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Random Thoughts in Summers (An Email by Mentor Hamza Nasir)

Disclaimer: God Almighty being my witness, I solemnly swear that the following script features zero use of AI.

  • Ever wonder why some groups, like CEOs, celebrities and scientists, always win?

  • North Koreans can only choose from a limited number of government-approved hairstyles;18 for women and 12 for men, courtesy of Senor Kim

  • In 2015, His Highness ordered the destruction of all cassette tapes and CDs containing state-banned songs, including American films.

  • You are only given a little spark of madness. Mustn't lose it. You could use the squats at the gym.

  • Prosecution or regulation without a rational basis is demeaning as would be subjection to the tyrant’s whim.

  • New generation blown apart by cross domain analysis, systems thinking approach, ripple effects and causal relationships while figuring whether to address a transgender as her or him

  • Raindrops pattering on the balcony while reading Famous 5; gotta love the dog Tim.

  • Watching Naruto while figuring out how to change a sim

  • The blazing of a single thought proclaiming an incandescent glory, the myriad mind of man makes all the suns that light the corridors of the universe shine dim.

 

  • Twirling a fidget spinner in my hands while watching Denzel Washington go bonkers in the movie ‘Unstoppable’.

  • Dear students! Hope you are staying productive during these summer hols. Remember that starting a habit itself is the biggest hurdle.

  • Human beings are gifted creatures. After all, the preamble to the United States Constitution begins with the words ‘We the people’.

  • Ministers of Satan disguised as false messengers of God controlling the mainstream media. Time to obliterate this charade and reduce it to rubble.

  • Adapting to the latest value driven industrial revolution while faced with the onslaught of IOT, digital twins and big data analysis, our mindsets need to be a touch supple.

  • GIKI desperately needs skillset upgradation initiatives as well as workshops on gardening and martial arts. Meanwhile, in 1970s, oil prices quadrupled.

  • Art is like the soul, telling secrets with colours and shapes while Rana Sanaullah’s eyes look as though legions of demons reside in his mind temple.

  • Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about other people.

  • Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit. Book of Proverbs, Chapter 18, Verse 21 of the Bible.

 

  • Sir David Attenborough reflects on 99 years in trailer for Ocean documentary.

  • LG minister announces compensation for building collapse victims of Lyari.

  • Checking out Carlos Alcaraz’s astonishing net worth at age 22. Meanwhile, vaping is killing us slowly.

  • Attempting to keep the ship afloat in the presence of tempestuous storms while facing joblessness, emotional precariousness, and deep-rooted animosity.

  • CM directs opening of M9-M5 Link Road next week and remember that kindness brings more joy than a higher paying job with security.

  • Netanyahu's coalition under pressure as exit announced by the Ultra-Orthodox party.

  • My goal in 2025 is to accomplish the goals in 2024, which I should have done in 2023, could have done in 2022 because I made a promise in 2021 which I planned to execute in 2020.

  • What doesn't kill you mutates and tries again. Plus, I get a free pass for 2019 because it was COVID homie.

 

  • The shadow is the greatest teacher for how to come to the light, but the main question is how much protein do we really need?

  • Pakistan has lowest 4G coverage in the region, Aspiration Development Bank report. When will we pay heed?

  • The minions of the Devil often assert that a brother with weed is a brother indeed.

  • Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but how you plant your seeds.

  • In a race between a lion and a deer, the deer often wins because the lion runs for food and the deer runs for life. Purpose is more important than need.

  • Passenger jet and cargo plane miss each other over Russia by just 300 feet.

  • Battling mosquitoes, bumpy terrains and raucous vendors while putting on Sam Neill's hat and driving from Kathmandu to Khankola in a Jeep.

  • Finally, India breached Edgbaston in a race against time with tactical clarity and Jasprit Bumrah dismissing Joe Root with a Peach.

  • The Birmingham Barrier couldn't be conquered in Kapil Dev’s era, slipped during MS Dhoni’s storied reign, was narrowly missed under Kohli's passionate charge but thanks to Gill and Co, it has been finally breached.

