The Venetian Macau Resort Hotel and Mall @ Macau

To blog about the entire trip will take too long and honestly, I am quite sleepy and am counting my blessings that I am not rushing for too much work at the moment. The calm before the storm wtf!

So...what about some hotel review? I haven't done that in a while and I think this hotel is worth reviewing about.

The Venetian Macau Resort Hotel is now the largest building in Asia and second largest in the world.

It's a bigger replica of its sister-property in Las Vegas.

It was pretty impressive.

I've stayed in quite a number of hotels before and this one did not fail to impress me.

Thanks to my big sister who planned and fully sponsored this trip. Lovess!

Once we've landed in Hong Kong, we wasted no time and headed straight to Macau by ferry that departs from HKIA itself. We took the TurboJet. It was a 45 minutes journey. A pretty comfortable ride if you ask me.

As soon as we've reached the port, The Venetian Hotel bus sent us to our hotel.

Just part of the building during the day. I have more impressive pictures of the building at night. I'll probably post it in my later posts about Macau.


The inner deco stayed true to its name.


It was definitely a distance to walk from one end to another. You'd probably need one of them scooters wtf.


I rarely complain about the hotels I've lived in but I am super particular when it comes to the hotel bathrooms.

Look what greeted us!

A nice huge bathroom! Reminded me of The Ritz, London. They have nice huge bathrooms too.

I love.

I like how they separate the toilet bowl from the entire bathroom. I told my mom that that's what I want for my own home.


A dresser with a huge mirror is a must! :)


Split level in the hotel room.

From the fabric layering to the choice of colours they used, you can tell that they planned every tiny detail in this hotel room.


The lower level.


There are two TVs in each room. One at the higher level and another at the lower level.

I like that, it's really considerate.


Golf course outside the hotel. Reminded me of the crazy miniature golf back in the UK!

I miss UK. T.T


The swimming pool that, by the look of it, not many people uses.

The journey from my hotel room to the mall was a pretty long journey by foot, so I'm just gonna skip straight to the mall.

The artificial sky. It was pretty awesome. The whole design of the mall. Really really impressive.

I guess it's something you can't miss if you go to Macau.

There are plenty more pictures of the place but I'll leave it till the next time I post about Macau again.

Here's my mommy and me.

I love you mummy!

Pompeii, Italy. Is it worth visiting? Yes!

Sometimes I never realized how lucky I was traveling all over Europe (not literally but many places) during my university years.

People always ask me where are my favourite destinations. Now, I will say my home, second is Sorrento and closely followed by Pompeii.

I can tell you very honestly that I didn't know where I was heading to and knew nothing about this ancient city before I went there.

Not sure how many of you have wached the movie Pompeii where Jon Snow (Kit Harrington) from GoT played the lead guy.

Wah look at his sick abs. Actually the movie wasn't very good. It was good up till the end where it got cheesy even for my level. I do like cheesy movies. And, I don't like the lead girl. She is the lead actress in Sucker Punch I think. At least she can fight in Sucker Punch. Here, she just fall over and pout most of the time.

Anyway, traveling there during summer gave me a mild heat stroke and a not so flattering tan but nonetheless enjoyable.

Outside the ancient city of Pompeii.

The map for the tour.

Yes, I was one of those irritating people who take photos of the description in case I forget what I read..and then I forgotten now this description is for which part now.

The grounds.

It is true when they said that prostitution is one of the oldest profession in the world. That is in fact what Pompeii was thriving on. Basically, sex was a big thing there. According to the documentary I watched about it, it is to prevent men from keeping mistresses. I'm sure there's more to it.

You can watch it here: Sex in the Ancient World Pompeii History Channel …: http://youtu.be/gMZ0ObQp02k

Okay la, show you a funny photo of me. I don't even know where I was looking when this photo was taken.

There were so many brothels and sexual carvings on the wall and floors of Pompeii. You can see the beds and rooms as well. It is pretty sad and also scary thinking about women or men who were prostituted against their will.

You can also tell which ones are the high class brothels and cheap brothels judging by the size of the rooms etc.

Outside the residential area.

This ancient city have been well preserved for centuries because of the lack of air and moisture. You can definitely see the detailed insight into the life of a city. The city was discovered around 1,650 years after the eruption that wiped out the entire city. It was a Spanish engineer who discovered it.

The crowd looking to get into the brothel to take photos.

The remains of the houses.

It felt strange knowing that people actually lived here and it was once a thriving city. And all that is gone when the volcano erupted.

Hahahaha sorry about all these touristy poses. These were taken when a good camera phone wasn't even a thing yet.

I look quite different from then as well. That was before I had my braces.

As you can see, the weather was lovely and I was about 10 shades darker wtf after this trip.

You can clearly see the mountains in the background. I can't imagine living near a volcano - I'd be living in fear all the time.

The House of Cornelius Rufus.

It was such a huge area to walk that day. All the ruins and relics were endless.

I wish I spent more time there now because I understand more now and would know what to look out for.

Ok last photo of me.

Life Really Handed me Lemons at Sorrento, Italy

I'm not going to lie. Writing and thinking about it, is sufficient to give me the wonderful feeling of serenity.

Serenity.

How many of you have really felt it before?

I never knew what it was till I experienced it.

