-CHEMISTRY for Me-

When i was in lower secondary, i was wondering what chemistry is actually. My seniors told me that chemistry is a subject where u going to learn about chemicals,mixing colorful solutions and getting smokes(its actually gas) from it.When i went to Form 4, i got to enter a science stream class and that is the moment where i was excited that I'm going to learn chemistry. However, it wasn't as interesting as i thought it were. First of all, i got an old chinese man as my teacher for chemistry who is waiting to get retired. I had difficulties in understanding his teaching and i always get an C or D grade for my tests. At that moment, i hated chemistry to the max. Then, my teacher retired after 4 months and i got a new young malay lady as my chemistry teacher. I was unlucky cause she is a trainee and is afraid of students. My friends and me go to lab not to do experiments but play with the chemicals and flames. The unforgettable moment was when the teacher cried in front us,begging us to stop playing a fool and start studying. however, we were the same till the end of Form 4 and my results never had any progression. In Form 5, i had an awesome old chinese lady called Mrs.Poh as my teacher who made me to like chemistry. She is the one who thought me what CHEMISTRY is actually.

Chemistry is actually a reaction between two things when it comes in close contact with each other. Chemistry involves structures, composition, bonding, properties,calculation(molarity,volume,etc) and many more. No one can be escaped from the word chemistry. When a water boils,the moment we start eating(digestion),in order for body systems to work,it needs impulse from chemical messenger,when we breathe,cleaning clothes, cooking(baking), vehicles and many more which involves or specifically requires chemistry. Moreover, medicines that we take to cure our sickness also involve chemistry. Chemistry is the fundamental base for synthesis of drugs(medicine).Not only that, i also learned that feelings between two person also requires chemistry. Thus, chemistry is everywhere and its unavoidable.

 

However, chemistry also can be dangerous if it is not handled in the correct manner. Some chemicals are very reactive and if it is mixed together,it can cause burn to our skin or burn the entire lab. Thus,precaution must be taken when handling chemicals.

All this was thought to  me by Mrs.Poh and since that i started to score my tests and exams with an A. She is the reason why I'm doing Pharmacy now. Chemistry is the main subject in the pharmacy course and it is interesting as we will learn to handle with lots of chemicals and their properties by doing experiments(preparation,identification tests, and assay). Oh yeah when i say experiment,it sounds cool and interesting. However after all the experiments,here comes the annoying part of it where we have to write lab reports regarding our experiment. The annoying part is the DISCUSSION, where we'll be spending more time in completing the report and also this is part where it carries the most mark. Like it or not,u still have to do it. I also realized that chemistry requires memorization and u need 1TB hard disk in your brain.

Whatever it is,its still fun to learn Chemistry!

Chemicals turn into Medicines and this is my Profession (to handle with it)