Skip to main content

All Over 2a

Search This Blog

A Poem I Wrote - Crashwaves

on June 30, 2023

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Crashwaves

Frothing, bubbling,

Sliding onto shore.

Soothes the driftwood,

Buoys the flotsam,

Retreats silently.

Massaging, embracing,

Swashing playfully,

A memory you will not lose.

Poetry

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Comments

Post a Comment

Translate

Popular Posts

Quarks

Quarks and the four fundamental forces For a very long time, scientists believed the atom was the smallest possible particle. That is, until they discovered that atoms were comprised of electrons, and then they realised an atom is also composed of a nucleus, and then they discovered that this nucleus is divisible into smaller particles as well, and then they realised those particles are divisible even further into even smaller particles. Suddenly the atom looks rather large. The most minute particles are quarks, which are odd in many ways: They are the only particles with a fractional charge - either (2/3)e or (-1/3)e; e is the charge of an electron, or 1.6*10 -19 C, in this case. They cannot be isolated, either, because they're held together by very strong nuclear forces in the nucleus. To overcome this force (which is 38 orders of magnitude stronger than the gravitational force), you would need unfathomable amounts of energy. Quarks are also the only particle t...

Unblogged Year - July to September

July This year, July had an odd habit of switching from grey clouds to blue skies, seemingly on a whim. Admittedly this month wasn't particularly exciting, either, so here's a bullet point condensed version: Remember when I went from Waterloo to Vauxhall? I didn't actually stop there, instead I carried on to Battersea. I have admittedly blogged plenty about Battersea in the past, but I could have added this to what was already quite a lengthy writeup: On to Battersea Brief roadworks meant I had to walk occasionally away from the Thames Path, though it did at least let me see a more unique perspective. From here, the bank became more residential than anything, brick flats occupying the embankment with many development efforts too. I finally entered Wandsworth too, and I could see the impending Battersea Power Station up ahead. The US Embassy is on the main road, and having been inside, it's not worth a snoop around. Nine Elms Pavilion has...

Learning Ancient Greek

A while ago, I blogged about how unusual GCSE Latin was, and I mentioned that I studied Ancient Greek for a bit. Whilst trying to come up with blogpost ideas at 11pm, I stumbled across an email from three years back - it was the permission form to sign up to it. I remember being in Latin class when the teacher asked me if I was interested in studying Ancient Greek. Of course, I replied, and soon I got the email. The form was clearly made to entice people to join: it said that 'the word dinosaur comes from two Ancient Greek words meaning "dangerous lizard"' , which I didn't know at the time. The form was filled out and handed in, and I began learning Ancient Greek for a few hours after school. We got a textbook which had various different stories in them, which were often amusing, combined with classic myths such as ones about Odysseus and the Cyclops. We went through all the Greek letters, which I had learnt beforehand, partially because they cropped up in maths,...

Powered by Blogger