I have been wanting to blog since last week but just couldn’t find the time to do so! Anyway, I am back to my dark and overly tanned complexion, thanks to nueve camp and the sun! I looked into the mirror when I reached home last Friday and that’s it, my skin-whitening efforts have been washed down the drains. You could be wondering why should I be lamenting about my crisp brown skin with a radiating tan when others are having difficulties trying to look tan and some end up getting sunburned.

In fact, I don’t yearn for a white complexion, but just a lower tone of brown. Unfortunately, my skin is highly sensitive to the sun such that black pigmentation could raid my skin easily even with sun block applied! Just this evening, I was greeted by a PRC cashier at fairprice in English…when I was expecting her to do so in Mandarin as she did to her customers queuing up in front of me. I am used to it anyway since young and I could hardly recall any instances in which I was not mistaken as Malay.

Back to the highlights for the past 2 weeks! My trip to Macau and her mainland border was an eye-opener, so much so that I could see the importance of the casino industry and understood why our government is ever so eager to start the dice rolling despite the social woes it can potentially stir up.

If I could go back to the scene I was in, it was a lavish setting with hundreds of game tables fitted with the latest technology and tracking system. I saw middle-level Chinese citizens stomping the casino in hordes, rich and elegant looking tai tai pumping in chips like water flowing down the stream, casino crew serving free flow of juices and drinks, and scantily clad European( I guess) girls in their slyest look performing pole moves in the free-to-see cabaret shows. One thing I didn’t enjoy had to be the choking feeling I experienced in the smoke-filled, air-conditioned casinos. No choice, the casino managers couldn’t stop them, if not how could they rake in billions of annual profits?

Another testimony of my youth and boyish nature was shown when I was stopped by the casino security guards at the entrance, not once, but a few times! Age limit is 18, but I am almost 21…I don’t whether I should feel sad or happy about this.

Besides, I noticed Chinese prostitutes soliciting in the Venetian. Omg..was that allowed? They did not gather in clusters, but they stationed themselves around different corners of the casino. One even came up to me and asked me whether I would want a massage or not! Physically, they beat our geylang liu2 ying1 hands down…lol but I am only interested in winning money!

I wouldn’t say that I am lucky to win a considerable sum of money when all odds are against you no matter which game you play in the casino. I developed my own system of gambling right on the spot and it was just for the game “big and small”. I didn’t touch other popular games like baccarat and blackjack because I wasn’t very sure of the way it was played. Nevertheless, luck is still needed in all games and it is important to time your entry in accordance to your onset of winning streaks and know when to pull out when it is time to do so. I shall not go further into the technical and psychological aspects of gambling, which can take up more of my precious time doing other things.

Next stop was in Zhuhai city, China. Shopping was awesome in terms of price, uniqueness and service! I bet not many people actually thought of shopping in this unknown place of China. If you guys happened to run out of ideas where to fill up your shopping list or are just tired of visiting chatuchak market or mongkok district again, check out Zhuhai!

That’s all for now, tune in to nueve camp in my next post soon!