“In her essay, the woman searches for her identity and her soul. Crossing the bridge of words, she dispels anxieties and cultivates her intellect to reach the spiritual realm of her heart.” The “Grand” Realm Versus the “True” realm by Zhang Kangkang After reading Women & Power by Mary Beard, I wanted to read something… Read More Book Review: Once Iron Girls edited by Hui Wu
It feels like I just arrived in Nice, but one month has already passed! And because I just got some Gudak photos (I bought the app so now I try to use it when I remember), I thought it would be fun to revisit the past month through the photos. These two photos are of… Read More One Month of Nice in Photos
It’s time for the InstaRetreat and Sara’s announcement reminded me that I hadn’t reviewed the course! The last time I wanted to talk about courses, I held back on reviewing The InstaRetreat because Sara was introducing a few new things and I wanted to go through the course again before talking about it. What is… Read More Course Review: The InstaRetreat by Sara Tasker (MeandOrla)
Every time I go on a long-distance flight, I like to buy a book at the airport so that I can try to retain memories through the book. So A Map of Days will be my “moving to Nice” book and I hope I remember the first few days of Nice (and how I basically… Read More Book Review: A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs
One thing about enrolling in a shorter MBA programme is that there’s a very strong feeling that I must Make The Most of My Time (i.e. travel and experience as much as I can). So when I found out that there were no scheduled lessons today, I thought I’d take the opportunity to do a… Read More Why I Left a Free Tour Early (not the tour’s fault)
Although I’ve not picked up a Temperance Brennan mystery in five years (thanks Goodreads for keeping track), I have recently rewatched the TV show Bones. When a friend mentioned that Kathy Reichs was a Canadian author and that she enjoyed the books, I decided to try another Temperance Brennan mystery. I may have skipped a… Read More Book Review: A Conspiracy of Bones by Kathy Reichs
“Personal stories are about moving from place to place, and these places can be internal as well as out there in the world.” This is the first book that has made the jump from Pinterest to my TBR and finally to actually being read and if books could receive congratulations, I’d give it one. I… Read More Book Review: Field Notes from the Edge by Paul Evans
Yesterday, one of my classmates dropped a link in our WhatsApp group about this weekend being designated European Heritage Days (Journées Européennes du Patrimoine). Basically, there are a few special small exhibitions and tours happening all over Nice, and I assume the rest of Europe. Although my French is currently only good enough to sometimes… Read More European Heritage Days + Nice’s Festival of Books
This is, perhaps unsurprisingly, another book that was part of my MBA’s summer reading list and the last one that I’ll be reviewing (for now? Who knows). I don’t think I’ve read a lot of management books, so this is perhaps the most ‘traditional’ business book that I read. The Hard Thing About Doing Hard… Read More Book Review: The Hard Thing About Doing Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
After almost three months, I’m finally back with a tea review! It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to open a new packet of tea so I had very high hopes for this one. The Taiwan Four Season ‘Red Pearl’ Oolong from What Cha was a mystery tea that I ordered last year… Read More Tea Review: Taiwan Four Season ‘Red Pearl’ Oolong from What Cha
