Cooking Adventures....Musings of a wanna be chef

It is wise that when cooking with very hot oil that one be very careful. Yes, this should be a common sense, already know and understand this type thing but apparently some people (ME!) need to be reminded of this. Today, my first day of fasting this Ramadan, I decided that I wanted to make sambusa. I proceed to make the filling with no problem. The princess and I wrap them, no problem. I start frying them and things start out great. Well, I don't know if it is because I am fasting or feeling rushed (because it's crunch time and I need to start getting ready to go to masjid) but things start to go horribly wrong. The metal tong things that I am using to flip and remove sambusas from the pan are coated pretty well with the popping grease. I go to flip some sambusa and as I put the tongs in the pan they slip and pop open and splatter burning hot oil onto the right side of my chest and arm. Imagine a boat paddle pushing aside water and it cause a big splash. Needless to say I am in pain. I have officially gained cooking battle wounds. I have always been scared to cook with hot oil. This seriously does not help the matter. :(