Last day of the year 2020
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deepseasiren! Your Christmas Card made it within this year! LOL! I was actually surprised any mail came in today, because for all government agencies, it's a half working day today.
I decided to skip work today, and went with my friend C over to Coloane (what I like to call the "outskirts" or "countryside" of Macau... but they've started to develope that island, so it's not "countryside" anymore). First, Yuki, the Shiba you will see in photos later, went to the vet to get her eyes checked. Then, we went to this... old shipyard village?
This area used to be a shipyard, there are still half-collapsed shipyard structures around... it's also somewhat of a village place so there are some people living here.
The reason for coming here? Dalgona Coffee. Apparently, this "Korean coffee" originated from a coffee store from here. It's practically just a hut or sturdy tent built over concrete road... I never really came here as my parents consider such places derelict and "poverty" stricken (come on, with the business they do, it's hardly poverty-ridden here). But anyway. My Mom is somewhat snobbish anyway.
The story is, some Korean guy (KOL maybe, whatever) came here, had this coffee, liked it, and asked the owner how they made it. So blah blah, a lot of whipping by hand, 400 times, etcetera etcetera, he brought it back to Korea, and tada, it became famous. Essentially, these type of "Hongkie style coffee shop" serve really cheap food. The coffee is really just instant coffee. The noodles? Instant noodles. Other food they serve are like toast and sandwiches only. Very basic ingredients. But gawds, with that price they charge, it's overkill.
To start with, I don't really like coffee anyway. So, it was just meh. I just went there for the sake of trying that out and to say that "I've had it!" While we were eating, a woman neighbour came in and started screaming at the store owner that he had "moved" his wall into her territory yesterday and that she's gonna sue him for trespassing... and that he has taken up her wood-chopping space. Huh. In fact, as I looked into the "kitchen" area of the store, their stove IS a wood fire stove!
Just some more random shots of this area. As you can see, it is somewhat undeveloped/derelict. But there are fun scenes too! Like they put their birds out! My maternal Grandpa used to keep this type of bird and we used to call it "Pretinha" (I guess the nearest literal interpretation is "Blackie")
It's basically a one-way street, really tight, no real parking space. My friend's sister actually just parked her car at the end of this lane.
I'm kind of convinced that despite the houses look derelict and "illegally built" or "not up to code", the owners are actually rich. Despite being seemingly derelict (like, some houses had their washbasin OUTSIDE), if you really peek into the parking spots of these houses... you see Mercedes Benzs and BMWs (these brands are considered "rich people brand" here.... of course recently there are more prestigious brands coming in like Jaguars and Aston Martins... not to mention Rolls Royces, but... anyway, all European cars are rich people cars here)
Anyway, soon my friend had to go back to her work (she has a Japanese Language school) and had to host a meeting, so her sister drove us back to civilization (meaning, somewhere where there are bus stops LOL) and we hopped on a bus to get back into town. I was meandering around when I walked past the Seminary and remembered there's the year-end Te Deum services and decided to go in. I'm brought up Roman Catholic but I've kind of... run out of passion for it. I'm not even "CEO" (Christmas and Easter Only LOL), as I skip the Christmas midnight mass and don't really go to the Easter Mass... but I still go to the year-end Te Deum, lest my Mom throws a hissy fit.
I'm actually amazed by the people who decide to get baptized later in life (born-again? Is that the word?) For me, I'm kind of conflicted. I'm brought up Roman Catholic so have loads of Catechism classes in my history, lots of Masses (I got elected as the vice chairman in my High School's "Religious Affairs Committee"), took part in a lot of religious activities, because... vice chairman and all that. I guess my passion ran out because of over exposure. During the homily, the priest was saying "there are so many people who want to come but can't. You who can walk on your own two legs, come! Come and do a confession, cleanse your sins!" And blah blah blah.
I thought being a good Catholic is do good during your day-to-day living, and not just doing "facade" work such as "show people you go to Mass and do confessions". I'm sure God would love us more if we actually do good during day-to-day activities. But anyway. I'll skip religion, lest I start a war or some sort here.
deepseasiren! Your Christmas Card made it within this year! LOL! I was actually surprised any mail came in today, because for all government agencies, it's a half working day today.
