the Bunsen guy

have u heard of the word Bunsen? actually it kind of ring a bell in my head when i read this word. somehow somewhere i must have come across this word before because it is really really familiar and very important. and given a deeper thought, the word 'penunu Bunsen' pops out of my heard. aha! there you go. the burner that i used when i was doing laboratory experiments during my senior high school years. oppsss....does that mean that i never pay attention during form 1-3? perhaps not. i felt like i was floating around during this period and until late form 3 year, i begin to grasp what i was doing. strange but true.

back to this bunsen guy, today is actually his 200th birthday, if he were still alive. unfortunately not. he was a man with incredible inventive skills. he is the first that created bright,pure,clean energy to burn the chemicals in the lab. hmmm.... how should i credit him? simply thanx won't do because he already passed away. maybe a remembrance will do him justice. think about it. without him, we are mostly suffocated ourselves in the labs doing those experiments because the gas produced will be sufficient to intoxicate us.

he is also the first guy to conduct electrolysis to extract pure metal form. ohhhh.....i know that! the electrolysis question came out during spm. and i kept wondering whether i had that chemistry question correct or not. what i am curious about is how do all these intelligent creatures manage to invent to many stuffs? no guideline, no rules, and no books to refer to. and yes, he did sacrifice his right eye due to chemical poison. for the sake of science. really earn my respect *bow*. come to think of it, chemistry is really fun when it comes to lab work but when the time sets in to do the report and solve equations, my brain will go disconnected. actually i am quite good in calculating the equations and reading the periodic tables but for the rest, i really tak tahu macam mana mahu buat.

i can still remember vividly that i will purposely stay late after chemistry class and ask my teacher, pn tan lay hua a lot of questions: both nonsense and practical. and she would reply: nothing is hard. it is the matter of whether you want to learn or not. although she is really advise me like my late grandma, i take it as a principle in life because she definitely has more experience. and for her dedication and trust in me, i mati mati study very hard just to get an A. not a fan of chemistry but for the sake of someone putting trust on you. =) this "grandma-like teacher" has retired unfortunately. for her trust in me, i will always remember her.