29
2011
Flame – BLUE or RED?
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I told Ethan once that fire is red, yellow or even orange in colour. He colours any picture of flames with those shades since then.
Today, while I was cooking he saw the flame on the gas stove and asked me…
Ethan: Mummy, why is the fire blue?
Me: Yes, yes..
(Sometimes I’m like that. When I’m concentrating on something and he asks me a question I’ll just nod and say YES no matter what the question is!) >_<
Ethan: MUMMY! Why is the fire BLUE?!
Me: Huh, what? *looking at the flame on the gas stove* Yeah hor! Why is the fire BLUE?!!
(Only today I realised that the flame on the gas stove is BLUE! *palm face*)
YIKES! Why ah?!
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A blue flame is normally a result of complete combustion where there is enough oxygen.
A blue flame contains lots of oxygen compared to the yellow flame.. blah blah blah…
Now I recalled Science period in the lab where we used to play with the ‘Penunu Bunsen’.
I used to love adjusting the collar to see how it changes the flame then but as I left school I became more and more bodohs. Today, I don’t even realise the flame on the gas stove is blue until Ethan pointed it out to me..
By the way, I still have not answered Ethan why it is blue and guess what he asked me to do? He said…. “Google for the answer-lah!”
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ahhh i miss studying this back in my secondary school
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Wah! Ethan so clever ask you to google for the answer! Haha!! Eh, you passed or failed your Science last time ah? : D
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There!!! Some parents do more harm than good – teach the wrong things. Nasib the son himself is clever. Muahahahahaha!!!!
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such clever boy..
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Ethan is smart.. he knows Google has the answer for everything! hehehe
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aiyoh, you can still recall that from your science class ah, i also can't remember my teacher taught us that, haha!! but i know different gas burns with different color, just dunno which color is which lor.. aiyoh, i like Ethan, asking his mom to google for the answer, at least he hasn't learn the word RTFM yet~~
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One thing you are good, you will google for tha answer. If my girls were to ask me, I will say sorry, mummy didn't learn this from school, may be you will learn it next time.
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I;ve also noticed the flame at the gas stove are blue but I don;t remember what the teacher taught before. hehe…..
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I also dont know! So u finally google for the answer…
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Mr google make everyone force to used them.. haha…
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Very clever boy. Next time you can ask him to go Google it himself.
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My boy too, cannot take NO as the answer but instead ask me to consult Mr G.. Hahaha..
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My boy too, will not take NO as the answer but instead ask me to consult Mr G.. Hahaha..
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Lol, we can't live without Google now~
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Yeah.,. Google definitely know the answer.. ha ha ha.. it's the magic of burning that will determine what colour will the fire be.. ^_^.v..
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Google knows EVERYTHING!
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Blue? Ok…
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LOL…Ethan is so smart..ask you to google for the answer.
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wah..u can even remember PENUNU BUNSEN!! I deleted everything from my memory the moment i step out from school.
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Hey, penunu bunsen was my favourite word back then. LOL. Although I was not a mad scientist. Anyway, smart Ethan ah. Next time u just google senyap-senyap then tell him the answer later so he'll think you're so smart lor. Can ah? hehe.
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Good advice, google la..
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Hehe… I like whn he said, "Google for answer lar!" Smart Ethan
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