The trip to Macau was crazy. Some people died without ever tried to be crazy, that's more terrible. So, just enjoy my youth. BTW I could have taken better photos with my tripod!!
It sounds a bit superstitious if I say some supernatural power was trying to stop us from going to the tower. Hah, that's what Ivan said. We got on a bus from the temple and according to the sign it should take us to the Tower. But when we got off, we were in somewhere which was not Macau. We waited at the bus stop for some time and couldn't get on those crowded buses. Well, usually I would be very anxious and worried about wasting time. At that point, with Ivan, I think it's cool. Mm, maybe I was too tired to feel anxious. Both of us didn't sleep well the day before. We fell asleep on the way to Macau. When we finally got to the Tower, it turned out to be disappointed. The Japanese exhibition was not as good as I thought. And the sky was not clear enough to have a skywalk.
But it doesn't matter I have to go to the Tower anyway, because of the food festival. When it's getting dark, we went to the square of the food festival. Without knowing what's going on, a lady with a mic rushed to us. She asked me some questions in Madarin. Mm, it was kinda wired, she must come from some mainland TV channel. Whatever she asked, I could just say "cool". When I got what's happened, she's gone. Wakaka, if it is broadcasted, I must look stupid and miserable like those interviewees I saw on TV. Recalling this is kinda funny. We met a couple with a son in the festival. Macau people are talkive and welcoming. Heh, maybe because I told her we r from HK, she said Macau was a better place for a trip than mainland China, China's not safe. I was a bit embarrassed, because I am actually from mainland China as u know.
After the food festival, I filled my tummy with satisfation and emptied my pocket. We went for a walk along the coastline and walked to some Casino place. We had to save our money for the ferry ticket~~ I guess we were annoying coz we kept talking about how people lost everything on gambling behind those players. Well, in English of course. After that it was quite late the catch the last MTR. We decided to go to the castle which I always wanted to.(actually just heard about the day before) The castle was gorgeous. We just sat and talked on the balcony on the second floor without ordering anything. Nobody seemed to mind. This old castle now has turned into restaurant and hotel. Well, to spend a night here can be very expensive but u can choose to kill ur time like we did. We could have stayed for free though we ordered some drinks in the end. I enjoyed the atmosphere there. I guess Ivan was too tired to go on and me too. But I cannot sleep there like he did. I just feel insecure to sleep on the street or somewhere doesn't belong to somebody I know, hah!
Then we went on to spend last penny we could on food. My feet blistered. That was really painful. That's really silly. That morning I was on sports wear but then I saw my new dress which I didn't have any chances to put on. So I wore my dress and it goes with my sandals. So I decided to take a risk to travel with my stupid sandals. So at first when I felt the pain in my feet I didn't tell Ivan. We just kept walking and walking. After an hour or so, I gave in. I asked for a rest and he helped me with my backpack. I felt terriblely sorry, haha, coz he looked tired too.
Fortunately I didn't give up the plan of visiting the lighthouse. Well I just wanted a picture of it. But we actually did some hiking and got to the top of the mountain. Well, I walked on my bare foot at first. It wasn't easy. The road was so coarse that it was quite painful to walk on. Then some morning person warned me of the pieces of glass and I had to put them on. When we finally got to the top, I wanted to cry. The lighthouse was in yellow color and shining. I thought of Quint Buchholz's story about a little boy in the seaside city. The lighthouse was blurred in the fog above the sea. Some animal was in the lighthouse. I found it fascinating and appealing. It captured my soul. Ever since then I am in love with lighthouses. There are other sweet stories about lighthouse though I am not really familiar with real lighthouses. But it was like we knew each other for a century. There were some cold cats and they welcomed me with their apathy stares. They must be some evil witches' souls. They caught the moth and bugs. That's quite scaring. We were staring at each other. After some while I gave in and fell asleep. When I woke up it was quite cold and dark and quiet. I ached all over. Slowly I dragged my tired feet along to the other side. Ivan was there sleeping. From this side I could see the whole city was waking up. Some parts of the city didn't sleep last night. I heard some music from a distance. But actually a lot of morning persons were doing morning excises down the terrace with music. They were not that far from us. But I felt peaceful, calm and isolated. It would be better if I could see the sunrise.
It was exhausted but worthy.
