Wednesday, September 2, 2009

so you do the hokey @#$%, whoops.

practicals are over for me. chem and bio.
chem was cursed. lemme tell you why.

I panicked cos I was extreeeemely bad at calculations. so I studied hard on that.
then, I went into the lab, feeling okay, confident. and I read the questions properly.

first strike: I FORGOT TO BRING MY ERASER.
and there was table and graph drawing. which needs lots of erasing. so in order to make up for this mistake, I'll have to be perfect with my drawings. which I totally aint.
consequence: i made a few mistakes in the graph area and I needed to rub em off. we cant talk to another cos we'd be disqualified. so I rubbed em off with the rubbery thing on my pen. and also rubbed it with my fingers.

2nd strike : I OVERSHOT THE TITRATION 3 TIMES.
for those who dont know what it is, titration is this experiment, where you have to accurately pour down a specific amount of acid into a jar of alkali until it neutralises. we then need to find how much acid is needed to neutralised the alkali. this is marked by a distinct end-colour. in this titration, it was supposed to be peach coloured. if you overshot (ie more acid is poured than needed), it'll turn pink.
each titration took like, 7 mins. preparing the solutions for all the titrations, took about 20 mins. I needed to finish the titration in about 30 mins so I'll have enough time for other parts of the paper. see my dillema?
consequence: I had to make up a number for the volume of acid used. -.-

3rd strike : I FORGOT ABOUT IMPORTANT POINTS THAT I READ.
the analysis part is the part of the exam where you have to find which element is in this solution. there're tons of tests for them. and you have to know what you have to do. when I revised, I remembered what tests should be done when this is done or when that is done. but there, I forgot. there was gas testing that I totally did not do. -.-
consequence: my answers were far out.

all in all, I'll pass I guess. I finished the calculation. which I hope is right. so nervous.

bio pracs were much better I think. but I forgot to draw in the cell wall for my cell drawings. -.- and I think I messed up the first part of the experiment somehow. =\

very very very soon, I'll be super duper busy with exams. right after the hols, I'll have my end of years AND soon after that, AS exams.
I hope my brain will function at max performance throughout this hellish end of year period.

school has been like school.
tadi, our ths teacher nada so we had a free period. I had 2 free periods. ths and ps after that.
we were sooooooooooooo bored time ths. zul took out his phone and played random songs. I, out of boredom, first sang along. then danced along. then made actions to the words of the songs. like, "I'm into you"; point a finger to self, insert finger into fist, points to someone.
I got too carried away, I didnt notice that half of the class was watching in astonishment. I think in their minds, it was "I cant believe someone like him would do something so dorky". well there you have it folks, azeez in a nutshell.

today, 2 interesting questions were raised.
one, by zul:
according to physics, heat is produced by vibrating molecules. so do our phones produce heat when it vibrates?
two, by afina:
why do we secrete mucus when we cry?

if anyone has answers, pleasee spam my cbox with geeky explanations. =D
and bob the warrior poet is uninspired right now so he might not be visiting so often.

zisce.

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