ytd's lab was so fun!!!it was like sec sch lab all over again. cos i did..recrystallisation! i even took some pictures of what i did heh. just realised i didnt really take the impt steps but those that i had alot of waiting time for! it's really quite interesting and i had alot of fun (gee it just confirmed that chemistry is more for me than bio is). like i can SEE the changes. cells are so boring. they grow also grow more cells only. partly cos i love the theory part of chemistry also and the reactions are more visual. alot of waiting time though, spend alot of my time rotting around cos i don't even know how long i should wait for cos it's my 1st time doing. next time at least i can like bring some lit papers to read or sth. but there should be more to do when my reagents come, excites!!!
This is filtering of my warm solution into a flask soaked in an ice bath. makes my crystals come out of solution into clear and pretty crystals! makes me happy to see them transform from yellow powder to pretty crystals=D there are some white crystals that ppted before it is filtered (right picture) can't see clearly but it's really pretty heh!okay shan't bore you with my experiments. but i feel happier now doing chem stuff. initially i was quite like okok for both but after doing the bio part i didn't really like it haha. maybe i'll tell you my verdict again after i do a sig amt of chem, but im pretty sure the answer will still be the same cos i tried quite a number of chem stuff alr(:
as it is life is pretty happy and slack now, omgosh it's almost 12midnight alr?doesnt feel like it. think cos i slept 2 hours from 4-6 just now. super piggy but i really haven't been resting for the past goodness knows how long. tmr is free day!shiok max!am going to work hard on my research proposal and presentation and read my lit readings!quite alot that i kept procrastinating thanks to lab.
and one thing that i've learnt from einstein recently, is that if you can't explain something simply, it means you don't know it well enough. so true!!! motivation to read up thoroughly on my FYP scope and maybe slightly outside of it. and also to know my pharm stuff really well so that when layman ask me questions about meds and stuff i can explain it well in layman terms yet not shortchange them on important information(: and lastly also about my religion, i've been getting alot of questions about it that i feel that i havent been answering it well although yeah i know what i'm believing in, it's not just pure faith with no reason. it's just so hard to explain sometimes! and there, to my exclamation einstein replied. so i also need to work hard on this to explain to others and to strengthen my conviction in Christ.
+ val-* @ 11:54 PM