Macau-Hong Kong Birthday Trip Day 6 -Part 1

We initially planned to go to the Panda Park but we realised it was closed on Mondays~~ Oh..... I actually saw something about it closing on Monday and planned to go there the previous day but the guy at the hotel assured that it was open on Monday...

Valer texted me to confirm that too... Sigh, I guess I will not be able to see pandas during this trip, since I did not visit Ocean Park in Hong Kong and I could not go to the Panda Park in Macao.. 

I ate the leftovers from yesterday for breakfast to save funds.. heeee...

so, we did something touristy and went to the Golden Lotus park...

If I remember correctly, this is a token of independence for Macao

There were a group of Chinese tourists around so we had to wait around to take photos...

We were just bored and tried out the "hold-the-lotus" pose..

And the we head over to the fisherman's wharf

Good thing the bus routes are pretty easy to understand here.. so we managed to get to places fairly easy...

This will be a short post since I am forgetting most of the details of this trip..

Signing off
Toodles!

[L]ooks like I have a new interest, again!!!

After being madly obsessed with felt wool stuff.. I have currently developed a new interest -- sewing... Not that I have ditched my felt wool stuff aside, I still stab once in a while just not as frequent when my hype about it started... My current new interest came by when I was doing my window shopping online, I came across a few sites that sells handmade handbags and it suddenly struck me that how cool will it be if I could make my own bag.. okay, I admit i will not be reaching that level, not until... maybe 5 years of hard work or something but... a pouch would be nice... so i happily shared the website telling people that it is so cool to be able to make your own bag...

Then, a friend from work told me about a sewing workshop that is providing classes for beginners... the best thing was, it is near home!! and of course, i am still in the hype, so i enrolled myself in... that's the problem about being single.. you have just too much time, you tend to be involved in things like this... Oh well... sewing ain't too bad...

Just had my first class and I was taught to sew a key pouch...

It all started on a fine non-working day... i arrived at the workshop.. and was greeted by the shopkeeper who took out a few pieces of fabrics for me to choose...

When I started with my project, another girl came in and looked really familiar.. we stared at each other for a good 5 seconds to confirm that we actually work in the same company but different departments.. we would bump into each other during toilet breaks..

anyway, coincidental stories aside...

It all started like this... 4 different kind of fabrics to be sewed and ironed on each other...

Then to sew the sides to hide the opening of the layers... whatever that it. sorry I am not very good at describing processes..

Since I can't really explain... behold, pictures!!

    

All these were done using the sewing machine which was much different than the one I have at home.. Mine is the old traditional one that does not require electricity and you can control the rhythm of the sewing by the pace of your pedaling... which basically means, the faster i pedal the fast it sews and vice versa... but the one used here is the modern one... *feeling really old now* you can't really control the rhythm unless you are really familiar with the machine and hence... the very untidy stitches...

And now, we reached the hardest part of all... the zip!!!!

The hard part is I will have to hand sew the zip onto the base... the sewing part is fine.. but remember that there were 4 layers of fabrics and with the zip it makes 5 layers of not-very-thin fabrics which makes the needle hard to be stabbed through... i pricked my fingers a few times while doing this... yikes!!

   

And then, i am almost done... Now I will have to sew the pouch together...

Which is not very hard compared to the zip but I kinda misunderstood the instructions and hence... untidy stitches... again~~~


and then.. we insert the ring into the pouch and voilaaaaa....

It's done!!!! the stitches were very messy but my very first, very own key pouch~~
I think i have spent around 6 hours making this... the hand sew part is torturous!!! my fingers still hurt by just thinking of this... oh well...

I sure hope I could achieve something here... maybe by being able to make my own pouch by the end of the year!!


That's all folks!

Signing off!!
Toodles!

I found a new way to wash my plushies

If you have been reading this blog for a period of time, you would have known that I have heaps of soft toys... and cleaning them is such such a hassle~~ Then I found this, it seems easy enough.. Am gonna try it when I get the ingredients...


Here's an alternative way To wash your plushies

Macau-Hong Kong Birthday Trip Day 5 -Part 3-

Oh goodie, I finally reached the final post for my birthday last year.. this was just the day itself.. I still have a few more posts on the trip before I could end this.. I know I took too long.. I have another round of Seoul study tour post coming up.. that's gonna be about me spending 2 weeks in Seoul experiencing student life as a tourist.. this, I shall elaborate further when I get to it.. Now, back to Macau (Oooo.. it rhymes!!!)

Since it was my birthday, Valer took us to a Portugese restaurant.. it's not too far from the Ruins of St Paul so we walked there..

We knew nuts about portugese food so Valer ordered.. It's was her treat!!!! Oh my, I am loving this traveling-to-countries-where-you-have-friends thingy.. I get free meals!! hahaha... 

I should not have delayed this... I forgot all the name of the dishes... i'll try to describe them as how i remembered...

this is some custard thingy with honey..

I tried looking at the menu to refresh my memory but I think we did not order the set meal...

this is.... i think it's pork.. AHHHHH... I am a terrible food blogger.. Luckily, I don't blog about food..

this is beef in gravy... i had this with bread for breakfast the next day!!! :)

Portugese soft drink!!!

salted fish pie... or some sort...

After dinner, we took another walk around the area... Macau is a really beautiful place.. I should not have just plan to stay 2 days here...

Just by walking around the area makes you feel so in the mood... the lights and the building are just beautiful..

Thanks Valer for bringing us around!! and thanks for the meal and celebrating my birthday!!! It's just great to have friends around in another country...

Valer has been working whole day so it's time her to go home and get some rest... but, the night is still young for us.. Valer suggest to go check out the hotels around Macau, which are practically the main tourist attraction around Macau...

The Grand Lisboa Hotel

It was drizzling that time.. so we had to walk around under an umbrella which makes it kinda inconvenient to go in the hotel for a look... you know, it's harder to cross roads when it is raining...

Wynn Hotel, Valer works here... she told us to watch the fountains and the fortune tree show there..

So, we waited for the fountain show... spectacular!! I am not sure if you can find the video on youtube.. or even better.. go to Macau and watch for yourself!

The view from Wynn... The Grand Lisboa is just nearby.. Is it wasn't raining, we would have walked over to check it out...

While waiting for the show to start, here's how the place looked like before the show start.. the top photo is the ceiling which shows the 12 chinese zodiacs.. and, the one on the bottom is the floor, i am not sure what it is though.. sorry~

Then, the ceiling opened...

And, the fortune tree rose from the ground...

It changes colour from gold to green...

And, that's the ceiling closing... marking the end of the show..

One of the gift shops in Wynn... The bear in the race kart is soooo cute!!

After the show and strolling around Wynn hotel.. We decided to call it a day and head back to the hotel..

Back in the hotel, hp decided to surprise me in the bathroom... I didnt notice this in the first place until hp hinted me.. Aih... I am so blind...

It says Happy Birthday & 10 anniversary!!! Yep, we knew each other for 10 years already.. Oh, gosh!! time sure flies!!

Towards the end of my birthday... after all the walking in HK and Macau... this is how I looked...

And, my poor feet... I suppose the soles of my shoes are too hard.. they were new by then and I had never worn them to walk for such long hours before... Been scurrying everywhere for Salonpas in HK~~

That's almost the end of my birthday trip to HK and Macau...
One more day left...

Till me meet again...

Signing off!!
Toodles!