Tales of a Temple Cat: Gong Xi Fa Cai

May you and all beings be well, happy and at peace

Saturday, February 6, 2016

Gong Xi Fa Cai, everyone

and Happy Year of the Monkey!

The nuns call me Vege Cat but my real name is Da, which means "greatness, intelligence".

The temple where I have lived for more than 7 years

I am lucky to have a roof over my head and a good teacher like Head Nun.

Ning is quite different from me. He has no interest in spiritual matters but has a good and kind heart.

From A Nonya's Pen: "God gives us a pencil for the book of life but He alone holds the eraser."

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