Objects:
- Cheese
- Shoe laces
- Nail varnish
- Bluebells
- Crocs
- Socks
- Ting
- Chocolate
- Rainbows
- Post boxes
- Telephone boxes
- Swatch watches
- Percy Pigs
- Bearded Dragon Lizards
Places:
- Neverland
- Jamaica
- Amsterdam
- My bed
- Home
- Buses
- Cambridge Riverside
Activities:
- Skydiving!!
- Roller blading
- Eating
- Sleeping
- Day dreaming/ dreaming
- Sphereing
- Swimming with dolphins
Concepts:
- Polka dots!!
- Skittles
- Cheese
- Fear
Opinions:
- ' Every cloud has a silver lining'
- ' Not all people on benefits are scroungers!'
- ' If you stare at the TV too long, you'll get square eyes'
- ' Theres no place like home'
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Why are they good?
- Cheese: Cheese is good, because it's yummy and there is so much you can do with it. Things from cheese sarnies to cauliflower cheese. There are hundreds of types of cheese and many ways in which it is made.
Cheese is nutritious food made mostly from the milk of cows but also other mammals, including sheep, goats, buffalo, reindeer, camels and yaks. Around 4000 years ago people have started to breed animals and process their milk. That's when the cheese was born.
There are over 670 types of cheese, ranging from good old cheddar to blue vein cheese, they origin from all over the world and cultures.
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- Socks: Socks keep our feet warm on those snowy days, you can get so many different types and sizes. There can also be other uses for socks such as sock puppets and also bombs (bombs aren't good, but I saw them use sock bombs in Saving Private Ryan)
(Need I say much more?)
A sock is an item of clothing worn on the feet. The foot is among the heaviest producers of sweat in the body, as it is able to produce over a pint of perspiration per day. Socks help to absorb this sweat and draw it to areas where air can evaporate the perspiration. In cold environments, socks decrease the risk of frostbite. Its name is derived from the loose-fitting slipper, called a soccus in Latin, worn by Roman comic actors
Socks have evolved over the centuries from the earliest models which were made from animal skins gathered up and tied around the ankles. In the 8th century BC, the Ancient Greeks wore socks from matted animal hair for warmth. The Romans also wrapped their feet with leather or woven fabrics. By the 5th century AD, socks called "puttees" were worn by holy people in Europe to symbolise purity. By 1000 AD, socks became a symbol of wealth among the nobility. From the 16th century onwards, an ornamental design on the ankle or side of a sock has been called a clock.
The invention of a knitting machine in 1589 meant that socks could be knitted six times faster than by hand. Nonetheless, knitting machines and hand knitters worked side by side until 1800.
The next revolution in sock production was the introduction of nylon in 1938. Until then socks were commonly made from silk, cotton and wool. Nylon was the start of blending two or more yarns in the production of socks, a process that still continues.
Fabrication
Socks can be created from a wide variety of materials. Some of these materials are cotton, wool, nylon, acrylic, polyester, olefins, (such as polypropylene), or spandex. To get an increased level of softness other materials that might be used during the process can be silk, bamboo, linen, cashmere, or mohair. The color variety of sock choices can be any color that the designers intend to make the sock upon its creation. Sock 'coloring' can come in a wide range of colors. Sometimes art is also put onto socks to increase their appearance. Colored socks may be a key part of the uniforms for sports, allowing players teams to be distinguished when only their legs are clearly visible.
Styles
Socks are manufactured in a variety of lengths. Bare or ankle socks extend to the ankle or lower and are often worn casually or for athletic use. Bare socks are designed to create the look of "bare feet" when worn with shoes. Knee-high socks are sometimes associated with formal dress or as being part of a uniform, such as in sports (like football and baseball) or as part of a school's dress code or youth group uniform. Over-the-knee socks or socks that extend higher (thigh-high socks) are today considered female garments. They were widely worn by children, both boys and girls, during the late-19th and early-20th centuries., although the popularity varied widely from country to country.
A toe sock encases each toe individually the same way a finger is encased in a glove, while other socks have one compartment for the big toe and one for the rest, like a mitten; most notably Japanese tabi. Both of these allow one to wear flip-flops with the socks. Leg warmers, which are not typically socks, may be replaced with socks in cold climate.
