This was a book that came at the perfect moment. It’s been a tough time for me lately and I needed to hear from someone who has gone through something similar to what I did (although Maggy faces much greater challenges than me). I stumbled across these lines in the first chapter and I knew… Read More How Not to Fall Apart by Maggy Van Eijk
When my cousin asked me about getting a tea bar for his wedding, I decided to volunteer. Or rather, I decided to ask Cher about it and we volunteered to do it, reasoning that with Cher’s contacts and my um… ability to plan, we could do a tea bar at a low cost. Well, the… Read More Experiments with Tea: Blending Black and Green Teas with Rosebuds
After Nicole posted about Sarah Dessen books being adapted into Netflix movies, I had a sudden hankering to read another one of her books. I first read The Truth About Forever (still my favourite book of hers) in Secondary School and binged everything back then, but many years later, there are new books for me… Read More Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen
One of the things I’m trying to do this year is to meet with more friends. Since I am normally the first to arrive (since I hate being late and will overestimate the amount of time it takes to go anywhere), I brought this along. Not only is it the perfect size for my bag,… Read More The British Home Front Pocket-Book 1940 – 1942 compiled by Brian Lavery
The 2019 edition of the Singapore Tea Festival (STF) is over! I’ve got to admit, even though I was working there the whole three days, it’s all a bit of a blur. Most of my time was spent solving problems or working the registers and when I wasn’t at the event, I was helping at… Read More STF 2019 VIP Bag: First Look
The back of Twinings’ Golden Rose Hearts has the following description to describe the tea: “Handmade using a traditional Chinese technique known as ‘Tuocha’, a single rosebud is placed into black tea leaves and compressed into a heart shape. When infused in hot water, the rosebud delicately scents the strong, brisk black tea.” I was… Read More What is Tuo Cha?
I’ve had this on my TBR list for ages but only got around to reading it recently because I have shiny book syndrome (among other things – like TBR addiction). But once I started reading this, I finished it in a day because it’s pretty inspiring and quite short. Eat, Move, Sleep focuses on how… Read More Eat, Move, Sleep by Tom Rath
I was at the Skye Museum of Island Life when I saw this book – given that I love legends and folklore, I knew that I had to have this as a souvenir of our time in Skye. Obviously, I wasn’t disappointed; this was a delightful book that took me through time and back to… Read More Skye: The Island and Its Legends by Otta Swire
I like to think of myself as a serial optimist when it comes to online communities. Apart from blogging, I’ve also been in WriteOn, Google+, Wattpad, 500px, and Dayre communities (apart from the usual Instagram/Facebook/LinkedIn networks). And since I’ve moved to WordPress, I’ve started following people using the WordPress community “Followed Sites” section, which it… Read More When Should You Leave An Online Community?
There were a lot of tea shops that I wanted to visit in London (like Postcard Teas!) but I know better than to make a trip mainly about tea – my family likes tea but not that much. But since Twining’s flagship store at 216 Strand is the oldest tea shop in London, it was… Read More Visiting the Oldest Tea Shop in London + Tea Review: Twinings Golden Rose Hearts
