This is another one of the teas I got at Twining’s shop at the Strand. Unlike the Golden Rose Hearts, this was something that my sister and I planned to get – we’ve tried this before and we liked it. Strictly speaking, this isn’t tea but these tisanes are pretty fun and easy to reach… Read More Tea Review: 2 Twinings’ Cold Infuse Flavours
I cannot remember how I found this book, which is sad because I LOVED THIS. It is amazing and it tackles the sensitive topic of race and a difficult time in Malaysia’s history with great skill and empathy. The Weight of Our Sky is set during the 13 May 1969 racial riots. Melati and her… Read More The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf
It is perhaps a testament to how books can hype up a trip that when I saw the listing for 87 Micklegate, I knew that I had found our accommodations for our time in York. I had been reading The Service of the Dead by Candace Robb and was in a pretty medieval York state… Read More Staying in a Medieval House: My Review of 87 Micklegate, York
I was going to give this a nicer name like “The Tragedy of Pot and other tales of Woe” but I remembered that I only cooked two things this week so that would be inaccurate. And the second tale isn’t actually sad. The Tragedy of Pot Once upon a time, there was a pot. Pot… Read More The Tragedy of Pot and One Other Tale of Woe
Recently, I read a Dayre post about a user’s personal finance and investing journey. It was pretty interesting and it made me think about my own personal finance journey and from there, about the books I’ve read. Somehow, everything in my life can be linked to a book I read. While personal finance and investing… Read More My Top 3 Personal Finance Books
I’ve been mostly finishing up the opened teas in my stash, but I have been trying some new teas. They’re mostly samples so I don’t have enough thoughts about them to make a full post for each tea, instead, here are some quick reviews: Mosa Tea’s No. 18 Ruby Red Tea This one is interesting… Read More 5 Recent Teas (Quick Tea Reviews #2)
Ideally, I would have found this book before I started on my smartphone/social media detox but I only heard about this book when it was recommended during the talk on the defence of self-help. But better late than never, and I was interested to see if this book could help in the post-detox month. This… Read More How to Break Up with Your Phone by Catherine Price
I’ve mentioned Cher on this blog a few times, mostly because she has an insane amount of tea and always brings interesting teas to our tea sessions. Her dedication to tea is such that while on business trips to China, she ended up making friends with a few farmers and tea-merchants. As you can imagine,… Read More Trying OurTeaFam’s Sample Box
This book came highly recommended by The Orangutan Librarian and after reading it, I totally see why. My Lady Jane is such a delightful take on Jane Grey, Queen of England for nine days, spinning it into a humorous and magical story. I was actually a little bit worried that I didn’t know enough about… Read More My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing, but I temporarily lost my phone twice this week. This never used to happen because my phone would always be by my side, but since I’ve become more and more comfortable leaving it for longer stretches of time, I’ve also found myself losing… Read More Breaking the Smartphone Habit: Week 4
