Last year, I visited the Twinings shop at 216 Strand and left with a lot of tea, including the Twinings Golden Rose Hearts. I’ve been treasuring it ever since, opening one small cake at a time. At the same time, I also asked Cher if any of her tea farmer contacts knew people who were… Read More Tea Experiments: A Rose By Any Other Name
I cannot say that I’m studying Heian Japan without reading as many of its most important works as possible, even if it is poetry. The Tales of Ise is a collection of 125 narrative-poems consisting of a short narrative + poem(s), all loosely based on the life of Narihara, the model lover. While I might… Read More Book Review: The Tales of Ise translated by Peter MacMillian
The past week and a half has been unexpected for me. Malaysia has gone under a lockdown as a result, I don’t actually have any work to do. While I expect things to get crazy busy once we are back up and running at work, I’m currently facing the classic problem of: what can I… Read More Stay At Home Bakes: National Trust Baking Books Edition
In an effort to be ready for the March edition of A Year with Christie 2020 (having completely missed the February version), I checked out The ABC Murders from the library early. Since this is my second time reading the mystery, I sort of knew what was going on and so, instead of guessing what… Read More Re-Reading Christie: Is ‘The ABC Murders’ Self-Aware?
While I don’t actually need to keep re-reading the basics of tea, I just cannot resist tea books. When I saw Good & Proper Tea, I was unable to stop myself from borrowing it. It’s a book about tea! I don’t really need more motivation to read it. Good & Proper Tea contains the usual… Read More Tea Book Review: Good & Proper Tea by Emilie Holmes
While I was requesting the book on Thor, I also chanced upon Warriors, Witches, and Women. Requesting this book from NetGalley was a no brainer because I love mythology and I thought it would be very fun to have the spotlight on women in various myths from around the world. While I enjoyed this feminist… Read More Book Review: Warriors, Witches, Women by Kate Hodges
My friend, and fellow tea lover, Eetel from FlyEetelFly recently gave me two taster packets of Lupicia teas! She knows how much I love them and as expected, I was so excited to be able something new. The two teas I got to try are 雁ヶ音日記 (Karigane Nikki) and からころ (Karakoro). 雁ヶ音日記 (Karigane Nikki) First… Read More Tea Review: Karigane Nikki and Karakoro from Lupicia
It’s interesting how book discoveries are made. I started off by looking at one of the books recommended by the NLB – How to Be Alone – stumbled across this book, and ended up borrowing it instead. And I have absolutely no regrets because this was a helpful book that *surprise* is more than what… Read More Mental Health Monday #3: Book Review – How to Be Single and Happy by Jennifer Taitz
A while back, Uniqlo released a line of t-shirts and dresses inspired by The Tale of Genji. The prints are absolutely beautiful and I became really curious about whether there was any meaning about them. Since Uniqlo credited Unsodo for the designs, I emailed them to see if they could provide any insight. According to… Read More Wearing Your Heart on Your Sleeve: Meaning in Uniqlo’s Tale of Genji Shirts
I have been pretty good with not requesting things from NetGalley for the past few months because I have a huge TBR list (and access to the library), but when I saw this book about Thor, I was immediately intrigued. My experience of the Norse Myths is limited to the marvel movies, Neil Gaiman’s retelling,… Read More Book Review: Thor by Morgan Daimler
