Before we went on our trip last year, 10 days in England sounded like plenty to me. Until I realised the amount of ground we had to cover, which meant that we only got about half a day in each location (except for London). One of the places that I would love to visit in… Read More (I Want to Revisit) Bath
We tend to think of Fake News as lies, but do you know that it can be deadly? In India, several people have died due to fake news spread by WhatsApp, leading Time to call the phenomenon a ‘deadly fake news crisis’. In Mexico, fake news has led to similarly deadly violence while the African… Read More Weaponised Lies by Daniel J. Levitin
I’m always a little scared when I read another Anne of Green Gables book. The ones I’ve read are all so good and Anne is growing up and what if this book is the one that loses is magic? Luckily, my fears have proven unfounded so far. In Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne is the… Read More Anne of Windy Poplars by L. M. Montgomery
The minute I saw that Lupicia and Studio Ghibli were doing a collaboration, I knew that I wanted their teas. The only problem was that I moved back to Singapore last year, which means that I don’t have easy access to the どんぐり共和国 (donguri kyowakoku) shops anymore. Thankfully, I had a tea lover friend who… Read More Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service Teas
I don’t normally do recap posts but I did want to talk about my weekend. It’s the first time that I had to do closing for our PS store and I had to do it for two days in a row (Friday and Saturday). So yeah, I was so nervous when I got to work… Read More Weekend Recap: Tea Party & Rest
I enjoyed Midnight Never Come so much that I immediately looked into the second and third books in the series. Unfortunately, the second and third books are set hundreds of years after the first one (and the library doesn’t have book two), so I’m not sure if I’m going to continue the series. I did,… Read More Deeds of Men by Marie Brennan
So a long long time ago, my family and I lived in England for like, a year. Just before we went back after twenty years for a holiday, we had a brief discussion about whether we should visit the Cadbury Chocolate Factory. My mom remembers it as mainly for little kids (my sister agreed, although… Read More Cadbury World for Adults/Older Kids?
Today, I got the chance to go for another tea-related workshop! I’d previously gone for the Theanine! Tea Pairing Workshop, but wanted to refresh what I learnt. The workshop has been split into three, with the Tea Pairing with Chocolate and Cheese being one of them (the other two are Tea Pairing with Alcohol and… Read More Workshop Review: Theanine! Tea Pairing with Chocolate and Cheese
After reading about how teas used to be adulterated, the synopsis of The Poison Squad caught my eye. And, I have to admit, the book shocked me – I didn’t think that deception in food could be that bad! The Poison Squad is the story of Harvey Wiley, the father of the Pure Food and… Read More The Poison Squad by Deborah Blum
I’ve been hearing fantastic things about this book for ages now, so I finally read it. I took pretty much the whole week to read (it’s actually pretty long), but I LOVED it and it feels like such a good book to welcome the Christmas season with. The Once and Future King is a retelling… Read More The Once and Future King by T.H. White
