{"id":2844,"date":"2008-04-22T23:27:59","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T05:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conradaskland.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/my-apartment-in-macau\/"},"modified":"2010-06-08T02:20:19","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T08:20:19","slug":"my-apartment-in-macau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/my-apartment-in-macau\/","title":{"rendered":"My Apartment in Macau"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Friends back home were asking what my living conditions are like in China so here are pictures of my apartment on the island of Taipa in Macau, China (SAR). These are pictures of the place before I moved in.<\/p>\n

This is the view from my living room windows. Just over the river there you can see mainland China.<\/p>\n

Taipa is the island next to Macau. My island of Taipa has a large expat community (lots of Westerners) so it’s very comfortable and not much of a culture shock. I have two large grocery stores within a 30 second walk and plenty of great restaurants – Italian, Mexican, Portuguese, Thai, American, Indian, Chinese and French.<\/p>\n

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I can get a bowl of noodles and chicken for about two dollars around the corner, or Pizza Hut is on the corner.<\/p>\n

Next to my apartment is a public park with fish ponds, gardens and walkways. It’s very beautiful. I’m on a high floor so the view is fantastic. It’s a two bedroom. The second bedroom will be my music studio and also has a wide open view of the city. My favorite part of this apartment is the studio room with the view. Studio also has a flat screen tv on the wall and a wide work counter already built in.<\/p>\n

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Dining room. My apartment had a professional designer create it. To me it looks a little Moroccan, not quite sure. But I dig it.<\/p>\n

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The living room during the day. Lots of light through the bay windows.<\/p>\n

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The main entry way. Tile floors throughout. My maid likes it because it’s easy to clean.<\/p>\n

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A flat screen HD tv with 5.1 surround system hardwired into the walls. I’ve got my XBox already hooked up and friends have gotten me movies from across the border.<\/p>\n

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The master bedroom. Each room has at least 6-10 different lighting fixtures that are very well designed for different moods. In the master bedroom there is a sitting area that overlooks Taipa.<\/p>\n

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The kitchen. Most Chinese apartments have very small kitchens. This is a little more Western in style. Has a window that overlooks the city.<\/p>\n

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The security guard working hard late at night.<\/p>\n

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I like this lady better. She always says good morning and tries to teach me Chinese. I’m not doing very well so far. Also, when she’s at the front counter she’s usually actually awake which is a nice bonus.<\/p>\n

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Friends back home were asking what my living conditions are like in China so here are pictures of my apartment on the island of Taipa in Macau, China (SAR). These are pictures of the place before I moved in. This is the view from my living room windows. Just over the river there you can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,52],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3C0LX-JS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2844"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5096,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844\/revisions\/5096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}