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 You know how people always talk about Superman being unbeatable? Or how Goku could one-shot anyone in fiction? Well, I think it’s about time we start giving Cyborg his flowers—because he’s not just underrated, he might actually be one of the most overpowered characters in the DC Universe (and I'm not just saying this because he's my fave superhero).  Cyborg isn’t just a guy with metal parts bolted onto him. He’s a fusion of alien technology, human consciousness, and dark cosmic forces that most people don’t even realize he’s carrying. In the DCEU, there’s a scene where Victor Stone reveals something that’s incredibly important, but it goes over most people’s heads. He mentions that his mind doesn’t process information in binary anymore. Instead, his brain is wired to understand a foreign alien language—the same language used by Darkseid’s forces, the Mother Boxes, the Father Boxes, and the entire New Gods’ tech. This is not human code. It’s a language that governs dimensions,...

 I’ve always believed that deep down, I’m an artist at heart. I may not be sketching or sculpting, but I’ve always been drawn to forms of art that are subtle yet expressive. That’s probably why I find myself so fascinated by architectural styles that feel like art pieces in themselves. And at the top of that list is Geometric Minimalism. Geometric Minimalism sits perfectly at the crossroads of modernism and minimalism—two architectural philosophies I really admire. It’s all about clean lines, bold yet simple shapes, and a focus on “less is more.” But don’t let the simplicity fool you; every line, every angle, every empty space is intentional. It’s a design style that doesn’t scream for attention, yet somehow commands it. One thing I’ve always loved is when the interior decor is in perfect harmony with the architecture. When the furniture, lighting, and even the smallest details follow the same geometric rhythm, it creates a sense of balance that feels both calming and sophisticated...

 Today’s Buddy of the Week is someone I’ve known for quite a while now—Chris. Just a few days ago, he officially graduated high school, which is a big deal, but to be honest, I’ve always felt like Chris was ahead of his years. He’s the kind of person who just has this natural maturity, not in a boring or “too serious” way, but in how he carries himself, how he treats people, and how he always seems to know how to bring the right energy to any room he’s in. We met through choir back when I was still in high school. I was a chorister then, and so was he. We were both channel singers, which basically means we spent a lot of time standing side by side, singing our hearts out. That’s how our friendship started, but it’s definitely not the reason it stuck. Over time, you start to realize Chris isn’t just a good singer; he’s a really good person. He’s warm, friendly, and just easy to be around. You can have a deep conversation with him, but at the same time, he’s also the guy who will ran...

If I had to pick one word for this semester, it would be eventful. Every corner of it was packed with activity; good, stressful, meaningful, and sometimes just plain overwhelming. Academically, it was one of the most demanding semesters I’ve ever had. The workload seemed to never let up, and just when I thought I was catching my breath, another round of deadlines or expectations would hit. It was rough. But I guess that’s what growth looks like sometimes, uncomfortable, exhausting, but necessary. But school isn’t all books. This semester also offered a whirlwind of experiences that pulled me in different directions — and I’m honestly grateful for most of them. We had College Week, which filled campus with competitions, themed events, and this vibrant kind of school spirit that reminded everyone we’re more than our GPA. Shortly after that came the Trade Fair, where students turned into entrepreneurs, pitching everything from fashion to tech. I loved seeing how creative and driven ever...

 Have you ever wondered why music has exactly 12 notes? Why not 13 or some completely different number? As strange as it sounds, the answer goes all the way back to a name you’ve definitely heard before; Pythagoras. Yep, the triangle guy. But he didn’t just obsess over triangles, he basically invented music theory, too. It all started when Pythagoras noticed something odd while listening to a blacksmith at work. As the hammer struck the anvil, it produced a musical note. He realized that using a hammer half the size produced the same note, but in a higher octave. That was his first big insight; octaves aren’t spaced out arithmetically they’re spaced geometrically. In simpler terms, the frequency of a note and its octave follows a 1:2 ratio. Personally, I find it easier to think in solfa notation, so I’ll stick with that for this explanation. Pythagoras kept experimenting. When he used a hammer one-third the size of the original, the new note sounded like a fifth of the higher octav...

 Should you be good, or should you do good? Let no one be misled by this—I’m not an atheist. I’m an ever-believing Christian. But what many don’t know about me is that I’m also really into philosophy, and I lean toward the utilitarian school of thought. On one side, you have the moralist view; live with virtue, follow the rules, never compromise on what’s “right”, even if the consequences are messy. On the other, there's the utilitarian view; maximize impact, minimize harm, even if it means crossing some moral lines. Do what helps the most. Do what works. It might sound cold on paper… until you realize we already do this in real life, all the time. Think about chess. You sacrifice a pawn to protect your queen or to force a checkmate. It’s not cruelty—it’s strategy. In business and economics, companies make hard decisions—layoffs, budget cuts, product shutdowns—not out of malice, but because survival or long-term success demands it. Governments do it. Leaders do it. You probably did...

