All's Fair in Blog and War by Chrissie Peria

Author:Chrissie Peria
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: travel, twitter, filipino, macau, opposites attract, bloggers, instagram
Publisher: Chrissie Peria

Chapter 7

#MacauWithoutTrainingWheels

THE LAST TWO DAYS HAD BEEN A WHIRLWIND tour of everything to see in Macau. We got to experience almost everything it had to offer. From seeing the old world wonders of the various UNESCO World Heritage sites, to being mesmerized by the mind-blowing musical productions, to losing money in the casinos, we experienced it all.

Sunday morning was no different, as Javier brought us to play with the exhibits at the Macau Science Museum, to eat egg tarts at Lord Stow's, and to enjoy Sunday brunch at the member's only Macau Military Club. But thankful as I was for the ease of guided touring and getting to see Macau with insider connections, I was looking forward to spending Sunday afternoon exploring on my own.

Well, with Jesse, actually.

"So, how do we do this?" Jesse asked as we stood in the middle of Senado Square. Javier offered to drop us off where we wanted, so after a short discussion, we decided that San Malo, the main street running beside Senado Square, was the best place to start. Megh and Simon made for The Venetian; Megh wanted to go shopping, while Simon wanted to take more photos of architectural details. Gail hied off back to the hotel, needing to work on reports for the trip.

"What do you need to do here?" I asked, looking around to get my bearings. "I just want to shop for pasalubong. I'm thinking of hitting the little stalls lining the street to St. Paul's. I hear it's fun since all the vendors are pretty generous with giving out free samples to taste."

"Well, I don't have anything particular in mind," Jesse replied before pulling his camera out. "I'll probably just take pictures while you shop. I wonder if the ruins are any better for photos now."

"Not really, at least not according to my sister. Weekends have the facade crammed with tourists. In fact, we were probably better off yesterday since it was relatively early."

Jesse's face fell. "Sucks. But I should probably still try." True to his word, he started snapping photo after photo of various interesting things as we walked. Once we hit the food street, I pulled out Libby's travel notes. We walked around, sampling the offerings of the different stalls until we located the pasteleria she favored.

It turned out that Libby's favorite pasteleria was a popular one, as evinced by the crowd in front of the pastry shop. Or maybe it was because the seller was generous with dispensing samples of the different jerkies she was selling.

"What is that?" Jesse asked, eyeing the piled sheets of cured meat.

"That's bakkwa, a Chinese jerky of sorts. There's pork, there's beef, there's spicy pork, spicy beef, special pork, special beef—the list is endless." I smiled at the lady and gestured to one of the bright red sheets. I pointed to both Jesse and me. She took the big slab then snipped off squares using her large kitchen shears, then handed them to us. "M goi," I replied in thanks, one of the few Cantonese phrases I picked up from Libby.

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