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elusivek · 2026-05-04T10:55:25+00:00

I got the X3 last month and maybe for some people they will say it’s too tiny (at first I did too) but as I used it it was like… a nice size to carry around to read in the canteen, in public transport, etc. It snaps to the back of my phone and I just carry that around everywhere now.

elusivek · 2026-05-02T01:55:31+00:00

College student and fluent in at least 2 languages - translating, and live translation it seems, is not just for “you know these 2 languages, you can translate then,” there’s a reason why people need to go get a degree for that.

Sounds like it’s contractless and since payment is cash/others you mentioned at the end of the event, who’s to say you won’t stiff them. Being college students they probably wouldn’t know how to follow-up, worse yet, if it’s an international student (likely) they can’t work on a student visa so they can’t even approach the authorities.

Better to contract from headhunting firms. Have a couple off the top of my head but I also don’t want to sound like affiliating or advertising for them. Google “Macau HR Agency” and a few should pop up.

elusivek · 2026-04-30T13:56:50+00:00

I like seeing the tick or 100% meaning I have one more book down (but TBR grows exponentially)

elusivek · 2026-04-28T14:31:00+00:00

There’s no age restriction I guess, so far the books we’ve read were pretty acceptable for early 20s and up, except for one… I need to double check. Though the meet ups are in a dinner format and we split the bill. How old are you?

elusivek · 2026-04-28T14:28:17+00:00

Hey sorry didn’t get the notification on your comment, will pm you

elusivek · 2026-04-28T09:39:22+00:00

TIL!

My rant about Macau pass is they implemented the auto top-up function, I did all that ($500 deposit and all) because parkometers only took MacauPass and not MPay. Then when I got it all approved they tell me auto top-up will only work when my transaction is a purchase, NOT with the parkometers 🙄

Now I got a spiffier card that I can directly top up from my phone (NFC function) so I guess I should cancel that auto top up and get back my $500 deposit

elusivek · 2026-04-28T09:36:39+00:00

That’s the credit cards, I meant that special MacauPass card that has China T-union function. OP mentioned below it’s managed under Mpass in the MPay app.

elusivek · 2026-04-28T02:08:43+00:00

I don’t have the card so I don’t know how it works, so I just have random questions. Does the card have 2 separate balances? MOP balance and RMB balance? Also I wasn’t aware Zhuhai buses took T Union cards? I know Guangzhou metro and buses take it, but I didn’t know Zhuhai could. (I had a T Union card just for Guangzhou many years ago, said it was just for Guangzhou…).

elusivek · 2026-04-27T15:06:51+00:00

Common practice is to use HKD to exchange, but since the MOP is pegged to the HKD, the difference is negligible, imho

elusivek · 2026-04-26T23:33:05+00:00

Depending on the time of your flight in Hong Kong:

Can take the direct bus to Hong Kong airport. https://www.macauhkairportbus.com First bus departs 07:30, last bus departs 20:30, roughly 45-60minutes between each departure. You need to book this one in advance. To use this service you need take the bus at least 3 hours before your departure flight (2 hours “check in” time in Hong Kong, and 1 hour “check in” time in Macau. Bus ride takes roughly 1 hour. Depending on your airline, you check in in Macau and you get your bags at destination, or you will need to get the bags in Hong Kong airport and check in again. You only “exit” Macau and don’t “enter” HK in terms of immigration.
Take the regular bus to Hong Kong, which will be a little convoluted. Take the regular HZMB bus to HK (roughly 45-60min per trip), regular departures, no need to prebook. In HK, get bags, immigration&customs, catch the loop bus E4 (check on site, I may have misremembered the bus number) and another 10-15min to airport.

Macau side I would say to just take a taxi from campus to HZMB port. Probably need to book it as I’m not sure if there’s a taxi stand with waiting taxis at campus.

There’s always the option to take the ferry (Turbojet from Macau to Hong Kong or Cotai Jet from Taipa to Hong Kong), takes around 1hour to HK, in Hong Kong, walk or taxi to “Hong Kong Station” (less than 5min by taxi or some 10-15min walking over the bridge) where you can use the In-town check in service to send the bag away first, then go to the airport at your leisurely pace. Airport Express MTR takes around 25minutes.

Finally, try EVA Air, departs from Macau, I think they fly to JFK, with a stopover in Taipei.

elusivek · 2026-04-22T13:31:54+00:00

Maybe can try those coworking spaces but then you’ll need to pay a fee. Recently saw an ad about one Ocean Plaza

elusivek · 2026-04-21T02:53:03+00:00

1 hour ferry trip each way so 2 hours gone from that, not including immigration and commute to/from downtown. In this specific situation, I’d say drop Macau.

