PURRFECT MATCH 2026

Come see our cute and colorful adoptable chonks! This year, it's twice the cats and double the trouble!

Poster designed by Mandi Villacorta using Canva

Hiss, hiss, purr, kiss! Purrfect Match, our cat adoption drive, is back for its 2nd year for two days and we have twice the number of adoptables! Come see them and hang with us at two of Makati's fave cafes. All adoptions are free! Just submit an adoption application form and agree to a short screening interview. I would like to write you a sob story, except that the only one truly sobbing will be me, in two mutually exclusive scenarios: one where no one find a furever home or one where everyone finds the best purrfect match. Let's manifest the latter!

Are you still looking for signs? It's all here and in two's! Our cat profiles are posted up on my Instagram only.

See you on March 14 @ ODD Cafe, Salcedo village and March 22 @ Commune, Poblacion! This is pprimarily an adoption drive and not a fundraiser. but the cats are open to in kind donations (food and vitamins).

The success of this year's adoption drive is all thanks to my dearest volunteers, our friends at Cats of Verdana, our media partners: DiscoverMNL, When in Manila, and Malaya Business Insight, and brand partners: SyCats' Prints by e3, Kinko, and Fetch!. The event is also made possible with the unwavering support of my fur friends: Kiki and Chico; EvaEvan; and Choco Martinez the Third Dael, Churro Dael, Chewie Oliveros, and Charlie Oliveros; and Zoe and Morris.

Mina and I send you all our love!

Ready to adopt? Find the adoption link here.

Last year, we had 7 cats find their homes!

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We help find homes for our rescues and fosters because first, the goal is goodbye and second, love heals both animal and human. My wish is for all our featured adoptables to go to their furever homes and for Mimiyuuuh, the ultimate Salcedo girly, to join and grace our event with her presence. (Please give us clout, Mimiyuuuh and maybe adopt a bonded pair, too!)

Onwards, 2026 : A re-introduction

Did you know? This year is the eight anniversary of Mina's Dream Space. That is almost a decade of service. Albeit done very reluctantly in the beginning, sharing my heart and energy to you all has been more enriching than my entire lifetime in the legal field.

Last year was so good to me, because I truly felt free. I felt seen for who I am, as just me. Doors have opened up for me to deepen my practices. Some doors, I have peacefully closed, too. In the last year, I have wanted only to be more intentional in where I spend my time and energy. I am happy to (re)share my continuing scholarships: 300hr Kundalini Yoga Teacher training and my Third Year in Professional Astrology course. I have also spent most of last year being attuned and learning the sacred traditions and medicine of the Q'ero, being a pampamesayok, an Earth Keeper. 🙏 (Thank you to my teacher, Lee Grane.)

My adventures have taken me to spaces where loss and grief weighed heavy and also to spaces where beauty, prosperity, and abundance of the human soul shines. Life has blessed me with these adventures that show me how possible and real it can be, to live a life so fully. How exciting to want for more of this!

I hope you know that I am so hard on myself when I write ✨anything✨ and I am always amazed and grateful when people read my work. It pleases me and makes me want to work harder. And if to be seen is to be free, then you will see more of me here. 🙏

Thank you for the eight years. Thank you, thank you, thank you. More, please.

Consider this a re-introduction. ✨

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“The heart is the hub of all sacred places. Go there and roam.”

— Bhagawan Nityananda

Evidence: frequency of being loved

"What is this sound, Leeloo?"

I wanted to ask Leeloo this question immediately. A deep, steady rhythm. A continuous and thick electric hum, like the din of old refrigerators and noisy air conditioners. The noise was everywhere and I wanted to know where it was coming from. I looked at Leeloo and knew it was not coming from her body.

When we started the session, Leeloo was already tired. Breathing is laced with a stinging sensation and she let me see how her torso was energetically glowing like embers. Sometimes, the heat would be unbearable. Sometimes, they look like tiny fireflies. Either way, the fire never went away. She didn't understand this. I couldn't explain to her why physical bodies have to be imperfect and why this fire was growing and never leaving. I couldn't fully explain why leaving this physical body must feel painful and why she will remain alive after transitioning.

