2012 in short ^^

Hi everyone! :)

Today I finally decided to sum up all this year's events - thanks to Ksu for the idea :) Last time I did it in 2009, when I didn't have this blog, just a personal one, and then half of the events was related to F1. Today I'll try not to write much about it :D So...

January.

This year I finally started outside Latvia - in Tallinn, and first day of the year I also spent in Estonia, this time - in Rakvere :) Of course, then I had the craziest session in my life at university with many hard exams (like biochemistry), but, as I'm an optimist, I passed everything. And I was crazy enough to buy a ticket to Nightwish concert in Helsinki! Finally visited a zoo, was at Evita's birthday party and met many new friends, and our Team Drosera got to the finals of world's Biomimicry Design Challenge.

February.

This was a month of traditions - I went to Jelgava to see ice sculptures, as I do it every year, and me & my girls also went to many parties, as we usually do it in winter. For the first time I was at some Latvian TV show to support my friend Linda (before I just sat in the audience, doing nothing). And event of the month (maybe even of the year) - our biomimicry team got 2nd place in 2011 Biomimicry Design Challenge! I never thought something like this could ever be a reality!

March.

It wouldn't be an interesting month at all, but everything was decided in January - and in March I went to Helsinki to make one of my dreams (seeing Nightwish live) come true. In Finland I met two awesome girls I knew before just through our blogs - Katja and Ksu, and also Katja's husband :) One more event - F1 season started finally, and Kimi Raikkonen joined Lotus F1 team, so I became much crazier about F1 than in previous years ^^ And I bought myself an mp3 player I wanted for a long time.

April.

The month was crazy, as I was dealing with my course work, but also full of events. We celebrated Easter and I had some holidays finally, tried Ksu's strange recipe of dumpling soup, started my velo-season and followed one more tradition - went to take photos of windflowers (and for the first time I climbed up such a high and unstable tower) ^^ And on last day of April me and Dad saw Jackie Chan in Jelgava - one more thing I never thought would come true sometimes :D

May.

As always, this month is full of learning and nothing else, but I finally wrote and answered my course work (which is a big event) and did many other things for university that seemed unreal. And it was a month of hockey - of course, I hoped that Finland will win again, but they were just 4th... And I was at the zoo one more time, as we had a lecture there and also at botanical garden :)

June.

First two weeks I spent sleeping, and then started my planned trips around Latvia by my bike - this time I drove from Valmiera to Cēsis. The nature and cities are beautiful, but roads are for better sportsmen than me :D I also was in Roja finally (last time I was there in 2009), went to my friends graduation (they got bachelor's degree) and celebrated Jāņi with girls from my school, as always :)

July.

It was the month that I didn't spend at home at all - maybe just 2 or 3 nights :D First we had a field practice in Taurene with my biologists for two weeks - even though we had to learn there, we spent a wonderful time, drinking milk, eating strawberries, petting bats and running around with GPS or watching birds. And I discovered many new places, as I went there by my bike ^^ Then I celebrated Sea & Fishermen festival in Roja with my friends and family and went to Helsinki to meet Katja once again and see Finnish nature and other places I haven't been to ^^

August.

It also started not at home, as I went to one more field practice with my biologists - this time at Kolka ^^ I spent there 1,5 weeks, we saw many other places, not just Kolka, and some of us helped to organize Insects Night once again. My friend Žanete turned 21, so me and my friends from school went to Sigulda to celebrate it, some days after had a bike trip to Garciems and went to Brainstorm concert. And I did one more thing I wanted - went to Bolderāja by my bike, setting a personal record - 63,27 km in one day :) I was at Roja once again, collected some data for my bachelor's work with my teacher, went mushrooming and was at the zoo for the third time to see Gentoo penguins ^^

September.

