Monday, March 05, 2007
Weather
Last thursday it dropped to 7 degrees celsius, and today (Sunday) it is 27 degrees celsius. I wore like a polar bear out this morning and i looked around me. all are wearing bermudas and singlets.
No wonder the people here have so many clothes (Haha.. more reason to shop here). I think i must start picking up the habit of checking the weather before i leave my house and then decide what best to wear. That means no sleeping on my bed until the very last minute. =( I usually just lazed on my bed until i realised i will be late then jumped out of bed and wash up and leave within 5 min.
Or maybe i can check the weather forecast and then plan my clothes for the next day before i sleep? hmm.. i wonder is the forecast accurate.
Oh yah, i forgot to update that i went to La Brea Tar Pit yesterday as part of my Geology course requirement (That's why i took this course actually). It is quite cool to see bubbles of methane/hydrogen sulfide/hydrogen popping out of the asphalt lake. So many fossils are uncovered here. Ok here are the pics:
No wonder the people here have so many clothes (Haha.. more reason to shop here). I think i must start picking up the habit of checking the weather before i leave my house and then decide what best to wear. That means no sleeping on my bed until the very last minute. =( I usually just lazed on my bed until i realised i will be late then jumped out of bed and wash up and leave within 5 min.
Or maybe i can check the weather forecast and then plan my clothes for the next day before i sleep? hmm.. i wonder is the forecast accurate.
Oh yah, i forgot to update that i went to La Brea Tar Pit yesterday as part of my Geology course requirement (That's why i took this course actually). It is quite cool to see bubbles of methane/hydrogen sulfide/hydrogen popping out of the asphalt lake. So many fossils are uncovered here. Ok here are the pics:
bubbles of methane (not that pungent), hydrogen (small amounts) and hydrogen sulfide (very smelly. chemists should know.. smells like rotten eggs) The water is actually not boiling or hot.
A more closer look. The black stuff are actually asphalt.
Three Geology students from NUS: Hsien Xiong, Xinhui and Me.
It is super goo-ie. And you need alot of force to be able to pull out. Most likely once you are stuck, you are gone.. This is how an entire food chain got captured and their fossils preserved nicely in the lake. (First started with Zebra wanting a drink and got stuck. Sabretooth cat (not tiger) came and thought it is free food and got stuck too.. so does packs of wolves and even vultures..)
Jinzhan as tall as Mastodon
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