Bio Workshop Day 1

Today, we had the Bio lifescience workshop. One look at the notes cover and we thought we've revisited the past. Same cover, same design, different level. And same company. Oh, and it's $50. And complusory.

We entered Bio Lab 1 and our trainers, Ms Christine and Ms Narnia (I swear it's not spelled like that. I forgot the actual surname... but it just sounds like Narnia) were quite nice. Quite. We were told that we will be taking care of the orchid part of the ecogarden. That includes weeding, adding fertilizer, watering, etc. Fun right? Fun, my foot! Sorry for those sheeshers or people who love gardening. No offense, but I really have no interest in gardening. So there.

We then headed down to the ecogarden's orchid portion. OMG! Nearly all the orchids are kinda lifeless. You don't believe? Look:

Whoops!

If you can't see properly, TM is taking one totally lifeless plant up. Just because we wanted to remove a weed that is so tightly attached to the nearly dead one. Wow!

The one interesting thingy is this pitcher plant. Yan Wei found it and started to put those (uncountable) millipedes that could be found in the ecogarden into the pitcher plant. Later the plant kena constipation ah!

After the weeding and the fertilizer, we got a 10 minute break. After the break we were introduced to some fruit plants and that's when I discovered that the banana is a herb, and not a plant. The reason it is classified as a fruit is because it reproduces real quickly. Also known as damn fertile. I can use that in the next podcast. (I'm B1, your FERTILE herb banana) ;)

They also let us sample some of the fruits that are kinda more "exotic" - rambutan (wow, so exotic!), chiku and pomelo. And the pomelo rocks! Whoo! Quite cold and not bitter at all. Unfortunately Yi Hui got the bitter part. So... TOO BAD! :P (Kidding)

We then made some soap using sodium hydroxide pellets (10 moles! Damn concentrated), distilled water and oil. When mixing the NaOH with the distilled water, the container really got hot. And I thought it was cool. (It is.)

After the "soap" is made, we went downstairs and had a "tour" of the ecogarden. Did you know that peppermint makes people more intelligent? I need more peppermint! Haha. Oh, and the Kangkong in the school is really weird. Really.

Eh, teacher, teacher... what happen to the kangkong ah? Why made of metal one?

No wonder the orchids in our school also dying.

After the Bio Workshop (there's another day tomorrow), we had Chem remedial. Fast-forward the lunch parts as they were abit the boring.

At first Ms Lim postponed the remedial as some were not here (Maths olympiad). But she changed her mind and we had the remedial. Then something brilliant happened. Ms Lim divided the class into groups of 3. One clever one, and 2 not-so-clever ones (including me. Duh).

Worksheet given. Clever one help not-so-clever ones. Incidentally, Tick Meng was assigned to help Yi Yang and I. How lucky! Thanks to TM, I finally knew how to do some Chemistry. I'm really grateful to you, Tick Meng! :)

On the way home (after eating some noodles with YY at Clem Central) I fell asleep. Luckily, I woke up when the bus stopped at my bus stop. So very heng.

And the spoiled 17" BenQ LCD returned! Brand new! I love it! :)

And now, I can start to think of the scents we can make for the soap we're going to complete tomorrow. Let's see... Fart? (Fragrant, indeed)