Physics Practical: The Darkest Experiment

It was the darkest one.. The one filled with hatred.. The one that was painful.. The one with the most frustrations... The coldest one... The one that tortured me the most... The life-threatening one..

Everything that i have stated described the experiment... except the hatred part of course... How can physics lab session be filled with hatred.. It is impossible..

Back to the experiment, the was designed to determine the focal length of a concave lens with two different methods.

I said that it was the darkest because the experiment was conducted in the dark room(bilik gelap).. It was dark... Really dark.. Pitch black. I can see nothing.. seeing something with my eyes wide open and tightly closed produce the same image.. Dark.. The name of the room explains everything about the nature of the room. Dark.. Can you imagine how dark it was from the way i repeat the word dark? imagine it yourself..

Conducting the experiment for one and a half hour was the most stressful one and a half hour that i have gone through in the physics lab.. It was dark, and the light of the bulb is so bright until it hurt my eyes.. In a simpler word, it was the brightest dark experiment i have ever done.

The darkness made it hard to take the readings on the scale of the ruler.. That was the thing that tortured me.. My eyes were in pain.. my eye lens become thinner in order to allow more light to enter the eye so that i can see in the pitch black situation.

It was life threatening one because we were not being thought to use the ___ actually, i don't know what it's name.. I think it was the more modern power supply compared to the one in SMKSP.. It was labeled there that the voltage must not exceed 6 volt.. When we switch on the power, i observed the meter, it showed 4.. It fine then.. After 30 minutes conducting the experiment, i smell something.. I know it was coming from the bulb since the bulb had become hotter and hotter.. So, i checked the power supply, the meter still didn't change.. When i observed closer, i realised that the meter was the current indicator.. The voltage reading was the digital numbers on the left.. It shoes 13.67.. that was way too high... The bulb was counting the moment to explode, and me, as the one that was the nearest to the bulb will be affected the most.. Luckily, nobody injured.. Alhamdulillah..

As for this session, i tried my best to be early.. But still, i can't make it come true.. The discussions demand a lot more than what the manual wanted us to write.. The manual asked us to find the average focal length, but the demonstrator told us that we need to find the average deviation also.. The calculation for average deviation is not hard, it just so long and need to be extra careful while punching in the numbers in the calculator since the equation involve modulus or absolute value.. Luckily, a teammate of mine had a scientific calculator that can calculate absolute values easily.. I called her "encik kalkulator ada modulus".. Her name is Syazwani.. Not wani my roommate, but wani my tutorial-mate..

After submitting the report, we all return to the college, but before that, i shake hand with the demonstrators and thanked them for demonstrating for the whole semester.. I'll really miss Physics Lab sessions.. Oh, i almost forgot to mention that during the lab session, Dr Azizan was there.. Usually, I didn't notice him, but that day, i noticed him...

Next, Chemistry Lab: Troublesome but Satisfying

The Last Practical (semester 1) : Biology

As usual, so many diagrams to be drawn.. Diagram of animal's and plant's tissue.. I really thought that this practical will be the same as before.. We draw the diagram, label, submit, sign out and return to the college..

Instead of that, it was a lot more than what i expected.. Now i understand the meaning of the face that Amalina made when i asked her about biology practical session.. It was a lot to be drawn, and a lot more to be labeled.. I can't find any time to sit down.. I was standing until my legs hurt.. The last session, but it was the first time we submit our reports after 5 o'clock.. the time was pack.. I didn't even complete my labeling since the diagram provided in lecture notes was not the same as what we seen in the microscope.. It was hard.. Prepare yourself for the unexpected..

Besides the fact that the time was pack, we were having fun in the practical session..

Next, Physics Practical session.. The DARKEST Experiment.

The Last but Not The Least

You should never expect the least from something although it is the last.. This is the lesson that i have learned this week... The last week for practical session, but the most extraordinary out of all of the practicals that i have gone through.. Exception for this weeks's chemistry practical.. It is not the last one since my group will have to attend another practical session next week.. A replacemenr practical due to the holiday on Malaysia Day..

