Last Friday was a one-day mini-meeting for local applied mathematicians to get together and share their research, and it’s made me think about the additional…
matthras mutterings
This is something that’s been more noticeably prominent to me ever since I started my PhD: sometimes people respond with sentiments that carries an (not…
Recently The Pitt Season 2 had their final episode last Thursday/Friday and one of the ongoing themes was passive suicidal ideation. I really appreciated how…
An introduction for those don’t know me I’m currently a mathematical biology PhD student and have a congenital sensorineural hearing loss in both ears –…
It’s worth making a disclaimer here that when “Asians” is used in this blog post and within the subcultures mentioned, in my experience it generally…
I feel a little guilty for starting off this blog post on a negative note, but now that I’ve had time to slow down, be…
Last Thursday was a university-wide Research Day where they invite various PhD students and academics are invited to present their research to others within the…
Take a vacation and go off-grid for at least a week to somewhere remote and quiet. No technology, no distractions. Maybe bring a book to…
Minimal Version Ingredients Optional Instructions (One pot version) You can mix the pasta with the meat sauce, or put the pasta into the bowl/plate and…
A few weeks ago I suffered an extremely bad mental crash of which the extent surprised me, so this blog entry is my way of…