For the first time in history, I had called Chemistry [and all four damn laboratory hours of it] MASAYA.

Gulat ka 'noh? No, don't worry. Hell has not frozen over yet.=)

Today was our dry run for our laboratory conference in Chem Lab. Our group [composed of Rea, Nicole, Lien, Melle and I] was assigned to discuss distillation. Blablabla. Let's get to the good part.

It was set up the set-up time, and for the first time ever, I had actually helped in assembling an actual chemistry set-up. I never did that in high school, partly because we seldom did this and partly because when we did, I seldom cared. But today was different. Today I adjusted clamps and fussed over glass flasks and stuck my finger into a hole in one of the glass tubes to stop water from coming out while Ma'am demonstrated part of our set-up. Wow. Active much?

What pleased me best was that I actually knew what I was talking about. I faced Groups 2-5 of my block and talked about the uses of distillation as if I knew it like the back of my hand. Haha. Never in my whole life have I done that. And when Professor Garcia asked us questions, I answered along with the group [if not on my own]...like how does distillation work [it separates two mixed liquids from each other because they have different boiling points]...and what do we call the evaporated or gas part of the mixture [vapor]...and what do you call the end product of the distillation process [distillate]...and a bunch of other stuff I can't remember now because I'm too excited. Whoo. Ginny shoots, she scores!

Gulat ako nung tinanong ni Prof how distillation works and I said that bit about the two different boiling points. I thought, wait, where did that come from?! How do I know that?!

Jusme. All that common+not-so-common sense thinking I got over the summer seems to not have left my body. Thank heavens.

And it's not just that. I can't believe I also knew the answers to most of the questions Ma'am asked the other groups about their set-ups. I can't believe where all this came from. Everything seemed so simple and so light. I actually ENJOYED these four hours in Lab 604 today. I can't freaking believe it.=DDD



Grabe. Partida may sakit pa'ko nyan ah. Haha. I think I'll survive.=) I have to believe I'll survive.



I don't mean to be mayabang or anything. I so don't mean to brag. But I'm just so happy. It's like I've been looking at Chemistry for years like it's this big blob of green and it felt like today I put on glasses and realized those blobs were leaves on trees. [So GREY'S ANATOMY.] It's a really awesome feeling. I have to blog about it. Not my problem if you don't like what I write. If you don't, then why are you still reading?=P



Peace.=P



Have mercy on me. I'm not my usual Belle self today. I feel like freaking Ariel, from The Little Mermaid here. I'm wrapped in a sheet and I can't speak at all. I mean it. No sound comes out of my throat and it feels like the sea witch made my tonsils grow so big they're bumping my pharynx. Okay, exaggerating. Sorry. Basta. I haven't said anything for the past two hours. Gahhh.



Oh, and I'm experiencing this paradigm shift, but I'm not going to tell anyone what it is yet. But I think it'll be for the better. I'm inspired by today and by many other factors. I will survive, I swear I will. Watch me shine.



BTW, credits of course to my awesome groupmates, the ladies of I-8 Group One--names above.