U is for Umbrella

Fun fact question from the previous blog post:
Many shops have prices set just under a round figure, e.g. $9.99 instead of $10.00 or $99.95 instead of $100.00 . It is assumed that this is done because the price seems lower to the consumer. But this is not the reason the practice started. What was the original reason for this pricing method?

Answer: The practice originated to ensure that the clerk had to open the till and give change for each transaction, thus recording the sale and preventing him from pocketing the bank notes.

interesting, huh?


Fun fact #2!
An American nightclub called 'The Coconut Grove' had a terrible fire in which over 400 people died. A simple design flaw in the building led to the death toll being so high. Subsequently, regulations were changed to ensure that all public buildings throughout the country eliminated this one detail which proved so deadly. What was it?

Once again, the answer will be in the next blog post.


so, for the remainder of my exams,
maths extension: 59/72 = 82%
ancient: 48/50 (i topped! yay =D) = 96%
legal: 44/50 = 88%
english: reading task 11/15, essay 13/15

overall im pretty happy with them i guess.


hmm, so lately what has been happening?
uhh...i had to go to the chinese doctor and she told me that my blood circulation is really bad, so shes giving me medicine and stuff for that...
its pretty disgusting, but eh i guess its worth the...disgust?

hmmmmmmmmm im also sick...but slowly recovering...i hate this rain, its so annoying. wakes me up in the middle of the night because its soooooo noisy =[


oh yeh, this term is gonna be so annoying because we're gonna have so many assessments in week 9 and 10! =[
phys, chem, legal, maths and maths, english. =[
and i'll probably get something for ancient...and if we're having a prac test for either phys or chem i will be very sadface =[

let's see, phys is next week so i guess its not that bad...it's also pretty simple, but with these assessments its so hard to know how in-depth my studies/research is supposed to go. it's so lame.

chem at first seemed pretty hard to understand, now i think im making slow progress after constantly rereading...i just really don't want to write an essay =[

legal seems pretty easy too...its also a research assessment then an in-class essay but they practically gave us the essay question.

maths...ugh.

english...ugh.



ooooooh but im singing at liveaid with joyeeta's acapella group. ive heard the song only a few times but yeh im tons excited =D

anyway i really don't have much to say... and i haven't really been stumbling so here's two links for you:


choose two

awesome artwork