So in the end I got a new camera. After wasting 3 weeks, the camera shop found another broken component in my old camera and decided the spare part is too expensive and I might as well buy a new camera, so this is the one I got - a Panasonic DMC FH20. It got quite good reviews online, and I'm pretty impressed with the 8X zoom (all the better to spy people with :D Just joking. Not really.). It's a little heavier than the last one, but not too bad, I guess. Only too bad it didn't come with a cover. I'm using the old Nikon cover for it, which is a little too small, not sure if I should get a proper cover, or maybe a small bag that can serve the purpose, or if the tight fitting cover will do although it does make the camera look like someone who spent too long at a buffet.

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And then we are back to the customary food pictures. I know you miss them. A lot of fun experiments took place when I had no working camera, but here's what I made today.

Eggs benedict with homemade hollandaise sauce and English muffins. Freshly made bread still hot from the pan or oven is always nicer than store bought however new you are to bread making. The texture is nicer, and your own hard work makes everything taste nicer.

Sourdough bread with red sauce. Ok, fine, it's spaghetti sauce.

And one pic I took from my last camera, spring rolls.

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Uni's been on for 2 weeks now and I've only been to 1 class so far, because of Labour's Day and uni not being open yet the Monday before that, so I still feel like I'm in this isolated Summer holiday balloon. Even that 1 class I had was kind of laid back, it was an evening class, no one seemed to be talking to anyone they didn't already know, and the lecturer managed to sort of drug himself with his throat medicine (it made him sleepy)and there was no homework. So I'm wondering whether suddenly everything will become hectic next week?

I'm currently thinking of ideas for my final project, since I'm taking preproduction for it this term. I think I might have a comparatively unique idea, which is to model things that look more like traditional paintings than video-game-ish look, which I think the lecturers are considering as cliche. Not sure how well this idea will work, but I'm doing some research in advance anyway.