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Thursday, November 30, 2006
been awhile since i last updated. swim camp ended yest afternoon. and my body still aches. i'm unfit man.. sheesh.. okay but i think swim camp was a success since at least people know i exist now. but i couldnt go for team dinner yest cause i had tuition. dang. tuition. what i spoiler but oh wells. i hope it helps. hmm in the blink of an eye. we're 3 weeks into the hol's and how much have i accomplished? well nothing much really.. sheesh better get my act back together. grr. its the big A next yr. and well. its approaching very very VERY rapidly. okay off to study chem. cya ard bloggo.
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Assumption: There are 2 billion children in the world. Due to religious affiliations, Santa only stops at approximately 15% of them - 378 million, according to the Census. At an average rate of 3.5 children per household, that's 91.8 million homes.
1. Santa has 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to different time zones and the rotation of the earth. This works out to 822.6 visits per second or 1/100th of a second per visit.
2. Assuming that each of these 91.8 million stops are distributed evenly around the earth, we are talking .78 miles per household, a total trip of 75-1/2 million miles. That means Santa's sleigh is moving 650 miles per second, 3000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle on earth, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a pokey 27.4 miles per second - a conventional reindeer can run (tops) 15 mph.
3. The payload on the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium sized Lego set (2 pounds), the sleigh is carrying 321,300 tons, not counting Santa, who is invariably described as overweight. On land, reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting that "flying reindeer" can pull 10 TIMES the normal amount, we cannot do the job with eight or nine. We need 214,200 reindeer. This increases the payload, not even counting the weight of the sleigh, to 353,430 tons.
4. 353,000 plus tons traveling 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance - this will heat the reindeer up in the same fashion as spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer will absorb 14.3 QUINTILLION joules of energy per second, each. In short, they will burst into flame almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them, and create deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team will be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second. Santa, meanwhile, will be subjected to centrifugal forces 17,500.06 times greater than gravity. A 250-pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of his sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force.
Conclusion:The holidays are a time of magic and wonder
hmmm.. i think i've been swimming alot which is a good thing. then i wont be so fat. HAHA. but seriously.. even as much as everyone tries to tell you about team bonding and what nots.. obviously swimming is a very personal sport in the sense tt you only rely on your friends for support but the rest of the race is up to you. and training this past few days have been just swimming and more swimming which gives me alot of time to think over things and reflect. sth us intellectual ones do alot. HAHA.
anyways i was listening to the christmas songs as usual and i think the kids always get the nices songs tt actually have meaning..i was listening to glitz and tinsel and somehow it reflects alot on my life sometimes i find myself neglecting GOD. sheesh. even typing tt out feels wierd. esp with christmas just round the corner i wanna make sure tt i dont just celebrate christmas for the novelty but for its true meaning. =)
"..its kinda empty, cause without Jesus
you'll never understand you'll never know the heart of christmas..."
"..if its only glitz and tinsel its a meaningless display.
Its like a present with no gift inside.
its like a christmas card no one cared to sign,
i'm sure i've done it from time to time.
i've polished up the surface and not once peek inside.
Lord this is my christmas prayer
it'll be for all the people , people everywhere.
in all i say, in all i do, when they look at me i want them to see You..."
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oh in case you dont already know. i got a complete xbox360 now and i just completed a game just now. (HAHA okay actually my bro finished the game up to the last stage before he went out then during dinner i finished the game for him. imagine the surprise he'll get tml. ) HAHAHA . okay tt wasnt an evil laughter btw..
christmas is coming!!! lalalala~ oh btw if anyone's interested theres youth conference to look forward to. PLUS THE MUCH ACCLAIMED AND SOUGHT AFTER CONCERT BY NONE OTHER THEN BETHANY. haha.. charges only apply to ppl who wanna bring a bag of marshmallows and camp at the chocolate fountain and fight with all the little boys. HAH.
REMEMBER THIS
what if i'd been born 50 years before you
in a house on the street where you live?
maybe i'd be outside as you passed on your bike
would i know?
and in a wide sea of eyes
i see one pair that i recognise
and i know that i am
i am, i am
the luckiest.