Since my last trip to Middle East, I have strongly felt that my journey should not be just checking off places of interest one by one. Normally these places are frequented by tourists instead of locals, I went to the Ruinas de San Paulo, the landmark of Macau, it was almost full of tourists.
Some travellers opt to do something different, they avoid these places but spend more time at the market, coffee shop etc, where locals hang out.
In Macau, one of those places is the casino. One fifty over year old aunty warned me not to drink or eat anything provided by the casino, she claimed that one will be stuck there until one loses all the money; her husband and daughter did not listen to her and thus they suffered terribly, she was the clever one and never let anything in the casino to go through her throat, that was the reason she could win some money from the casino. Some others would blame the feng shui, to channel all money into the owner's pocket.
No matter what they blame, this has become a way of life in Macau, where you can see signboard asking people addicted to gambling to go for counselling.
Some travellers opt to do something different, they avoid these places but spend more time at the market, coffee shop etc, where locals hang out.
In Macau, one of those places is the casino. One fifty over year old aunty warned me not to drink or eat anything provided by the casino, she claimed that one will be stuck there until one loses all the money; her husband and daughter did not listen to her and thus they suffered terribly, she was the clever one and never let anything in the casino to go through her throat, that was the reason she could win some money from the casino. Some others would blame the feng shui, to channel all money into the owner's pocket.
No matter what they blame, this has become a way of life in Macau, where you can see signboard asking people addicted to gambling to go for counselling.
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