Pear

Nothing much. Just my favourite thing to eat now.

Weekend in Taipei

Cat Cafe

We finally visited Cat Cafe Niko No Niwa this weekend and loved it there.  I've read about these cafes in Japan and was so struck by this idea of sipping coffee with our animal companions especially when many of us live in small apartments and don't have the space to have a bigger pet.  I've always said I will visit one day.  Now that they are here, I don't have to plan for a long trip to have coffee and play with cats!  The owners of the cafe did a wonderful thing adopting these cats who were once homeless and abandoned and giving us a space to share our love for them too.

Happy Horse Year!

Seeing (from) the Other

We spent Sunday afternoon visiting the Peranakan museum and loved the artist Shirley Soh's work on “What change should we embrace if we are to keep up with a changing world?”  She collaborates with inmates from the women’s prison to think about change and encourages them to use their sewing skills to illustrate their concerns on pieces of linen.  There's just so many untold stories behind these pieces of cloth.  Stories of sadness and I'd like to think stories of hope as well.