Over the weekend, we were invited to Mindset Learning Hub Cafe (MLHC) to sketch and eat. And it was fun!
MLHC is a collaboration between the Jardine Matheson Group through its registered charity, MINDSET Care Limited and Singapore Association for Mental Health (SAMH).
They work with Persons-In-Recovery and Persons-At-Risk for their vocational training and employment needs; at a centre that provides them with Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) training.
There are rooms for conducting workshops as well. You can book rooms and food with them.
I bought the Derwent Graphitint coloured pencils to try out today. I totally misjudged the values they can create. They are mostly dark values that don't vary much from each other except for the hue. It will take a while to get used to it.
Sitting at the cafe sketching these people made me think of how crowded it was. This particular Coffee Bean at Junction 8 always seems to be crowded. I was lucky today to get a seat. While sketching, I saw a few people coming in and walking out after finding out there are not seats.
The coffee here cost around 5 times more than the coffee at the neighbourhood coffee shops. Yet, it's always packed. There are also many students. Back in the days when I was a student, I had to scrimp and save. Now that I've a job, I still feel a bit guilty drinking such expensive coffee.