Last year, William Wan (Gen Sec of the Singapore Kindness Movement) came to my Church to preach and he mentioned his books. I bought a copy after the sermon and kind of left it to the side. The thought of ageing and death isn’t very pleasant, after all. But since I reread Being Mortal recently,… Read More Book Review: Through the Valley by William Wan
I’m done with the longest book on tea that I have ever read! The Tale of Tea by George van Driem is a whopping 864 pages and chock-full of information. To commemorate reading this book, I filmed my first ever video review (note: I made a mistake and said that Lu Yu belonged to the… Read More Tea Book Review: The Tale of Tea by George van Driem
“So I believe in heart’s oaths. They are the ones we should live by – for what life is worth living, with a stifled heart? None, that I know of.” One of my friends recommended Corrag to me and wow, this was beautiful! I picked up the book because it’s about the Glencoe Massacre, which… Read More Book Review: Corrag by Susan Fletcher
As Singapore continues to open up as part of Phase 2 of the circuit breaker exit, it’s pretty clear that we’re exiting our version of the lockdown. I made pretty good progress on my existing teas during the lockdown so I thought it was time for a Sipdown post! Here’s what I managed to finish:… Read More Lockdown Sipdown
I first heard about Wilding when I came across an article by Isabella Tree in The Guardian. It was an article about the environmental impacts of eating livestock that was reared in a natural environment compared to the environmental impacts of intensely farmed vegetables, and the descriptions of the Knepp estate caught my eye. When… Read More Book Review: Wilding by Isabella Tree
Yesterday, my friends and I attended an online geisha event. I thought it was very interesting, but while I write my recap of it, I thought I’d share a bit from this book that I’ve almost finished. It’s called 中世の遊女 (Courtesans in the Middle Ages) by 辻浩和 Three Myths about Courtesans In this case, the… Read More Reading in Japanese: 3 Myths about Japanese Courtesans (From 中世の遊女 by 辻浩和)
I’m finally back with a second post in the Classic Remarks meme by Pages Unbound! Although I’m not a huge classics reader (in my opinion), I really liked this week’s prompt: What advice would you give to someone hesitant to read classics? Perhaps I’ve been inspired by today’s Tea Together Tuesday, but I’ve got three… Read More Classic Remarks: Advice for people hesitant to read the Classics
I’ve been going stir-crazy in the house due to the Circuit Breaker and as a result, I’ve made a fair amount of teacup purchases! You already know that I love vintage teacups so it should be no surprise that I got more! (Or perhaps the number I got will be a surprise?) To celebrate the… Read More New Teaware Haul! (With Unboxing Video)
I use Goodreads mainly to keep track of my reviews and it has come in handy again – when I looked up Persuasion, it reminded me that I last read it around the end of 2017, before a trip to England, making this reread a fairly recent one. Although there is one difference – in… Read More Rereading: Persuasion by Jane Austen
I’ve been wanting to take part in Tea Together Tuesday since it started, but due to poor planning on my part, always forgot to get ready until it was too late. Well, not any more (for this week)! This week’s prompt is: “3 tips for a new tea drinker” and my tips are: Tip 1:… Read More #TeaTogetherTuesday: 3 Tips for a New Tea Drinker