New study year I started at Kolka, as every year there is an event Night on the Cape for 1st course, and we organized everything and had some fun, of course :) I was at the zoo once again at the Giraffe Day :D Lectures started at university, so there were many things related to them - going to zoo once again (:D), going to botanical garden, going to the forest to pick mushrooms... Went to Daugavgrīva Fortress once again by my bike, took part in a Latvian TV show `Precamies`, worked at mushroom exhibition at Museum of Nature and met Latvian racing driver Haralds Šlēgelmilhs ^^

October.

Finally I started attending Finnish language courses I wanted for such a long time ^^ Of course, continued driving around by my bike, taking photos of awesome fog, sailing ship `Mir` and birds, lake Baltezers (one more thing from my `must go there by my bike` list) and many other things. Was at many great parties like Biologist Night, and celebrated my 21st birthday with so many people and great events I couldn't even dream of :) And took part in this years Biomimicry Design Challenge. And got first snow ^^

November.

It also wasn't an interesting month, so I tried to remember, how to draw and started writing about my previous trips here :) Followed a tradition of visiting Candle Night at the graveyard and had some great parties again. The show I took part at was finally shown on TV, Kimi Raikkonen won his first F1 race after his comeback, I finished my Finnish language courses and got 1st level and also F1 season finished finally, with Sebastian Vettel becoming a world champion once again :)

December.

Last month of the year started with taking part in a movie about economics of Latvia, that was filmed in my faculty. I got a Christmas card from Ksu and it started snowing finally here, almost all month was full with snow ^^ And I was at two Christmas balls - first with my friends from school, then with friends from university, finally had a chance to dance ^^ I also bought myself a Christmas present - long awaited Nokia N9. At Christmas I visited my grandma, then took photos of Christmas trees and yesterday went ice skating with my friends (post about it coming soon). And that's all, I guess ^^

And some more things to sum up.

• Wish of the year: To become crazier and not to be afraid of meeting unknown people - done :)
• Band of the year: Ensiferum - didn't listen to them before and it was my mistake.
• Album of the year: Nightwish - Imaginaerum - I don't care that it was released last year, every song from it reminds me of something awesome this year ^^
• Song of the year: Nightwish - Escapist.
• Place of the year: Riga zoo, I guess, I was there 5 times :D
• City of the year: Helsinki ^^
• Book of the year: Jules Vernes `The Mysterious Island`. It couldn't be any other book.
• Person of the year: Kimi Raikkonen ^^ This year he proved once again that he's awesome :)
• Colour of the year: black.
• Extreme of the year: climbing up the tower for monitoring forest fires.
• Food of the year: our special field practice soup (from everything you can find) :D
• Movie of the year: I will name `Hobbit`, even though I haven't seen it yet.
• Feeling of the year: happiness when wishes come true ^^
• Language of the year: Finnish ^^
• Best month of the year: July and August, I couldn't choose one.
• Tradition of the year: girls evenings at folk club `Ala`.
• Gift of the year: mobile phone ^^
• Goal of the year: to drive more than 1000 km on my bike. I did 1117 km this year ^^

I guess, my year was quite good :) So, what was yours? ^^

Have fun and take care in 2013! :))

Budapest, Hungary, 2009

Hey! ^^

Finally I'm here with a post about Hungary, where I was in July 2009. As you know, I'm a big formula-1 fan, and every fan must attend at least one race. My choice was Budapest, as it's one of cheapest races and it's quite easy to get there. And also everyone who was there says the city itself is very beautiful. I spent in Budapest just 4 days (and 3 of them I spent at Hungaroring), and I haven't many photos and also didn't walk around the city very much. So my first advice for you - if you have a chance to visit Budapest, spend there at least a week to see everything :)

View from a plane

We started our trip at about 11 a.m., took a plane to Prague, and then to Budapest, so we arrived there just at the evening (by the way, almost all photos are taken at the evenings). But as it's quite easy to get to the city from Ferihegy airport, we managed also to walk around a bit.

Party, Candle Night & Elephants

Heey! ^^

I decided to write this post to show you some photos :) Today I finally told this presentation to the teacher from Sweden, and again I realised how much I don't like talking in English :D But I hope it was ok.

