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
It’s been over two months since my last SEA Reading Challenge book, so I decided to double up my efforts to find one. I made a trip to the Central Library and managed to find a copy of the S.E.A Write Anthology of ASEAN Short Stories & Poems. After all, what’s more representative of South… Read More The S.E.A. Write Anthology of ASEAN Short Stories & Poems
Given that I’m still on a post-vacation high, I decided to start going through the English-history books in my TBR list. One of them is Blood Sisters: The Women Behind The Wars of the Roses by Sarah Gristwood. This wasn’t a period of English history that I heard much of in my trip, apart from… Read More Blood Sisters by Sarah Gristwood
“We’re not getting any more scones and clotted cream. Our vacation is less than three months away and we need to build anticipation for the trip.” Famous last words from my dad. Unsurprisingly, we caved and got more scones and cream about a month before we left. Perhaps that’s why we only managed to visit… Read More Afternoon Teas Around the UK
I’m finally back with Part 2 of my SingLib series – a series of posts where I highlight some of the libraries in Singapore that I patronise and love. This time, I thought I’d show you guys the library closest to my home: Clementi Public Library. Clementi Public Library is one of the 26 libraries… Read More SingLib #2: Clementi Public Library
My hold for A Twisted Vengeance came while I was in the UK, so I managed to read this while actually visiting York! While I didn’t manage to wander around, book in hand, reading this while in a Tudor-period house made the book come alive and made me fall more in love with the series… Read More A Twisted Vengeance by Candace Robb
