kowloon and Hong Kong Island and at night we went to have some drinks at some bars. From 5pm till 9pm there is happy hour in Hong Kong at most places, you will get two drinks for the price of one... not too bad I must say. However it's still rather expensive. I didn't mind however, since it was the first time I have been to Hong Kong and I just wanted to have fun. Eventually we ended up in a bar where they had an open mic night and Patrick, Bart (patricks roommate) and me ended up playing and singing wonderwall by Oasis. I'm sure it sounded really horible but at least we had good fun with that. Definately something to do again in the future.
Last weekend I went back to Hong Kong to buy a new camera. Eventually I ended up buying a Canon eos 400D camera. It is the first time I bought a mirror reflex camera and so far I'm still trying to figure out the best way of getting an optimal result. The possibilities with that camera just seem endless, so it makes a nice little toy for me to play with and eventually shooting some (hopefully) really nice pictures with when I'm going on travelling. Macau can actually be quite a fun playground when it comes to this kind of things, since the city is really versatile. I'm still planning on taking a day for myself and just go around Macau with that camera and see what I get from it. The results, if presentable, will then be posted on this website (ofcourse).

When it comes to travelling I haven't been sitting still either. Next trip will be to Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia. I will be going on the the third of april and will return on the tenth. Malaysia is a country I always wanted to visit and now I have to chance. I will go with Olli, an exchange student as well, from Finland. We haven't planned all our activities yet but one thing that we want to go do for sure is climb mt. Kina Kotabalu, which peaks at around 4200 metres. This will be quite the challenge and will take us approximately two days to complete. I can't wait to witness the view from the top and hopefully I end up with some good pictures from that trip.

Since that trip is still two weeks ahead of me, I need to find a way to fill in that time with doing stuff in Macau, and I must say that some interesting things are coming up in the region. Here in Macau (and in Hong Kong at the same time) there will be an international film festival held in the end of March, and there are some movies I might end up seeing. These movies are very local and most of them are shot in Macau. I never seen any of those, so I'm looking forward in seeing what kind of movies are presented on the festival. Also in the end of march, and one weekend before I go to Malaysia, there will be a big rugby tournament in Hong Kong, called the Hong Kong Sevens. All tickets are sold out, but the whole of Hong Kong will be turned upside down by this event. I might be going there as well, since I like rugby and I would want to see what this event does with the city.

All in all this post turned out to be a bit longer than I was expecting it to be. I think I gave a good update on what's happening with me at the moment. After the Malaysia trip I will give a big update on it and see if I have some decent pictures to share. I hope so...

For now, Thank you, bye bye!