Lifetime Achievement

Wala naman. Nais ko lang i-post dito ang tula na isinulat ko noong nasa unang taon pa lang ako ng kolehiyo (nasa ikatlong taon na ako ngayon). Naisip kong isulat ito habang gumagawa kami ng exercise problems sa Chem class ko. Natawa lang kasi ako sa mga itsura namin: ang bibilis ng mga panulat namin, sobrang focused kami sa pag-gawa namin sa Lewis structures ng kung anu-anong elements na naisip ng teacher namin ipag-bond. Nakakatawa itsura namin, kasi kung intindihin namin yung pinagagawa, parang yun na ang pinaka-mahalagang bagay sa buong mundo. Kung ano ang silbi ng pag-post ko nito, hindi ko alam. Lifetime Achievement We spend our days scribbling, as if our lives depended on it. We seek the proper molecular arrangement of randomly-given molecules, and attain this by making the least electronegative element the central atom, then drawing a line between two electrons to bond them, and counting, to see if it contained the correct number of electrons needed to make an octet. We grope around Lewis structures, looking for the right combination Of the number of electrons to be distributed Between the waiting elements, figuring out how many bonds there are between them, and what their formal charges are, if any. And we sit back and stare at What we’ve done, Some pencil scribbles occupying a sixth Of a white, spiral notebook paper.