• Finally, a success: My attempt at making salted caramel

    Finally, a success: My attempt at making salted caramel

    In all my years of [novice] cooking and baking, there’s nothing I dread more than making caramel. My first attempt was not so much a disaster, it was more like a carnage. (more…)

  • Recently Read 1 || Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor by Anne Edwards

    Recently Read 1 || Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor by Anne Edwards

    It’s been almost a month since I last updated this blog.

    I haven’t been in a good mental frame for the past few weeks. Maybe I’ll write about it soon when I get things (i.e., my research proposal) in order. And I hope I get to do that soon. (more…)

  • Long overdue: The skincare update!

    Long overdue: The skincare update!

    I’m a woman in my thirties, and if there’s anything I am investing in other than my education, life savings, stationery (more washi tape, more joy), and makeup (soz about that), it’s skincare. For many years, I’ve changed from one product to another, to address my needs.

    But through the years, I’ve had my favourites, my holy grails, and my ride-or-dies. But if there’s anything that I need to have in my skincare, it’s an anti-ageing product (more on that later). So, here are my mini-product reviews on the products I use. (more…)