Paano nag-umpisa ang Cat Cafe Manila? (Yan ang Morning!)

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Ininterview ni Marian Rivera ang may-ari ng Cat Cafe Manila na si Dennis Ty at kung paano niya naisip ang konsepto at ang nagsilbing inspirasyon sa kanyang cafe.

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00:00 Good morning and we're here with the owner of Cat Cafe, Sir Dennis!

00:05 Hi!

00:06 Sir Dennis, how did you come up with the concept of having a cat and a cafe at the same time?

00:13 It's different in other countries, like Japan, Taiwan, even in the States.

00:19 There are a lot of cat cafes there.

00:21 So last year, my partner went to Japan and he said there are a lot of cat cafes there.

00:27 And every town, every barangay has a cat cafe.

00:32 So we thought, why not have a cat cafe here in Manila?

00:34 So we thought of bringing the concept of a cat cafe and we made the Cat Cafe Manila here in Maguinawa.

00:39 The cats here are the Pinoy cats, right?

00:43 Yes.

00:44 So these are the ones you're taking care of, George?

00:46 Yes.

00:47 But you also said earlier, when we were off-cam, they can adapt to the cats.

00:53 In the Philippines, there are a lot of stray cats, Pinoy cats.

00:57 So we thought of educating people.

01:00 Because if you see stray cats, if you take good care of them, they become good pets.

01:05 And you teach them, they get fat, they become cute.

01:09 People can come here, our customers can come here, and get to know them.

01:13 After they get to know them, they can adapt.

01:16 What can they do to adapt? Do you have to do this or that to get a cat?

01:24 There's a process where you fill out an application form, and there's an interview and a house visit.

01:31 It's not that hard to find a job.

01:34 So it's just a house visit to find out how their house is conducive to the cats.

01:40 And it's true, Sir Dennis, because BFF, you know, when we went here earlier,

01:46 I invited a cat lover, and she wants to adapt to cats.

01:51 Why are you so many, Nart?

01:53 Yes, she's here now.

01:55 Really?

01:56 Miss Cecil, there she is.

01:58 Hi, Mommy Cecil.

02:00 Mommy Cecil, you're fond of cats.

02:03 Yes, since I moved here.

02:05 Because in our place, we used to have a fire, and the cat saved us.

02:09 How many cats do you have in your house?

02:13 Ten cats?

02:14 When the cat died, I didn't know where it went.

02:18 I cried, and I posted it on Facebook.

02:22 I thought maybe it was caught in a trap.

02:24 So now you want to have more cats?

02:26 Yes, because cats take a long time to grow.

02:29 Sometimes, I can't even watch them.

02:31 So I thought maybe I can replace them.

02:34 So you mean you just got those cats from the streets?

02:37 Yes, I saw one.

02:39 It had a long leg.

02:41 I called it, and it had a head that was for feeding.

02:45 And it had a neck.

02:47 And when you fed it, it would leave.

02:49 Really?

02:50 Yes.

02:51 I had one before.

02:52 There.

02:53 It's so cute.

02:55 And it had five cats that were both ampulatory.

02:58 So I called it, "Cat, cat."

03:00 And the cat said, "Me?

03:02 What?"

03:05 BFF?

03:07 You're a support there.

03:08 You have a lot of cats.

03:10 So I can take care of Mommy Cecil.

03:13 So Mommy Cecil,

03:14 here at the Cat Cafe in Manila,

03:17 you can adopt cats.

03:19 What can they do, like you said earlier?

03:23 You can get to know the cats here.

03:26 You saw earlier that you adopted a cat with a yellow leg.

03:30 We had a cat here before.

03:32 It's name was Peggy.

03:33 It's an amputated cat.

03:35 It has a peg leg, so we called it Peggy.

03:38 What if, Sir Dennis,

03:39 I saw a stray cat on the street.

03:42 Can I go here to take care of it?

03:45 First of all,

03:46 we don't allow other cats outside.

03:49 We don't know if they have bacteria or are sick.

03:54 So that the customers and the cats here are safe.

03:57 And secondly, the cats are very territorial.

04:00 So what we do here,

04:02 before, cats were left here.

04:04 So outside our door,

04:06 we left 4 cats outside.

04:09 What we do is,

04:10 we take them to their cage

04:11 so they can take care of them.

04:13 And they test the cats to see if they're okay.

04:16 If they're okay,

04:17 they're allowed to come here.

04:18 Yes, they can.

04:19 Someone sent a kitten here,

04:21 about a month old.

04:23 It's still small.

04:24 It can't come here yet.

04:25 So we sent it to the cage.

04:28 When it's a bit bigger,

04:30 they can come here.

04:31 We let them stay here.

04:32 And here's more!

04:33 Mommy and BFF,

04:35 this cafe has a twist.

04:37 They have a bestseller here.

04:39 Really?

04:40 Where can people visit here?

04:41 What's the bestseller here, Sir Dennis?

04:43 The Poriochi Shake.

04:45 So, "po" like cat, "po".

04:47 Poriochi Shake.

04:49 It's delicious.

04:51 It's delicious.

04:52 Mommy, try it.

04:53 So Sir Dennis,

04:54 our viewers who want to come here,

04:57 where can they contact you

04:59 you can contact them.

05:01 We're on the second floor of 189.

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