Chemical Lesson...

Woke up with a startle last night...wondering what was I going to do in the Chemistry lab tomorrow... Experiments of course...but of what kind...I needed a change from that regular Chemistry practical sessions and I wanted a CHANGE...!!!

With this in mind I ended up planning stuff as to what all experimentation that i wanted to do which will make me feel good...at least a little better that will make me feel a little better than the pathetic mundane sessions...It struck me...'Let me try to mix chemicals, of different texture and different properties' and I said to myself...'if lucky, I might end up doing something good, which might not be a magic in the world of Chemistry but to me, in the small sphere I live in,
it will be a self proclaimed achievement...'

Time had come, and I had to plan my location in the Chemistry lab so that I am not noticed by the so called Prof's who wanted me to do nothing but the regular experiments which yielded the same regular results which was know to everyone...So I decided to find the most secluded spot and then for the ingredients for today's fun...the Chemicals...!!!

I wanted to try two things for sure, concentrated acids which are strong and with vigor all the time always capture my interest, was wondering how would a cocktail of all the three acids I was exposed to - Hydrochloric, Nitric and Sulphuric would cook up...and another property that always fascinated me was how would a cocktail of water and kerosene (the only inflammable material that my lab had) be like...Yipee...2 things that fascinated me always were to be
felt in person...Was excited about it...

The D day came, and my first experiment...Concentrated acids...It ended up in a blast...and they proved to be a strong mixture...and the next experiment...a mixture of kerosene and water... extremely different properties and texture, i poured kerosene first into the beaker and soon followed water...but...I was disappointed...they did not mix at all...!!!...the water and kerosene reacted in strange ways...they moved around as i shook the beaker, used the stirrer and tried
whatever I could, but they never mixed and it looked like they never wanted to mix...I hid the beaker for a day thinking something would happen, but things did not change even then...Was it a lesson that they wanted to teach me...??

It was then that my dad's words did strike me...'Hari, never try to mix two different things of different properties or different people with different ideologies in life, character and different views on life...the result will be...a Disappointing Disaster...'

Thanks Dad...I understood the words of wisdom that you always wanted me to learn...and I learnt it myself today...:))