Madness is right! Because I had to be mad to actually go through with the plan to hop off my flight from Singapore, go home, pack, shower then head back to the airport a scant 4 hours later for the flight to Macau.  But who said Inday was sane?   At this point, I had a total of 7 hours sleep for 3 days.  This was either going to be a testament to my resolve and strength or proof that I was not young and filled with energy anymore and slowly pass out…

But Inday never gives up, so off to Macau we go.

We took Philippine Airlines because they had the best schedule and the airfare wasn’t bad either.  They served us breakfast which just made me sad.  They really do want you to know that you’re on economy.  What do you get? Your main course in a foil pack plus a cinnamon roll.  On this flight, you don’t get a dinner roll.  You just get dessert that also doubles as the dinner roll.  But you do not deserve a salad.  In other words, if you fly for less than 3 hours, PAL decides that you should be on a diet, even if this ticket costs more than the ticket to Singapore.   But I was hungry and tired so I just ate what was there and looked forward to my free sandwiches at the Club Lounge.

 

First stop, check in to our hotel, Sheraton Macau.  We excitedly checked in to our Executive Suite.  The perfect room with its separate bedroom and living room set up, since I was with my friends Junjun and ChingChing. Because we were staying in a suite, we also had access to the Club Lounge, so, being hungry from the tiny meal from our flight, we loaded up on egg salad sandwiches and shrimp crackers.  After only a few minutes, Junjun and I had 6 empty plates on our table.  Take that PAL!

And of course when there’s a freebie, I’m there.  So I sauntered off to get a foot massage at the machines in the lounge where I promptly dozed off and was awakened only by my own snoring.  Thank God I woke up because just a few feet away from me were these hotel guests on a conference call.  Apparently, my snoring had become part of their meeting. 

When we were fed and recharged, we walked over to The Venetian.  This would probably have taken other people 10 minutes, but due to many photo opp moments, I think it took us about 30.  But it was worth it.  Some of those were the best Inday photos ever!

 Once at The Venetian, we tried our luck at the slot machines.  We started with HKD30 and walked off with HKD19.70.  Not bad! Hey walking off with something is always better than nothing. 

After a successful shopping trip at the Venetian mall, we were headed to A Lorcha, a Portuguese restaurant in Macau run by Filipinos.   Get it?  Thanks to our waiter Rico, we were made to feel like special guests, with a never-ending supply of freshly baked bread to go with our buttery clams, super tasty peri-peri chicken plus some Portuguese fried rice that even I (who hasn’t eaten rice in 3 years) couldn’t resist.  But the best part was dessert.  Had no idea what that was called, but it was some sort of vanilla pudding topped with graham cracker crumbs.  I was so tempted to lick the spoon. 

 

And as they say, we were fed up.  We headed back to our hotel for some late night partying.  Which in my world means sitting on the couch watching TV shows on my laptop.  That nights viewing, The Face and American Idol. 

And soon, it was time to finally sleep.  Tomorrow is another day….