today we had chemistry experiment. each group had to light up 4 spirit lamps, filled with methanol, ethanol, propanol, and but-1-ol (i think) respectively. as usual, there were very limited amount of matches given to each group.
our group started out with methanol, got stuck in ethanol (the flame from the match wouldn't go on the spirit lamp. -.-), moved on to propanol and then but-1-ol. then back to ethanol. by then we had 2 matches left. 2 matches left to try light up the spirit lamp.
if any of you were there in my group, you would have witnessed matches after matches being wasted before in attempt to light up the ethanol-filled spirit lamp. andrea and rica even wetted the tip of the lamp with ethanol several times cz it's suppose to catch fire easily.
so down to the last 2 matches. if i 'm not mistaken, we were the last group by then and kinda like the only group with matches left.
rica took 1 match and attempted to light up the lamp. the flame touched the lamp but the lamp wouldn't catch fire. then..the flame was extinguished.. =(
i wanted to do the next and last match. so i said a simple quick prayer while andrea wet the lamp with ethanol even more. then while i was attempting to cause friction on the match with the matchbox, rica offered to do it. cz my hands were shaking a bit (i dunno why.. last match ba.... -.- XD)
but rica said that too late. the flame was on the match already. lol. so i placed it again near the lamp. waited for a moment. and guess what? (don't need to guess la.. -.- ) the lamp caught fire!! =D
it was amazing the way we wasted so many matches (5?) trying to light up the ethanol-filled lamp. and on the last match i decided to pray a short prayer. and it caught fire. =) God decided to use the last match yet again to remind me the power of prayer and faith. wow.
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