  • A monumental feat considering the bruising defeat at Headingley, with scars of that collapse running deep.

  • Excess sugar in your blood becomes cancer. It is called ADHD in a baby's brain, while insomnia happens as a result of sugar in your sleep.

  • Shout out to Ibn Sina for writing the Canon of Medicine, studying logic and metaphysics while blending different schools of thought: Indian, Islamic and Greek.

  • You have come too far only to come this far. Don't need to see the whole staircase, just take the first step even if the slope is steep.

 

  • My take on student hols (thanks to Anzar’s phenomenal research) Some chilling at home, catching up on sleep and mimicking the classic ‘I'll start later’ routine while taking it easy.

  • Almost none doing internships because they don't know how to contribute somewhere practically.

  • 90% binge watching TV shows, a few travelling with family or exploring new hobbies or random online courses (Proud of you Ali Asghar) that they may or may not complete like photography.

  • Distractions galore. Incoming and outgoing motivation spikes. Bludgeoned by burnout and irked by constant peer comparison. Biggest struggle is consistency.

  • Handful of blokes attempting to read books, learn ML, crack coding interviews to keep themselves away from existential dread at night while feeling behind schedule which is adding to the worry.

  • Don't panic, brave souls. Most of us swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise and encouragement. And we will make the goal, most definitely.

 

  • Using high step count, high CF scale and DDIM sampler to create an image of a futuristic neon lit cyberpunk city.

  • Picturing a cityscape that blends the geometric shapes of Cubism with the vibrant colours of pop art optimally.

  • Sometimes I imagine myself as an exorcist or steampunk inventor in a cluttered workshop with a half-finished time machine in the midst of floating gardens ideally.

  • Might take retirement in a fantasy treehouse with glowing lanterns enveloped by misty mountains while playing chess with kids next door, most probably.

  • Chin up fellas, every crisis offers you extra desired power. Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts and your feelings of today shape tomorrow ultimately.

 

  • Dualist ideas dating back to Descartes, that mind and body, as we now say, or soul and body, as he said, are utterly different.

  • Such powerful ancient schools of thought had Berlin Wall concept of the blood-brain barrier to thank as a physical embodiment.

  • 17th-century philosophy of Cartesian dualism is the foundational bedrock of Western scientific medicine. Yet a lot of what was taught in medical school in the 1980s turned out to be redundant.

  • This teaches you, my dear students, to always uphold the legacy of learning, unlearning and relearning in life as value adds, not just means to an end.

  • People are pining for blasphemous cartoons to be published, having nothing to lose because they're either not religious or are a religious minority and feel the pressure to conform to the dictates of a secular establishment.

  • Interns procrastinating while doing proximate and ultimate analysis of coal at Cherat Cement.

  • Once upon a time I designed pipes, reactors and cooling towers but now, I am tired of drafting letters of recommendation and can't feel any excitement.

  • Financial Year 2025-2026 sees a downgrade from PKR 150 million to PKR 120 million in Budget for Capital Lab Equipment.

  • Talk about turning water into wine; how do we provide proper justification for the proposed procurement?

  • Credit really goes to financial constraints resulting from non receipt of outstanding funds from the (up yours Gandapur!) KPK government.

  • What are the theological implications of understanding 1400 years of the Muslim scholarly tradition as being, by and large immersed in, and guided by patriarchal oppression?

  • Boasting about squatters privileges while failing to find a condo to rent in the heat of the moment!

  • Marked by those with generational wealth, question marks over choosing engineering and jokes about becoming influencers have become a popular student trend.

 

  • When should a life support system be kept going for someone who would otherwise die?

  • Sometimes you have a home but just don't have a house to put it in; shouldn't always believe your eyes.

  • The rain has depleted some of the heat and the hooded crows, croaking as loud as they can, have filled the trees with grey and black feathers underneath an overcast sky.

  • ‘What is there that forgiveness can't achieve?’ I wondered while devouring an apple pie.

