It probably says a lot that I wrote tomorrow’s post first, or that I was more excited to look forward to 2020 than to look through 2019. It’s not that I had a bad year (definitely not!) but December has been crazy and I haven’t had much time to comb through the books, podcasts, and… Read More Looking back at 2019
Inspired by Northern Teaist, I spent much of the past month trying to finish as many teas as possible. I dug through cupboards and rifled through the tea drawer at work, stumbled across new teas, and ended up managing to finish X teas. Here are my final goodbyes: The Digester (Bird & Blend Tea Co.)… Read More 2019 Tea Sipdown
Merry Christmas everyone! If I’ve done this right, this post will be going out on Christmas Even and I hope that you’re all enjoying the festive spirit. I’ll be having a sort-of break from tomorrow to the 29th – I’ll be off for Christmas, in camp for the 26th to 27th, and will then be… Read More ADVENTure Week 3 + Overall Thoughts on the Yawn Brew Advent Calendars
Having enjoyed the first two books in the series, The Two Mrs. Abbotts was already on my TBR list. And when Ami from Luvtoread reviewed it, it felt like a sign that I should move the book up the list. So the next time I popped by the Central Library (which is one of the… Read More The Two Mrs. Abbotts by D. E. Stevenson
Nothing much to say except that I got two new teacups and one teaset recently and they are ADORABLE. I’ve been wanting to share pictures of it but the traffic’s been terrible lately and I have not been able to be at home during daylight hours. But the sun rose a little earlier today so… Read More This Teaware's a Hoot
So this was something recommended in the self-help talk at the NLB (I really should sign up for more talks) and since I really enjoyed Digital Minimalism, I decided to read this. Plus, I tend to get a bit reflective around December (or any other trigger, really), and I thought it would be nice to… Read More Deep Work by Cal Newport
I normally try to read the Fairacre series in order, but when I saw this, I knew that it had to be read in the Christmas season. Christmas with Miss Read is a collection of stories that are, in some way, linked to Christmas. Some of them, I think I’ve already read (The Fairacre Ghost… Read More Christmas with Miss Read
I can’t believe that we’re through with the second week of advent because that means I have slightly over a week to Christmas! Where has the time gone?? Did I do this same panicked lament last year? (Possibly) I’ll have to start writing my year in review posts soon because the rest of December is… Read More ADVENTure Week 2
When I was a kid, going on a holiday overseas meant going to Genting (Johor was too close to count). Apart from rare trips to Hong Kong and once, Dubai, my family always chose to take a five hour drive up north for our holidays. We were in Genting so often we were members. But… Read More Going back to Genting in 2019
I found out about this book from the Public Libraries Singapore’s Instagram and could not resist picking this up. While my English has been steadily getting worse (I used to think that it’s because my brain was replacing it with Japanese but clearly this is not the case anymore), I still enjoy reading about the… Read More The Accidental Dictionary by Paul Anthony Jones