On Friday my friend Sandra celebrated her birthday (which she will have on 28th of November). We went to folk club `Ala` (or `Cave` in English) again (I think I could live there) and spent a nice evening :)

Sandra's home-made cake

Me, Sandra and Evita

And yesterday, as it was a Candle Night (I wrote about it here also in 2010), I went to graveyard. I guess, you already know that I'm a bit weird girl, but one more thing I really love is walking at a graveyard. It's such a peaceful feeling there, fresh air... Yesterday there also was a fog, so everything looked like from a bit scary fairytale ^^

And about elephants. More than a week ago in Riga five elephants, who arrived for a show to Riga circus, were walked around streets. I didn't read about this event earlier and went shopping that day, so just at the evening I found out about them... I wish I was there, as I love elephants so much! One of my first childhood memories is related to elephants - when I went to the zoo and our two elephants were inside, it was possible to reach them. I always took apples to the zoo and gave them to elephants, they took it with their wet trunks... So cute!

Picture from delfi.lv. If you want to see more pictures, click here.

And yes - yesterday Sebastian Vettel became three times World Champion in F1 ^^ The race was really crazy, sometimes I didn't even understand, what's actually happening, but I love races like these ^^ Also Raikkonen did a funny mistake - he wanted to return back on track, using some other way (he did it so in 2001 already), but this time the gates were closed :D

And a team radio from Abu Dhabi. `Just leave me alone, I know what I'm doing!` Kimi is a legend! I'm so glad to be his fan ^^

Have a nice evening! ^^

Hey!

While it's not time yet to go to my Finnish courses, I'm trying to translate a crazy text about Elias Lönnrot (author of Kalevala) & decided that I must write something here :)

Two weeks ago I went to my grandma's friends house, as they have a new dog called Bella and I really wanted to see her. Spent a nice evening there, but the puppy was so crazy that I couldn't even take normal photos and was totally tired after just one evening and a football game with her :D

Isn't she cute? ^^

And last week I finally went shopping. Bought a blouse, boots & a knitted dress (that's called `I don't wear dresses` :D )

This week is a bit busy for me because of many homeworks and on Monday I'll have to tell about an article at ecology lecture in English, as its author from Sweden will arrive... Why he's not from Finland? :D Also I have to find some information for this years Biomimicry Design Challenge... I'm not in a team this year, but two girls who are don't even go to meetings.
And this Friday my friend Sandra will celebrate her 21st birthday, so it's gonna be fun. And this weekend is also a final race of this year in F1. I hope Sebastian Vettel will become a champion again (it will be three in a row for him, but still I would like it more than if Alonso becomes a champion).

And finally my this week's song. I'm totally addicted to slow ones right now. And I really love lyrics of this song.

Have a nice evening, my dear readers! ^^

P.S. I hope next week I'll have time to write about another trip to some country. So I let you to choose the country (just name it and if I was there, I'll write about it ^^).

P.P.S. The show `Precamies` I was at some time ago will be shown on TV on 29th of November. I hope it will be published online, then I'll post a link here :)

Photopost: Riga Zoo

As I promised, I'll finally show you photos from Riga Zoo I took in April, May & September 2009 :)

It's so cold outside now, and I have sore throat, so I haven't been out for 4 days :/ And I'm just sitting and watching photos from this season's F1 cars presentations & reading about them. Caterham was first at 26/01, then McLaren (01/02), Ferrari & Force India (today). Can't wait for next Tuesday, as this study semester will finally begin - I'm tired from doing nothing, and when I can afford it, I'm becoming so lazy, that I hate myself for it (but I'm so lazy already that I can't change anything :D ). Yeah, and also I can't wait for 10/03 ^___^

Hope you enjoy photos :) (press `Uzzināt vairāk` to see the rest of them)

Hi :)

Finally all my exams are over & I can relax a little and maybe write here a bit more :)

First of all I wanted to tell you that our team at biomimicry project is one of 12 finalists (together 50 teams submitted their works) ^^ Of course, that doesn't mean anything, as final results will be announced at the end of February, but still - we are better than many other teams. If you're interested, here is a link to a page with finalists, our project is with a picture of flowers (surrounded with a red line at the picture below). If you press at the picture of any project, short summary about it appears.

