Like a Drospohila

Yesterday afternoon, I stayed after that horrendous test (R^2 people!) to go to that presentation by Iolani alumnus Mimi Shirasu-Hiza. While all that lecture about circadian rhythm and immunities relationship went over my head, I did pick up several helpful hints about life.
Mimi eradicated many of the awkward assumptions of what a scientist was. A scientist can be short. A scientist doesn't have to be obsessed. A scientist does not have to be an old geeky man without any outside interests. And the fact that your life can take a totally different path from what you expect. When Mimi was in high school, she wanted to become a writer. But a summer research program that doc! sent her to changed her life.
I suppose that even though I have no idea what I will do in the future, I should not pressure out so much. Especially for those of you who think that you have no passion, there is still plenty of time to find something that you really enjoy. Try new things, take a risk. Because discovery is immortality.

Oh look! A 3and 1/2 of hearts! WHUT!?!?!?









On a lighter note, thanks to the efforts of one of the semi-homeless, it is snowing in doc!'s room! Preposterous, you say, but this is the kind of weather that the mainland has been experiencing since October, for some people. I say semi-homeless because she has not yet to date stayed until the homeless shelter closed. They're so lovely!

Burgers

Not too long ago, I was sitting at autoline waiting for my parents to pick me up, when some people drove up in a red car and handed me a bag full of burgers from McDonalds. Being the bored little child I was, I ate six burgers and piled the remaining three on my physics paraphernalia. And look! The stack is in static equilibrium as it does not move anywhere. The net force in the x direction and the net force in the y direction are both zero, as well as the net torque. A passerby flailed in amazement at the awkward position of the burgers and their mind was blown by the amazing physics behind the concept. I hope you are not. By the way, I ate all those burgers afterwards, so none for the freeloaders.

It's Over!

So this Tuesday, we had our final marching competition for the 2009 season. Now I won't have to lug that noisy podium that Cole needs to fix to all the rehersals. Sadly, when we went to competition, we did pretty well, even though we practiced about a fourth of the time the other people did. The only bad thing was watching Moanalua pwn everyone with their show.

Part of a marching band is the color guard, which are a group of people who use their dexterity to manipulate flags, rifles, sabers, and such to the amazement of the audience.

Look at that salute. Isn't it sweet?




Here is a video of part of the Mililani High School Marching Band- "Trojan." The color guard is on the left side, and the twirling of their flags exhibits uniform circular motion. The axis of rotation is the hands of the person holding the flag and the radius of the circle. Ignore the commentary. It's mostly Ashley and Freddie.

Some idiots (Richard and Andrew) managed to sneak past the security guards with food and sat with the band, an illegal action punishable by 15 years in prison.




























What a poser...















Make sure to persecute them next time you see them.

Unfortunate

Something bad happened the other day at Richard's.  

I found out I was half dog.

On the other hand, we did study very hard for SATs.  And fireworks!  Yay!

Feed my darlings!

Isley
Harjar
Aeolus
Bloodfeast
and don't forget Freddie!


Some of you may have noticed me coughing and hacking in class this past week. Well, as all sick boys are wont to do, I drank hot water. And since my parents are unwilling to invest in a water heater, I have to rely on my trusty microwave. It lives in the corner of the kitchen.

The inside of the microwave contains a glass plate that rotates to ensure that the food (or water) inside the microwave is heated evenly. Last year in chemistry, we learned how a microwave works, so go dig out your notes.

Sorry peoples, no exciting noises in this one.

While the cup with the water moves in a circle, its total angular motion in its period (approximately 10 seconds) is zero as it has the same initial and final positions. Also, according to the reference frame of the glass plate, there is no motion whatsoever of the cup as it stays in one place (static friction). But when an outside observer looks into the microwave, the cup (and the glass plate) are experiencing uniform circular motion!

We Work sooooooo hard

Curiously, most of the stuff we do after school has no relevance to physics. It's nice to see my peers working hard still. :)

RE: Centripetal Acceleration; It's NOT a vibrator

WARNING: If you did not read ANDREW WU's 11/1 blog, go read it first. or this will make no sense whatsoever. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. :P







Just in case anyone was wondering what Hao was doing in Andrew Wu's blog last week, here's a video proving that I am not obscene.