So distant until its not

September 2024

Hey y’all,

Michael here. I’ve been in Macau for the past three weeks with my family and partner, walking through the neighbourhoods and streets that hold so many of my childhood memories. It’s been a joy to be in this contextually rich place with all of them.

I’ll leave the longer insights and thoughts about my time here in Macau for a later post. It would make this month’s post too long. I’ll just leave you with this fun map showing Macau’s size vs Winnipeg’s size.

The blue lined area is the area of Macau overlaid over a map of Winnipeg.

September was quick and segmented into chunks. Looking back it was full of:

Rosebud performance, Maryland Street festival, Oma visit, Kingshead hangout, walking to Tall Grass to get cinnamon buns, family gatherings, Air Canada strike, 12 hour Pacific flight, jet lag, humidity, Macau Portuguese egg tarts, Monte fort, Chinese breakfast, Cheung Chau, stationery stores, Macau IDs, swimming in the rain, beachcombing, instant coffee, Rocky buns.

Hope you enjoy the photos!

P.S. I’m writing this over airport wifi in Hong Kong, so I had to reduce the size of the photos so sorry if they aren’t as crisp as some other months.

Me and my partner’s bedroom in golden hour

Hanging out with my friend Matti.

My buddy Zach playing music on the roof of Darling bar. His music project is called “For Rosebud.” Winnipeg folks look out for a release show in the future!

Maryland Street Festival. This should happen every week during summer. The streets are for the people!

Somewhere on Notre dame. Somehow I got a sense that I should take a photo of this building. A hunch to capture the scene before it changes perhaps?

Took a photo of them tearing down Air Canada window park. Apparently there was a bunch of old Winnipeg heritage architecture that was demolished alongside with it.

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Then there was the big trip.

First, to Macau.

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We were greeted to a beautiful sunset as we took the bus to Macau.

My siblings and my partner.

Macau reclaimed some land and built a whole new island. We drove through it on our way to our stay.

Me and my partner’s Xero sandals on Macau’s cobblestone. Xero sponsor us!

A small section of Macau’s skyline.

Hanging out at A-Ma temple

Onward to Hong Kong.

Ferry ride to Chang Chau.

Chung Chau was glorious. A small but dense island off the coast of Hong Kong that is car free! I wrote about it a little more here.

Skyline of Hong Kong island.

The photo doesn’t do Hong Kong justice in terms of the sheer amount of people that there were. This was in an area on the outskirts of the city.

One of the few places that has double decker trams.

As we were running to catch the bus my mom mentioned “I waited right here for the taxi to go the hospital to give birth to you.” Wow.

Then back to Macau:

Taken by my partner. Me dashing through Macau streets at night.

The family hanging out at Hac Sa (black sand) beach. It was the beach we went as a family growing up.