You know lately, there's so many people talking about life giving them lemons and all that making lemonade crap? For some reason, lemons actually made me smile.

To me the most beautiful place on earth is not Rome or Monaco. It's Sorrento.

I can never ever forget the smell of lemons in the air of the small town. A place I may not have a chance to visit ever again in my life (unless of course, I'm done with the world and can afford to revisit places again).

Many of you may not have heard about this place. But this place, in my heart, could very well be the most beautiful place on earth. It's not just the view. It's the feeling when I was there. The peace. The love. Everything about it.

It's not fancy. Nor is it glamorous. It's just so surreal being there.

I can never emphasize enough. I don't actually know how to describe serenity in words.

I'm not gonna properly introduce you to this place this time. I just really missed it and thought about how it changed my perceptions of lemons. Lemons can actually be a real happy thing.

Here are just a few pictures out of the many.

Sorrento is a must-go place. Just at least once in your life anyway. You won't regret it. If you get a good tour guide, the journey would be even better.

Enjoy my lemons y'all.

That's what you'd want to live to see.


The most refreshing thing ever.


Crates of it. I can actually smell it now. It's surreal. I can never ever forget the smell of Sorrento.


Want to know how I felt? Slice some lemons and lay it all over your room. And to be honest it really put the lemon flavoured room fresheners to shame.


Lastly, me. You can obviously see the discolouration of my skin with the bad uneven skin tone that Europe have done to me. I've got permanent tan lines till now. It's all worth it, nonetheless!

Good night everyone! God bless! xxx

Afternoon Tea at The Athenaeum Hotel, London

My English Afternoon Tea review for The Athenaeum Hotel in London.

It's situated right in front of Hyde Park and it's only walking distance from the stretch of painting sellers by the great big park of London.

In this case, we took a cab from Harrods to the hotel. Only a 10 mins ride.

We were looking forward to our first session of Afternoon Tea together. I love Afternoon Teas.

The service was excellent, though we were mostly served by European waiters who doesn't speak very good English.

I don't know why White people look down on Malaysians when we can read AND write the language pretty well. Well, this is a discussion for another day.

As soon as we were seated, they presented us with this Wooden Booklet (well, sort of..) of teas to choose from. They have every type of tea to choose from. From Chinese Jasmine Tea to the Japanese Green Tea to the Indian Chai Tea (I think..damn long ago I really can't remember) and also various Fruit Teas.

They have very traditional and out-of-date interior in the restaurant. But still obviously very English.


Strong rose motive everywhere.


Dressing for to the occasion. I was doing a Blaire that day.


Obviously I didn't take this picture. Shaky one.. The tea set stuff...

Poli and I.

Savoury Sandwiches. A few to choose from.

The English Tea Party!

It's not English Afternoon Tea without scones!

Kept warm in the cloth.

Cornish Clotted Cream.


Ooo..this is making me want some NOW!



We were at the basement as you can see!

Creme Brulee, Chocolate Cake and Banana Cake. English style of course (and that means, it's hard).


Various Tarts!




:)

The Athenaeum's high tea was so so only. But it was an enjoyable day out.

Barcelona Colourful Market - Literally!

So we hung out in Barcelona before going back to the UK and explored the place quite thoroughly this time!



Took the train to the City Center where we stopped at Catalunya or you could alternatively stop at Liceu. The high street is so long, before you finish a quarter of it you'll be dying for a drink.

And we went for good old Starbucks!

But that was a huge mistake. Well not really a mistake, but we could have gotten something even better!

Cos when we walk and walk and walk, and then....

We saw the market place!


I was like,"YAY!!!" A market place can really reflect a lot on the culture of a place.


Nuts and dried fruits are quite popular here. But there're something even better....

Fruit juices in various blends and it's so cheap as well! We seem to think that Spanish people got nice glowing skin because they eat loads of fruits and vegetables!

And they've definitely got a sweet tooth!


Stores like this are everywhere in the market place. Gummies.


Chuppa Chups bigger than my head.

Another highlight is the Marzipans. Which is so much cheaper than what we got in Italy.


We didn't buy more but I guess different price different quality? We paid 66 euros for two small boxes but apparently according to the locals in Florence, it's like the "branded" marzipans. So I guess, it's still worth it?

No la, not for us. It's just a gift to the family. Too sweet for my likings!

And Spanish people really know how to get businesses!

They placed a fork with every packet of fruits they sold so that it's convenient for tourists to have their fruits to quench their thirst while walking around.


Waxed meat and cheese!


Look at the market place, all fruits and sweets!


And then more waxed meat and cheeses!


This butcher placed cute moo moos for people to look at the brighter side of sloshing cows?

You can tell, every stall owner take pride in their stall and take the market business very seriously.

This is the egg stall. Damn nice right!


Market bar.


Passionfruit! God, they looked yummy!


And then fruits we are used to, papayas and dragon fruits!


Well, you're in Spain. Sangria is a must! If you don't wanna order it in restaurants when you're having a meal then just go ahead and order a cup of sangria here. You've got to try all the local stuff man! Even if you don't drink!


I took a picture of this cos I love mushrooms and they have different types!


Nostalgic.



Okay the lesson of this post is that, you should walk till you reached the market place which is somewhere in the middle of that long street before getting drinks.


Starbucks, not for holidays!