First dose COVID-19 vaccination done! Long way to go

On 31st July, in the evening, a message with certain keywords caught my immediate attention. The words “temujanji” (appointment) and...

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Aug 16, 20212 min read

Life under lockdown 3.0

The prolonged lockdown here began in mid of May. Since then, my outing requiring driving has been restricted to once a week to stock up...

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Aug 14, 20212 min read

Fooding during lockdown 3.0

Since the lockdown 3.0 started, I have told myself to stick with homemade food this time, for 14 days at least. I completed Day 4 today...

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May 13, 20211 min read

Here we go again...Hello Lockdown 3.0

We have again entered another round of lockdown. Being a tutor, I am again stationed at home. Not a really big difference than before....

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May 11, 20212 min read

Green thumbing update (1) : Balcony Harvest

Since the first lady's finger bloom featured on previous post, our little Tapintosh balcony garden has welcomed another few lady's...

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Feb 7, 20211 min read

Balcony garden, route to partially self-sufficient (part 1)

I have always keep a small balcony garden since the day I moved in. The lock down experience of year 2020 has prompted me to invest more...

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Jan 21, 20212 min read

Prepare for rainy days. It's a good time to start saving challenge.

Happy 2021 to all Tapintosh reader. Year 2020 was an unexpected eventful year which has changed our life. May we all strive throughout...

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Jan 1, 20212 min read

A good first step into greener lifestyle?

As someone attempting to reduce plastic bag consumption, I often see myself fall back into the vicious trap of plastic bags. For example,...

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Nov 11, 20202 min read

You get coffee & fertilizer: The TWO in ONE method.

Ever since I added Moka pot to my coffee making ritual, things have changed at home. Morning coffee routine gets more sense of ceremony....

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Oct 7, 20201 min read

I “KonMari”ed my wardrobe

During the extensive lock down, I finally succumbed to the popular decluttering expert method. Honestly, I am a pack rat, my drawer still...

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Sep 22, 20202 min read

Let's find out your plastic footprint

You may be familiar with carbon foot print, lets try out plastic footprint instead. Here is one plastic footprint calculator by Omni,...

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Sep 15, 20201 min read

Road to "reducing my possessions"

During the extensive lockdown, I finally succumbed to the popular de-cluttering expert method. Honestly, I am a pack rat, my drawer still...

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Sep 9, 20202 min read

These too are microplastics? Microplastic Part II

We talked about microplastics from fleece and tea bags in our previous post. Today is the continuity, in learning more about where these...

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Aug 24, 20202 min read

The lurking microplastics, Part (I)

Many of you have heard of the term microplastic at some point. Plastic pieces which are less than 5mm in length (all shape and colour)...

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Aug 15, 20202 min read

"Bring your own" is the new lifestyle

Bring your own has been trending, or in my mind, it should be most trending, staying alongside with mask wearing, especially during this...

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Aug 6, 20202 min read

"War on coffee cups". Landfill is where coffee cups ended.

You may have assumed that disposable coffee cups are paper cups, so they are harmless to the environment. The answer is, you are wrong....

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Jul 30, 20202 min read

Wet wipes are not tissues.

Wet wipes or aka wet tissues are a problem. They may be called “tissue”, but they are not. As they either contain polypropylene (PP), or...

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Jul 20, 20202 min read

Receipts keeping. What’s wrong?

BPA on receipts? Why am I only hearing it now? Drinking from BPA free water bottle is not enough to live BPA-free life?

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Jul 10, 20202 min read

Know your capsule coffee, and the coffee capsule.

You may know your capsule coffee, but you may not know about your "coffee capsule"

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Jul 1, 20202 min read

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Hi! Welcome to Tapintosh, a place to lay out my little lifestyle projects and challenges, which habitually have something to do with food and environment issue.
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