HONG KONG & MACAU, MAY 2011! GALAXY MACAU HOTEL RESORT GRAND OPENING, ROOMORAMA ASIA APARTMENT RENTALS.
Ai-yah, fei maoo. Sebastiano and La Carmina will be in Hong Kong and Macau for the month of May! (Time to unpack my Cantonese 101 books…)
We’ve got a full schedule of journalism and TV work. Get ready for coverage of Hong Kong’s alternative, kawaii and pop culture scene. How about panda and toilet theme restaurants, Victorian boudoir bars, and cute food cooking lessons?
We’ll be staying in a modern apartment in Causeway Bay, thanks to the lovely folk at Roomorama. Like Tokyo’s Shibuya, this chic district is loaded with cafes and boutiques, and the SOGO Japanese department store. Seba and I will show you what it’s like to stay in one of Roomorama’s short-term rentals (they have locations all over the world, so you can live like a local wherever you go). Perhaps you’ll try out their apartment rental service on your next trip.
Seba and I will also take the short ferry ride to Macau… for the media and VIP-only preview of Galaxy Macau, a giant 2 billion dollar hotel-resort opening this month! We’ll be staying there before it opens to the public — test-driving the 50 restaurants, 2,200 hotel rooms, spa, sky top wave pool, and man-made beach (perhaps we’ll build a sand castle?).
Macau is in boom-mode. Gambling was its lifeblood for decades, but now, entrepreneurs are setting up lux hotels that make Las Vegas look like a pile of pennies. And I’m dying to see how the Rococo-spirited Galaxy Macau will raise the bar.
I haven’t been to Hong Kong in over 3 years, but I went yearly when I was a munchkin, to visit relatives. Creepy-cute characters have always haunted my life.
Here I am on a Cathay Pacific plane ride. In those days, my favorite stuffed toy was a round bear that I insisted that it was a cat. It was my fate to wind up with a earless teddy bear…
Sebastiano also has a Hong Kong history: he was a model there before moving to Japan.
Where in the world is Sebastiano Serafini? Milan, and now Tokyo. Above are images from the Stand Up! The Fragile launch party, featuring him as main model.
If Seba’s Paint drawing is any indication, our Chinese adventure will be full of 8-bit action! (Only his brain could conceive of us as Tanooki Mario and Goth Princess Peach.)
Have you been to Hong Kong or Macau? We’d love to hear your recommendations — please leave us a comment. And tell me what you’d like me to blog about (Hong Kong fashion? Theme restaurants?).
PS: I previously wrote about Gothic Lolita shopping in Hong Kong.
Song of the Day: Joy – Lost in Hong Kong (12″ Italo Disco, ai-yah!)
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Oh! i’m so jealous.
I would love to go one day. I’m psyched to see the trouble you two get into!
Oh! i’m so jealous.
I would love to go one day. I’m psyched to see the trouble you two get into!
Good job!
Good job!
can’t wait girl! ♥
me tooooooooo
the drawing made me ROTFLOL
Whoa, that resort looks amazing! Have fun! <3
<3 Wish you could come! Oh man, we'll be SO stuffed from the free food…
<3 Wish you could come! Oh man, we'll be SO stuffed from the free food…
My friends who have been/are from Hong Kong and such places tell me I can’t go to such places. I don’t function well in the heat of Canada, so obviously I would do even worse there. That being said, a rococo-ish casino in a city known for it’s gambling, bike friendliness, and being home to Kim Jong-Il’s black sheep son is really quite appealing. At least make sure to take lots of pictures!
The humidity is intense, they are correct. However, it’s not so bad in the spring time. Hahah you bet we’ll take a million photos!
The humidity is intense, they are correct. However, it’s not so bad in the spring time. Hahah you bet we’ll take a million photos!
finally hear the good news from you! =D
hope to get more information soon again^^
When are u going to Jakarta? ;)
I’d love to visit!
I’d love to visit!
Waaaaa HK! ^ ^
That’s what Basil would say heeh
That’s what Basil would say heeh
look forward to seeing you soon :)
COOL!
do wanna see you and SeBa when you are in HONGKONG=D
so jealous!
I just follow u up.ur fashion is really awesome. By the way I’m living in Macau
Awesome!! Got any tips for places to visit in Macau? What do you think about the new hotel that is opening?
Awesome!! Got any tips for places to visit in Macau? What do you think about the new hotel that is opening?
I just follow u up.ur fashion is really awesome. By the way I’m living in Macau
awesome life you have, missy. ;3
The picture he drew, seems to express him quite well, LOL.
haahah very much so!! I’m sure you are familiar with the main characteristic of Tanukis… ;)
The apartment looks beautiful. Causeway Bay is my favourite neighbourhood of HK. You will have fun there.
look like garfield, your cat
Oh.My. GOODNESS. That hotel is amazing!
Filling out the registration form… “The centerpiece is the 52,000-square-meter Grand Resort Deck with the world’s largest Skytop Wave Pool, generating 1.5m-high waves that lap up onto a white-sand shoreline”
Carmina, I see you travel a lot. Do you always take Basil with you? If so, have you written (or will you write) about it? Would love to read! ^^
Ah, cats are sensitive and don’t like to move around… so Basil’s grandparents (my parents) take care of him while I’m away ^^
I see. That’s actually a relief, haha… Your parents are so cool. Not all parents would do that (mine wouldn’t, and neither would my husband, which is why I never travel). You’re lucky ^^
they’re obsessed with Basil, as everyone is… so it works out!
they’re obsessed with Basil, as everyone is… so it works out!
i say cute!
I want to be Gothic princess peach :-(
Sounds like a great halloween/cosplaying idea for you two~ :3
Seba is a …weird…guy, Carmen…where’d you find him anyways? lol
Seba is a …weird…guy, Carmen…where’d you find him anyways? lol
haha that is cuutee, and hmm yupp fate XD♥
love itXD
i remember seeing the fist post about china on la carmina..wow~ you did achieved a whole lot!!! ≧∪≦）ノ≧∪≦）ノ≧∪≦）ノ≧∪≦）ノ
aww doh jehh!!
So awesome you get to test drive that place. It looks like I’m spending money just looking at it. 0_0
Chibi Carmina! ^0^
Hehe I know… we’re going to eat so much FREE FOOD!! <3
Hehe I know… we’re going to eat so much FREE FOOD!! <3
Are you by any chance recruiting interns? Because, I would totally want in.
We’re always open to working with interns. :) Where are you located? Do you have specialties such as language skills?
We’re always open to working with interns. :) Where are you located? Do you have specialties such as language skills?
Are you by any chance recruiting interns? Because, I would totally want in.
OOH you’re such a cutie pie! Japanese babies are the best :3
I wish the food was better there :P the good stuff there is the drinks. I’ll have to order the one they named after you next time I go! XD
I wish the food was better there :P the good stuff there is the drinks. I’ll have to order the one they named after you next time I go! XD
It’d be interesting to see some of the fashion in Hong Kong. I want to go there someday.
I’m planning to take a million photos! ^^
Hi there, there is so much to see in Hong Kong… How about Sham Shui Po? I bet DIY folks will be so happy. There are dedicated streets, solely for buttons, beads, laces, jewelry making items. All in wholesale prices. Check it out!