I’ve been away for so long that I wanted to give you a big comeback gift and so please stay until the end of this post so I can give you my “gift of appreciation” for sticking around even if I haven’t been around lately.
Okay, so I’ve been a little busy with this lately:
It’s my first pattern collection pack filled with 50 fun designs which you can use for your creative projects. I’m launching it in a while with a limited-time offer of 50% discount! So watch out for the post within the day.
Okay, so where did I left off? Cats? Ah yes, cats. My kittens are growing so fast and they’ll be up for adoption in a week or so. Every time I put a kitten up for adoption, I have such a heavy feeling knowing I’ll miss them. But then again I feel so thankful that there are kind souls out there who’d love to take care of these furry babies.
Anyway, did I tell you guys that Mr. Snuggles and I went to Taiwan to attend the 2011 Youth Seminar on Life and Ch’an? (No of course I haven’t! Issa, you haven’t been around! What a silly question! Pardon me.)
We were one of the 19 Philippine delegates. I felt really blessed to be able to see the Fo Guang Shan monastery. The seminar is like that of World Youth Day… I think. hahaha. Ch’an is the Chinese word for Zen. And so back in Taiwan, we tried to learn about Zen and how we can apply this concept to daily life. Pretty neat, right? And if I’m not mistaken, they will do this each year during summer break. Free meals, lodging (the monastery is so posh!), seminar and tour! Apart from those exciting perks, one of the best was the part where we get to meet sooo many different youths from numerous countries — from Indonesia to South Africa (forgive me, my geography is THAT bad).
To clue you in on some of the stuff we did, here are some photos:
Lectures and talks from Venerables
Light offering at the Buddha Memorial Center. It was so dramatic with all the 1500++ lights on the ground. Spectacular!
A lot of walking, mingling and playing around.
And of course a lot of eating. Check out my plate filled with food made from lotus flowers! This one has a lotus bud that looked like a meat ball. So cool!
Temple tours. This one looked like in one of the scenes in a Kung Fu movie. haha I was honestly waiting for Shaolin monks to appear anytime.
Walking around Xi Men Ding and eating at Modern Toilet. For those of you unfamiliar with the bowl served in front of us, it’s a replica of the squatting toilet that is widely used in most restrooms in Taiwan and other Asian countries (but not Phlippines, though). Filled with ice cream and dripping sauce to replicate… you know what. hahaha. Food was not all that but we get to experience eating off a toilet bowl! LOL!
Okay, enough for the photos. I don’t want to overload you.
And so now I wanna give you all my big comeback and Halloween Gift! Is it too early for Halloween? Hmmm… I don’t think so.
Here’s a whole slew of Halloween printables for you to download and enjoy!
Again, thank you for sticking around and I’ll talk to you soon!
Btw, I am guest posting on Tip Junkie (woohoo! high five!) on Saturday about Graphic Design and Branding. It’s going to be a series so catch me there every Saturday as we tackle graphic design and how to use it to improve brand recall! There will be tutorials so don’t forget to log onto Tip Junkie every Saturday for my series! See you there all Saturdays of September!
I don’t think I’m the only one here who adores cats. So all you cat lovers, let me hear you say ‘yay’ because I’ve got an awesome freebie for you today!
Just a backgrounder, Shiva recently gave birth to three cute little kittens. Sadly, only two survived. Naga and Eggbert are now two healthy and fat kittens.
Here are the three of them:
I know, they’re all fur without faces. LOL. Naga’s the black one and Eggbert is the tabby on the right.
Anyway, I made kitty cat bookmarks in honor of all domestic cats.
I recently read some article about people discriminating cats especially the domestic ones. From where I live, domestic cats are called Puspins (pronounced as poos-pins, just like saying “push pins” only without the H lol) or Pusang Pinoy. In the article, a couple of people shared their experience with their cats being discriminated. They shared how their Puspins were seen as “replaceable” beings and how others treated domestic cats as if they did not deserve thought, care or even love.
These domestic cats have brought warmth and an innumerable amount of cuteness in many homes and they deserve love and affection as much as any other being. Just because they do not have “breeds” do not mean they’re dispensable.
See you there all Saturdays of September!
Naga and Eggbert are now two healthy and fat kittens.