And also I was with my friends from university at the zoo last week (as the entrance costs only 1 Ls after 4 p.m.). Of course, it's not a best time for taking photos, but we had much fun :)

Nice feeling when little pigs are chewing your hand ^^

Giraffes ^___^ This one is Piks :)

I love how their eyes are glowing because of flash :D

Such a funny frog :D

Polar owl

I would like to keep this snake in my house, as it's so beautifully green ^^ *and it's always sitting like this on a branch*
Maybe soon I'll write a post about our zoo with more pictures I took in summer few years ago, as I have time now :)
And all of you know what this video means ^^ Raikko yesterday drove an F1 car again after two years break. I'm getting crazy about F1 again, more than last two years.

Have a nice day! :)

Hi! :)

I cannot believe it's December already. I so much want normal winter with lots of snow, but it's so warm and we can expect snow only at Christmas. But I still hope that December will be good :)

Today I finally passed my last test this week, so can relax a bit - now I feel like a zombie, because I haven't slept normally for all this week. Tuesday was the hardest day, but... Maybe you read post about Kimi Raikkonen in my blog about F1 at September? I explained there why do I like him so much. When it was mentally the hardest year of my life, he won the championship and showed me that you must never give up. And you know what? He did it again this Tuesday - I'm so happy to tell you that Kimi signed contract with Lotus Renault and will be driving in formula 1 again! I think I don't have to tell you how happy I was, and now I have so big motivation to do anything ^^

And yesterday Nightwish released their new album ^^ I still didn't have time to listen it, but I know I will do it these holidays, that's for sure [my friend from university told me today that it's amazing, hope it is so] :)

Today I also was sorting beetles and my teacher finally allowed me and my friend to take his new pet out of the box. His new pet is a spider *I really hope you're not afraid of them, as I don't want to scare anyone*, so cute ^^

Hope soon I will have time to write a normal post with more photos :)

Heeeey!

Sorry for disappearing for a while from here, but I'm back ^^ I think not for a long time, as now at every free minute I will have to go to my teacher & sort out, count and define insects which we caught in May for my course work. And also I'm really between these eight people, representing University of Latvia and Botanical garden at biomimicry project, about which I told you some time ago, so every Thursday I'll have to go to conferences to talk about this project. And also we'll have to learn everything about Botanical garden and plants growing there [so we could know about which of them to prepare excursions]. The rest of this year will be crazy, but some courses [like plant anatomy & typology of Latvian soil and vegetation] will end until the end of November, so it will be easier.

I think you know what this photo means - this Thursday I'm going to Amorphis concert ^^ I also really wanted to go to newman's ball at our faculty, but it seems that all the good things always happen at the same day, so I chose this concert :)

And now about everything what happened since I last time wrote here something about my life.
On 14th of October we had Bio-night - an event organized by 1st course for other biologists. I didn't have my camera with me, but there was a photographer, so I have some photos. Unfortunately, I was there just for an hour, and then I went to a movie with my friend [we wanted to meet for a talk for such a long time, that didn't want to postpone it again].

Me, Zane, Undīne, Edgars, Artūrs, Agnese, Egija.

