Tom's Cat Cafe

As the title had describe, I visited Tom's cat cafe in Korea after reading blog posts about them

 The interior is really a Cats' playground. Look at those ladders on the ceiling. Cats living here must be damn happy.

This is the 1st cat to greet us when we seat down. (Like a Boss)

And so we started to walk around the cafe. It's not very big.. maybe about the size of a 5-room apartment. Cats in there are just lazing around or playing with the customers.

Feel like hugging this bugger big time!! Look at the fluffy fur!! 

 

This little one here is extremely needy.. just stare at me and meow.. Even attempt to climb on me.

Looks like he/she has a sibling here.. 

 

So cute right.. This cat got droopy ears.. awwww

They are having a gathering outside the kitchen

Look at the innocent face.. just feel like bringing one home..

This is batman in the form of a cat. ;p

This pair is mother and kid. The mother is nursing it while i took this photo. The kitty cat is so skinny :(

 I tried to wake this cat up.. but it just conveniently ignored me. >.<

 There are about 20+ cats there. All these cats are street cats that they rescued and there are 2 kittens kept in a cage as they are too weak to be let out. In order to seat in the cafe, you just have to order drinks or snacks from their menu and you can sit as long as you like. I wonder if I open a cat cafe here in Singapore, will it survived? :p

So if you're visiting Korea, you can drop by this cafe to have a drink and play with the cats:

Hongik University Station, line 2, exit 9. Walk up the road leading towards Hongdae playground. The cat cafe is across from the Art Box store, on the 3rd floor.

 

Korea - Part 2

Ok.. more photos from the Korea trip.. 1st up... food!!! Lots of them... yummy!

Korea pancake.. one of my fav. They taste different in Singapore, much nicer. But it was not cheap, this cost about S$15.

This nice dish was ordered by accident.. I wanted to order bibimbap, this is also bibimbap but its beansprout bibimbap. Look at the different color of the beansprout.. so beautiful.. this is call - Happy Eating :)

I always wanted to try the authentic ginseng chicken.. and here we are:

These 2 are different soup base.. The clear soup one is much better (2nd pic). The 1st one tasted too thick and strong. They put in one whole chicken in with stuffed glutinous rice. It is not as nice as I thought it was.. but some people swear by their korea ginseng chicken. >.<  This cost about S$20 per chicken.. quite expensive..


This is abalone porridge.. it tasted ok.. not fantastic.. cost about S$10

So after all eating, it's time for some shopping. The most worthy things to buy in Korea is non other than their facial products. Clothes and shoes are not cheap though..

Too cool for school shop.. Basically all their product has very nice packaging & it's somehow related to school theme..

Brought a orange lip stick + lip gloss.. and they give 2 small samples. Facial wash and moisturizer.

Here's the loots (this picture does not show everything I've brought, only part of it)... I was not a skin food fan before I go Korea.. but after this trip.. I'm loving skinfood products.. but.. I will not buy in Singapore.. The price is way too expensive here! For eg: brown sugar face scrub - 300g, it cost S$80 in Singapore, but in Korea I only paid S$16!!! Can you imagine the price difference! So I decided to buy 4 tubes.. (1 of them not shown in the picture because I was using it in Korea :p ) So, I've compared the prices for Faceshop & Skinfood with Singapore and the conclusion is Skinfood has the highest % of savings if you were to buy in Korea compared to Singapore. And like many of us know, they love to give lots of free samples... another plus point.

Another good place to shop will be their Daiso!! They've so many things that Singapore Daiso do no carry. And the Daiso that I went to it's 4 storey! Imagine the happiness on my face :D Most of their stuff are selling at 1000 won which is only S$1.12... CHEAP!!! So I also brought lots of stuff there (heee...)

So now you know why I say Korea is a shopping paradise for ladies. :)

Back from Korea!!

Hi All, just came back from Korea not too long ago and man... that place is paradise for girls! The facial products are way much cheaper than what we have in Singapore.

