City Sketches: Macau

So I spent my Christmas holiday in Macau for 3 days before going to Hong Kong and I have done some sketches while I was there and I also added some more after returning home. Here are the sketches I made.

Surprising Macau: Christmas in this wonderful city.

Oh Macau, you surprise me with your charm. I never thought I would love your city but I did despite a very tight 3 days 2 nights stay, you still managed to deliver the best of a heritage-filled city and the cosmopolitan side of all the glitz and glam of your stunning casinos. Words are not enough for me describe you but here are my best shots of your city. Enjoy.

Review: Five Foot Way Inn, Macau

Macau was a surprise for me and did not expect I would love the place and I did. Given my enduring love for well-preserved old cities, Macau, was never on my list of places to visit. I only decided to go there to meet up some friends who were travelling as well. And from deciding a day visit to an overnight stay ended up to a full 3 days and 2 nights stay in this cosmopolitan gambling and heritage city combined.

Indeed, the place is expensive. The hotel we stayed in, the food, the transportation, the shopping and mostly everything were expensive. But I could say it was worth it since I was surrounded by seemingly well-preserved and re-purposed old Portuguese-style buildings and residential areas, I could say that this place captivated me well.

But I would like to focus on the hotel that I stayed together with my 2 other friends. The hotel, aptly named Five Foot Way Inn, was listed on the hostelworld.com. My friend booked us there and I just joined them in their room. The room was only good enough for two but we managed to squeeze in an extra bed for me. Although I do not understand why it was listed on hostelworld since it's actually a hotel and not a hostel. There is a difference I suppose but apparently, they consider themselves a hostel so let it be then. Overall, it was a good stay but I can't help to get infatuated by the contemporary artworks displayed all over so I took pictures of all that I have access to and here they are:

Merry Christmas!!!

It has been a wonderful year of collecting books. This year I got a lot of exchanges from old friends in Europe and new ones too. It is such a wonderful Christmas present from all of them that I managed to increase my collection to 77 books now. It is quite difficult to collect books from Europe, where The Little Prince have been published in so many different languages and dialect, so thank you so much to who made this collection grow.

Check the link below to view my updated "The Little Prince" book collection.

http://pinoyjourneys.blogspot.co.id/2013/08/the-little-prince-book-collection.html

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jigomeister
12.24.2015

The Little Prince in South Korea

South Korea is one of the countries where The Little Prince gained much popularity. And with this popularity comes a lot of marketing, merchandise and a sort of theme park.

Here are some of my wish-list merchandise sold by 7321 Designs.

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A photo posted by @honeykeem on Nov 27, 2015 at 6:09pm PST

Historian Junkee

Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Nepal

When I was in high school, I can only remember that I am very good with two things and those is History and extra curricular activities. I was never really fond of learning other subjects but as someone who aspired to become useful in the future. I had to at least to get an average grade to make it. I had good memorization skills back then which is why I can recall most of the lessons about Philippines, Asian and World History, all of which I learned in high school. I never really took it seriously though but as soon as I get to travel around Asia, I could recall most of the things I learned back in high school.

As of now, I have traveled mostly in Asia and I have seen many things that I can remember well during my Asian history class. As boring as it may sound to talk about what I can remember about Asian history, when you get to travel and see the places you learned, it kind of gives a sense of wisdom for being able to see those actual things, identify it and learn about the people who build those civilizations which still stands for our generation to see. From India to South Korea and from Nepal to Laos and Indonesia. There are so many places to see and several heritage places that really made me want to know more about the lives of people back then.

Among all the places I have visited, I am always amused with old buildings that I have seen. There are just several of them which stands out like the Bukchon Hanok Village in Seoul, George Town in Penang, the National Museum of the Philippines in Manila, the old Bank Mandiri in Kota Tua, Jakarta, Jalan Braga in Bandung, Tiong Bahru houses in Singapore, the French quarter in Hanoi, the old town of Vientiane, the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, the stunning Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, India and Bhaktapur and Patan Durbar Square in Nepal.

With all the places I have seen in Asia, I could imagine how over whelming it would be when I get to see places in Europe. I am mostly looking forward to see Spain, Italy and United Kingdom. I hope that next year would be an opportunity to go further places and realize those historic places I can only see in pictures and recall from my World history class.

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jigomeister
27.11.2015

The Little Prince by Ya-Ong Nero

Here is another great set of illustrations about The Little Prince. This was made by Ya-Ong Nero.