Day 10: Macau!

Weather: Sunny and Beautiful
Party: Auntie, Wendy, Cherry, Mun Yi, Florence, Me
Location: Macau!

Woke up early just so others won't have to wait for me, but end up Wendy wouldn't get up until we really have to leave! We needed to get to the ferry terminal early because the passport holder immigration line are usually really long (people from China going there to gamble!). I thought I packed everything, but ended up forgetting the camera! Wendy ended up giving me her SLR camera to take pictures.
We got to the ferry terminal at 12:30 to meet up with Cherry (Wendy's friend). None of them ate yet, so they bought McDonald's. Their sandwiches are even smaller than the ones in the US lol... The quarter-pounder (supposedly a bigger patty) had the same size patty, 3 mini strings of onion, 2 small slices of pickles, one dot of ketchup, and a piece of cheese... It was sad, but turns out the ride to Macau had food even though it's only a 1hr ride! 6hr ride from MA to CA doesn't serve food...
Wendy got employee discount on a package for ferry ride and tickets to the show Dancing Waters. We even got premium seating -- front seat and prior service. :] Our ride was at 2:30 and we got there at 3:30 but took me an hour to check into Macau through the immigration department~ =3=
Macau is so empty compare to Hong Kong! Macau is like, still in heavy development. There's tons of empty land. Auntie kept saying Macau is a lot prettier than Las Vegas even though she been to Las Vegas. I feel that Las Vegas is a lot more beautiful, just because all the casinos are packed together so it really illuminates brighter. But yeah, the main part of Macau is like Las Vegas, except the casinos are more spread out. The other part of Macau is like historical things.
When we got off the ferry, there were immediately free bus shuttles to casinos lol. That's like really different because where ever I go in Hong Kong, even parking is not free even if you're going to that restaurant to eat.
We took the bus to Venetian casino~ Looks exactly like the one in Las Vegas, but auntie still continue to brag that it's better looking. :P Here lies the one and only Victoria's Secret in the whole Macau and Hong Kong (There's no Victoria's Secret in HK!). I stress that because Wendy had me buy her Victoria's Secret lotion from the US because the only one in Venetian sells them for US$32 per bottle while I can get them in the US 5 for $30... lol. I also bought a really cute bag for Victoria; Japanese brand; really cute. :3
After shopping for a little bit, we went into the casino. Really bad ventilation and smoking is allowed. It's the grossiest smell ever! :( Wendy gave HK$100 to her mom to try her luck on slot machines. She won HK$7 on the first try, but eventually lost everything haha... Wendy cashed out a HK$1 check as a souvenir for me. :) Cherry tried HK$20 and I tried HK$20 and eventually lost it all. No such thing as winning when gambling.  If people win so often, then the casino owners wouldn't have so much money to keep opening new ones. After that, we just walked around, watched a couple of free performances and waited until our main event of the night.
Dancing Water! ^_^ http://thehouseofdancingwater.com/en/
A HK$2Billion production! Our tickets were HK$860 per person (with discount. If not, $1310) and it wasn't even the best seat. :x It was a really awesome performance about an evil queen kidnapping this girl to prevent the pirate and the girl from getting together because they love each other haha. The whole performance was on stuns, acrobats, and acting on top of a pool of water with rising platforms whenever needed. It was really awesome, but it was annoying at the same time. You know how you're not supposed to record performances at some place because they don't want to lose profit? Usually, there's only a sign and that's about it. But here, they had workers hover over all the audience throughout the whole show and they'd go around everytime they suspect someone recording. They were blocking the view a lot of the time. ._. One of them even yelled at me three times because she thought I was recording. Wendy's camera was running out of battery, so there was a red blinking light on the screen. Also, I try to focus before taking pictures, so there's a red light on the camera that lights up when it's focused. The woman kept telling me to stop recording, so I got mad and just stopped taking pictures for the rest of the performance. They were doing through every aisle every time a flashy scene comes on and they start suspecting everyone recording. But yeah, it was a good performance.
Afterwards, we took the free bus back to Wendy's friend "Mun Yi"'s (only know her Chinese name) house. We met up with Florence and her boyfriend for dinner. Dinner was okay, just regular "dai pai dong." I THOUGHT we took the bus to her house, but after dinner, we walked for a good hour before getting to her house haha... She lived at 青洲坊 (Bairro da Ilha Verde); northern part of Macau. We got back, took a shower and went to sleep. The water is so dirty here they have to install sodium fluoride filters at every faucet. :s Mun Yi is a teacher at a middle school and her brother lives with her. I didn't really get to meet her brother, but he seemed cool. :P The usual now a days asian hair do~ That's all for today! Mun Yi didn't know her internet password, so I just posted something random as a place holder to post this now! ^^; *acting like I don't know what happened the next day*