patience is a virtue

thesis has been my life so to speak. after receiving the article from a friend's friend, i am so excited to start synthesizing again for the nth time. honestly speaking, i'm always starting with my thesis, because im usually stucked at phase 3 of my synthesis. so with the new procedure in hand, i am so thrilled!

while i was preparing my tlc (thin layer chromatography) plate, i didnt realize that the clamp holding the flask containing my reaction mixture was loosened that it dived right into the oil bath... i wanted to cry, but my tears won't do me good... good thing though, i had not used up all the reactants. so i did the reaction again... after five hours of waiting, i had to do as instructed and got the desired product as mentioned in the literature. but it doesnt end there. i think i've suspended the product in too much acetone that when i filter it nothing was left on the filter paper...huhuhu... two in a row!!! ouch!!!!! just when im in a hurry to come up with my desired product so it could be analyzed in Ateneo for NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance).Rose, the research associate of my adviser, told me that its cheaper if samples are to be analyzed by bulk. wahhhhhhh!!!!! if by tomorrow i find out that my product was really gone then i'll have to start from scratch ... how can i meet up with the scheduled nmr on tuesday?

my patience has been tested with my thesis... i almost forgot that im a chemist. i have been with the academe for more than five years and have not really practiced my profession(as a chemist) since then. with all the hardships and trials im encountering every laboratory work, i realized that i am a scientist and every failed activity is not a waste at all, but a path that could guide me in achieving my goals.

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Gail, thanks! :)