The final post.

Like I said in the beginning, this blog was for my summer. Although I haven't been very good at updating all the time, I hope it's been somewhat interesting to read. My summer ends tomorrow, it has ended with a week of craploads of research and coursework ='( I thought I would actually talk about what my project was about. During the end of June, Sabah and I embarked on a piece of fieldcourse which lasted 2/5 days of a working week (the other 3 days was classwork). Our initial investigation was on the mounds of a particular meadow ant called Lasius flavus which live in meadows all around Europe. We shaded half of the mounds with egg boxes supported by skewers =P and then we took volume measurements followed by temperature measurements every hour.


Using the results of this and a lot of data analyses, I decided to focus the main discussion on the way that these ants thermoregulate in comparison to other ant species and how their mounds help them succeed in this.

The work was hard, lots of early mornings and long days spent in the field but that's not to say we didn't enjoy it!! We made some friends with the local wildlife:


Another highlight was seeing this very endangered species, The Large Blue (Maculinea arion). Unfortunately, the downside to seeing this was the fact that we have to write up this horrendous hypothesis which I STILL haven't completed!! (The deadline is tomorrow but hey, the day is still young haha). Another downside to this fieldcourse is that the fieldcourse supervisor is just TERRIBLE at providing us with information ¬_¬" and giving us MINIMAL guidance hoping that we can somehow READ HIS MIND *eye roll*.... grrrrrrr....


So yes... that was just a little update of my fieldcourse project. It has been causing me a lot of headache but if I do well in this fieldcourse I will be very very happy! I think I put in a lot of effort into this so... I hope it will pay off!! *fingers crossed*

This is the end of the beginning. Here's to my final year at University, I hope that I will have the most fun this year and that it will be rewarding. It is worth 82% of my final degree, it will be hard, I believe that I can do it if I put my mind to it and also with the support of all my lovely friends =)

I will end this blog with this song: Broken Strings. Last night, I realised that I had this song on repeat for hours. It means a lot to me this song and I really like this duet.

For further blog posts refer to: http://rinnyrin.blogspot.com . If I haven't invited you to read please message me and I will. So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu. Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu.... ~_^--Y

Broken strings ft. Nelly Furtado - James Morrison

Let me hold you
For the last time
It's the last chance to feel again
But you broke me
Now I can't feel anything

When I love you
It's so untrue
I can't even convince myself
When I'm speaking
It's the voice of someone else

Oh it tears me up
I tried to hold on but it hurts too much
I tried to forgive but it's not enough
To make it all okay

You can't play our broken strings
You can't feel anything
That your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell you something that ain't real

Oh the truth hurts
And lies worse
I can't like it anymore
And I love you a little less than before

Oh what are we doing
We are turning into dust
Playing house in the ruins of us

Running back through the fire
When there's nothing left to say
It's like chasing the very last train
When it's too late

Oh it tears me up
I tried to hold on but it hurts too much
I tried to forgive but it's not enough
To make it all okay

You can't play our broken strings
You can't feel anything
That your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell you something that ain't real

Oh the truth hurts
And lies worse
I can't like it anymore
And I love you a little less than before

But we're running through the fire
When there's nothing left to say
It's like chasing the very last train
When we both know it's too late

You can't play our broken strings
You can't feel anything
That your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell you something that ain't real

Oh the truth hurts
And lies worse
I can't like it anymore
And I love you a little less than before
Oh and I love you a little less than before

Let me hold you for the last time
It's the last change to feel again