first lab work

after weeks of planning and looking for the appropriate procedure, i finally had my first laboratory activity today. yehey! doing lab work always excites me. i have followed the procedure down to the minutest detail but sadly was not able to finish phase 1 of my synthesis. how on earth is a water bath absent on a chemistry lab. i was so frustrated. my thesis adviser has only 2 water baths and both are used by her other grad advisees. one contained a flask attached to a condenser for cyclization while the other one is filled with oil. I could have used this, but im afraid that i might ruin my desired product. tsk... tsk... tsk... so instead of planning to work overtime, i went straight to the dorm. had a nap, and cooked spaghetti for dinner.

after dinner, i found a casserole which has not been used for a long time. lucky me! i can use this as an improvished water bath! hahaha....

how does one finish her thesis in a year if the facility is inadequate. i just hope that i can finish it before i will be recalled by my sending institution. if worse comes to worst, what will happen to me? will i be forced to pay DOST? I just hope nga dili.