A man in the middle is our dean :D

1st course were showing a performance about our teachers, was so funny :D

Ballerina :D This part of a performance was about our physics teacher, and it was the funniest, I guess. This teacher has a Russian accent when he's saying some words [like lambda and ballerina], and sounds so funny when he's talking in Latvian. And when he's talking about rotation, he's always drawing such a funny ballerina on a blackboard :D
Last Tuesday I had my 20th birthday. I promised to bring kid's champagne to my friend, and also I bought some donuts :)

Celebrated a bit in faculty's cafe with my girls, my friends from 3rd course and even ecology teacher :D And on Saturday we celebrated it with my relatives. By the way, I came to a conclusion for another time, that people have no imagination. Almost everyone from the relatives asked me what I want to receive as a present, and after my answer that I don't know, everyone gave me money. Of course, that's also positive, but the best gifts don't have to be valuable. I'll talk about those [from my friends] which I loved the most :) 1st place goes to my best friend Linda, who just congratulated me, saying: `I wish to you that one day all the world of formula 1 will raise a glass for you! And you will celebrate your bday together with Kimi & Heikki!` That was the best birthday wish I've ever heard :) 2nd place goes to my girls from faculty, who bought me a small cake, lit a candle and came to ecology lecture singing happy birthday song for me ^^ My mom gave me 5 red roses, and dad - 9 really big yellow roses ^^ And some other gifts:

Finnish dictionary from my dad ^^

Body yoghurt & soap from my friends from faculty ^^

Some other photos from birthday:

Me & Linda

My cake ^^

Me with a cake ^^

I was talking about Raikkonen then *I always celebrate his and Heikki's birthday together with mine* :D

Linda, my mom and me :)

And I think that I will end with these photos, as it's almost 2:30 a.m, and I'm still up, watching F1 race replay in India :D And tomorrow I will have to get up at 7, go to biochemistry and then work with insects. And also students from 1st course will come and I will have to tell them what I'm doing :D
Goodnight everyone ;*

Happy Birthday, Kimi!

Today is so beautiful weather outside, and I'm walking around smiling like crazy, just don't know why :D

Or maybe I do - today is 32nd birthday of Kimi Raikkonen :) So, in this case, I'll write here one of my verses in English. I wrote it in 2009, when Kimi became 30 years old ^^

It's rainy, but I love this day –
October seventeenth for me
Is celebration anyway –
And it will always, always be.

Today's your birthday, Kimi, so
For me it's celebration too
And I don't care that I don't know
What’ll happen in F-1 to you.

You make me smile, I learnt from you
To be myself and let past go,
I didn't know, but now I do –
Today's a gift for us, and so

Congratulations, Kimi, and
Try to remain as good you are
You are my Champ, just understand
You'll always, always be my star!

This photo was on a desktop of my computer, when I was with biologists at Kolka, and at least five persons asked me, is it my boyfriend :D

And this is my favourite video about Kimi :)

This week will be crazy I think, as I have tests everywhere, but somehow I'll do it, I know :) Yeah, and tomorrow I'll be 20 years old. Don't want for this day to come :/

As I've posted results of my photo hunt, now it's time to write about life :)

Despite it's really cold outside, I'm in a very good mood - today I wrote my biochemistry test, so can relax a bit (I also have to write a project in genetics, but that's easier than learning biochemistry). By the way, if nobody told me the right answers, I probably wouldn't have passed this test :D And today we also sang a funny song at biochemistry lecture :D You can listen to it and read lyrics here :D Biochemistry-related photos :D

Learning for the test
yesterday, watching F1
Japanese GP 2008 ^^

Today's test (we corrected our
tests by ourselves, this one is with
all correct answers).

Laboratory works, 03.10.2011

And if you know about my addiction to formula-1, you can guess what my German-flag-nails this week mean ^^

This Saturday I finally found time to go to the city of Cēsis :) I was there in winter, but this time the main idea was to go there with our bikes and drive a bit around the city and also to visit Eagle cliffs (Ērgļu klintis). I was learning biochemistry again, and the train was so full that I had to sit on the floor :D
But soon we got to Cēsis and went to see these Eagle cliffs (you can see where I was driving here). Really beautiful place ^^ Later we went back to the city and visited a park there. So, photos from that day:

In the wood

Shells near Gauja river

Gauja :)

Eagle cliffs

Grass snake & Eagle cliffs again

Beautiful autumn

Cute little frog

Cat & main church in Cēsis

Cēsu Castle
Photos with me will be in a next post ^^