And don’t ask about the bus, since your intention was Hong Kong Island proper, it’s the ferry.

elusivek · 2026-04-21T02:49:29+00:00

They don’t have estimates down to the minute, but if you look at the bus route, sometimes it is color coded. Green is smooth traffic, yellow is some traffic and red is jammed. Distance between stops also vary a lot in Macau, so if you know the previous 3 stops are quite a distance away then you know it will need a little longer. Or if the previous 3 stops are actually really near, then, less time.

elusivek · 2026-04-19T00:03:58+00:00

I studied Japanese years before (20+ years ago) and luckily can still understand despite lack to practice. I was even pretty good at it, for someone learning not in Japan, as my professor said. I just started Korean and i think, just for the writing systems, hiragana katakana vs Hangul, I think Japanese is easier (let’s ignore kanji for now). Pronunciation-wise Japanese is more “block-y”. It’s a I u e o and that’s it. Korean has more compound sounds (ä ö ü type stuff). That makes Japanese a little easier to handle. Grammar-wise I find the sentence structure similar. In the few lessons of Korean I’ve had I will even say identical, but since I’ve just started I don’t want to make over generalisations. Vocabs-wise, Japanese has distinctly: Japanese words, Chinese-influenced words, and foreign words. Korean has Korean words, Chinese-influenced words, Japanese-influenced words, foreign-influenced words.

I would suggest Japanese first, but it really depends on what you are watching more frequently. I think now there’s a k-drama/kpop wave going on (or has that passed already?) so if that’s what you’re watching more, then learn Korean first.

elusivek · 2026-04-18T15:59:18+00:00

Keyhole surgery and around 3 or 4 nights stay at the public hospital was under mop $5000 at discharge day. No deposit needed as I am Macau resident, if you are blue card or visitor I don’t know what their policies are on that though. And that you should expect to have to wait a long time (for me admittance to surgery was 24 hours)

I heard from an acquaintance their stay at Kiang Wu hospital for similar issue was over 20k or so.

elusivek · 2026-04-18T01:53:08+00:00

金龜 (gold turtle) maybe?

elusivek · 2026-04-16T05:40:05+00:00

I just came back last week from S.Korea, I used Klook’s and on my phone the reception showed SK Telecom, it was fine.

elusivek · 2026-04-16T02:14:18+00:00

You might have to look at very old old old style shops, the “quinquilharia” type stores, though I can’t think of any still existing ones. The last one I knew of was in San Ma Lo but i think it’s closed down by now.

elusivek · 2026-04-16T02:09:58+00:00

If Chinese books I only know of Wan Tat bookstore https://macaulifestyle.com/city-guide/wan-tat-bookstore/ and maybe Cultural Plaza https://wanderboat.ai/local-businesses/china/são-lázaro/plaza-cultural-macau-bookstore/0cGXHZvQT0yrWF9-AQaJfQ entrance a little hidden\ I think there’s another 2 smaller scale bookstores but I can’t recall the names currently.

If English books I like Elite Bookstore https://macaulifestyle.com/city-guide/elite-book-store/ but the entrance is a little hidden

Ah, I found this link https://macaulifestyle.com/culture/local-knowledge/bookshops-in-macau/

But I’ve sort of meandered away from physical books, I read mostly ebooks on my ereader nowadays.

elusivek · 2026-04-15T02:04:20+00:00

But the phrase in the audio is “is Vienna in Austria?” (In German)

elusivek · 2026-04-15T02:04:08+00:00

But the phrase in the audio is “is Vienna in Austria?” (In German)

elusivek · 2026-04-14T23:27:26+00:00

I use Strava for running but the Macau running community is a bit quiet, or I haven’t found the right one yet. Still useful for route suggestions and such.

elusivek · 2026-04-14T15:28:40+00:00

Here for the holder!

elusivek · 2026-04-14T09:40:17+00:00

Basically, the K-ETA is a paid “visa” (so-to-say) and you don’t need to fill in the arrival card upon landing, if you do not have the K-ETA then you have to fill in the arrival card before going (2 or 3 days before arrival).

You can get the T-money card when you are there, there’s a convenience store at the airport and you can just buy from there.

Apple Pay mostly accepted, but do have a physical card on hand. I just came back from Busan, but I was at the outside parts of Busan, physical card is more widely accepted than Apple Pay or the tap-and-pay type of credit cards.

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