Stains and burns from silver nitrate


Ooh.. gorgeous chicken curry

So much has been happening last week. My course started last Tuesday with Theories in Counselling I. I feel at home in the lecture room (strangely) and yeah, I'm a student again after being a bum for so many months. I only have 3 classes a week, all in the evening from 6.30 to 9.30 pm. No labs (thank God!). I am slowly making friends.

Another news, I got a job and started work last Wednesday as a lab technician in an international high school. I'm replacing the other lab technician which will leave next Tuesday after showing me where everything is kept, the procedure and etc. The job comes with my own "office" basically, a prep room, where all the chemicals and equipment are kept and where I prepare chemicals and etc for the students. It's a small school which makes my job somehow a little bit easier. I never thought that this kind of job is so demanding. I think partly because the students are sooooooo...grrrr!!! Haha..after 2 days of working, I already have something to complain about. Well, they are sooo messy and they don't clean up after themselves. They don't close the bottles properly (they just put the cap on!!) and unfortunately, the other lab tech spilled silver nitrate on her hands, arm and got some on her face. Some of silver nitrate transferred to me as well so now my right arm have stain spots and burns and blisters. Bloody high school students.. altho it's nice to be on the other side. No one is allowed into my "office" except me and yes.. I am free to enter the staff-/teacher- only room during my breaks and lunch time. Bring on free coffee!!!

Do you know that if you got silver nitrate on your skin (clear liquid) it is invisible. It get absorb and react with light then it stains and burn your skin.. and you can see from the photos.. it's not a very nice thing to have on your skin.