Yesterday, I talked a bit about finding out that some of my childhood rhymes had overseas roots and the surprise that it was. Today, I’d like to share some more rhymes; these should be more local, and I’ve categorised them according to when they were heard/shared. The original rhymes are presented with the English translation… Read More Singapore Folklore #2: A Collection of Schoolyard Rhymes
Starting school around the turn of the century meant several things: a cool 2000 Micky Mouse notebook (beginning my lifelong habit of never finishing a notebook I started writing in), a longstanding question about which century exactly it was (which never got answered because I never bothered to ask), and of course, school. There were… Read More Singapore Folklore #1: Schoolyard Rhymes from Overseas
It feels like the weeks are short but the months are even shorter because I am NOT prepared for August. It’s been a very hectic July for me and I’m not sure if I’ve fully collected all my thoughts but I’m here to try and do a round-up of the month! What I’m Reading As… Read More July 2024 in Review
Recently, my foodie friend (or is it foodie enabler?) and I went to a pastry-based omakase! I was intrigued by the concept, which is why I agreed to go. And although I was a bit worried that I would not be full on pastries alone, I am happy to report that we had a GREAT… Read More Trying a Pastry-based Omakase at Ami Patisserie
Hello friends! I can’t say that I’m definitely going back to the monthly reviews but since it’s my first month back at the blog (time has gone by quickly and also it feels like I never left), I thought I’d do a small rambling recap. So I chose a good time to come back to… Read More April 2024 in Review
I have been very used to “trying new things” by adding more and more things. For example: tried writing a book, tried publishing & marketing, tried being consistent on Instagram, tried a bunch of courses, etc. But this year is the first time I tried something new by removing something – the pressure to blog… Read More Hello from a serial experimenter
Before December started, I thought I was more or less settled with my blogging plans for 2024. I’ve been pretty happy off Instagram and I was considering how I’m going to narrow down my Internet presence for a saner year. And of course I had aaaaalllll the year end blogging plans. But then December rolled… Read More My New Year Resolution is to Stop Blogging
Hello friends!! I actually had a really great reading month in November but that has come at the expense of pretty much everything else – you’ll see that my reading log only has the book and hasn’t been “beautified” with stickers yet. But no worries, it’s time to do a month in review. November in… Read More November in Review + December’s Reading & Tea Plans
Hello friends! It’s been a while since we had a month-in-review post, since I was overseas at the start of October and well… I’ve actually been overseas too. So this is late but thankfully not so late that I lose all momentum to write this. October in Books After reading only nine books in September… Read More Month in Review: October 2023
I watched the latest of the Poirot movies starring Kenneth Branagh and I have to say, this was my favourite one! While I enjoyed Murder on the Orient Express, I thought it had a bit too much backstory that was not really canon (or was that the second movie?). Death on the Nile, on the… Read More A Haunting in Venice – The Best Adaptation is No Adaptation