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Picnic at Hac Sa Beach (Video included!)

I visited Hac Sa Beach for the first time last year in September, which was basically the HOTTEST MONTH in Macau. I didn’t know it was going to be that hot before going there at that time. After that time, I told myself I will not be going there in the near future because I really don’t wanna get darker than I already am.

Blue skies in Hac Sa Beach last year

So for a very long time, I didn’t go, until few weeks ago. The weather in Macau started getting cold in late November or December, and until last month it was still around 23C. So I decided that it was a good time to visit the beach again. I wanted to have a little picnic and just relax by the beach. Anddd that was what I did.

The beach was pretty empty when we were there. I guess it was because it was still quite early like 10 plus in the morning and it wasn't a weekend. We loved it because we had the whole beach by ourselves. You can actually compare the difference in hues for the picture above and below. There wasn't much sunshine when we visited, and hence it looked really gloomy. The lighting was kinda bad too. So bear with me okay? I didn't edit the colour of the pictures as I wanna share with you all that not all beach look vibrant all the time, especially in cold countries. That's why people always say it's gloomy during winter and you don't feel like going out.

Check out the difference in colour

So here's my companion, J who appeared in my blog several times already. If you don't know already, here's Joyee! Big thanks to her for helping me getting the footage needed in the video below. (Thank God my camera auto-adjusted the tones of some pictures so they looked less dull)

Thanks J for coming with me

Like the title says, it was a picnic so let me introduce you to some of the things we had. I bought some pre-packed fruits from the local supermarket. (My favourite fruit is honey dew, if you are interested to know =P) We also prepared sandwich and spaghetti. So for the sandwich, it was an Avocado and egg sandwich with wholemeal bread. The spaghetti was supposed to be carbonara but looked nothing like it, lol I had a good laugh at myself. But honestly the taste was quite okay even though the appearance might say the otherwise.

Yummy Avocado Egg Sandwich

Iced Honey Lemon

I wore long sleeve to the beach thinking that it will be warm enough, but I was very wrong. The wind was quite strong and it was so chilly. However this gave me a new experience. So far, I haven't been to a 'cold' beach. I have a concept that the beach area is always hot and sunny. But I've experienced a chilly picnic this time.
PS: If you visit Hac Sa Beach in the earlier months of the year, remember to bring a jacket along!

There you have it, my amateur video. I'm still learning how to get better quality footage. Thanks to Quik for making video editing easy.

Read about my post where I visited Hac Sa Beach for the first time last year in September.

-XOXO, Mel-

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Afternoon tea at Fontana Buffet, Wynn Palace Macau

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How to and Should I be the bigger person?

For all of you who have met someone annoying or interacted with someone whom you just don't like at all, what do you do? The obvious is to leave the person and stop interacting with them. The question is, what happens when this is not an option? What if the person happens to be your lecturer (that you still have to see for another 3 semesters), or maybe it's your relative, could be your neighbour (that you know won't be moving anywhere in another 20 years)

The world is filled with so many people with different kind of personality, some that you might like, some you might not. It's just like pancakes, some people like chocolate, some like strawberry and there are some who like it plain. As the surrounding, culture, family and background is what make a person at the end, there is basically no chance of having two people with the exact same attitude, belief, verbiage and personality. And as the differences of these factors increase, the end result will also be very different. So what do I mean by that? Let me give you some quick examples:

Do you let people come out of the lift before entering first?
Do you lift your hand as a gesture when people give you way on the road?
Is everyone gathered first before starting a meal? Or everyone just eats at whatever time they are convenient?
Does the passenger go down from the car to pay parking ticket or use the GPS so the driver can focus?

I'm sure just after the few questions mentioned above, everyone will have different answers to it. There is basically no right or wrong, it's just your way or my way. Many a times, a person will perceive his/her own ways of dealing with things as "the correct way". So when everyone deals with different situation differently, people may find other people "wrong".

As much as I wish for the world to be much more nicer, it is just so common to come across someone who is self-centered, insensitive, two-faced, selfish, rude or someone who is without values. You are so frustrated sometimes because you cannot understand how can people act this way and be this unreasonable. There is just no way that you can accept what the person just did. You get angry, irritated and you lose focus to what you have to do at the first places because your head won't stop replaying what the person did or said to you.

Especially when you enter the society, you'll start asking why on earth did I learn Geography, History or even Mathematics back in school. They should have taught us "How to deal with the 9999999 types of people in the world"! However the reality is, there is no academy for you to learn all these. It's called the interpersonal skills. So how can you get better at it you may ask? Well I guess the easiest (and also the hardest) way is by experiencing it.

I used to live in my own bubble world or some called the greenhouse when I was younger. I imagined the world to be a beautiful world with nice people who compliment you when you had a good hair day or congratulate you when you win a medal in a story telling competition. However later I found out, some people just wished that the discipline teacher would catch you and cut off some of your hair because "it's against the approved length" or they just wished that you would forgot your lines so there would be one lesser competitor.

Some people shared with me that I should give these people a taste of their own medicine. If they cut you when you talk, do the same! So to let them know how it feels when this happens. If they are loud and say insensitive things about you, do the same! Find even more things to say about the person so the person would shut up! Yes, I'm not gonna lie. I've thought about these things. I mean who dares to admit that you do not have a single bit of anger inside of you that you want to get back at the person? BUT, that's where your own beliefs come in. You have to ask yourself, what will I gain after acting this way? I know! I'll get my revenge and satisfaction. Yes, you might get all these. But what about after that? I think the possible thing that will happen is that you'll regret because that is just not who you are. You will question yourself- "So did I just turn into x who likes to act like this?" This might just make the world a little worse that it already is.

For me, I think the way that I was brought up was to try to be a moderate person instead of an extreme person. Stand up for what you believe but not fight blindly for what you think you deserve. There are times that I feel like losing it and just let it all out. But of course, in many places it is not ethically permissible. So I turn this into another form-writing, After finishing this piece. I'm going to get a good shower and forget about all these. Tomorrow is a new day isn't it? There are much more other beautiful things that you should put your attention to.

I forgive you :)

To end this post, I would like to share this quote below:

"Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got."

-- Robert Brault

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