Korea has a culture of pets cafe. These cafes keep a dozens of pets in the cafe and for most of them, you have to pay a one off fee (about 8000 won) for entrance, and you are entitled a drink and a 1-2 hours stay there.
-terminology-
1000 won = SGD 1.10
Hongdae - Hongik University (홍익대학교 Hongik Daehakyo, Hongdae for short)
남자 - namja = boy
여친 - yeochin = girlfriend
ulu- secluded
There is this chain cat cafe called CAT CAFE and it is very commercialized, usually with a garfield escort at the main pathway near the cafe.
I went to one of its outlets at Hongdae in Seoul, and as it was my first experience in a cafe packed with so many cats, i was really awed and excited!
I was with Felicia, Darren and Esther ~
cute coffee!
We all noticed something weird - almost all the cats were soundly sleeping (except for one or two) and despite so many people petting them, they did not wake up at all!
I felt a little suspicious, thinking they had drugged the cats because after one of the staff started taking out a toy that made some noise, all the cats started to wake. She started "playing" with the cats using a feather stick, and suddenly the whole place was filled with excited cats. Isn't it fishy?
Despite that, after all the cats woke, all the patrons became really happy because we could all play with the cats proper. haaha.
awww
this furless cat was really interesting! first time i see this breed! the skin was rubbery, very weird but fun to touch! haha
like a boss
the furless cat was SO SCARY! it always stared at people with these fierce eyes and it moves around very very swiftly! its tail was similar to a rat's tail as well!
Really look like cartoon..
Spotted a DAMN RICH looking young korean 남자. He looked rather korean-cute and omg, it's the first time i see someone dressed outright rich!
Maybe that's the difference between rich koreans and rich Singaporeans! Singaporeans tend to hide their wealth, or at least it isn't very obvious - we don't wear a GOLD watch like the Korean boy does.. Seriously, from head to toe, the boy just had "RICH" written all over. Haha. Makes me wonder if he was the typical kind of rich spoilt brats we see in Korean dramas. He came with his 여친 (girlfriend).
(haha don't get me wrong, i'm just surprised because it's the first time i see a drama-kind of character real life. lol)
cuteeeee
And on another day, i visited another cat cafe with Felicia, but this was a really ulu one, called Gio Cat Cafe, hidden in one small corner of Hongdae.
For cat cafe, you just have to take the exit that leads to a KFC, follow the small road that passes Watsons, Skin food and then turn right on the first adjacent small road and walk just a little more and you will see the Cat Cafe sign on the 2nd floorth.
For Gio Cat cafe, you will have to walk about 15 mins towards Hongdae Free Market and along the small road with shops parallel to the playground, turn right into a REALLY SMALL AND ULU lane and you will see Gio Cat cafe at the 2nd floorth.
This cat cafe was definitely more normal, because only some of the cats were sleeping and most of the cats were active. The cats here was also more friendly, they would approach you on their own initiative and sometimes, quite surprisingly as well.
told you so.Actually it was quite painful when the cat jumped onto my shoulder.. Cus it was scared of falling, it put some nails out so that it will remain stable on my shoulder... so the nails were poking at my skin.. but cats are actually very careful about not hurting people (when they are not in aggressive mode) so it was very gentle when it was moving its paws on my shoulder.
It was really cute, kept rubbing its head against my cap.. kyuttttt
ULTIMATE CUTENESS!
I was extremely obsessed with one of them, it had a permanent "i am so poor thing" look because of its droopy ears! Super cute!
I am a cat lover, if you haven't realised.
This cat looked really funny cus its face was really flat, as though it has been flatten by a car =p
Hahha.. really cute!
y u no look at the cam :(
perma-sad face aww-max!
yay finally!
told you i was obsessed.
The staff also took out some treats for the cats, but she was purely feeding all of them, unlike the staff at Cat Cafe, who seemed to be performing a show for the patrons.
It was rather shocking to see SO MANY cats gathering around the staff.. I think there were at least 20-30 of them..
Their eyes were all wide opened and teary, it was hard for my heart not to melt..
this one again!
Also, one cat suddenly jumped onto my lap and started hugging me! Shocked and surprised, as you can see from the awkward expression. haha
We really didn't bear to leave all the cute kitties because it would be the last time we would be in a mass of adorable, non-stray and clean kitties after we return to Singapore..
extremely pleasant stay at Gio Cat Cafe. I wouldn't suggest anyone to go to Cat Cafe because they really seemed to be rather fishy and it wasn't worth it to pay 8000 won to see a shop of sleeping cats.
go dig Gio Cat Cafe out!
