Did you know,

that π (pi) is an irrational number? And that they built the Great Pyramid of Giza more than 4,500 years ago using this irrational number?

Ridiculous it may sound, you cannot represent pi with any rational number. But the decimal expansion of the value of pi, never changes, never ends, never repeats. If one has to tell a friend, the value of this irrational number is, well, if he’s a good friend of yours, and he’s someone who appreciates honesty, you tell him the whole truth.

“Pi is, 3.14159 26535 89793 23846 26433 83279 50288 41971 69399 37510 58209 74944 59230 78164 06286 20899 86280 34825 and more. More than what you and i know. It builds pyramids and flies us to Jupiter if you want.”

But if you have a friend who only appreciates rationality, who prefers to accept heaven and hell, death and life, hip-hop and rnb, and black and white and dislikes the idea of accepting things as they are, even when they are beautiful and ironic and irrational just like pi is, you might want to lie to him. Just a little lie.

“Rationally, pi is 22/7. It is what you need to find the circumference of a circle. It doesn’t do more than drawing a circle. What a waste of time to learn about pi.”

Pi is not 22/7, and of course, is more than drawing a circle and finding the circumference of it, well, if you care and curious enough to know, to understand, or even to formulate mathematical expressions of the laws of physics that govern this world. But pi is not even algebraic to even begin with. 22/7 is just the diophantine approximation of the real value of pi. It’s even bigger than what it is. It’s mathematically exaggerated. It’s a calculated lie and you can use this lie as many times as you want to satisfy the people who in your opinion, need it.

Like how i told Karen and Michelle, they’re not fat.

Perhaps, like pi, i’m alone, and lonely, and irrational.

I might not make much sense, but my name is Firdauz, and i like pie. (I’m fat too)