Yea.. so I spent 6 days 5 nights in Korea. The weather was good as it is cooling. Though it rained for a 1 or 2 days, but overall, it's still alright.

The hotel that I stayed in is called Hotel The SunBee. It was quite centralize as it is located in Insadong itself. When we 1st arrived, we could not find the hotel as it is ''hidden'' in a corner. But once you know your way around, you will consider this hotel to be in a very good location. It was about 10mins walk from the metro and we got lost on the 1st day we arrived.

As this is my 1st time in Korea, I can say I am very impress with the people there. They are so friendly and helpful. So, we got lost, and we approach a gentleman. And this gentleman was also not too sure where the hotel is located and in turn he went to ask the police (yes, there's a police station nearby). So, in the end, we got 6 people helping us to locate the hotel. I was blown away by their attitude. They can just conveniently say they do not know the place and walked away.. but NO, they help us call the hotel and one of them even walked us to the hotel... talk about nice people... They are really NICE!!

Ok, so after a overnight flight, I am super hungry. We decided to walk along Insadong and find a authentic Korea restaurant...

The side dishes are yummy.. I love the pickles.. :)

This is beef broth... very yummy clear soup

Korean style dumpling... not too good.. :(

My fav!! Spicy tofu soup with rice... awwww.. think of it makes me drool....

So after filling the hungry tummies, we went to once of their palace: Gyeongbokgung Palace

It's about S$3 per entry.. cheap cheap.

Nice view eh.... the palace is HUGE!!!

This is the throne of the king..

Our English speaking guide that explains to us about the history of this palace.. The tour is free :)

Our English speaking guide that explains to us about the history of this palace.. The tour is free :)

Some lake in the palace...

Nice flowers...

So after the palace tour, we went back to walk around in Insadong. They are selling some funny shape ice-cream which has super long Q.. We did not try as the weather is quite cold... so give it a miss.

Insadong Street:

Ok.. that's all for now.. Will update again on the rest of the days in Korea... I've brought lots of facial products... (love) ;p

Start living your life!

Hallo!!! Happy CNY people!!

Sorry for being inactive in this space. Just come back from business trip. It was good :). Had my many 1st in thus trip...

-1st time experiencing snow
-1st time having a snowball fight
-1st time building my own little snow man &
-1st time doing snow angel :p

It was so fun.. Had always want to experience snow and I got to experience the fullness of them during this trip. It was cold~~ and snow is. It always pretty like winter wonderland. But still, it was good fun!

Glad to meet up with different ones in the various city, makes me appreciate life and people more.

I'm just feeling so blessed in this new year. There are times that I wondered what have I done to deserve these goodness and blessings. It's still overwhelming my life now. I realised that I started to be more grateful and thankful for things and people in my life this year. Those that had crossed my life, thank you for your friendship and presence.. It really meant a lot to me. I'm just an ordinary person that had an exordinary God giving me exordinary life.

Sometimes we really need to slow down and learn to appreciate the things and people around us. I bet many of us heard this saying before.. But how many of us actually really do it. When you learn to slow down and look around, there are actually things that we can be thankful for. Be it little of big things, it's still worth to be grateful for it. Instead of complaining what we don't have or what others can't provide for us, why not start to do something about your life and make a change in it. Stop complaining and start living your life. Seriously, no one owe you a living. This life is for you to live it, not for others to determine for you. Our parents doesn't owe us a living, our government doesn't, our friends doesn't, our religion doesn't... So, start to take full responsibility of your life. Stop whinning about how bad the government is, how unrighteous the people are etc... If you are not satisfied with your current life, then change it! Don't wait for people because they are not responsible for you. Remember, this is your life, not theirs.

Start looking at the good of things & people instead of comparing what you have or don't have. This will make life a lot easier. And, start celebrating the success of people instead of failure. We have enough bad news from the media.. We do not need more in our lives. Is the fall of mankind really worth celebrating? If not, why are we hearing drums and trumpet everytime we see or hear bad news from the media. Have our lives becomes so boring that even when MRT breakdown we have to make a huge announcement?