I decided to skip work today, and went with my friend C over to Coloane (what I like to call the "outskirts" or "countryside" of Macau... but they've started to develope that island, so it's not "countryside" anymore). First, Yuki, the Shiba you will see in photos later, went to the vet to get her eyes checked. Then, we went to this... old shipyard village?
This area used to be a shipyard, there are still half-collapsed shipyard structures around... it's also somewhat of a village place so there are some people living here.
The reason for coming here? Dalgona Coffee. Apparently, this "Korean coffee" originated from a coffee store from here. It's practically just a hut or sturdy tent built over concrete road... I never really came here as my parents consider such places derelict and "poverty" stricken (come on, with the business they do, it's hardly poverty-ridden here). But anyway. My Mom is somewhat snobbish anyway.
The story is, some Korean guy (KOL maybe, whatever) came here, had this coffee, liked it, and asked the owner how they made it. So blah blah, a lot of whipping by hand, 400 times, etcetera etcetera, he brought it back to Korea, and tada, it became famous. Essentially, these type of "Hongkie style coffee shop" serve really cheap food. The coffee is really just instant coffee. The noodles? Instant noodles. Other food they serve are like toast and sandwiches only. Very basic ingredients. But gawds, with that price they charge, it's overkill.
To start with, I don't really like coffee anyway. So, it was just meh. I just went there for the sake of trying that out and to say that "I've had it!" While we were eating, a woman neighbour came in and started screaming at the store owner that he had "moved" his wall into her territory yesterday and that she's gonna sue him for trespassing... and that he has taken up her wood-chopping space. Huh. In fact, as I looked into the "kitchen" area of the store, their stove IS a wood fire stove!
Just some more random shots of this area. As you can see, it is somewhat undeveloped/derelict. But there are fun scenes too! Like they put their birds out! My maternal Grandpa used to keep this type of bird and we used to call it "Pretinha" (I guess the nearest literal interpretation is "Blackie")
It's basically a one-way street, really tight, no real parking space. My friend's sister actually just parked her car at the end of this lane.
I'm kind of convinced that despite the houses look derelict and "illegally built" or "not up to code", the owners are actually rich. Despite being seemingly derelict (like, some houses had their washbasin OUTSIDE), if you really peek into the parking spots of these houses... you see Mercedes Benzs and BMWs (these brands are considered "rich people brand" here.... of course recently there are more prestigious brands coming in like Jaguars and Aston Martins... not to mention Rolls Royces, but... anyway, all European cars are rich people cars here)
Anyway, soon my friend had to go back to her work (she has a Japanese Language school) and had to host a meeting, so her sister drove us back to civilization (meaning, somewhere where there are bus stops LOL) and we hopped on a bus to get back into town. I was meandering around when I walked past the Seminary and remembered there's the year-end Te Deum services and decided to go in. I'm brought up Roman Catholic but I've kind of... run out of passion for it. I'm not even "CEO" (Christmas and Easter Only LOL), as I skip the Christmas midnight mass and don't really go to the Easter Mass... but I still go to the year-end Te Deum, lest my Mom throws a hissy fit.
I'm actually amazed by the people who decide to get baptized later in life (born-again? Is that the word?) For me, I'm kind of conflicted. I'm brought up Roman Catholic so have loads of Catechism classes in my history, lots of Masses (I got elected as the vice chairman in my High School's "Religious Affairs Committee"), took part in a lot of religious activities, because... vice chairman and all that. I guess my passion ran out because of over exposure. During the homily, the priest was saying "there are so many people who want to come but can't. You who can walk on your own two legs, come! Come and do a confession, cleanse your sins!" And blah blah blah.
I thought being a good Catholic is do good during your day-to-day living, and not just doing "facade" work such as "show people you go to Mass and do confessions". I'm sure God would love us more if we actually do good during day-to-day activities. But anyway. I'll skip religion, lest I start a war or some sort here.
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Date: 2020-12-31 13:35 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-01-01 00:43 (UTC)It’s quite a walk from Coloane village. Maybe a 15-minute walk from the Coloane port towards the direction of my Dad’s restaurant (if you know/remember)
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Date: 2021-01-01 03:27 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-01-01 03:51 (UTC)Nah, his restaurant closed down ages ago (before 1999). The building is now a government-run ecological library or centre or something like that.
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Date: 2021-01-02 17:38 (UTC)I love the pictures! The shipyard looks super cool!
Sorry the food was lackluster and overpriced. D: I can't believe they served instant noodles. XD