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but it’s not “Looney Toons.” It’s Looney Tunes! I swear I almost fell out of my chair when I learned that this week. What started as a casual scroll through TikTok ended with me spiraling through conspiracy threads and questioning every childhood memory I’ve ever had. Welcome to today's discussion, the Mandela Effect. If you’ve never heard of it, the Mandela Effect is this phenomenon where a bunch of people remember something a certain way, but turns out, it never actually happened like that. The name comes from how so many people remember Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the '80s. Except… he didn’t. He was released and went on to become president of South Africa. Yet somehow, thousands of people across the world remember the funeral, the news reports, the whole thing. That's where things start to get weird. Some examples hit harder than others. People remember the Monopoly Man having a monocle. He doesn’t. People swear Pikachu used to ...

Today is a very special day, because it’s the birth anniversary of a good friend. Not many people can make such deep impacts in so many lives without even realizing it, but Lulu does it every day—so she definitely deserves today’s spotlight. Lulu looks like she could be on the cover of a fashion magazine without even trying. She’s tall, effortlessly graceful, and always puts together a look that feels both relaxed and refined. It’s not just her face or her figure—it’s the way she wears confidence like an accessory. From the way she walks to how she does her hair, there’s a quiet elegance to her. She doesn’t chase attention, but it finds her anyway. She’s the kind of pretty that makes you pause. But what’s even more interesting is that she’s never trying to impress anyone. Her style is confident without being loud, cool without ever feeling fake. It makes you wonder how someone can carry themselves like that and still seem so approachable. People notice her—but what they don’t always se...

I’m so sorry, guys, I’ve got nothing for this Flashback Friday 😭. Writer’s block is the worst, and I hate not having anything to post. To be fair, not much worth sharing has happened lately (unless we’re counting painfully hectic exams 😖), so I didn’t exactly have a ton to pull from. But I’ve got a plan to make sure this never happens again: Next Friday, I’ll be doing a full semester dump for the madness that was my recently concluded semester. After that, I’ll highlight specific moments from it every Friday. So yeah, rest assured—the disappointment shall not repeat itself 🙏. Want me to ghiblify a visual for the semester dump when you're ready?

 Have you ever been to the cinema, gotten a pair of basic-looking glasses, and then realized those basic glasses actually have magical powers? Like, suddenly it feels like you can reach your hand into the screen and a dinosaur’s head pops out roaring right in front of you? Well, turns out it’s not magic at all. It’s simple tech and even simpler geometry. Let me break it down. First, how do our eyes make us see in 3D? Each eye on its own can only see in two dimensions: height and width. It sends an image to the brain, and the brain processes that image into information. But since we have two eyes, we’re actually getting two slightly different images from two different angles. Your brain combines them into one. The key is the difference between those images, that tiny shift in perspective. That’s what helps your brain figure out the third dimension: depth. Electronic 3D glasses take advantage of this trick. They show each eye a slightly different image, so your brain fills in the res...

Alright, I know this sounds controversial, but Hear Meowt 🙏: humanoid designs are the worst possible design for robots. Yeah, I said it. Let’s be real for a second—humanoid robots look cool, but that’s pretty much where their usefulness ends. Somewhere along the way, we got obsessed with the idea that if we’re building robots, they should look like us. Two legs, two arms, a weirdly smooth face that tries to smile but mostly looks haunted. But here’s the thing: humans aren’t the gold standard of design. We’re just used to seeing ourselves. That doesn’t mean we’re the best blueprint for a machine. Think about it. Walking on two legs is super inefficient. It takes constant balance, tons of coordination, and way too much power—just so a robot can wobble across the floor and maybe trip over a shoe. Meanwhile, a robot on wheels zooms by with no drama. A snake robot can slither into tight spaces a biped couldn’t even dream of. A drone? It’s flying circles around all of them. Robots that don’...

 People who know me well enough know that one of the few things that can rival my love for movies is my passion for music—and when you mix both to get a decent musical like K-Pop Demon Hunters, you can expect me to go absolutely crazy. K-Pop Demon Hunters earns second place 🥈on my top-tier list of best musicals in recent times, and that’s not just because it has exceptionally good songs. The attention to detail in the musical composition is genius. While many of these subtle techniques have been used in other successful musicals (and I’ve picked up on quite a few), there’s one tiny detail in K-Pop Demon Hunters so unbelievably brilliant that it blew my mind. It's the only musical where I’ve ever noticed something like this—and of course, that’s what I’ll be talking about today. Spoiler Alert!!! I'm assuming you've watched the movie—if you haven’t, I don’t know what the heck you're waiting for. “Golden,” perhaps the most iconic song from the musical, dives into the pain...

Finally! After four hectic weeks of exams, I’m back—and officially free to spend the rest of my summer writing my heart out and posting as much as I want. That being said, and without further ado, let’s dive into today’s spotlight. It’s Monday, and you know what that means: it’s time to highlight someone special in my life. And who better to kick off the first Buddy Spotlight of the summer—and wrap up my first year in college—than Diana, one of the people I’m most grateful to have met in university, and arguably the most important person I met in my first semester. Diana is a rare blend of sass and tomboy charm. She’s just as likely to punch your shoulder as she is to flick her hair in your face, depending on the situation. With her decisive nonchalance, lazy-tomboy fashion sense, and playful aggression—balanced out by her feminine charm, disarmingly cute smile, and fun-loving nature—she’s the ideal homegirl: all the pros of a female homie, none of the cons. Throw in her love for movie...

