Trip 2008 (9)

I spent the past few days meeting up with friends and going to Macau.

I am continually amazed at the development of Macau. We stayed at MGM, one of the new casino hotel. The room was magnificent and the venue was very classy and nice. We also visited the Venetian, which looked great from the distance, with its imitation Venice canals, but on closer inspection, everything looked so "plastic".

I actually planned to play blackjack just for fun when I was there, but as soon as I got there, and watching other people play, I had no urge to play anymore. Maybe I think there is no real entertainment value from gambling, and that the return from such activities is not great enough for me to risk my money.

Last night, I went to drinks with three of my old law school friends. We talked about how the four of us were drinking at the place of one of them 8 years ago, and that one of my friend and me locked ourselves in separate rooms, as we couldn't drink anymore. That was also the year I came back to Hong Kong for a holiday. Time passes so quickly. But here we were again, drinking again, and chatting about old times.

Today, I visited my friend and her baby. It seems like only yesterday that we were at university today, and I could still recall driving her to university as if it happened yesterday. And now she is married and is a mother already, taking care of her own child.

So these few days is like a visit down memory lane.