Asia living: Assigned movie seating after a Macau trip

Seat I18 & I19. These seats were printed onto our movie cinema tickets on top of I-Square. And so we didn't have to rush. Assigned seating at theatres is simple - yet too smart for us North Americans to employ. No lining up well in advance to find a seat. Then taking turns to go out to restroom or to buy food. Or holding our seats by laying down our coats. Brilliant! The Unstoppable Movie was not bad (And yes the train stops eventually :)) It was the IMAX theatre but Unstoppable was not an IMAX film. Be warned. And... we know we're finally "living" here (not visiting) when there is time and intent to relax at a cinema.

Earlier this weekend, Stephen and I had a busy Friday heading to Billy & Ivy's wedding in Macau. We missed the pool side ceremony at Four Seasons, but made it in time for a lovely and well-served banquet dinner. 10 courses. The food was great, and there was plenty of time after to socialize, relax in their suite and also hit up the Hard Rock Casino. Our strategy that night included surrendering on 16 in BlackJack while not hitting on ANY hand. The dealer busted a lot. We won - without ever seeing an Ace or many face cards. Brilliant! My friends played craps which confuses me... maybe next time!

Macau is a very different scene from Hong Kong. First of all, every sign in Portuguese - and the architecture is more pretty and European. Too bad the food we selected was so-so near Senado Square. Secondly, there are hardly any taxis, so the lucky few taxi drivers 'round up' fees for tips....sigh. we walked A LOT. Thankfully didn't have to walk from Taipa island to downtown Macau. Thirdly, a lot more mainland tourists around which *may* (or may not) be related to the smoking allowed in hotel lobby areas. It was a nice 1-1.5 hour journey away from Hong Kong, but we were SO thankful to be home on Saturday late afternoon.