(Here should be some really cool pictures of everyone at the Montreal Airport yelling “Macau! Macau”. But I was too tired to take them.) Welcome to my most mundane blog post EV-er…
On March 23, 2008 the Cirque Du Soleil artists for “Macau I Cosmos” flew from Montreal, Canada to Hong Kong for relocation. Here’s an uneventful post about our initial relocation. The photos are with my old camera from the 1800’s, they are horrible, and none of them are the least bit interesting.
Check the upload and download speed of your internet connection at SpeedTest.net
Even from China I was able to locate a close server in Hong Kong for tests. In China we’re all having very different experiences between our actual connection speeds and the speed advertised by our common provider. I’m at 9386 kb/s download and 465 kb/s upload.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqyplJg233Q
For current, up to date Typhoon Level warnings for Macau and Hong Kong from the Hong Kong Observatory please visit:
(Update 07/09 – New Link for Typhoone Warnings in Macau:
http://www.smg.gov.mo/www/cvm/typhoon/fe_typhoonmain.htm )
http://www.smg.gov.mo/e_index.php
(Chinese TV report of Typhoon Level 8 “Neoguri” that hit Macau on April 20, 2008.
My first level 8 typhoon warning. Yipee! Reminds me of the hurricanes when I lived in Miami (hurricane parties are the best).
Friday, April 18 2008 – The Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) yesterday issued a tropical cyclone warning for typhoon ‘Neoguri’, the earliest period at which such warnings have ever been issued.
httpv://youtube.com/watch?v=s_aPhehgsgU
Video of the bungy jump at the Macau Tower in Macau (Macao SAR), China.
The Tower is 1,109 ft (338m) high at its highest point.
The Macau Tower bungy jump is 764 feet (233m).
To give my friends in Seattle an idea of how high this is – The Space Needle is 605 feet (184 m) high.
I’ve watched dozens of these jump videos on YouTube. Mainly because I’m not brave enough to do it myself – but I wish I was! My stomach turns just watching the videos.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HIavxnUHls
SpongeBob Squarepants in China.
Received this question on a forum:
The Dali Lama has been speaking in Seattle for the past week about compassion, while attempting to avoid politics, but the Tibetan situation has pervaded the events despite any efforts.
How is the Tibetan situation regarded over there? –I assume that most of the Chinese don’t advocate their political liberation, but what have you witnessed regarding Tibet’s cultural freedom –if anything at all?
Since I moved to Macau, China my MySpace page is now in Portuguese language. I might have clicked a wrong button or something – but I think it just came up that way and I didn’t see anyway to get it back to English.
Does someone know how to fix this, get it back to English?
1.Your 10 year Passport is full inside 2 years.
2.Most conversations with your friends involve mobile phones.
3.None of the sea-front buildings existed when you arrived. The shoreline itself shifted by half a mile.
4.Your best friends come from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, America, Angola, and Portugal.
5.You can’t put a proper sentence together in your native language.
For wireless hotspots and internet access in Macau visit:
http://www.olamacauguide.com/wireless-macau-internet.html
Some tidbits on Chinese customs that differ from Western culture. I’m making notes as I go along to try to remember. Here are a few: