Lost in the City – Day 2.

The day after we arrived we had to check in at our dorm.  It was a couple of minutes away on foot but we didn’t know exactly where it was so it’s like we had to walk more than what we had expected with our luggage trailing behind us.  My mates were nice enough to help me pull my luggage.  Anyway, I was so glad to get to our dorm as I couldn’t wait to leave all my stuff there.  The Adagio will be my home for a month after all and I’m sharing a room with my roommate called Jenny.

After we’ve dumped everything into our room, we decided to go to the centre by Metro and just wander around and explore the city a little bit but unfortunately, it rained which wasn’t really a fun day for us.  The centre of Paris reminded me of places in Macau where all the shops were all beside each other.  However, the difference is that most of the shops are mega huge though they might deceive you from the outside and it was such a pleasant experience to discover such things.  We decided to eat at a restaurant where it was famous for its pizzas or something like that.  I didn’t really enjoy the food though, because the pizza was a little burnt and the salad was just too bitter for me.  I don’t even want to mention the price though I’ve got three words to say : Not worth it.  I took nice pictures though, in my opinion.

This is what I call art.

Art.

Ham salad.

Pizza.

 

 

 

Touchdown Paris ✈

I arrived in Paris a couple of days ago and the moment I got out of the airport, I was so glad to see my mates waiting for me.  Seriously, I was panicking already since my phone could not be used to call them.  You see, I got on the plane alone.  So, I had no idea where to go though I could have just simply taken a cab.  However, only a handful of people speak English here so it’s really hard to communicate.  Anyway, the moment we got off the bus, we saw one of the most famous monuments in Paris and even though I knew I had to grab my luggage and rush to the Metro, I was still able to capture a couple of pictures.  It was just amazing to see it.  I mean come on, it’s not everyday that one could see it unless you live really close to it.  As I mentioned in my previous post, my luggage was too heavy and unfortunately for me, there were a lot of stairs at the Metro.  Imagine having to carry your 38kg luggage all the way down the stairs and more stairs.  Anyway, lesson learnt.  Next time, I won’t bring too much clothes.

We had to stay at a hotel since we could only check-in at our dorm the next day.  The hotel was called “The Residence” and it had a nice view.  That kind of wraps up our first day here since we were all too exhausted from our 14 hour flight.

Arc de Triomphe. (Took this when we got off from the bus from the airport)

Apparently the sun here sets at 10pm.

An adventure awaits me.

I was given the opportunity to go abroad and study there for a month.  However, I had a super fun night with my boyfriend and little brother before I left.  We went to the Hong Kong international airport the day before I left and my parents came like at dawn.  Anyway, we traveled by train going to the airport and stayed there doing nothing.  Not really, but we stayed up for the whole night and I was so exhausted before I left.  It was a memorable night and I appreciate the fact that both my family and boyfriend came to stay with me.  I super duper love them and I especially love my boyfriend who stayed in Hong Kong just to see me off.

About my flight, I had to sit on the plane for three hours to Beijing and then eleven hours to Paris.  It was such an exhausting time for me, not to mention I had to carry my own luggage.  Regrets regrets, but I have learnt my lesson and next time I’ll never bring most of my clothes and other unnecessary stuff.  Moreover, I’ll never ever travel alone especially when the duration of my flight is like more than 10 hours.  It gets really boring.

Anyway, it was quite an experience though since it was my first time, as in literally my first time to travel alone without my parents.  I mean I have traveled without my parents before, but I was with friends then but that’s a different story.’

 

Adventures in Hong Kong.

These past few months, I’ve been going to Hong Kong more and more as it is just an hour away by ferry from where we live.  It’s such a nice place with friendly people and just a fun place to shop.

Yesterday, I went to Hong Kong with my baby, my mom and brother who tagged along for a reason.  My baby and I wanted to spend time with each other alone but since we had to get our passports back, we didn’t have a choice to let my family come.  The day didn’t turn out the way we expected it to as my mom kept nagging us to hurry up with everything.  Plus, we kept eating which is why the only time my baby and I got was when they left us in Hong Kong which was only for a few hours since I still had packing to do and stuff.

I was exhausted though and my feet ached like hell.  I didn’t get to buy much because I didn’t really wanna spend since I felt bad for spending a lot of my folks’ cash already.

It was such an exhausting day for everyone and I really wished the day turned out differently.

Good weather!

Baby! On the ferry to Hong Kong!

Brekkie.

coffee for two, please!

Next up, Lunch! 😀

YUM!

What I had!

Boyfriend!

Moi.

Nikon Boy and Canon Girl. ♥

Weekends are my favorite days of the week since that’s the only time I actually get to spend time with my boyfriend.  We went on our typical Saturday date where we had lunch at Galaxy Macau and ordered our favorite food fromPepper Lunch.  If you haven’t tried “Pepper lunch”, I highly recommend you do it’s just delish!  Anyway, I didn’t get to take pictures of our food because we had to rush since we bought tickets to watch Prometheus.  After having lunch, I had to rush to get some snacks for the movie wherein I got the jumbo classic fries from NYF.  Talk about pigging out.

I do not have much to say about the movie as I have no idea whether I liked it or not or I might have found it simply revolting.  First off, I’m not really a huge fan of science-fiction films, though the thriller part was awesome.  Overall, it wasn’t that bad though I wouldn’t watch it a second time.

