30-days Blog Challenge

Hello, hello.

I'm going to write at least a post a day for 30 days, even though that nobody actually reads my blog. Wahaha!

Anyway, with this challenges, I might be more inspired to visit my blog in the future. *wink*

Day 01- 15 interesting facts about yourself
Day 02- What do people notice about you?
Day 03- Childhood memories
Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn't have
Day 05- A picture of somewhere you've been to
 Day 06- Favorite book(s)
Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why
Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days
Day 10- Songs you listen to currently
Day 11- Something that pissed you off
Day 12- Why do you write
Day 13- Something you miss
Day 14- Something that makes you happy
Day 15- My fashion sense is best described as
Day 16- What is your idea of fun? 
Day 17- If I could be anybody in this world,who could it be?
Day 18- How would a boy impress you?
Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them
Day 20- Favorite color, and why.
Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy
Day 22- A fitness regime
Day 23- Something you crave for a lot
Day 24- A letter to your ex
Day 25- What I would find in your bag
Day 26- What you think about your friends
Day 27- Dream destination
Day 28- What is my typical day like?
Day 29- If I were to fall to my neighbor, I would..
Day 30- A photograph of town/city you lived in.

Hopefully, this will be a fun experience!

What if Im brave enough?

 

Hello lovely people!

I was going through some blogs that I haven't got the time to visit for quite some time now, and I've got this idea from Aemy to list the things I'd do if I have enough guts to do them.

1. Take a second degree as a veterinary
2. Travel around the world through backpacking, and hitch-hiking
3.  Adopt a few kids
4. Become a mayor in my town

Well, I've got to admit that these need more money than guts. Wahaha. I'll see what I can do.

How about you?

Chemistry

Well, hello there random citizen!

I was in my deeper philosophical moment when I've suddenly thought of my course (Chemistry), and how people (usually) react on it...

People are more often than not, being skeptical whenever I talk about my course in  my university. 

When I say I am majoring in Chemistry, they will respond with something along these lines...

"What can you do with that degree?"

 "Oh my gosh! Are you going to make bombs?"

"Ha? What's that?"

"Just Chemistry?"

Ouch! That sure stings. I mean, not for me, but for them.

For them knowing so little of Chemistry, when it is so commonly used in our daily life.

The makeup that you apply on your face? That's chemistry.

The foods that you eat so heartily? That's chemistry.

The detergent that you use for your laundries maybe at least once a week? That's chemistry.

The colors that you can see all around you? That's chemistry.

The gas/petrol/diesel/oil that you fill into your car? That's chemistry.

The medicine that you eat when you are ill? That's chemistry.

....and many more.

Chemistry, and many other subjects/courses relate very closely to one's life. So, you should appreciate that.

Go figure! :)

Determined to jog.... aaaand, it's gone

Hello hello!

I went for a jog today. A VERY SHORT jog. hehe :p

Anyway, I've been thinking of jogging for quite sometimes now. However, taking into account the medium-sized hill I've got to hike  every time I have to go to school....

I thought, "maybe, not today."

So, today came, and I've realized that I've been very dormant in my room. A little toooooo passive, I may say?

I thought, "let's give jog a go." I was determined!

 

It started of plain....

I ran, and ran.

Then, I started to pant, and pant.

And the rain...

Keeps on pourin'.

So I said, "Oh, Man!"

I went back in.

See you soon! :p

Crazy Golf

Hi there.... people and aliens

Do you fancy playing golf?

I was never interested before (well, I've never even tried). However, yesterday was a spur of the moment kind of actions. After a couple of hours at the @Bristol, Suzanne and I went to have a try at crazy golf in Cabot Circus. It was so much fun!

 

 

Being the amateur that I was, I lost over an infinite number of shots for 2 courses (38 holes). The monkeys even booed and farted on me. Boohoohoo :(

I wasn't sad..... the fun that we had cancels it out! Yay!

50% student's discounted dinner at Tampopo to close off the curtain for the night!

Supermarket Chemistry

Hello..... fellow internet users!

I'm a final year Chemist now. Hooray! Erk... Okay. Maybe not that happy :)

Anyway, at most times, a final year chemist in Bristol uni will be given options on whether to choose a lab-based project, or a school-based project. I've chosen the latter one, and surprisingly got it (despite of my poor results).

Now that that's settled, my supervisor (the all-capable Tim) had asked us to create 3 experiments (not 1, but 3) based on the GCSE Chemistry designed for South African's students using basic materials and apparatus found in any South African's Tesco. So, in one way or another, we'll be published in a booklet (at least) for South African's students' practicals. Yay! (You may clap your hands here)

Tim had called this particular part of our dissertation as "Supermarket Chemistry". Splendid name! Don't you think so? 

During this past few weeks, I had a little go in brainstorming ideas for my experiments, and actually came up with a number of ideas:

1) Producing musical notes with different amount of water in glass jars

2) Determining a hard-boiled egg from a raw egg

3) Mixing oil with water

etc.

Sadly, I was told to think CHEMISTRY, instead of PHYSICS. I wonder.....

Now, I've thought of a few other experiments that can be done:

1) Making pH indicator using red cabbage

2) Pushing peppers toward the edge of the water surface using detergent

3) Making radioactive looking slime

4) Producing a tube of liquids' layers (colorful, of course)

At a glance, they sounds fun, easy, and cheap enough to do. However, I've got to put more brain into this work. It's only October! Plenty of time.... (as if!)

Desperate measures, at desperate time

I'm inside the coach from London to Bristol, when my phone showed me a very sad state. The battery was low! So, I've tried to be an Einstein and charged my phone like this....

Put my laptop on sleep, and just connect the usb cable from my phone to the laptop. It worked!

....and that's how I was able to write a blog at this moment. Hehe :p

One blind man

I found that this man, and many others like him to be pretty resourceful. They might be disabled, but that didn't stop them from making a living.