I'll post about the practical session later.. Till then

Live brave, Be bold..

Assalamualikum..

Preparatory English Course 1 (and 2)

This is just a notification about my posts in the future.. Or maybe my posts-to-be.. Ermm i think that i'll write an entry here about the writing assignments that Mrs Suzy(my English language tutor) gave us.. But of course it will be less formal and i'll write what i truly think about the topic.. Not based on which side having more concrete points.. I you ever care, please comment so that i can add some new info and improve myself..

Aside from that, the FB01111( Preparatory English Course 1) speaking test is just around the corner, In fact it is on next week.. I am in the first group to be tested.. Lucky me, the pain is just in a short while, and i can return to the college early.. Other member of my group are Farhana, Naim, and Rahman.. Poor for those groups that had to be tested the last because their assessment will be at 5 pm until 6 pm.. Poor them... Wish me luck folks.. I have already begin to speak in English with Amalina.. My one and only practice aside from singing BSB's, NKOTB's, Lee DeWyze's, and Jason Mraz's songs..

I was reading the handbook that provided to all Asasian during the registration. I read it in order to know what are waiting for us on the next semester.. Guess what, there will be FB01112.. Tsk..tsk.. I thought i can forget about FB0.... when MUET is over, but I guess i am wrong.. Looking on the bright side(is it side or site??), we are going to learn so many new things especially genes in Biology.. Lela, wait for me, i'll learn the things hat you have learnt in matriculation next semester.. Wait for me.. Wait for me.. Wait for me...

Till then,

Live Brave, Be Bold..

Assalamualikum..

Events

Two events in two days.

The first one is the Hari Raya feast that the college held yesterday night. Since i was going back home at night to avoid the traffic jam, i was able to attend the event. According to the announcement, the event was supposed to start at 8:30(the voice that did the announcement id PP Zol's i think..) but me and my friends went there at 8:00 am.. As we were early, we were able to find a dark area to enjoy our food. It need to be dark since we wanted to eat a lot.. Haha, just kidding.. I forget to mention that the theme for the outfit is Baju Raya.. so we all need to wear baju raya. I've been imagining that is we wear our usual outfit, we will be chased away from the cafe.. I guess so.. The menu was Nasi Hujan Batu, or was it Hujan Panas... Oh ya, Hujan Panas it was.. I can figure out why it must be Hujan Panas... Back to the menu, we also had Lemang, Roti Jala, Rendang, Satay, Ayam Golek, bandung cincau, cendol, and many more. I saw Mr Cat seemed to be shocked to see the residents of 12th college wearing baju kurung at night. They thought either we were going to our lectures or we haven't yet take our bath since the morning and went for dinner with our morning clothes.. Hehe, sometimes, my imagination just go wild..I saw Pa'an wearing the baju Melayu he wore during the lab and lecture session.. Did he take his bath, i can't tell.. I also saw Amirah my tutorial mate.. I returned to my room at 9:15, and 15 minutes later, my mom arrived to fetch me.

The second event was today. my mom made a mini open house for her students. My sister invited her friends of 3 Bumi.. I wanted to invite my friends too, but i got the information about the mini open house a little too late.. So i don't want to invite my friends in such a short notice.. I am afraid that they will not be able to come. =(

The menu during the mini open house is Nasi Minyak, ayam sambal, fried macaroni(i am the chef), and fried chicken. The form 6 students were here and they were loud.. The upper 6 is loud.. The lower 6 is not so many.. I recognize someone in the lower 6 besides my form 5 friends. She was Hafawati fram my sekolah agama.. Hehe jejak kasih i guess.. But you know me, i am a shy person, i don't know what should be talked about.. At 4, they all returned home, then i start to do my tutorial until 5, 5:05, i watch House on Universal Channel while updating my blog..

