Melbourne went into a 5-day lockdown this month. I did Adriene’s Yoga for Uncertainty on the first day of it. It helped more than I anticipated.
I just finished Echoes by Shu-Ling Chua in one sitting and spent the rest of my night going through her blog, Hello Pollyanna, archive. It was a Friday night well spent.
Starbucks Roastery Tokyo releases lucky Japanese dolls to end the pandemic in the new year.
Found a travel blog filled with beautiful pictures: The Blue Dot Perspective.
Recipe for Sazerac, a New Orleans cocktail with a sweet and spicy bite. Yum!
During Lunar New Year, we get takeaway from Dainty Sichuan (spicy crab and toothpick beef) — because apparently, eating Chinese food during LNY is an Aussie-adopted tradition, and as always, I’m here for all the fun cultural mash-ups!
Blending Japanese minimalism and Scandinavian hygge, Japandi is the latest interior design trend, and I am here for it.
I am knee-deep in the Kyoto Garden Experience blog — reading the Micro-Season posts (the last one I read was about Yuki no hana saku, butterburs bud). Need I say more — I miss Japan.
40000ft up in the air is the ultimate dream wedding.
Found & Love
After thinking about it since last year, I finally went ahead and bought a 5-year journal with daily Q&A, which might seem like one of the most redundant things to do during Covid since every day feels the same, but it‘s my big FU to it.
Time Machine
Read more about last year’s happenings.
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