Saturday, 21 November 2015

Oil Rig

Hiya!

Here's another photo from my Norway holiday -


Isn't it pretty? I never thought I would call anything with oil rigs on it 'pretty'...

This photo makes me laugh because of the story behind it.

When I first saw the oil rigs, I literally freaked out. I ran out onto our balcony and nearly dropped my camera into the sea.

A few weeks earlier, I'd just learnt about oxidation and reduction in chemistry, in terms of the loss and gain of electrons. My teacher told us a way of remembering it:

OIL RIG.
Oxidation Is Loss, Reduction Is Gain.

And so, the nerd in me screamed, and I freaked out over some plain old oil rigs because of chemistry.

I'm a weird child.

I just remember being so excited and thinking it would be so cool to show my friends this.

And that is why I laugh at myself whenever I see this, and facepalm.

I'm surprised the photo actually turned out okay, what with all my freakery :D


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