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Monday, 8 October 2012

Pursuing Excellence: 1st Semester Ends

             If you're asking why I posted a reflection post in this site instead in Tumblr, then there's one reason behind that: this is very educational in the sense that not only I learned about this experience but also others who will read this will learn from this very wonderful experience that I encountered during my first semester in University of the Philippines Diliman.
               Before I enter this university I was so excited and proud of myself that I passed the toughest and hardest college entrance exam test and just didn't pass it but also being one of the luckiest and fateful enough to be in the flagship campus which is in Diliman. As the time gets nearer and nearer, the pressure was pushing my inside thoughts that only those who have the mental capacity will survive in that kind of environment. Okay, that's the reason behind why I lost my confidence, eloquence, sharpness and believe in my own knowledge as if the Gelo was long lost forever.
               The first weeks in the university was the hardest for me. Every morning, every noon, every night and almost every moment my hope was diminishing. There came a point during this week that I'm too afraid enough and don't want to enter class and just return home and study there. That was how hopeless I was before. If not by my parents, I won't be here continuing this thing that I once dreamed before. I give up too easily. I was weak back then.
               As the sem pasts, I was able to adjust if not completely, partly. I can cope up, socialize and enjoy my stay here in UP until one day that I don't wanna go home weekly any more and now as the sem ends this week, I'm not only thanking that this sem ends but I'll surely miss life changing chapter of my life.
              If there is something that UP taught me it's not really the academic ones but whatever essential thing that I learned right now resides here in the deepest part of my heart.   I'm taught with getting the solution set to a trigonometric function, how idealistic democracy works, how to introduce myself in Spanish, the different theories in politics, to create a research paper and how to play duck pin bowling but there's something that is implied in these things that I realize as I progress during the sem. It's the word never give up.
              Never give up. Easy to say but hard to apply specially during times when you're really down with your acads, understanding the dynamics, legitimacy, and functions of a democracy that is really hard to understand especially when you're here in a democratic country that is called as democratic but as what you can see in your daily life living in this country, it really is not, going overnight studying politics even though you know you'll fail, solving complex equations and making a research paper. But look at this, I was able to finish and end this sem without conflicts because I did not give up.
              Life is always full of surprises. The next semester will just like be this sem but more harder and challenging. Life will continue to put me down but no matter how many hardships that will come next semester, I'll continue dreaming and will never gonna give up. Remember this fellow students: Problems will surely come, it will always be there no matter how successful we are in the future, but it will only come and won't stay forever. If you're feeling down and hopeless always remember that there is still One Guy that will extend His hands for you but never forget to call Him. Padayon UP! Maraming salamat sa isang semestre! 

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

I Love 1s 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d10 5p6 6s2 4f14 5d10 6p6 7s2 6d1 5f3

If you can understand the title of this post, congratulations to you, you have learned one of the fundamental topics of chemistry. "The Aufbau Principle" states that electrons fill orbitals from the lowest possible energy states before filling higher states. So don't marvel that you can see that 3 comes first then 4 then back to three. If you only know how the periodic table is structurized, you can easily tell what comes next. Chemistry is a douchebag, so expect many exemption just like why is it that H is in line with the Alkali Metals if it's a gas? Well, I can answer that kind of easy questions. Simply because H can act like a metal(the one that donates their electron) and non-metal(the one who receives the donated electron and by nature H is a gas). There are also exemption here just like U, Cu, Cr, Ag and other elements that don't follow the usual step of the aufbau principle.

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from chemistry.about.com

From here we can see that in order to predict the electron configuration of an element, we must follow the arrangement on how electrons are distributed from each orbital. A knowledge and a visualization of the periodic table is needed for you to easily tell what comes next after every orbital. For example you know that 1s2, 2s2 2p4 is the electron configuration of O because you know that its position is at the fourth column of the p orbital and it's at the second column that's why it ends at 2p4. Another thing! Just by knowing it's position on the periodic table, you can easy tell its last orbital and electron at its last orbital. We know that Ca(Calcium) is at the 4th row, second column of the s orbital so it ends at 4s2. Just supply the rest just before 4s2 just by following the aufbau principle! (Just take note of some elements that don't follow this trend)

Congratulations! You learned how I can easily tell the electron configuration of an element. Spill the beans guys! Share if you like. And party while you can because this is the easiest parts of Chemistry. Don't hate this subject, beside its fun and exciting(you can see liquids when dissolve with each other forms a solid! a flying ring then dissolve to the air), it's very informative. You'll learn from this course why ethylene glycol is used as antifreeze in radiators instead of Sodium Chloride(your table salt that you have whenever you want to eat unripe mango without your alamang). I love this subject so much! I encourage you to study and enjoy this course the way I enjoy it. :))))

Singularity Point: When Time Starts

KUDOS! You just reach the point of your life that time and energy are wasted. So just read whatever you want to read. 

So here I am again! After invading tumblr, as you can definitely see, my next conquest is blogger. So let's hope that I can supply and enter posts from time to time so that my first effort won't go to waste. But don't worry, this is not a "GELO blog(jargon for lokohin; see stupidity). I'll make it educational, entertaining, idealistic and time worthy for as long as I can. But being educational and stuff, I'll try to put humor in each topic I'm going to discuss, fry or make fun of. So fasten those imaginary seatbelts cause we're going to go as fast as the speed of light in a vacuum, relax like having your first 100 C sauna bath(well, if you know what I mean), and have fun while those lips can still smile. This is for past, present and future students who'll, just like me; enjoy, appreciate and love knowledge. Go future hope of this nation! Aim high and never stop dreaming because those dreams will also be the dream of the future generations to come. :)