GLP two

The first sign of Spring...taken one week ago.

It's already the end! It's the end of my practical work in the CBS, C35. But that doesn't mean I don't have nothing to do anymore, in fact there are even more things coming towards me, the writing up of thesis seems to be an annoying part of doing a research, especially with chemistry paper as you need to include all your hard-work-analysed data of each compound as an appendix in the dissertation, and probably nobody bother reading it, it's just a supplementary, I won't even get merit for that. How sad...

Easter, lots of plan with lots of mission, the most important task being hunting a room in Liverpool, second being renewing my passport in London, 3rd being completion of my final year project. well, actually the last one has to be prioritized, so lets get cracking on the writing up first(quote from task supervisor).

Thanks to the anonymous who left a very encouraging comment on my previous post GLP one. Because of this, I make this 2nd post in the same month, exceptionally just for this time, hope it helps in your college assignment again =)
I don't know how many chance in your life, you would ever encounter using Benzyl Bromide, probably not even once, maybe it's quite a rare ingredient in chemistry synthesis. But for the only one time that I used it, I've totally got the taste of it. It made me cry! As in tearing uncontrollably, tears just welled up in your eyes and pouring out like rain. hahaha, kind of exaggerated but it's almost as if there's something really sad happened to me. Think about it, it's been ages ago since I last cried, it's actually not too bad as I got to wash out my eyes little bit and re-activate my tear glands making sure that the biological function is still working properly :P

Initially I didnt know that it was the benzyl bromide which caused me to cry, I thought it was because of my cold and that sort of congested my nose and that's why tears were flowing towards the eyes (you know the nose and eyes are connected by a 'tunnel'). I realised my theory was wrong when I was weighing up to the 3/4th tube of the 7 tubes altogether, something's really strange as I didn't feel my nose block but the tears were still flooding out. I tried to close my eyes and rest it but it didn't help. Without being alert to any safety precaution, I continued weighing it till the last tube. And then, my task supervisor came in and noticed that I was 'crying'. Well...he should have told me the fact that benzyl bromide is an irritant compound and should be weighed in the fume hood not in the open air. However, it's all my fault for not doing the risk assessment before the start of my synthesis. So, I had to suffer it...I was shoo-ed from the lab to get some fresh air from the outside for 15mins, actually I was feeling fine after 5mins and insisted to go back into the lab again as there were still many tasks left to be done, but I was shoo-ed away again. So, I waited the time to pass, while my tears getting lesser and lesser...went back in and continue my work with a strange feeling that I actually cried for nothing for the first time ever.

So, Good Laboratory Practice 2: Revise risk assessment for each chemical used prior the start of your practical.

okay, that's it for today, need to go CBS now to finish my last bit of NMR analysis!


Hope to see more flowers, bloom for a longer period please

Good Laboratory Practice

Unbelievable, it's already the 8th week of my practical for final year project! It seems like it was just yesterday when I first met my task supervisor, first day having fun in the lab playing with chemicals, oh dear...so many things have happened and solved and settled and now many more things are coming to be done, ENDLESS work to do man! But, I have a feeling that I will be reluctant to leave the lab on the last day, the lab is like my 2nd home now, I've been spending most of my time there synthesising and taking care of my beloved chemical compounds, we have formed strong chemistry bonds already...I will cherish my last week in the lab =)

Anyway, ever do something this stupid in the lab before? If you havnt, then learn from my mistake.

One fine day, I was tyring to clean my lab specs and thinking that using some solution would be a good idea, so then I grabbed the ACETONE which is used to clean glassware, splashing it onto my specs and started rubbing it with a piece of tissue. As a consequences...


the more I rubbed, the blurrer the lens become, the more scratches on my specs! I was wondering what the hell was happening, so I showed it to my task supervisor and I gained a round of laughter from my colleagues, Oh yes I wasnt the first dummie who have done that, at least someone used to be as stupid as me (doesnt imply anyone one here :P) Unfortunately, it was my only lab specs that can fit nicely onto my 'big skull' and doesnt put any pressure on the side of my head, I just murdered it under my hand on the second day I brought it to the lab -____- Anyway, I was lucky enough that my task supervisor was ordering a new one for me, a brand new one which I could choose from a nice catelogue! *touching*

So, Good Laboratory Practice 1: Do not wash plastic-made items with ACETONE, use METHANOL instead.


It was so clean and clear back in Malaysia Campus, huge contrast to the terrible state now.

stay tune for GLP chapter 2 ^.^