the wonder that is chemistry

okay so had some family friends over for dinner the other night. we stayed at their hotel in cambodia which you will be able to see on my cambodia blog when i get it up and running lol. ive had to make four other blogs just to upload all the pictures on.. they stop you uploading when you get to a certain number cause they think youre a spammer or something. fair enough.

anyway the father of this family was a chemistry/physics (incl. nuclear physics. ohmylord) teacher in cambodia in the old days and used to work for the un in like ethiopia or something and yeah hes a smart guy. haha anyway he and my father like to talk. and drink. and eat. think they had about 2 bottles of wine between them that night.. haha yes they love it. flowing alcohol and stimulating intellectual conversation. yeah anyway they were like joking with each other about how he had to drive home and he was gonna get pulled over by the coppers and stuff and he was like

'do you have any lemons?'

and we're like yeah we got a whole tree out the back...why?

because alcohol and acid makes an ester and water.
said he to my father.

and i was just sitting there eating and i thought about it.. and i was like

alcohol and acid makes ester.. AND WATER OMG HES RIGHT

hahaha the wonders of chemistry huh?
who remembers that from organic chemistry last year?

alcohol + acid --> ester + water

ex. methanol + propanoic acid --> methyl propanoate + water

i think that was it.. alcohol comes first? anyway.. yeah chemistry makes sense. and it gets you out of lots of things. being smart lets you be above the law. lol

till we meet again
adieu