I died from Easter chocolates, dissertation and now, Sugar Bar’s revived!
Is there a stench of rotting and damp in this blogspace? The Sugar Bar has gone all postmortem wrinkly, cold and lifeless. But o’ joy! I am back! And happy to be back.
A few updates. I am quite bedazzled by my own efficiency. I have printed my language paper and my dissertation – which I printed 2 copies of and had bound at the bindery today after handing over £40!!! oh my life! – 2 days before the deadline! What a relief. I am also happy to say that I intend to revive this blog (whenever I have the time) despite the exams drawing near…wait for it….(drumroll)…because I now am equipped with a new swanky beautiful goddess of a camera. It’s not much, but the Canon Powershot G10 is like a small dream come true for me. It is the yummiest camera I’ve ever ever had in my 21 years and I can’t wait to start fiddling about with it properly to see what this girl can do. So, watch this space. I may not have a lot in the cupboard that’s edible, I may not have a lot of time or disposable income (what income?) to gallivant about the supermarkets for fresh edible food or the sanity left to cook and bake when dire times are just around the corner, ie. final year exams that count massively towards my undergraduate degree, but I do hope to post up as much as I can. Especially since quite a few birthday celebrations are heading my way.
So anyway, important thing is I want to thank all of you who have sent me such nice messages and left comments that really made my day. It was nice to know that there were others out there who were just as upset as I was when I lost my camera. What a grey day that was! Also, cheers to all who also sent me words of encouragement. I can’t believe there were people who bothered at all when all I did was moan, and moan, and then moan a whole lot more, about my dissertation and my sad life (it really isn’t sad at all. I just quite enjoy being melodramatic).
I’m really glad that’s done and out of the way. I think I experienced 2 little deaths over Easter, from over-eating chocolate, and from my dissertation. And gosh, was I a pain to live with. Crabby, irritable and plagued by dehydration headaches. No doubt, I feel a little lost now that I’m ‘sort of’ finished. But in between handing these essays in and the exam revision, I can’t say if I feel just a little sleepy, a little hungry, a little like I’ve been resuscitated from the dead and so, quite liberated or just not quite with it. If I’m making any sense at all, I’m probably ‘with it’ then, barely. I need to catch up on some sleep. That’s probably it.
Right, so I really just did drop in for a quick ‘hello’. A revision plan is a must and a top priority for me now. Nevertheless, I will food-post for sure. In fact, I am starving right now. Stay tuned. It may not be party time for me right now, but you can be sure the party times will be around preeeetty soon.
Hope all’s good with you lot. And that Easter was a really good one this year. If anyone, like me, died a little from all that eating, drinking and chocolates – good on ya! Death by chocolate is something I welcome any day, any time. And this is just for Steph: let’s go get ourselves a Party in Our Tummies!!! Fun times…
April 27th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Congratulations on handing in your dissertation. 5 years on I still remember the relief of handing in my dissertation.
April 27th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Jules: awww thank you!
Actually I’m handing it in Wed morning and then right after, as a treat, we’re driving down to Bicester Village in 2 cars for a little fun shopping. can’t wait
xx
April 28th, 2009 at 12:32 am
Yay, you’re back!!
April 29th, 2009 at 12:30 am
Congratulations! and Welcome back!
April 29th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Diva girl, so nice to have you back and alive! Congrats on completing your dissertation. Your story took me back to many years ago when I wrote mine on Byron’s poetry and Blake’s philosophy:))) Welcome back, friend!
April 29th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Dragon: thank you! it’s good to be back
toontz: cheers. i’m happy to be back.
farida: wow your dissertation sounds very interesting. if you don’t mind me asking, how did you do on that?
xx
April 30th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
You’re BACK darlin! have been awaiting this day in quite a while! the bound book looks way cool. Im sure its just the start to your amazing career in writing and publishing hun, way to go! Ok! shoo to restock on FOOODD now you! (:
April 30th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Congratulations! Hey, your camera’s three steps above mine (a G7)! I hope you have lots of fun with it! I can’t wait to see what you’ll be up to next
May 1st, 2009 at 4:21 am
Welcome back, diva!
May 1st, 2009 at 2:19 pm
sam: thanks honey. it’ll be hard on the restocking…lol.
Manggy: yay, 3 steps! i will get on it asap. thanks for the comment. it’s been a while. hope u’re good.
Terry B: it’s great to be back!
xx
May 4th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Loving the butterfly ring– I was wondering what happened? Congrats on the dissertation as well- I have one coming up soon = ( going for a second but the heaving bastards are money grubbing..
May 7th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Congrats on your new camera! Can’t wait to see what tasty creations you come up with.
May 8th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Glad to hear you got a new camera. the G10 is nice!
May 13th, 2009 at 4:01 am
hello lovely diva! yes understandable as am in the same boat and slowly reviving myself.
tis takes awhile for palate cleansing + blogging…look forward to creative inspirations
May 15th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Easter chocolates, yes. Dissertation, Noooo……
Welcome back!
May 15th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Just a Girl: oh!! good luck on that. i’m so pleased it’s over. have just completed 1 exam. 1 more to go!
Emily: i’m excited about the baking plans I have yet – many birthdays to come which means many cakes to plan and bake.
Marc@No Recipes: it’s been a while. thank you
i get nervous just holding it.
tastememory: thank you. it is hard isn’t it? i really admire those foodbloggers who keep going at it, especially those who blog every day. how do they find the time? amazing!
tigerfish: thank you honey. it’s been a while. hope you have been well.
xx
May 17th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Diva girl, thanks for stopping by my blog. I have been busy (or lazy?:))) to update it, but will do soon. Yes, Azerbaijan won the third place in Eurovisiojn, and this is great.
As to your questions about Byron and Blake. I wrote on Byron in 1999 and on Blake in 2000, so my recollection of those times is vague:) But I did pretty good. Copies of my papers are back in Azerbaijan. I loved working on Blake more. My thesis was titled Blake and Religion. SO, overall, I did great, got As, but if you ask me what I wrote in the paper, I don’t remember anything:)
May 20th, 2009 at 3:10 am
Yay, it’s wonderful to have you back to revive this beautiful blog, & put us back on a sugar high. YAY too for the new camera. I can see I well & truly squashed between Manggy & you, coz I have the G9, & I love it. Might not do to pictures what SLRs & fancy lenses can, but I love it to bits. BTW, each time I see any shade of pink, I think of you. HUGS & xoxoxo
May 25th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Welcome back. The g10 is a fine purchase, I was considering getting the g10 but decided to go DSLR instead.