I hesistated from asking Leeloo too many questions. She did not enjoy it. I looked around the room she showed me and still could not find the source of that constant humming.

Despite the effort in breathing, Leeloo still yearned. Hers was a yearning for her good life, the good times... for light to remain streaming through the home's windows and her loved ones laying beside her sharing love and energy with the fervor of prayers. That was when I understood. The hum is the sound of energy resonating between bodies. The same sound that unlocks doors in dreams. The sound of prayers, love, and memories shared. The sound of life and of grief. The sound that proves Leeloo is alive and deeply loved. The sound that she loves back, just as deeply.

Thank you, Leeloo. May you always feel how deeply loved you are. Thank you for being who you are. You will never be alone. 🙏

A Happy heart is a loud heart

I had a challenging time talking to Happy.

It was mainly because he shone so much, like a giant warm lamp with no shade and no dimmer. 😎He also had no filter and immediately wanted to share with me memories of his sixteen years on his earth-side adventure. I asked him if he can slow down (he didn't care)

I knew immediately that Happy was no longer in his physical form. There is a quality of being untethered when he met with me. He was also (very) bossy. "Halika, Ann. Tignan mo ang bahay ko." "Ah, ok. Opo." He toured me around his house and shared that he proudly painted the walls with his magic and his memories. When this house crumbles, so will Happy the dog.

I asked if the house is important? Happy the spirit said "not really, but it is for my girls."

Happy was wise and lived his best dog years in only one house that he called home. It was his and everyone knew. His heart was always laughing and he deeply understood how important laughter was in human lives. He understands it more than anybody because even in spirit, he has the last laugh. "I would like a permanent holiday 🚤🏝️"

Thank you, Happy. Happy does not hide what is in his heart. And whatever his heart says is always easy to hear.

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May we know love, may we know joy, may we be free from suffering.

Opposing Brgy Bel-Air: No to Oppressive Ordinance

When it comes to community animal work, I have repeatedly shared that this is community service for me. I have said it before and I need to emphasize again, how can I call myself an animal communicator if I do not help the animals closest to me? I seek no need for awards nor the highest numbers in animals helped, rescued, or adopted out. I believe when there are more people doing community service like me? The bigger the win for animals.

This morning, against all my introvertedness, I begged off work and showed up to my barangay's public hearing to completely oppose the entirety of their draft ordinance on prohibiting feeding of strays. In the years of our daily work in the community, it has been my personal experience that trying to coordinate with the same people currently in leadership, to get TNVR projects running has been slow and fruitless (from borrowing humane cat traps, asking for budget support for TNVR, and organizing a TNVR project for colonies outside their gated village.) For transparency, I own, operated, and coordinated all efforts done by the first Cats of Salcedo page, active pre-2020. I continued my community service on this page. Working together with my tita and a handful of good and honest friends to this day, I have been involved in grassroots animal welfare efforts for more than a decade. When I claim we feed our community cats twice a day, rain or shine, every day without fail? This is always true, for this decade and the next to come.

This post is for equal parts documentation and call for help. Commitment is important. While I do not shy away from leadership roles, I prefer to share the workload and any recognition. I am grateful for the support received this day but I don't have stamina. In the next time the barangay calls for a meeting to discuss animal welfare, please attend. The barangay is actually big and there are many animals, not just dogs and cats. We have great birds, lost pets of all kinds, and local snakes who also help control the rodent population. I will see you there.

And just to cover all my bases, I am NOT asking for any financial support in this endeavor with the barangay.

How did Tala know?

I do my best to explain my process to my human clients. A visual description of what happens during my sessions is easy, but explaining how each experience is a challenge. When animals energetically open doors for me, I never know what truly to expect. This is their realm and my time with them is for them. I do my best to relay any questions from their humans, but the session really is and will be however they want it to be. Sometimes, they speak a lot. Other times, I wait in silence until I catch that spark in their eye, that soul intelligence every living being has, and we begin another strange journey of stories.