Mine and His. (Camera love♥)

After the movie ended, we went to The Venetian which is just beside Galaxy.  However, we were too lazy to walk there so we took the shuttle bus and yes we’re proud to say that we can be that lazy!  When we got there, I thought my bf would teach me how to use my camera, as in really teach me.  Little did I know that he would just tell me what those buttons were used for and that I had to try and capture shots on my own.  He told me that capturing shots are like a “trial and error” thing, therefore I’d need to capture shots again and again at times.  He also said that if I get used to using the manual settings, I’d eventually know what to do.  He brought his own camera, too and started clicking the shutter and it made me feel like we were on a different kind of date.  A “snapshot” date, that is.  Hence, the title.

My baby showing me his shot.

At The Venetian, Macao.

Baby.

The Venetian.

COD, Sands Cotai Central and The Venetian.

The photos above were taken manually and I had to capture these photos quite a few times till they looked fine to me.  I still have no idea how the settings work, but hopefully I’ll be able to do better next time.

 

 

 

 

 

Entering the world of photography. ☺

I’ve been wanting my own DSLR ever since photography became a trend, and my boyfriend got his.  Anyway, I’ve always been fascinated by how photographers are able to capture such wonderful shots.  I mean it takes skill and talent and since I got my DSLR, I’m wondering whether I’d be able to learn to do the same.  I know it’d take time but till then, I shall be patient.  Lucky for me, I have my boyfie to teach me the basics. ☺

Canon DSLR, 600D.

Post Anniversary Celebration ☺♥

My boyfriend, Carlos and I celebrated our anniversary the day after the actual date since he had work and I just had stuff to do.  Anyway, we met up later than the time we decided to and had lunch at Hard Rock Cafe.  I totally enjoyed the food but I was too full to finish most of them even though we shared.  That was one heck of an experience and was too bloated to even have dinner at night.  I’m not exaggerating, it’s true.  Anyway, we walked around the Venetian afterwards and he took me to the “Sands Cotai Central” and I found it really nice since it was my first time to set foot on that place since it opened.  I had a good time.  We spent the whole day together just wandering around until I had to go to work.  Bummer.  But oh well, I had a great day and even after he picked me up from work, he went to our house to watch movies and stuff like that.  I can’t think of anyone else I’d want to be with after everything we’ve been through.

What we had for lunch: Grilled Chicken Masala, Red White & Blue Burger, Tupelo Chicken Tenders and (I forgot the name of the drink)

With my baby. (Too bad it’s blurry though :P)

And again.

At Conrad.

In front of The Venetian Macao.

The view from Venetian, taken by Carlos.

Summer Wishlist ☼

Summer is officially here and recently I’ve been wanting to do a lot of shopping.  However, due to the fact that I’ve already been spending too much on other stuff, it’s just not possible to shop every time I go out, so I’ve to withhold myself from buying unnecessary stuff.  Anyway, I enjoy window shopping and looking at clothes online.  I have no intention of buying more clothes or shoes since I realized I have too many new clothes which I bought on impulse during my trips to Hong Kong, but I feel like I can’t help the fact that I just want to acquire what I see online or in shops.  The photos below are just some of the things I’d like to acquire.

I’ve been obsessing over oxfords or whatever they’re called and pretty floral and striped tops and I really wish I could have them as soon as possible before I leave for my trip.  Mush.room is a lovely local shop and I wish I could just grab everything.  ♥

 

 

Let’s go on a date, shall we?

It’s been a while since my boyfriend and I hung out due to the fact that we’ve both been pretty tied up what with his intern still going on and me having to deal with my finals and school work in the last couple of months.  Anyway, I can just say that I’ve missed him a lot so we both decided to go on a “date”, not a formal one, that is.  It’s just one of those dates where we eat, and maybe watch a movie, then walk around which in my opinion is pretty special already.  What matters is that we enjoy ourselves which I can say we did cause we went to the “Galaxy Macau food court” and watched Men In Black 3 at the UA Cinema.  The movie was awesome by the way and I highly recommend it.  We walked around for a while after the movie ended until I had to go to work.  We didn’t get to do much, but still, I enjoyed myself a lot with my baby.

The Story of the Adventurer ♥

These couple of months, I’ve been wanting to change my blog name and I’ve decided to change it to “mrsadventurer” due to the fact I love going on adventures and going to different places.  In fact, the first time I’ve ever been on a plane was when I was only four years old with my mom and we were headed to Hong Kong that time.  I know very little of that experience as I was just a clingy little girl.  All I can remember after that is we went to where we’re currently living right now which is Macau, a little peninsula located near Hong Kong.  Anyway, enough about that.  What I’d really like to talk about is how I came up with the name “adventurer”.  At an early age, I’ve gone on an adventure already which led us to where we are now, not that I knew what was happening then.  But still, now that I think about it, I feel as if being an adventurer is in my blood.  After all, we are a family of “adventure lovers” and since I’m one of them, “Adventure is my passion”.  Hence, the name “adventurer” is derived from the word “adventure”.  It’s not like we travel to different parts of the world all the time.  I’m talking about summer holidays where it’s that time of the year my family and I go to places.  And by places, I mean “The Philippines” (where we’re originally from), Hong Kong (which is just an hour away by ferry from where we live) or sometimes anywhere the current takes us.

1. With my mom and my sister in the Philippines.

2. In Macau where I grew up and spent most of my life in this school. ♥

3. In The U.S. with my family. ♥

4. Night Market in Taiwan. (During our graduation trip)

5. Our trip to Singapore last summer. 

I always believe that anyone can go on an adventure anytime and anywhere as long as you’re still breathing by simply doing something you love or just getting sunk into books, but even better if you get the chance to travel around.

The pictures above consist of some photos taken in the past while others are very recent.

P.S. The purpose of this blog is to share about my experiences in life, not for bragging.