It’s the weekend and I have a lot more time to read (although I did end up working for a bit). With the extra time, I managed to finish Emma and Pride and Prejudice, which makes the end of the Jane Austen rereads for now – I wonder what I should read next… Interestingly, I’m… Read More Daily Reading: 9th May//Emma + Pride and Prejudice
Since my last baking update post, Singapore has also entered into the circuit breaker phase, which means that everyone has to stay home unless they have essential business/jobs to do outside the home. Contrary to personal expectations, my baking has not ramped up; I guess inertia has set in. But I have been able to… Read More Stay at Home Bakes #2: Banana Pudding & Earl Grey Scones
The past week and a half has been unexpected for me. Malaysia has gone under a lockdown as a result, I don’t actually have any work to do. While I expect things to get crazy busy once we are back up and running at work, I’m currently facing the classic problem of: what can I… Read More Stay At Home Bakes: National Trust Baking Books Edition
I was going to give this a nicer name like “The Tragedy of Pot and other tales of Woe” but I remembered that I only cooked two things this week so that would be inaccurate. And the second tale isn’t actually sad. The Tragedy of Pot Once upon a time, there was a pot. Pot… Read More The Tragedy of Pot and One Other Tale of Woe
Happy 2019 everyone! Since I had the day off, I decided to spend it catching up on baking that I’ve been wanting to do & using up some of the snacks in my house. My dad declared a moratorium on us buying tea and/or snacks due to the overflowing cupboards. To help with that, my brother… Read More “Out with the old, in with the New” Year Bakes
I baked yesterday! And I noticed something interesting: in the past half year of work, I’ve baked 3 times, made non-baking sweet treats twice, and cooked a couple more times. This means my cooking is roughly the same as when I was in uni, doing stress baking (in fact, I was talking to a friend… Read More Strawberry & Raspberry Shortbread (Scones??)