Science in Scouting: Why tent and wind do not mix?

It's obvious we shouldn't set up a tent in a windy place. Ok, maybe a little wind won't do much harm. But what if the wind picked up speed?

Hmm... let's say you have no other choice but to build a tent in a windy place. How would you orientate it? Would you make the entrance of the tent face the wind, so that when you sleep, you'll have a natural air-conditioner?
(A)

Or would you rather make the wall of the tent face the wind? Hmm...
(B)

In situation (A), the wind is blowing through the tent. As you may know, fast moving air has lower pressure. Imagine if it was a typhoon (maybe you are camping in China at that moment???)



If the support structures are very flimsy, the pressure difference between the outside of the tent and the inside would cause it to collapse into itself. Uh oh, not good if you are having a good night sleep after one whole day of doing push ups.

Ok, maybe you happen to be in Situation B instead. What will happen? Well, that, I'm not so sure, but depending on your tent, the wind should probably go over the tent.



Unless of course, if it were to be a real typhoon, your tent would probably be on the other side of the camping site.

So, anyway, the moral of the story is have a strong tent while camping.

Another word from the erm... so called assistant

Sorry guys, I guess I'm not really that efficient at planning things out. Dang it, I feel so guilty for not helping to contribute to this blog. I have messed up, big time. Gah!!!

See, the computer is always occupied, and everyday I've been going out. And next week, I'm going to Genting again (cousin's family trip), sigh. And I've no time table. So, everything is going haywire.

Yes, I know. I'm just giving excuses. It's no use now. Right, I shouldn't stress myself up.

Anyway, I'm wondering. Why not I bring Scouting and Science together? So like (hopefully) everyweek, I would post up 1 interesting fact about Scouts and Science? Well, at least that's one way of keeping the blog alive.

-Your lousy assistant, Billy
(OK, I better stop blaming myself)

new facelift!

heyheyhey!

I gave the blog a whole new facelift!
I'm not sure if you guys will like it(:
but I'm just testing it all out!

leave a comment on whether or not you like the new face of the scout blog (:

the search box on the right, works. (:

no links for the site, unless you guys would like me to link every living scout of the boxingkangaroo clan (:

(yes, we're a clan)

hahaha.

kidding.

so so so,
I'll be waiting for your thoughts and memos (:

yours in scouting & blogging,
melinda.l.s.e.

error.

currently not available until further notice.

hello hello, my name's Dibo.

okay err, no, my name is not Dibo. I was.. you know, singing a song? Like you know, from that show?

no? doesn't ring a bell? no?

hm.

so anyyyyway,

if you were expecting to read about updates,
sorry, I've got none for you.

well, besides the fact that our official website is pretty darned messed up,
yeah,
it's so messed up.

but just so you know,
I'm still struggling to fix that darn thing.
XHTML is a new thing to me.
and I hate XHTML.

ish.

well, to be honest,
this post is just to keep everyone from coming back to this blog.

harhar.

I.NEED.TRAFIC.

if you love scouts,

you should set this blog as a homepage, or at least visit once a day,

then right,

scouts can earn money from affiliates!

then we can have BBQ party again!
hhhahahahah.

okay, I'm crapping, yes I know.

and this is to beelee : keep up the work, I like the borders, but make the header look...wilder (: hahah.

yours in scouting,
melinda.

...

Ok, it's already a week. And, as you can see, nothing much changed in the blog, apart from the black background and the weird looking border. I know I'm supposed to finish the layout by this week, but then my sister is always taking the laptop away. What does the laptop got to do with this problem? All the essential tools are in the laptop. I can't do much on my desktop because my desktop is very cacat. Can crash anytime it wants and don't have that OMG-IT'S-SO-COOL digital imaging program. And I still have no idea what to place in this blog. I got some pictures already, but I just dunno where to place them. Sigh...

End Year Camp briefing
-Date: 15th November
-Time: 8.00am - 12.00noon
-Venue: Scouts Den, SMKTS
-Attire: Whatever shirt with the school's logo

EDIT: Awh man!! I'm so blind!! I didn't know I forgot to type the date! (Oh Bee Lee, what's wrong with you!!!). It's too late now. Sigh... :(

My apologies.

A word or two from the erm... assistant

Heya, this is Bee Lee, the assistant in the IT department for the Seniors. First of all, I apologise for not bothering to tweak the layout of the blog. Blah me!!! (Bee Lee, you inefficient person!! Booo!!)

Anyway, I'm currently in the middle of changing the layout for this blog. I'm still wondering what should I put up. Hmm... flash animations... anyone good in flash animation? Well, I can make something up with the pirated Macromedia Flash MX 2004 that is sitting in my hard disk right now, collecting dust, but I can't guarantee it will be very nice. More of like a crappy animation. Haha! Just couldn't find a time to look through all the tutorials.

Just give me a week or so. I need to collect pictures, and probably draw some as well, to "jazz" up the blog. Sigh, if only the XHTML code for the layout was easier to understand... Well, you know what they say, nothing comes without a challenge.

Right, so that's all I'm gonna post up today. It's really getting late. Good night!

hello junior scouts,
this is your patgua IT head popping in,

since I'm the so-called IT head,
I'm supposed to be only caring about the senior blog,
but I realized the junior blog is also as dead,

so just so you know,

our main website is http://www.boxingkangaroo.tk/

visit it as you wish, it is still not fully functional, so you might still get error pages,

but I'm working on it,

in the mean time,

I'd like some suggestions,

for the blog, the website & the troop (:

and if you're still blur on who and what,
kerwin is your junior IT head,
while Gabriel is the assistant,

please bug them everyday of your life if they're not updating this site constantly,

(trust me, I'm sure they work better under pressure)

hahah.

okay, enough of the lime-light on me,
and also just so you know,
http://www.senior-boxingkangaroo.blogspot.com/

is the official senior weblog. (:

oh and yeah,
have fun in the upcoming holidays and also the annual camp.
please do take tons of pictures for the sake of your junior IT dept.

thankyousoverymuch.

yours in scouting,
melinda.

hello scouts,
we're back!

well, there's tons of updating I need to do,
but right now,
I'm completely clueless on where to start with

no. 1, we at the IT department have been having some major communication issues.
no. 2, our main website is put on hold as my brilliant computer is under attack by the microscopic virus that exists as electric impulses, aka, Trojan Horse in French.

so, since the entire scout troop is still a little dizzy,
the events coming up are still pending,

and that is why,
we,
scouts,
are put on hold for the moment


and as for the IT section,
please for the love of God,
stop asking me about the ugly table unless you wish to donate your table to me.
because, the computer is also under attack by those microscopic virus, and since I have zero budget to work with,
I am completely out of energy to fix that darn thing!


so, solution is :
mathewwoo, who's leaving us soon (no, he's not dying), will donate his computer to us!


TADDAA!

problem solved!

so, next issue,
the ugly table,
you, yes you, the one staring at the computer screen will donate your table to us!



TADDAA!
problem solved.

next problem,
lack of updates,

solution?
whack your BeeLee who's supposed to maintain this site.

TAADAA.
solved, again.





so you see, now you know why they all elected me as IT head.
it's because I can solve problems so fast!
hhahahahhahaha


I doubt you can do better than me, so shusssh, and do as I say.
so right now, your to-do list is :

1. donate me your table
2. whack BeeLee.

there!





so, come back soon,
and maybe I'll find something to update about,
because unless you find BeeLee, this blog won't be nicely designed.


like I said, whack BeeLee.





yours in scouting,
melinda.