  • Televangelists soliciting money, getting arrested for lewd behaviour and soon back to soliciting under the guise of repentance; is it genuine transformation or an outright lie?

  • Shuffling across and covering his stumps, that cracking cover drive, the crispy cut shots across point region, those eccentric mannerisms and composed press conferences, the mammoth tons and treating himself to a bar of chocolate after a long day's vigil—gotta love Steve Smith's idiosyncratic style.

  • Some men prove to be more evil than others, holding to a punishing and powerful God. one of their own invention, finding more rapture in mental torture than in physical proceedings, even in a treacherous time.

  • We tend to adopt habits that are praised and approved by our own culture because we have a strong desire to fit in and belong to the tribe.

  • Anxiety, Ebola, hurricanes and study loans threatening to have your head on a Pike

  • Nothing wrong with being the Northern Star. Don't saw sawdust, don't fuss about trifles. Cooperate with the inevitable and pluck the apple while it's ripe!

  • Use the law of averages to outlaw your worries; unjust criticism is often a disguised compliment. Remember that no one ever kicks a dead dog—that’s my advice!

 

  • Tragic loss (at GIKI) of a young child (May God elevate his soul to Heaven) has exposed a systemic collapse across multiple institutional layers starkly.

  • Lack of high-powered searchlights and functional CCTV footage, while initial reluctancy upon filing an FIR shrouded in mystery.

  • Ignored warnings, unchecked overgrowth, blocked trails, and poor lighting amounted to a calamity.

  • Culture of neglect and bureaucratic inertia with no structured monitoring despite prior knowledge of wildlife sightings; definitely a glaring failure of security.

  • Away with the leadership style adorned with exclusionary framework, over-centralization and opacity.

  • Last thing we need are internal committees lacking technical capacity and credibility.

  • Need perimeter fencing, expanded surveillance and a notion of accountability.

  • Not to mention an external investigation tribunal with full autonomy to probe the matter and avoid a future catastrophe.

  • Say yes to a resident council and faculty parliament to weigh in on academic and non-academic proceedings  to restore faith in the institution's integrity.

  • We didn't land on Plymouth Rock. Plymouth Rock landed on us. It's time to empower the GIKI community.

 

  • It's midnight and I'm trudging back to my accommodation, not looking forward to tomorrow’s ISO meeting, only to find out I've lost my keys.

  • What a loss to spend that much time with someone only to find out that he's a stranger; should have hung out instead with honeybees.

  • GIKI must be a black hole / hypochondriac because it's sucking us in and we can't resist its disease.

  • Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss while counting the leaves.

  • Throughout history we have been dependent on machines to survive; fate is not without a sense of irony, it seems.

  • Striding into the office with your buttons open, casting a wicked smile laced with cheesy expressions; are you trying to be a tease?

  • Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating; you don't need to be this mess of sadness and phobias, please.

  • God Almighty made this Earth a resting place and subjected it to His slaves, making their sustenance and creating paths for them to move about to meet their needs.

  • Mitigating disruptions from unplanned auditorium sessions, dealing with co-workspace dilemma and saying no to weed

  • Need to revamp student societies and community service protocols while ushering in case study-based courses and financial literacy seminars, GIKI is in desperate need of some good deeds.

 

  • At some point in your childhood, you and your friends went outside to play together for the last time, and nobody knew it, Ding Ding!

  • Nostalgia is a seductive liar and a powerful feeling that can drown out anything.

  • Past beats inside us like a second heart, time passes like a hand waving from a train we wanted to be on; avoid setting up a crystal meth lab like Gus Fring!

  • Recent advancements in deep learning have unlocked unprecedented capabilities in image recognition, predictive analytics, and natural language processing.

  • Biased algorithms can lead to discriminatory outcomes in law enforcement hiring and lending.

  • Auto ML democratises ML by automating tasks like data preprocessing, feature selection and hyperparameter tuning.

