Written by Since our graduation 40 years ago, we have never had a chance to take a trip together. Seventeen of our classmates and spouses took a trip to Macau. We tried to recall our memories in the good old days, and reestablish our friendship again.
Clara Ho was our tour leader. We were pleased to have everything arranged by her including hotel, transport, shows, meals and guided tours, etc.
18 Dec 2011
We gathered together at Macau Ferry Pier, Central at 9 a.m. on 18th Dec and took a Turbojet to Macau. We settled down at Grand Waldo Hotel (金都酒店). We felt a bit hungry at noon and took a shuttle bus to Taipa (氹仔) for lunch. We found a Portuguese restaurant “A Tasca Do Luis”. (葡韻餐廳) and were welcomed by the owner who was quite a nice and humorous man. He recommended the best meals to us:
Roasted fish (燒鱸魚), Roasted piglet(燒乳豬), Roasted lamb’s leg(燒羊肶), Baked
vegetables with Portuguese sauce (葡汁焗四蔬), Baked rice with seafood and chicken in Portuguese style (葡式海鮮及雞炒飯), Hot pot with clam(蜆煲), Baked bread (焗豬仔包) and Baked salty fish with cheese (焗馬介休芝士球). Eric Chu sponsored us two bottles of red wines.
The lunch ended up with a dessert Pudding in Portuguese Style (木糠布丁/朱古力布丁). We enjoyed the meal very much.
We continued our trip at 2:30 p.m. We visited Taipa Houses – Museum (龍環葡韻住宅式博物館) which was within walking distance from the restaurant. We couldn’t stop our classmates from taking beautiful pictures and recorded their fond memory.
Eight of us went to watch “The House of Dancing Water Show” (水舞間). We took a shuttle bus to “The City of Dream” (新濠天地) to watch the show. Lee Shin, who put aside his busy work, joined us by then. It was free time for the other classmates. The show was spectacular and it didn’t disappoint us.
We met again at 7:30 p.m. at Rua Do Cunha (官也街), Taipa to take our dinner at Seng Cheong Restaurant (誠昌飯店) which is famous for its Crab Congee. Our meal included:
Crab Congee (水蟹粥), Fried vegetables (炒青菜), Mushroom with vegetables (冬菇時菜), Steam eel with garlic sauce (豉汁蒸白鱔), Deep fried prawn with pepper (椒鹽蝦), Seafood with broccoli (扇貝西蘭花), Roasted fish meat balls (炸鯪魚球). Fries Noodles(炒伊麵), and Steamed chicken with lotus leaves (荷葉蒸雞).
We filled up our hungry stomach.
May Kwok took her leave and went back to Hong Kong at 9 p.m. We appreciated her effort to make use of every minute spending the time with us. Others took a leisure walk to Venetian Hotel (威尼斯酒店). The hotel is a prototype of the same hotel in Las Vegas. Some classmates scalped every opportunity to seek for free medical advice from Lee Shin.
We were all tired by the time we arrived at our hotel but we couldn’t forget every single moment during the last two days: School Re-visit, Celebration Dinner and first day of the Macau Tour.
19th Dec 2011
We didn’t need a morning call and got up on time to catch our second day schedule.
We had a buffet breakfast in the hotel. We hired a mini bus to take us around Macau. The husbands of Peggy Wong and Christina Kung joined us. Lee Shin went back to work early in the morning.
We visited The Cathedral (主教山) at 10:30 a.m. We were able to see some landscape of Macau over there. Our classmates couldn’t be stopped from taking photos. We then visited A-Ma Temple (媽閣廟). Some of us prayed for health, fortune and others.
At noon, we went to Wynn Hotel (永利酒店) to watch The Dragon Show (富貴龍), Music Fountain Show (音樂噴泉), and The Rich Tree (吉祥樹). Adrian Hung took video of them. We were desperately waiting for his videos.
At 1 p.m., we visited Ruins of St. Paul (大三巴) and Mount Fortress (大炮台) – to see the 
cannons and the panoramic sight of Macau. Of course, we took a group photo in front of the Ruins of St. Paul. We felt a bit hungry and we had our lunch separately.
At 3 p.m., we gathered at Senado Square (議事亭). We then took the mini bus to the Car-racing Museum (賽車博物館), Red-wine Museum (紅酒博物館) and the Golden Lotus Square (金蓮花廣場). After we had taken a few photos, the mini bus took us to Macau Fisherman’s 
Wharf (澳門漁人碼頭) at 5 p.m. The place doesn’t look like a wharf although it is next to the sea. There are a lot of shops and restaurants. There is also a stadium which camouflaged the ancient times. There weren’t many people in the street. It was really a great pleasure to take a leisure walk along the street. Clara Ho walked quickly to search for a restaurant for our dinner. She finally decided to dine at Sichuan Cantonese Restaurant (川粵食府).
We chose the dishes:
Cold dish – sour & hot cucumber (爽口青瓜), Cold dish – green pepper & preserved eggs (青椒皮蛋), Cold cut chicken (白切雞/半只), Prawn with celery and lily (西芹百合炒蝦仁), Scallop and broccoli with XO sauce (XO醬西蘭花炒帶子), Braised bean curd (紅燒豆腐), Fried fish (松鼠魚), Bamboo shoot, bean curd with mutton (枝竹羊腩煲), and Soy duck(樟茶鴨). We accomplished our dinner with dessert: Sweet dumplings and Osmanthus cake (湯圓/桂花糕).
After the dinner, 10 of our classmates proceeded to the Pier and returned to Hong Kong while 7 of us continued the third day trip in Macau.
The 40th Graduation Anniversary Celebration ended but our relationship still continues and our cohesion power is much stronger.
