How to Brew Tea – Properly

August 13, 2009 / Daily Life

As a child, my mother would tell me that I would learn to appreciate coffee once I became a grown-up, and that I would slowly move away from drinking tea. I’m now 23 – and that didn’t happen. I became a tea nazi, instead. I need to have my tea brewed a certain way to…

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3 Things Every Hairstylist Should Know

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July 11, 2009 / Daily Life, Opinion

Just left a hair salon horribly, horribly unimpressed with my hair do. In my sporadic time in Singapore, I have only ever found ONE awesome hair salon. And today, I think I have discovered what distinguishes the elite hairstylists from the mediocre ones. Before I go on with my list, I just wanted to say that…

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Happy 1 Year, Nanyate.com!

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December 12, 2008 / Site Updates

It’s been 1 year since my first post on Nanyate.com. It was meant to be a personal blog, where I would just rave and rant my thoughts. But that didn’t happen. It ended up becoming a blog where I tailor my entries to multiple audiences. And I probably did more grammar checks per entry than I did…

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A Day in Photos

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May 13, 2008 / Daily Life, Site Updates

Prologue Sorry for being away from the blog scene the past week. I’ve been extremely busy preparing for my return to Singapore next week; renting out my room, packing up, buying last minute stuff has been incredibly time-consuming and taxing. I’ll be blogging erratically for the next 2 weeks. Hopefully, by then I think I’ll be…

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Goodbye Toronto

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May 1, 2008 / Culture, Daily Life, Opinion

The fact that I’m leaving Toronto for good hadn’t quite sunk until today. May has finally arrived. By the end of this month, I will be returning to Singapore, after spending 4 years out of my 22-year life here. I came to Toronto to pursue a Bachelor’s after I graduated from high school in Asia. I…

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