fix(site): Restore original North Star voice

Restore the personal Me narrative verbatim while retaining the new responsive presentation. Remove added editorial copy so the section reflects the author's own language rather than the site's product voice.

Author: cidxb

_sass/my-style.scss

@@ -671,21 +671,7 @@
 }
 
 .north-star-header {
-  display: grid;
-  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(18rem, 0.9fr);
-  gap: 3rem;
-  align-items: end;
   margin-bottom: 2rem;
-
-  blockquote {
-    margin: 0;
-    padding-left: 1.5rem;
-    border-left: 3px solid var(--portfolio-warm);
-    color: var(--portfolio-ink);
-    font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 2.6vw, 1.85rem);
-    font-style: italic;
-    line-height: 1.35;
-  }
 }
 
 .north-star-intro {
@@ -817,8 +803,7 @@
     grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
   }
 
-  .split-heading,
-  .north-star-header {
+  .split-heading {
     grid-template-columns: 1fr;
     gap: 1.5rem;
   }

index.html

@@ -379,39 +379,37 @@ <h3>Reinforcement-Learning Sim2Real Robot Juggling</h3>
     <div class="north-star-header">
       <div>
         <p class="eyebrow">Me · North Star</p>
-        <h2>Why I build</h2>
+        <h2>Me</h2>
       </div>
-      <blockquote>
-        The future is not something engineers merely predict. It is something
-        we become responsible for shaping.
-      </blockquote>
     </div>
 
     <p class="north-star-intro">
-      I enjoy books, films, games, and unfamiliar ways of seeing the world—most
-      often science fiction, philosophy, history, and comedy. I keep learning
-      outside my field because technical judgment is also a judgment about
-      people, values, and possible futures.
+      I enjoy reading books, watching movies and dramas, and gaming — mostly
+      sci-fi, scene comedy, philosophy, and historical dramas. I'm drawn to new
+      experiences, so I'm always learning something different (recently kendo,
+      sign language, and French). I love to travel and collect different
+      perspectives to draw my own conclusions.
     </p>
 
     <article class="north-star-story">
       <div class="story-copy">
         <p class="story-number">01</p>
         <h3>The Big Bang Theory</h3>
         <p>
-          When I was seven or eight, I was already drawn to science-fiction
-          novels and short stories. Later, <em>The Big Bang Theory</em> turned
-          that fascination into an academic template. Leonard’s character
-          influenced my path more than I expected: I entered university to
-          study laser physics, imagining that I might become an experimental
-          scientist.
+          When I was 7 or 8, I was drawn to reading sci-fi novels and short
+          stories. Later, watching The Big Bang Theory sparked something deeper
+          — Leonard's character influenced my professional path in ways I
+          didn't expect. Combining my passion for sci-fi with the academic
+          template from the show, I entered college studying laser physics,
+          dreaming of becoming an experimental scientist.
         </p>
         <p>
-          Studying physics in Germany felt like stepping into that dream. Yet
-          somewhere between equations and laboratory work, I discovered that I
-          was increasingly fascinated by the human side of science—how people
-          perceive, decide, and assign meaning. That realization led me to an
-          interdisciplinary degree and changed how I understood intelligence.
+          The opportunity to study physics in Germany felt like living
+          Sheldon's dream. But somewhere between the equations and lab work, I
+          discovered something unexpected: I was more fascinated by the human
+          side of physics than the pure science itself. That realization led me
+          to an interdisciplinary major — a decision that would reshape how I
+          think about everything.
         </p>
       </div>
       <figure>
@@ -422,7 +420,7 @@ <h3>The Big Bang Theory</h3>
           height="1024"
           loading="lazy"
         >
-        <figcaption>Science fiction as an invitation to build.</figcaption>
+        <figcaption>Unknown, Online</figcaption>
       </figure>
     </article>
 
@@ -431,21 +429,23 @@ <h3>The Big Bang Theory</h3>
         <p class="story-number">02</p>
         <h3>Between Worlds</h3>
         <p>
-          Physics taught me to see the universe as equations moving in
-          harmony. But equations alone do not capture the tremor in a voice,
-          the weight of a decision, or why humans reach for technologies they
-          may also fear.
-        </p>
-        <p>
+          Physics taught me to see the universe as equations dancing in perfect
+          harmony. But equations, I discovered, don't capture the tremor in a
+          voice or the weight of a decision. They don't explain why humans
+          reach for the stars or why we fear the very technologies we create.
           Leaving pure physics felt like stepping out of a cathedral of
-          certainty into a wilderness of questions. In that interdisciplinary
-          space, I learned to think like a weaver—pulling threads from physics,
-          psychology, philosophy, and engineering until new patterns emerged.
+          certainty into a wilderness of questions. In this interdisciplinary
+          space, I learned to think like a weaver — pulling threads from
+          physics, psychology, philosophy, and beyond, watching them intertwine
+          into patterns I never could have imagined alone.
         </p>
         <p>
-          The most meaningful discoveries often live between disciplines. That
-          is where I found my calling: not only to understand how things work,
-          but to understand how they shape us.
+          The most beautiful discoveries, I realized, don't live within the neat
+          boundaries of disciplines. They emerge in the liminal spaces, where
+          different ways of seeing the world collide and spark something
+          entirely new. It's in these intersections that I found my calling —
+          not just to understand how things work, but to understand how they can
+          shape us.
         </p>
       </div>
       <figure>
@@ -469,21 +469,26 @@ <h3>Between Worlds</h3>
         <p class="story-number">03</p>
         <h3>A Human-Friendly Future</h3>
         <p>
-          As a science-fiction reader turned builder, I have moved from
-          consuming visions of the future to helping shape them. Researchers
-          and engineers do not simply ride a technological wave—we influence
-          its direction. That is both a privilege and a burden.
+          As a sci-fi fan turned researcher, I've moved from consuming visions
+          of the future to actively shaping them. We're not riders of the tech
+          wave — we're the ones who shape its direction. That's both our
+          privilege and our burden. Standing at this unique position of
+          defining cutting-edge technology, I believe we have a responsibility
+          to choose our path carefully. While most people can only passively
+          accept the results of technological development, we as definers have
+          both the opportunity and obligation to pursue a more human-centered
+          technological trajectory.
         </p>
         <p>
-          People who define new technology have a responsibility to choose its
-          trajectory carefully. I want to build AI and robots that embody the
-          future we choose, not the one we fear: systems that learn through
-          interaction and are measured not by efficiency alone, but by how
-          they elevate human agency and dignity.
+          I want to build AI and robots that embody the future we choose, not
+          the one we fear. Systems that evolve smartly through interaction,
+          measured not by efficiency alone, but by how they elevate the human
+          experience. Because technology should serve what humans truly need:
+          not just survival, but dignity.
         </p>
         <p>
-          This remains the North Star behind every research question I pursue
-          and every system I build.
+          This vision guides every research decision I make and every line of
+          code I write.
         </p>
       </div>
       <figure>