The weather in Macau during September is hot that is why it is recommended to bring your umbrella if you decide to go here on this particular month. I heard from my mom's co-worker that the best month to go to Macau is between December to February. I kid you not, the weather in the Philippines is much more tolerable than in Macau (or probably because it was our first time there? haha).
We took a quick nap and woke up to a semi-warm afternoon so we got up and checked the map for places that we can visit by walking. I mentioned in my multiply blog that we got lost on our first day so this part of our 3rd day adventure became a walk in the park since we finally remembered the street that we took to get back to the city center. We chose to visit the chinese garden, cultural institute, the church where we had our first mass in portuguese and back to the ruins of St. Paul.
Our first stop was the chinese garden and in order to go there, we needed to get back to the city complex that we passed by on our first day. We also had a little chat with a Mormon who happen to know some missionaries assigned here in the Philippines. He talked to us and he told me the name of one of the missionaries and to my surprise, I also knew that guy. We became instant friends but sadly I forgot the guy's name and his companion. I enjoyed the chat by the way, I hope you can read this so we can catch up. Moving on, after passing by a few streets, we arrived in the chinese garden. There were a lot of old people there, green trees and even a pond. It was very relaxing even though it was not as beautiful as our chinese gardens here in the PHL.
A few minutes passed by and we decided to go to the next stop which was the cultural institute. It was closed when we got there so we just went to the ruins of St. Paul. We did not take pictures here because we had plenty during our first day, we just went around to look for moon cakes since it was just a week after the festival. Some of the stores there did not entertain us and it was sad because my mom wanted to buy moon cakes. She was not able to attend their annual "dice" organized by their boss that is why she wanted to buy some moon cakes to compensate for the supposed luck it would bring. I did not want to blame the language barrier but these people should work on their customer service skill. Out of all the stores we went to, there was only one near the Ruins which helped us on our purchase. They even gave separate paper bags for each moon cake package we bought. Thank God for that wonderful store's attendants.
After buying moon cakes, we grabbed a quick snack in one of the food stores there. My mom wanted to try the coffee from the Singing Bean coffee shop but decided not to. We went around and looked for pasalubong's for our relatives since when you enter San Ma Lo most of the shops are botiques (e.g. bossini, hang ten and marlboro apparel)
We found one store that sells good quality shirts with Macau prints so we decided to buy there. The "uncle" was nice enough to give us a discount since we bought a lot from him. We stil have not found keychains and ref magnets so off we went looking for it. Finally, when almost all the establishments were closing, we found this small store which we thought were just selling toys but also sold keychains/magnets. We hurriedly bought enough to bring home to friends and family. Before we even realize it, it was already 8:30PM, which means that all the establishments in San Ma Lo were closed including food stores and restaurants. It was a good thing that Pizza Hut was still open when we passed by so we ate there before heading back to the hotel.
As you can see, aside from our TV screen, we also have our own PROJECTOR which was the window view from our hotel room (har har!). Since this was our last night in Macau, we could not sleep and we just stared outside as the night progressed.
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