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Welcome back to my site! Today, I have decided to show you the wonderful world of the laboratory by showing or explaining one of its equipments. Let’s take the electric hot plate as an example.

If you don’t know what a hot plate is, it is a lab equipment used in heating glassware like the Erlenmeyer’s flask. The electric version is more economical and convenient since it’s pretty much made to be reliable and easy to use (also can reduce a LOT of heating time, if you’re really good at looking for hot plates!).

The laboratory reminds me of the sport, baseball. If you’re the pitcher, you got to throw it right and if you’re the hitter, you got to be able to hit the ball and run to first base without being tagged out to score! If you don’t follow instructions in using equipment or performing an experiment, you’ll end up being a complete disaster (and disaster means NO FUN!). So folks, always read and follow instructions before doing anything in the laboratory!

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Known as the “Magic City”, Miami is located in Southeast Florida. Ranked as U.S.’s #1 Healthiest City by Natural Health Magazine in 2002, Miami caters to action-oriented visitors from around the world with some of the world”s top golf, tennis and sporting facilities.

Not only that, pristine waters and sun-kissed skies greet you at every turn as you enjoy Miami deep sea fishing or a luxurious dinner cruise on glass-bottom boats or a sailboat charter off the Florida coast. Sounds enticing? Imagine if you reside in one of the Miami luxury Condominiums that are located just minutes away from downtown, South Beach, arts & culture, the airport and so much more!

With a unique River of Grass and the city being the only place in the U.S. with two national parks – Everglades National Park and Biscayne National Park* – who wouldn’t want to live in Miami, Florida?

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* Everglades National Park is an untamed ecosystem, while Biscayne National Park is the only living tropical reef within the continental U.S.

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I went to Bulacan last March 4 to get away from my usual house-office routine. I spent two nights and two days at my friend’s house – specifically, in a small, comfortable, modern hut in their garden – to experience a relaxing provincial life. We went swimming, hiking, trekking, biking, duck egg-gathering, and pond-fishing. It was my first time to go fishing. And I was really proud to have caught two Tilapia. I had an easy time catching the first one – I chalked it up as beginner’s luck. The second one was the tough one. It took me around 20 to 30 minutes (considering that it IS just a pond) just to catch it. The second fish I caught was what I deemed as my prized Tilapia because it was a painstaking effort for me to wait for it to bite off my poor, helpless worm-bait. My prized Tilapia was also the one that reminded me of the importance of patience and the priceless reward/s you get out of practicing it. During the 20 to 30-minute wait, I had several attacks of what-the-hell-am-I-stupidly-waiting-for-when-I-can-easily-buy-a-bigger-one-in-the-market. It was a tough battle I almost lost.

“The one great ingredient in successful fly-fishing is patience. The man whose fly is always on the water has the best chance. There is always a chance of a fish or two, no matter how hopeless it looks. You never know what may happen in fly-fishing.”

- Francis Francis

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