Till then,

Live Brave, Be Bold..

Assalamualaikum..

Itu Pun Kitorang Jugak...

Attention!! This is a special entry, so i need to write it in Malay..

Sesi amali fizik yang terakhir di makmal fizik 2 untuk semester 1.. Walaupun yang terakhir, sesi kali ni tetap ada kenangan yang tersendiri. Hari ni aku dan teman2 menjalankan eksperimen yang telah kami jalankan sejak tingkatan satu lagi. SIMPLE PENDULUM.. Tapi kali ni, tentunya dgn ilmu yang bertambah.. Kalau dulu buta-buta je ikut arahan cikgu buat table unutk isi data length, time, average time, period, period square. Tapi kali ni, aku dah mengerti tujuan mendapatkan semua data tu.. Kitorang nak cari nilai gravitational acceleration kat tingkat 5 bangunan PASUM bau yang terletak di atas bukit ni.

Kumpulanku menjalankan eksperimen kami. Nampaknya kemi mendahului kumpulan lain.. Bagus ni, tanda2 awal nak balik cepat ni.. Teammate aku berkata kepadaku, "Fatin, hari ni kita nak balik cepat tau.." Aku x menjanjikan apa2.. Dipendekkan cerita, kumpulan kami mennyelesaikan eksperimen dan juga menyiapkan report kami pada jam 4:35 petang.. Normal lah tu..

Aku sengaja melambat-lambatkan keadaan. Aku sengaja menyemak setiap equation dan jalan kerja bersama unit bagi jawapan berulang kali. Aku bertany kpd demonstrator untuk kepastian yang lebih lagi. Di saat aku meletakkan reportku ke dalam bakul, jam menunjukkan pukul 4:40.. Rilek la awal lagi.

Aku menuju ke meja kami yang terletak di hadapan sekali. Aku menyusun buku2, kertas2, dan pensel serta pen yang ada. Menyumbatkan segala-galanya ke dalam beg. Dari jauh, aku mendengar akak demonstrator berbual-bual, mereka bosan menanti agaknya.. Kemudian, aku terdengar salah seorang demonstrator berkata, "Selalunya, group2 belakang yang lambat, hari ni yang depan pulak. Dah nak hari last ni, terbalik pulak.."

Wahai akak demonstrator ketahuilah bahawa, group kami bukan selalu di depan. Selalunya, ada kat belakang.. Yang selalu lambat kat belakang tu pun kitorang jugak.. Kitorang memang selalu lambat.. Serius, Aku memang enjoy tgk lab kosong. Kalau hari pertama tu, memang stress bila tgk semua org dah balik, tp kali ni disebabkan kitorang punya kerja dah settle, stress tu x de.. Bila balik lambat, boleh dpt pengalaman yg org balik awal x bleh dpt. Hikmah balik lambat, tadi, kitorang turun dgn akak2 demonstrator. Diorang sungguh kelakar. Penat gelak tau. Aku x tau kenapa, tapi dari hari first lagi, aku macam kenal je sorang akak demonstrator tu, tapi dia x kenal aku.. Aku suka perhatikan dia.. Hehe dah macam stalker plak, Tapi x la sampai tahap tu..

Oh ya, conclusion utk exp... Berdasarkan eksperimen kami, nilai graviti di tingkat 5 bangunan baru PASUM ialah, 10.12 meter per second per second.Nilai graviti dr aras laut ialah 9.81.. Hehe baru tahu yang semakin tinggi altitude, semakin tinggi nilai gravity.. Gurau je.. Kalau makin tinggi altitud makin tinggi gravity, alamat x terbanglah encik kapal terbang, tak ke outer space lah, encik roket.. Aku admit yg ada eror dlm exp ni, tp, percentage error kitorang 0.03% je..

Akhir kata, hidup berani, jadi berani.

Assalamualaikum..