It's your choice today - to celebrate even the smallest things in life or live a life of grumblings and complaining. :)

Have a great CNY for the rest of the week!

Live.Love.LIFE

I'm back from my trip to HongKong and US. This is the last trip to end my year.. it was simply AWESOME!

Being able to travel around allows me to see, experience and live the culture outside of Singapore. Guess I'm in the stage of experiencing what living a life really means. It's more than just having a 9-5 job, having a stable income, having a house, having more than enough in live (all these are important)... but being/staying happy of life itself.

Too many thoughts to pen down for this year & too many experience to share.. but one thing I know - This is my life and I will live it well. Are you sick and tired of being conformed to what others thought about you? Are you constantly feeling frustrated about things around you? Then it's time for a change. A change to experience the fullness of what live means to you.

Change are painful, but resisting change makes your life even more frustrating. Learn to embrace change and it might return you a favor. Be it good or bad, you are the one to determine the results.

As the year is coming to an end, I'm planning for some major change in life for the new year. No matter what it turns out to be, always remember to Live.Love - the life that you are living.

~ "Life is a journey, not a destination."

Hello from HK!

Hi there! Apologies for the missing in action part. Am currently in HK and it has been great but tiring. I'm expecting a colder weather here in Hong Kong but much to my disappointment, the coldest is only 19 degrees and it's raining most of the time. >.<"

But despite the bad weather, I've got time walk around and taste awesome dim sum.The last time I've been to HK was 6 years ago.. It was so long ago... The only difference I've felt between then and now is... It is soooo crowded now in HK! I don't remember seeing or experiencing such crowd last time I were here. It's bad enough to have me thinking of not going out to the central area at night. Anyway, I am still enjoying my stay here. Will be here for another few days before I proceed on to US! And yes.. I am very excited for my US trip! My virgin trip and I hope to be able to catch some snow :) This will make my trip complete. (Part of my birthday wish is to see snow..... hehe... finger cross... US snow plsss...)

Ok, not much pictures for this trip.. but will upload pics for US for sure! Do check out my FB for more picsss... Will update soon!

PS: I'm already feeling the X'mas mood! Have you started your xmas shopping yet?

I'm back!!

Yes, I'm back from Europe trip. Truly, it has been one of the greatest trip I've ever had. The culture there is so rich and colorful. Simply LOVE it!

I went for a full 2 weeks trip to Spain. Spend one week each in Madrid & Barcelona. Felt that 1 week is just good enough to fully explore and experience the life & the culture in each city. I'm not one that like to 'touch & go' type. That's why I've never signed up for any tour groups before as you can't really experience the fullness of the city you go to.

Some really nice pictures:

(more photos on FB :) )

So what do I like about Spain? I think the main thing that captures me is the rich culture that they have. The people are nice, most of them do not speak fluent English but they are more than willing to provide assistance when we asked for it. I got 'lost' a few times in Barcelona and when I asked for direction, they will try their very best to explain to me the direction needed. So nice of them :) And ohhh... I love the buildings there. Not many high rise building but the details and the built of the buildings are just so pretty! Weather? No need to say much... definitely better than Singapore (hahaha) It's cold and not too dry.. perfect!

One thing I missed back home when I'm there is food! I love western food, but too much of them makes me miss Chinese food somehow. And european loves to eat bread... every dish will come with a basket of bread. And also egg & potatoes.. I think i've not eaten so much egg when I'm in Singapore compared to there. One of the most yummy food is their Paella.. especially the squid ink paella... oh man, it's heavenly. (sorry, no photos... it's so nice that i've forgotten to take a pic) but.. i've a picture of how paella looks like (seafood flavor):

I've done my homework before going to Spain and read alot about the security there. When I'm there, it's really not as bad as I've read. Just stay vigilant at all times and it's fine. It's not as 'scary' as what I've thought would be.

I'm loving the place so much that I don't feel like coming back already!! :p  Shall start planning to visit the rest of Europe next yr. Next up maybe Paris?

"God creates all things beautiful in His eyes." :)