(Info above found on Wikipedia.com)
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- Ting: Ting is a fizzy grapefruit juice that I first tasted when I went on holiday to Jamaica, it is AMAZING!
Ting is a carbonated beverage popular in the Caribbean. It is flavored with Jamaican grapefruit juice (from concentrate), and is both tart and sweet. Ting comes in a green glass bottle, or more rarely in a green and yellow can. Like Orangina, the beverage contains a small amount of sediment consisting of grapefruit juice pulp. Ting is produced in the United Kingdom under license by Cott Beverages. Ting also now makes Pink Ting Soda, Diet Ting Soda, and Ginger Beer.
History
Ting was first produced in 1976 by Desnoes & Geddes Limited. Desnoes & Geddes Limited was acquired by Guinness in 1993 with a 51% share. With Desnoes and Geddes moving to focus on beer alone, its soft drink facility in Jamaica was acquired by PepsiCo affiliated, Pepsi-Cola Jamaica, in 1999.Pepsi-Cola Jamaica in Kingston, Jamaica, and distributed throughout the Caribbean, the United States, and Canada. Outside these regions it is not commonly available, although it is also produced in the UK, using Jamaican grapefruits.
Ting has also been known to be mixed with citrus vodka to create Ving, an alcoholic version of the drink. On St. Kitts, it is frequently mixed with lime rum or CSR rum for the local favorite "Ting 'n Sting". It has now become a popular mixer in addition to its success as a non-alcoholic beverage. A Ting and a patty is a very popular Jamaican snack.
Ingredients
- Carbonated water
- Sugar
- Grapefruit juice (6%)
- Natural grapefruit flavor
- Citric acid
- Sodium citrate
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- Chocolate is good, end of (but seriously though, those who dont like chocolate have problems!)
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- Rainbows: Rainbows are very pretty, and lucky too (well if you can find the end with the pot of gold)
A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines on to droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. It takes the form of a multicoloured arc. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear in the section of sky directly opposite the sun.
(Sourced from Wikipedia)
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- Post boxes: I always thought there was something mysterious about post boxes (or could be im just bonkers) but this could give me the chance to find out all about them.
A post box (British English and others, also written postbox, known in the United States and Canada as collection box, mailbox, post box, or drop box) is a physical box into which members of the public can deposit outgoing mail intended for collection by the agents of a country's postal service. The term post box can also refer to a private letter box for incoming mail.
A post box (British English and others, also written postbox, known in the United States and Canada as collection box, mailbox, post box, or drop box) is a physical box into which members of the public can deposit outgoing mail intended for collection by the agents of a country's postal service. The term post box can also refer to a private letter box for incoming mail.
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- Telephone boxes: I always thought post boxes were quite funny, covered in graffiti, sex line numbers and if your lucky you may find free money in them.
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- Swatch watches: Swatch is an amazing company that create amazing watches, there are so many I would love to buy.
Swatch overcomes crisis and leads to the survival of the Swiss watch industry.
In the mid-seventies, the Swiss watch industry was in the midst of its worst crisis ever. Technologically speaking, the Japanese competition had been outclassed in 1979 with the launch of the "Delirium," the world´s thinnest wristwatch with a limited number of components. But the event that marked the upturn in the industry´s fortunes was the founding of SMH, the Swiss Corporation for Microelectronics and Watchmaking Industries. And its answer to the crisis was Swatch-a slim plastic watch with only 51 components (instead of the usual 91 parts or more) that combined top quality with a highly affordable price. It first went on sale in 1983. Since this time, it has gone on to become the most successful wristwatch of all time, and The Swatch Group, the parent company, is the largest and most dynamic watch company in the world.
For many years, new developments have been taking place alongside the standard Swatch watch in plastic-from Irony (the metal Swatch) to the Swatch SKIN Chrono (the world's thinnest chronograph) to Swatch Snowpass (a watch with a built-in access control function which can be used as a ski pass at many ski resorts throughout the world), and Swatch Beat (featuring the revolutionary Internet Time).
Outstanding technical capabilities and advances in the fields of science and technology were already proven by Swatch during its role as the Official Timekeeper in several Olympic Games and Ski and Snowboard World Cup competitions.
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Swatch overcomes crisis and leads to the survival of the Swiss watch industry.
