I may be back in Singapore but I’m still learning French! After all, ten months in Nice was a great way to start learning and practising French and I don’t want to lose that. So today, I thought I’d talk a bit about how I’m learning French and share some resources that I found useful.… Read More How I’m Learning French
Recently, I reviewed two Numi Teas and noticed that the brand was a certified B Corp company. Well, that reminded me that I’ve not talked about B Corp certifications before and it might be something that’s helpful to know if you’re looking for sustainably grown tea. What is a B Corp Certification? B Corp Certification… Read More SustainabiliTEA: What is B Corp Certification and Why It May Matter
People have been telling me to read this book since 2021. But because I’ve got a long TBR list, and because this book doesn’t sync to my kobo, I’ve procrastinated on reading it. However, after my IRL bookclub/food discussion club chose this as our next book to read, I decided it was time to pick… Read More Book Review: 17A Keong Saik Road by Charmaine Leung
I have read books that talked about Arthur Conan’s Doyle non-author life, like The Man Who Would Be Sherlock, but I never realised how deeply important spiritualism was to him until I read The Witch of Lime Street. And he’s just one of the three main “characters”. The Witch of Lime Street is a detailed… Read More Book Review: The Witch of Lime Street by David Jaher
The title of this post sounds like it could be a video, but I didn’t take any so let me try to set the scene: It’s a Sunday afternoon and I’m meeting a friend who’s been living overseas. After forgetting to bring teas once, I have finally smuggled a few packets into a local teahouse.… Read More I tried 2 Renegade Teas with my Friend
I’m making good progress on the Owen Archer series! I’m really enjoying it, and I don’t really feel the urge to binge it so I can actually pace it out. I mean, I enjoy most of the books I read but it’s a treat to know you have a book you’re certain to enjoy coming… Read More Book Review: The King’s Bishop by Candace Robb
This is, perhaps unsurprisingly, another book I found on Instagram! The lovely AqilahReads talked about this book and it intrigued me so I added it to the TBR list! If you are familiar with the criticisms of social media, not much of this book will be new to you. However, The Insta Food Diet’s food-specific… Read More Book Review: The Insta Food Diet by Pixie Turner
It didn’t take long for Ethel and I to decide where to meet now that I’m back – she sent me a link to the Japanese Afternoon Tea at Pan Pacific and I immediately said yes. I love Japan and I love afternoon tea, so this pairing seemed like a match made in heaven. Since… Read More Japanese Afternoon Tea @ Pan Pacific Singapore
A while back, the In Our Time podcast made an episode on Li Bai and Du Fu, two very famous Chinese poets. One of the guests was Tian Yuan Tan, whose accent sounded rather familiar – and then it hit me, he was from Singapore! So I looked up his work and saw a book… Read More Book Review: 1616 – Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu’s China edited by Tian Yuan Tan, Paul Edmonson, and Shih Pe Wang
I bought this book because it looked old and it was about myths. And also because it was one euro. So far, I can’t tell if it’s really old (the translation first came out in 1949 but I don’t know when the book came out) but it’s definitely about Welsh myths, which are very interesting.… Read More Book Review: The Mabinogion translated by Gwyn Jones and Thomas Jones
