Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3

Van HongKong+Macau-April2009

Today I finished the courtpapers yippeeeeee!!!!! wow, I felt so tired afterwards, do you have that too, this sudden wave of "fatigue" once a long job is done? After finishing the papers I slept for 2 hours in daylight hehe!

Meanwhile, what did we do the last 2 days, apart of office work? Swim, eat, drink & stroll around :-) For being such small 2 islands, Macau really has a lot to offer for its visitors. And that will even improve in the future: Mainland China decided to expand Macau, in order to diversify its economy, and a huge part of a nearby island (twice the sice of Macau, I've been told!) will be joined to Macau and be governed by Macau rules (one country, two systems). Alexander from the concierge desk confined me that he's eyeing on buying a house already there on those new lands, he says it's so cheap compared to the Macau prices and he expects the prices to go up very fast.

Anyway, I won't participate in this. Although lovely, Macau will not be one of our second homes. The choices have been set on Penang & KL, the Philippines, and (whenever stability returns) Thailand. Do I hear you cheer?

Oh, a quick word on the camera search! This is really a problem, since new camera's are rolling in at a speed that's too fast to follow. Nevertheless, I will forgo the bulky but lovely G1 and stick with the handy pocket cameras. My choice for the moment is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3, at a price here in Macau of 3.809 (roughly 380 euro). It has all my heart desires except a SLR system, and I can live with that. I'll hunt for it tomorrow in Hong Kong! It's brand new, probably even not available in Europe yet :-)

:-)