Growing up in Singapore, I never knew about Mariage Frères. If you mentioned local tea brands, when I was young, I probably wouldn’t have known any. By the time I left for university, the only brands I knew would be The 1872 Clipper Tea Co. and TWG. But when I moved overseas, I learnt about… Read More Mariage Frères’ Earl Grey Imperial
I have finally read the unabridged version! It took quite a while to find, but I finally got a library copy of the Arthur Waley translation. I couldn’t decide which translation to buy, or even if I wanted an unabridged translation to keep so I went for whatever the library had first. The Waley translation… Read More The Tale of Genji (Unabridged Version) translated by Arthur Waley
Overwhelmed is one of those books that I came across by accident. I was visiting the new library@haborfront when I saw this being displayed. I’ve been feeling tired lately and the thought that it might because of I’m overwhelmed rather than being in a depressive state was a nice one (jury’s still out on which… Read More Overwhelmed by Brigid Schulte
It is 9:30 pm and I am still working because I’ve been drowning in work for the past three days. The last time I was this busy, we were preparing for the Singapore Tea Festival. And because the work suddenly became insane (partly because I underestimated it), I haven’t had time to schedule a few… Read More Taking a Breath + Update on my Laptop
I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with Tafu’s Green Tea Powder because both my sister and I stopped drinking it after a while. We have other green teas that we prefer so this doesn’t come out much. But when I saw this recipe for Matcha Mochi Cupcakes from Tiny Urban Kitchen, I… Read More Green Tea Mochi Muffins
I heard about this book from a recent episode of The Indicator and it sounded interesting enough that I went out and immediately borrowed it. Although I’ve been a bit skeptical of personal finance books since reading Pound Foolish, the advice here is pretty different. First though, let me tell you who I think this… Read More The Dumb Things Smart People Do With Their Money by Jill Schlesinger
One nice thing about no longer being the only bookworm in the family is that it’s easier to go to book sales. I was intrigued by the Books Box Sale, but since it was all the way in AMK and book sales generally aren’t suited to public transport (I can’t carry that many books back),… Read More Books Box Sale Haul!
(I was going to make a pun on the word ‘tragedy’ but couldn’t think of anything funny. Which works because this post is definitely not funny, especially to tea lovers) Thanks to some serendipitous reconnection with friends, I was rifling through my tea cabinet, trying to find teas that I could give to them. One… Read More Tea Tragedy
As you might have guessed, this is a book I borrowed in preparation for the upcoming family trip. I haven’t been to Scotland before and it’s not a country I know a lot about so I thought I’d start by reading about their national dress. Scottish Tartan and Highland Dress is a pretty tiny book… Read More Scottish Tartan and Highland Dress by Fiona MacDonald
It’s probably not a secret that I love eBooks – in fact, in 2018, almost half the books I read were ebooks. But I realised that I haven’t really talked about how or why I fell in love with ebooks, so here’s my experience and thoughts on the matter. First, my credentials & history as… Read More How I Fell In Love with eBooks
