As requested....

Coral Sec Summary Points! :)

The period that the ice is firm is shorter

And so the hunting period has become shorter too

Sea ice used to be thicker (is thinner now) and

The temperature in Greenland has risen

And so huge ice sheets are melting/have melted

As ice and snow cover melt,

More heat is absorbed and sea levels rise

Inuit hunters have difficulty dogsledding safely over ice

They need sea ice to form around the coast

To travel out to hunt the animals/prey

Animals need the ice/coast too for resting and birthing

The warmer temperature makes hunting difficult

Because of thinner ice and the formation of polynas

Hunting season has become unsafe

Hunters cannot hunt during the winter/dark periods anymore.

Early snowmelt affects premature seals as they are attacked by prey earlier/their mortality rate increases

Hunters and polar bears are affected too

The earlier ice break shortens the best seal hunting season

Polar bears use this period to build on fat supplies and energy for their offspring

They cannot do this properly so survival rate is low

Especially since they depend on body fat for insulation

Uh, looks like my longest "poem" to date. :)

Feeling emo...

Like a lot of you guys (still) reading this, Miss Lan is capable of feeling *ahem* emo too.

Erm. Yea, in case you were wondering, yea, I AM a human too, and I AM capable of having feelings.

Sigh.

There are days when I look at all of you and waves of nostalgia really just wash over me, and I yearn so hard to be a student again, carefree and innocent.. seriously, guys, carpe diem - that means to "seize the day". Yea! Seize the day and enjoy it while you're still young enough. 

Trust me, I understand how tough the life of a student can be. There're piles of homework and myriads of tests to study for (and that's why I don't really give you guys assignments too - right? RIGHT!??!). But sometimes, even that is much better than the constant politic-king or grievances you have to face when you're in the workplace. :( Not all colleagues are like that, of course. Mostly you luck out, and are faced with bright beacons here and there, their very goodness shining out from them. But sometimes - just very sporadically, rarely in fact - negativity from others could weigh you down like a pile of stone and make you sink straight to the bottom. 

And added to that, my personal life isn't doing too well either. Some important things are in shambles, and although it's easy enough for everything to fall apart, sometimes it takes eons before one can gather enough courage and sheer motivation to stand back up and collect all the broken pieces back again.

I go to school to work, to keep myself busy, so that I don't think so much. I come back home to rest, to refresh myself, and to hide from the complaints and harshness of the outside world. And through it all, what keeps me going? My beloved BABY (that's my cat, kiddos..haha), my supportive parents, and - you guys. My lovely students. All of you who drive me crazy, drive me up the wall, make me scream and shout and develop mysterious, self-diagnosed swellings in my tonsils - yes, all of you lovely lovely kids.

Thanks for being part of those making my day, everyday. :)

Sob sob...

Sob... it does Miss Lan good...to know that she still has SOME followers.

Sob sob. <- Tears of gratitude.

I will try to update more, and more frequently too.

From my favourite website

see more Lolcats and funny pictures

Now my dears...what can you infer from this picture above?

It comes from my favourite website, by the way. Will show you guys more when we have more time in the next few lessons.