When a life is lived to its fullest and senior years, there are so many stories and never enough time. Tala is fourteen in human years and very wise. I extended the session with her because our session was interspersed with sharp pain, like pins and needles. She told me the left side of her body feels that way when she moves now. "I am old. Tell the twins that they do not have to be brave for me. I always read them, so I always know."

Tala knows her life is blessed. She also shared that blessed energy with me during our session. As she kept sharing some memories, she showed me her meeting horses. I told her how I love horses. She looked at me, with those wise eyes, gleaming with curiosity. I thought then, was it serendipity that they named you after those starry eyes? Tala asked me, "If you could your horse, what would you name them?" "In every lifetime, Tala, I would call them Amihan."

I have repeatedly dreamt of a giant chestnut horse, bigger than the world, who perched like a loafing cat. I know in my heart, Tala was talking about my dreaming. It was her little way of telling me, she sees me and what I do, too.

Thank you, Tala.

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Perfect day for Purrfect Match

When I first had the idea of finally holding a public adoption event for my network of fosters, I firmly believed that it would happen. I have always been headstrong in my endeavors for community cats. I had the audacity and I needed to pull in like-minded people to make it happen.

Purrfect Match came to be on Palm Sunday afternoon, and it was a good day to have fun.

There is a lot of work behind the scenes in organizing a 100% free adoption event. All my adoptions are at NO COST to the adopter. Our fosters have been vetted by ME (yes, I talk to them!) and have sponsors for any necessary vaccinations and procedures before adoption. An adoption form and interview is conducted. All we ask is to commit to giving our cats their best home and lives, indoors and within your reasonable budget. Ours is an advocacy and a movement made possible by so much heartful support and generosity.

We had a total of 13 cats included on the roster for this event. A total of six cats have been successfully adopted out to their forever homes, and we have a couple of pending adoption inquiries. Fingers crossed for those cats, too!

I am truly happy and grateful that I have equally crazy volunteer-friends who shared their energy and time to make this little event happen, almost smoothly. We did not open financial donations for this event because I simply had no headspace, right now, to account and write reports. We did have several in-kind donations in cat treats (see photos) and even a couple of mini cat trees which went home to a couple of fosters! I am also grateful to brands like Grab Philippines who were open to supporting our first event and to Oasy for sharing some food samples for our adoptables and community cats.

I am also very proud to say that there were zero accidents during Purrfect Match. 🥰 A scratch-free and soil-free event with cats is a success in itself, as I am very big on lessening their stress from being in a new environment!

Personally, I believe #PurrfectMatchAtCommune is a quiet success in adoptions, donations, and a fun time 🥰 Please continue to follow and support our endeavors to better community cat lives. There will be a round ✌️, perhaps next Quarter?

Coco's relief

Coco looks at her human family with happiness, colors, and a deep sense of relief. Relief is not a common feeling that animals share with me. I even asked Coco if she was a rescue, in the sense that animal welfare volunteers understand, and she said "uhm no 🥰" and she honestly felt that way-- not hardened by dangers of the streets and cruel humans.

Coco knows the good life, a sweet life, a soft life. Happy birthday, Coco. Thank you. 🥰

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A family asked me to talk to their dog last night. I found the session overflowing with tenderness, and nothing cloying at all. There really is something beautiful when humans and animals see each other for their entirety, for who they truly are, and only want to give more to improve and better each others' lives.  I am grateful to be a witness to their journey. 🙏

My cat eats ghosts

My cat is a soul eater. He told me so, in between mouthfuls of ghostly crumbs. "I eat everything, Gib!" He does not lie. Aki never lies. This must be why there are no ghosts in the house. Aki has eaten them all. He eats them the second they step into his domain, digests their wails in his stomach made of steel, and farts whatever indigestion he gets from eating too much and too fast.

There are plenty of ghosts in this city and yet, there are never enough souls for his big mouth. So every day, at the same time just before dinner, Aki yells at me for actual food. I asked him why does he eat them? And he says, they make his "tummy feel funny" 🙃 I think it must be like eating a harmless energy jellyfish. I don't know. I will never eat ghosts.

So ghosts? They move like scared lizards on the walls. The soul eater in this house is a fat cat and he is always hungry.