Macao developed very rapidly in the past few years accompanied with a variety of changes. What do you think of those changes? Accept them with pleasure, or with reluctance? You may often hear voices from local residents, Hong Kong, or even people from the mainland. But have you ever heard opinions from those who left Macao for study and then came back? Sometimes, it is hard to see things clearly if you are standing too close. Leave and return, you may have a different perspective.

Upstairs Stores, or you can call them “Lau Sheung Po” in Cantonese, have become more popular in recent years in Macao. By looking at the name, you already have the idea that these stores are not on the ground floor, which is totally different from normal stores along the street. As they are upstairs, the rent is not as high as normal stores, which give a chance for people to start a business.

While people are using words like “NEET”, which means “Not in Employment, Education and Training”, to describe the phenomenon of today’s new generation, there are people who are trying to do something different when they are still young. Jo Cheang and Jez Lio can be the representatives.

“If I told them I want to give up the treatment, they will try their very best to convince me to stay and to process my request slowly. Giving me time to think and reflect. And that was the sweetest way they used to help me successfully quit doping, “ said Beiji (not real name) who had used drugs for more than 10 years and quit it successfully at the time.”