Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

My husband had a health scare earlier this month. I told him that I was reading it as a sign that we should appreciate what we have, because we could lose it all so quickly. He read it as a heads' up that 'sweating the small stuff' is a waste of energy and everything would…

Listening and Love

https://autisticpsych.wordpress.com/2023/05/23/the-critical-essay-exam/ Above is a link to a post written by my partner, as they recollected their experiences taken their latest exam. In one of the sections he mentions that he muttered a response to a prompt that his fellow students were worrying about. He wrote that nobody usually listens, but that his knee-jerk response to…

My In-Laws are Terrified of Flavour

I used to think that my upbringing was bland, and my in-laws were a paragon of good taste. Coming from a white, Catholic family where the paprika was seven years' expired and considered the 'spice' in the cupboard I can forgive my younger self for being impressed that my mother-in-law had fresh chilli flakes on…

Closing Down and Migrating

Dear lovely readers, This will be the last post I'm preparing for this site. Research and Beyond has faithfully served me throughout my doctorate, and it's time for better things. When I started I had every intention of becoming a Professor someday. Now? Well, my priorities have shifted significantly. 5 years will do that to…

Brief Update

So it's been a while since I posted. I'm alive! It's alright 😀 I submitted my thesis for examination on February 1, 2022, just in time to ring in the Lunar New Year. I didn't want the baggage of my old degree to follow me into the new year (not with everything else that's going…

Assumed Neurotypicality

Some basic readings on Neuro-atypicality; referring to mental processing and perception that is not 'neuro-typical'. I.e., Individuals such as those with Autism, mental illnesses, and processing disorders. Some individuals declare their neuro-atypicality/neuro-diversity upfront (such as in the third article), while others prefer to put their identity as a person first before their cognitive processing (such…

How I Left Organised Religion and Said Hi To God on the Way Out

This post comes after finishing this book by Rabbi Ruttenberg. Earlier in the blog, I've certainly posted about my childhood, my faith, and my lifestyle in snippets for you to read your way through as I make my point on different things. But, after browsing Ruttenberg's book I realized that a lot of the beats…

Basic Food Safety

After one too many unsafe interactions with family and friends' cooking, I'm here to provide my two cents on how to exercise basic Food Hygiene. My qualifications on this are 6 years in Fast Food, and multiple Certificate courses on Food Safety to boot. (I think I earned a Cert. IV in Food Service at…

Worker Bee

Disclaimer: Sitting in my drafts since 2018. This is not what I am currently doing, but worth recording. Today was my first day in the office and boy, did I dislike it. Discounting the amount I dislike working in sterile, blank spaces; it was not fun. I didn't have enough work to do, worked mostly…

A Gen Y’s Take on Sex and the City

I am finally old enough to have seen Sex and the City, and boy do I have a few Opinions about it. Three disclaimers; 1) I am definitely not the target audience for this show, 2) The show constantly bemoaned the existence of my generation via the main characters, and 3) The times they have…