So, we went back to Grasse the next day, just so that we wouldn’t waste our money. The Fragonard Fabrique des Fleurs factory is outside the city of Grasse, roughly 2.8km from the Fragonard factory within Grasse. It’s located downhill, which makes for an easy 30 min walk to the factory but a harder walk back… Read More Grasse Trip #2: Attending a Perfume Workshop conducted in French!
I really, really did not intend to go to Grasse two days in a row. But things happened and here we are. But before I go into why I went to Grasse twice in a row, let’s go back to the start. Because my class schedule changes every week, there are times where I have… Read More Grasse Trip #1: Exploring the Town + A Mistake
This book has been on my TBR list for a really long time, but somehow I never picked it up until now, when I was craving for a quick and easy read. Archibald and the Blue Blood Conspiracy is a mystery set in a boarding school. Shortly before the new term starts, Archibald, the second… Read More Book Review: Archibald and the Blue Blood Conspiracy by Shermay Loh
Hello friends! It’s probably not surprising to you that I’ve been talking to some of my coursemates about tea. Add a class on business ethics to this and I was like “I NEED to write a post about sustainable and ethical tea.” So first question: Is there a difference between sustainable’ and ethical tea? Short… Read More UniversiTEA: What is Ethical/Sustainable Tea?
Nature-writing? Yes! History? Yes! A History of Nature? Where do I start reading? That’s basically my thought process when I saw The Wood That Built London on Netgalley. The Wood That Built London is a history of the North Wood, starting from prehistoric times all the way to the present day. As you can imagine,… Read More Book Review: The Wood That Built London by C. J. Schüler
I found this book on NetGalley, and even though I read more manga than graphic novels, I requested it because of its subject matter. I’m fascinated by True Crime, and the fact that it was subtitled as a “memoir of a true-crime obsession” made me think it would be a cross between Gone at Midnight… Read More Book Review: Murder Book by Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell
Hello tea friends! This is possibly my most anticipated tea purchase of the year, because I pre-ordered this tea all the way in May but only received it in September. What kind of tea is this? It’s a black tea from Satemwa Tea Farm. As part of the letter that came with the tea says:… Read More Tea Review: Special Satemwa Harvest from Rare Tea Company
If you haven’t heard, Disney recently released a TV adaptation of The Mysterious Benedict Society! The TV series is based on the first book, which I reread and really enjoyed about two years back. Because I’m at the sweet spot where I remember most of the book but don’t require complete fidelity to the text,… Read More TV Series Review: The Mysterious Benedict Society (Disney+)
I’ve been following Tim Harford’s blog and I realised it’s been some time since I read one of his books. So I checked out one of his older books from the library and had a fun time revising the main topics of macroeconomic theory. Written in a conversational style, The Undercover Economist Strikes Back provides… Read More Book Review: The Undercover Economist Strikes Back by Tim Harford
Abi of Pellinor tagged me in the End of Year Book Tag and it looked nice and short (and unintimidating) so I decided to give it a go! Are there any books you started this year that you need to finish? Nope! I finished rereading The Tale of Genji in July (I’m honestly still really… Read More End of Year Book Tag