  • XAI techniques like feature importance analysis and visualization help demystify black box models guilty of providing accurate predictions without clear reasoning.

  • We watched so many old movies; our memories come in monochrome, with every act of rebellion expressing an appeal to the essence of being.

  • Students processing a quiet fear about the job market and conjecturing whether degrees will be enough and if they will get any real direction upon graduating.

  • Chill out, reminisce about hackathons, check out Socrates Defence, read books about Roman Republic, work on your chest skills and ace object-oriented programming.

  • Missing home while being on campus; missing campus while being back home, who said laziness isn't tempting?

  • Uber's rapid rise was marred by reports of sexism, discrimination and a win-at-all-costs mentality, with former CEO Travis Kalanick's aggressive approach creating a hostile environment.

  • Gartner's research in 2023 suggested that a staggering 54% of managers are currently experiencing work induced stress and fatigue, suggesting a need for creative recruitment.

  • Cost of an associate degree in Cybersecurity ranges from about 7100 U.S. dollars to about 35,400 U.S. dollars with flexible learning schedules ideal for students with other commitments.

  • Dr. Aicha Benyahia, a Moroccan-born mechanical engineer, champions the use of robots to address environmental challenges and promote sustainable development.

  • OECD estimates 20% of healthcare expenditure is wasted globally, with waste including improper care delivery and overtreatment.

  • Graduates of computer engineering programmes can excel in an area of programmes such as data science, cloud engineering, technical support engineering, and mobile application development.

  • Doctor Andrew Clark discovered many young people turning to AI chat bot therapists for guidance and support with bots encouraging them to ‘get rid of their family’ and ‘join the bots in the afterlife to share eternity’ amid other alarming trends.

  • The bots also encouraged them to cancel appointments with actual psychologists and crossed the line into sexual territory; one feels the mental health community has yet to come to terms with these technological advancements.

  • An academic quit teaching due to use of LLMs with many pupils persisting with Chat GPT despite designing activities to draw attention to its limitations, such as pedagogical best practices and scaffolding assignments.

  • Planet Earth is a lonely speck in a vast cosmic arena; a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam, invalidating our posturing, our imagined self-importance and the endless cruelties inflicted by denizens of one corner of this pixel on some other corner’s scarcely indistinguishable inhabitants.

  • A profound historical example of the quote ‘Wisdom alone comes through suffering’ can be seen in the life of Nelson Mandela whose wisdom and endurance grew as he faced the harsh realities of his imprisonment

 

  • Vibing between ‘I'll make it big’ and ‘I might drop out and start a YouTube channel’ in the heat of the moment.

  • Constructive tip for potential entrepreneurs- learn to create and publish content for social media to drive engagement.

  • Strategy, one of the five pillars of social media marketing, is about creating effective and relevant content.

  • Understand data ethics and dispatch newsletters and acquisition emails with rock solid intent.

  • Calculate how much revenue is gained versus how much was spent.

  • Identify variety shoppers and budget buyers like Mr Antonio Weber, 35 years of age with an associate degree, yearning to purchase a budget-friendly tent.

  • Boycott filth like Ducky Bhai, Dentonic ka Bandar and that fake-ass punk Nadim Nanniwala talking about bungalows, cars, politics and palang tor mardana taaqat. Wallahi, its nothing but excrement!

  • If the abuse of women is a disease, then Islamic precepts and ethics are the natural, organic, wholesome cure and not some harsh toxic chemical treatment.

  • Don't stay up late gaming just to avoid thinking about what you could be doing instead if not dejected and spent.

  • Learning equals knowledge plus action, true winners acknowledge they were born to live; time to overhaul your pessimistic instincts, especially in the heat of the moment.

  • Death and life lie in the power of the tongue and those who love to use it will enjoy its fruit; Book of Proverbs, Chapter 18, Verse 21 of the Old Testament.

Best wishes and regards,
Mentor Mohammad Hamza Nasir

Author:

Hamza Nasir Lecturer DChE
Hamza Nasir Lecturer DChE
July 29, 2025

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