I’m finally back in the Fairacre series, and as usual, I wonder what kept me away for so long (probably the fact that this series is only found at the regional library branches). Over the Gate is about the stories told by various Fairacre residents to Miss Read as she goes about her job as… Read More Over The Gate by Miss Read
One of the things I try to be aware of is bias. It was something taught in school (always look at the bias for various news sources to see how they would want things to appear) and it became something that stuck. So when I heard about Biased, a book on implicit racial bias, I… Read More Biased by Jennifer L. Eberhardt
This is one of the teas that I was most excited for in the tea haul! Well, I was excited for the dancongs as well, but I wasn’t as excited as I was for the yellow tea because: I didn’t realise how special dancongs were until after I started drinking and looking into them I… Read More Yellow Tea: Huo Shan Huang Ya (霍山黄芽)
Last week, my cell group had a pretty emotional discussion. Well, I say emotional but really most of it came from me/was me being emotional. Since this involves mental health, which is something I’ve been pretty open about here, I felt like this is a good place to process everything. By the publish date, you… Read More Mental Health and Christianity Shouldn’t Be Complicated
One day, Cher messaged me to ask me to read Hannibal and Me so that she had someone to discuss it. I assumed that she was done and borrowed the book, but as it turns out, we finished around the same time. We’ve had a bit of a chat about the book on telegram, but… Read More Hannibal and Me by Andreas Kluth
Yesterday, I went for the 2019 MEXT Scholarship Briefing session. But this time, I went as one of the scholars and I was there to help answer questions about the scholarship. My seniors asked me to go, and since I remember attending a scholarship briefing session like that a few years back (and that was… Read More MEXT Scholarship Briefing Session
Normally, it takes me quite some time to pick up a second book by the same author, but I happened to visit the library right after finishing The Power of Myth and managed to find The Hero With A Thousand Faces – Joseph Campbell’s work on the idea of the monomyth. The monomyth, to put… Read More The Hero With A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
I’m back with another tea from our tea haul! I’ve finished both dancongs, so the remaining teas would be this green tea, a yellow tea, and a black tea (all Chinese teas – something I’m not too familiar with). I first tried Liu An Gua Pian (六安瓜片) at Parchmen Academy’s Chocolate and Cheese Pairing with… Read More Tasting Liu An Gua Pian: One of China’s Top Ten Teas (中国十大名茶)
Although I’m trying to read more Marple, I normally don’t read the non-Poirot mysteries because I generally don’t enjoy them (case in point: Tommy and Tuppence). But, I heard that The Seven Dials Mystery is good and an unconventional Christie, which convinced me to give it a go. The Seven Dials Mystery starts with a… Read More The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
I found this book from The Orangutan Librarian when she did a mini review. It immediately intrigued me, given that I really like IKEA (despite me being easily frightened). When she recommended it again, I knew that it was just a matter of time before I picked it up. Since I’ve been having long commutes recently… Read More Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