 Hey everyone, Just a quick heads-up — I’ll be hitting the pause button on the blog for the next 3 to 4 weeks. Exams are coming in hot, and as much as I’d love to keep writing, posting, and sharing the random little things I’ve been obsessing over (you know I’ve got a backlog), I need to give studying my full attention right now. I didn’t want to just disappear without saying anything, especially since this blog has become such a fun part of my week. But don't worry — this is definitely not goodbye. As soon as exams are done, I’ll be back with fresh stories, controversial opinions and debates, ghiblified friends, obscure knowledge I have no business knowing, and, of course, my chaotic progress tracking. Thanks for being patient with me and sticking around. Wish me luck (and pray I remember how chemical bonds works 😂). See you soon — smarter, hopefully. Peace Out,✌️ Raid.        

 Usually, Flashback Fridays are for something interesting that happened within the last seven days, which technically makes this post about a week late—but there’s no way I’m letting this one slide without talking about The Shift. The Shift is an original play brought to life by a collaboration between my university’s equivalents of a theatre and a dance club, performed during our annual Drama Night. When I first heard about the program, I had my doubts—but a friend convinced me to check it out… and I’m so glad I listened. 🤯 Drama Night happened last Thursday, and let me tell you—it was so good that the entire audience was cheering and shouting in excitement. They laughed, gasped, screamed, and applauded exactly when they were supposed to. It was just that amazing. So far, it’s the best event I’ve attended since getting into this university. The setup was clean and well-organized, and the play itself was brilliantly executed. Any scenes that couldn’t be performed live on stage wer...

 Ever had that moment when you realize something you’ve known for years—maybe even decades—is completely wrong? Well, that’s exactly what happened to me when I learned about Colour Theory. And chances are, it's about to happen to you too! No matter who you are, you were definitely taught (whether you remember it or not) that the three primary colours of light are red, blue, and green, while their secondary colours are magenta, cyan, and yellow. You were also taught that the primary colours of matter are red, blue, and yellow, while their secondary colours are purple, green, and orange. But have you ever wondered why light and matter have such different primary colour palettes that seem to have little to no relationship with each other? Well, I can tell you why: it's because the colour theory of matter is completely wrong! Here’s how mixing colours works: when you mix colours with light, you’re adding them, but when you mix colours with matter, you’re subtracting from them. That...

Alright, I know this sounds wild, but Hear Meowt 🙏: AI taking over the world might actually be the best thing to ever happen to humanity. Yeah, I said it. People hear that phrase and instantly picture some Hollywood horror—killer robots, mind control, Skynet-type apocalypse. But that’s fiction. The real potential of AI isn’t destruction—it’s optimization. Imagine a world where decisions are no longer made based on greed, bias, or ego, but by systems that have the entire planet’s data and well-being in mind. Sounds a little utopian, sure—but is it any crazier than trusting the chaotic mess that humanity has made of the world so far? Before I go any further—while I still believe that AI taking over our government could be incredibly beneficial to humanity—I also believe that the right to rule humans should remain with humans (even if we’re terrible at it). That said, I’m absolutely certain that AI taking over the global economy is a brilliant concept—both inevitable and immensely benefi...

  I'm a really big fan of Artificial Intelligence (since long before it became trendy), and I’ve always been fascinated and impressed by its recent advances and developments. However, there’s one part of AI that I personally feel hasn’t been fully explored. I’m not entirely sure of the proper term for it, but I like to call it reflective intelligence. Essentially, the idea is that an AI model could study a human subject—how they make decisions—and search for logical patterns in those decisions. The AI would then use those patterns to make choices of its own, ideally replicating the decisions that specific person would’ve made under the same circumstances. In the TV series The Flash, Cisco actually pulled something like this off. He created an algorithm called The B.A.R.I. (Barry Allen Replicated Intelligence—brilliant name, by the way). It studied Barry’s decision-making using all the data Cisco could gather, and it used those patterns to make new decisions. The algorithm was so go...

 Today, I’m really excited because I’m publishing my first-ever blog post, officially snipping the golden ribbon with a pair of scissors 🎗️✂️. I’m glad to finally launch this blog and set off on this yet-to-be-defined journey 😁😁 That being said, let’s get on with today’s beeswax. If you’ve read the How This Blog Works page, then you already know what happens on Mondays: it’s time for our very first Buddy Spotlight 🫂  episode/chapter/whatever. (And if you haven’t read that page, you should probably check it out.) So, without further ado, it is with great pleasure I present to you the star of today’s spotlight: Laila!  Who else deserves the honor of being the very first to step into the spotlight, if not the one who gave me the most support to bring this blog to life? Laila offered tons of emotional support and just the right dose of motivation for me to finally get this started. So I’m more than happy to talk about her today. Have you ever seen someone from afar, made ...