I don’t know if it’s the areas of the Internet that I hang out in but I realised that I don’t really see many generalist blogs. Most of the blogs I follow tend to fall into a certain niche: book blogs and tea blogs being the main ones. So I’m wondering, what is the best… Read More Discussion Post: How Niche is Your Blog?
I just spent 2 hours or so waiting for this video to upload, so I’m kinda bursting with a sense of achievement (or is this tiredness from having exercised?) and feel like sharing the video with you: Basically, I bought a bunch of stuff in August/September, bu for some reason they all decided to arrive… Read More Unboxing Video Because I Bought Too Much
I have never really been into journalling, but a side effect of getting on the more visual side of the internet (i.e. Instagram) is that I am filled with the urge to fill in all those unused notebooks prettily. While I’m still working on finding a way to make a physical book journal work for… Read More 3 Reasons Why You Should Keep a Tea Journal
I read and loved The Thirteenth Tale all the way back in 2016, so when I saw One Upon a River in BookXcess, I decided that it wasn’t much of a risk if I got it. And I was right because I absolutely loved this novel. Once Upon a River is set on the banks… Read More Book Review: Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
This review has been a long time in the making. I originally wanted to post this in early October, but I forgot to bring the tea with me into Malaysia and I didn’t want to write a review without spending at least two sessions with the tea (just to make sure my first session was… Read More Tea Review: Malawi Zomba Pearls White Tea from What Cha
As you already know, I love myths and legends and I love collecting books about them. Plant Lore and Legend fills a gap in my collection, because I have nothing about this subject. Plant Lore and Legend is a slim book talking about the history of plants, including the lore and legends behind them. The… Read More Book Review: Plant Lore and Legend by Ruth Binney
Personally, I thought the tagline of this book was interesting. I know that Plato is a philosopher, but Winnie the Pooh? (it was about the Tao of Pooh) I figured that it couldn’t hurt to learn more about philosophy, so I took the plunge and book this book. To put the cart before the horse,… Read More Book Review: A Brief Guide to Philosophical Classics by James M. Russell
Continuing on with the tea reviews! I’ve still got another 2 Georgian teas before I’ve sampled everything in my What-Cha haul, and then I can move on to the Christmas teas (okay, getting ahead of myself). Today’s tea is from Jun Chiyabari, whom I follow on Instagram so I was really excited to try this!… Read More Tea Review: Jun Chiyabari’s Hand-Rolled Tippy Oolong Tea
I bought this book purely because of the price and because it said “Jane Austen” somewhere on the title (when faced with cheap books, I am not the most discerning of buyers). Thankfully, I ended up enjoying this, and I think this will be a book that I return to in the future. The Genius… Read More Book Review: The Genius of Jane Austen by Paula Byrne
A while back, one of my friends posted about a very intriguing taobao find: a tea steamer. Instead of a regular kettle with a filter, this tea steamer is supposed to make tea by steaming it (and condensing the steam into tea). According to their promo material, this is a good way for making tea… Read More Teaware: Tea Steamer vs Gaiwan