In the mid-seventies, the Swiss watch industry was in the midst of its worst crisis ever. Technologically speaking, the Japanese competition had been outclassed in 1979 with the launch of the "Delirium," the world´s thinnest wristwatch with a limited number of components. But the event that marked the upturn in the industry´s fortunes was the founding of SMH, the Swiss Corporation for Microelectronics and Watchmaking Industries. And its answer to the crisis was Swatch-a slim plastic watch with only 51 components (instead of the usual 91 parts or more) that combined top quality with a highly affordable price. It first went on sale in 1983. Since this time, it has gone on to become the most successful wristwatch of all time, and The Swatch Group, the parent company, is the largest and most dynamic watch company in the world.
For many years, new developments have been taking place alongside the standard Swatch watch in plastic-from Irony (the metal Swatch) to the Swatch SKIN Chrono (the world's thinnest chronograph) to Swatch Snowpass (a watch with a built-in access control function which can be used as a ski pass at many ski resorts throughout the world), and Swatch Beat (featuring the revolutionary Internet Time).
Outstanding technical capabilities and advances in the fields of science and technology were already proven by Swatch during its role as the Official Timekeeper in several Olympic Games and Ski and Snowboard World Cup competitions.
I have an original Gulp 1991 Swatch watch like this ^^, it is amazing!
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- Percy Pigs: Percy Pigs are a sweet that are sold at Marks and Sparks, I have just started working there and everyone raves about them, so I could take this opportunity to find out everything about them.
- Neverland: Neverland, a place where you never grow old..sounds good to me.
- Jamaica: I went to Jamaica when I was about 13, with family. It is such a beautiful place and the culture is incredible!
- Amsterdam: I went here on a short trip at the beginning of the year. It's a really cool place that is so different from England. Their cakes are amazing and they have services available there which are illegal here. So it would be interesting to compare and research Amsterdam to England.
- Home: I guess home is good to the majority of people. Home is good to me for many reasons. I dont know if it would make sense to choose this as my objective as its too personal.
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- Bearded Dragon Lizards: These lizards are like dogs, we have two at home, one is mine and the other belongs to my sister. Wilma is my baby and this could give me the opportunity to talk loads about her and learn about the species to expand my own knowledge on my pet.
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- Buses: I think buses are always exciting, the journey is always different even if you are doing your regular bus run and there is always different people on them. I like to be nosy on buses, yes sometimes they do smell but I think they are an interesting experience where you sit with complete strangers and enjoy a journey (the majority of the time).
- Cambridge Riverside: The riverside is such a beautiful place in Cambridge, my favourite part is between Cambridge and a small village called Waterbeach. Its so peaceful and lovely to ride by on a sunny day.
- Skydiving: I did a skydive just before I came to uni, it is the best thing I have ever done!! So amazing, the feeling you get from it, like fear, excitement and adreniline is so intense!!
Skydiving has become a very popular activity, many people take part to raise money for charities whilst others enjoy the thrill. There are a few types of skydiving such as tandem and free fall. The tandem skydive i did was from 13,000ft (way above the clouds!), when you leave the plane you freefall for about a minute travelling speeds up to 120mph! It then takes about 5 minutes to land, once your parachute opens you control the flight by the parachute. The flight is very peaceful, scary and fun! Everything looks so small! When you come into land you are taught a landing technique where you must lift your legs whilst in the air to prevent crash landings! This is a lot harder in real landing than in the training!
I think skydiving is something everyone should try at least once, it leaves you feeling like you can do anything!!
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- Roller blading: After seeing the new Lucazade Light advert on TV where they rollerblade and skateboard I was very inspired. I would love to be able to skate like that. Would be interesting to see where skating evolved from.
- Dreaming: Dreaming is such a weird feeling, whether its a sleeping dream or a day dream. Dreams can mean so many things, most dreams involve good events or feelings and we can sometimes feel gutted when we realise they are not real. I have become really interested in this since watching Inception.
- Sphereing: This is an activity where you are placed inside a huge inflateable ball and pretty much rolled down a hill, there are mixed opinions about whether or not its a good thing to do.
- Polka dots: I am Polka dot crazy! So to play with this as a concept would be brilliant! If I were to research this as a concept I could look at Polka dot through many genres and the effects it has had on things. It would also be interesting to play around with in terms of Graphic Design.
- Skittles: Skittles are colourful rainbow drops, I thought about researching these because of the recent adverts about them.
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