I ran into a very interesting shop the other day when I was screwing around Chengdu with a friend. The shop is called Blue Sheep, and it's main purpose is to help minorities and underprivileged groups in and near China. They sold a lot of handcrafted things from many different areas of China. In the shop, I found a bunch of really cool stuff. The owner of the shop is an English lady and has been connecting people all over. She is selling skirts from the Hmong in Laos as well as a these bookmark thingys from FengHuang County. I really want to visit FengHuang County now that I bought these bookmarks. She had 15 or so dolls on a shelf representing a different group of people in China, and they all had stories attached to them. It was the most adorable thing. I really really love the work she is doing.
As for Homie Cat... well, let's just say... he's a chubby one that hangs around our dorm. They even have a feeding bowl for him. He just loiters around all day and night and sits in the way of people patiently waiting for that one foreigner cat-loving friend that might pet him.
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