Friday, 14 May 2010

moments of melancholy or ecstaticness

oooh half yearlies have come back!

well, so far only maths, science and foodtech, but still. oh and...will you look at that...my high/low estimates were all correct!
maths (high) 73/84= 86.9%!!
science (high) 83%
foodtech (low) 35.5/56= 63% ... oh golly.

but argh seriously winona! wat is wrong with you... 100% in maths and 90% in science wattheheck. you are not human T_T how can you keep topping everything!!

argh.

oh. my 5hour shift on thursday...LOL. that was horrible T_T but its a good thing 3 pieces original chicken lasted me XD
another 5 hours tomoro...1-6pm. oh well. i get free cakes at the end. 'saaaaaaaall good =D

genius #10: sticky tape
okay, so this was from a comment from roger i believe...i might be wrong... in the cbox. and yeh, sticky tape is fascinating! and with that comes like double sided sticky tape, masking tape, duct tape, and that double sided tape that's like foamy or sumthing (i forgot wat its called)- you know, its slightly thicker and its not see-through?

anyway, the most common tape is "pressure sensitive tape", which is just your normal clear sticky tape. according to wiki, "Pressure sensitive adhesive was first developed in 1845 by Dr. Horace Day, a surgeon. Commercial tapes introduced in the early twentieth century."

Another common tape is duct tape! a very very fun tape that we all love to play with.
Interesting fact from wiki: "With a standard width of 1+7⁄8 inches (48 mm), duct tape was originally developed during World War II in 1942 as a water resistant sealing tape for ammunition cases. Permacel, then a division of Johnson & Johnson, used a rubber-based adhesive to help the tape resist water and a fabric backing to add strength. It was also used to repair military equipment quickly, including jeeps, firearms, and aircraft because of these properties."

Masking tape. i love this one, because i feel the power when i can just tear it! =D and it also doesn't stick so hard to something that you have to spend ages trying to peel it off. although i love peeling things.
once again, wiki: "Masking tape was invented in 1925 by 3M employee Richard Drew. Drew observed auto-body workers growing frustrated when they removed butcher paper they had taped to cars they were painting. The strong adhesive on the tape peeled off some of the paint they had just applied. Touching up the damaged areas increased their costs. Drew realized the need for tape with a gentler adhesive."

you learn something new everyday.