Happy new year!! It occurred to me that I have not been doing my year in review (probably for two, maybe three years now?) and I wanted to just write a short post on January 1st to talk about how 2025 was for reading and this blog and what I plan to do in 2026.… Read More 2025 Blog in Review and 2026 Plans
I heard about The Notebook from a newsletter and a book about the history of the notebook sounded quite interesting, especially since I have three unused notebooks in my house (and probably more at my parents’ house, not to mentioned all the half-filled notebooks!). In fact, the only notebook that I’m probably on the way… Read More Book Review: The Notebook by Roland Allen
Merry Christmas Eve my friends! I decided to just combine the third week and last few days of advent to do one longer post for the Lupicia Advent Calendar. Since this is the last post, I will also write my overall thoughts at the bottom. Day by Day Updates Lupicia Advent Day 15: Christmas Wreath… Read More Lupicia Fes-tea-vities: Advent Week 3 to End
I bought this book pretty impulsively, thinking that it was going to be a nice coffee table book with lots of pictures of teacups, but I was so impressed by what I got that I had to do a review of this! If you remember, a long time ago, I reviewed A Tale of Tea… Read More Tea Book Review – Steeped in History: The Art of Tea edited by Beatrice Hohenegger
So recently, I came across an old post (from 2020!!) that I wrote about series that I wanted to read more of and was mildly horrified at myself because out of the eight series I listed, I’ve only finished one and that’s the Jackaby series. Since I was going to be in the vicinity of… Read More Book Review: The Shadow of the Empire by Qiu Xiaolong
Over a decade ago, I read Crazy Rich Asians and thought it was rather meh. Not because rich people’s antics aren’t fun (if they weren’t, I wouldn’t have watched so many Taiwanese and Hong Kong dramas when I was younger), but because I wasn’t a fan of the female protagonist. But this year, I found… Read More The REAL Crazy Rich Asians – A Reading List
Hello friends! The advent calendar has accompanied me places last week – by which I mean that I went to a Church camp and brought the two boxes that should be opened there. I think having things in different boxes for each day makes it very easy to open, especially compared to other advents where… Read More Lupicia Fes-tea-vities: Advent Week 2
It seems like I’m reading a book from the Midsomer Murders series once every two years, which probably tracks with all the other series that I want to continue reading but always forget to do so. A Ghost in the Machine follows the inhabitants of Forbes Abbot. It all starts when Carey, Mallory’s aunt, passes… Read More Book Review: A Ghost in the Machine by Caroline Graham
Hello friends! As promised, here is a report of what I’ve been enjoying in the first week of the Lupicia advent calendar (albeit, a bit late). Lupicia Advent – Day 1: White Christmas Tea The first day revealed a beautiful tin of White Christmas Tea. I love the design of the tin here, but was… Read More Lupicia Fes-tea-vities: Advent Week 1
Given that I’ve previously raved about the Ami Patisserie omakase and really enjoyed the afternoon tea at Fullerton, I really felt the need to record down this trip for the Ami Patisserie x Fullerton collaboration afternoon tea even though it’s over! Our afternoon tea for Aki had a rather bumpy start when the hotel couldn’t… Read More Aki 秋 Afternoon Tea @ The Courtyard (Fullerton)
