And a big boo to ill health.

A lot has happened since I last wrote, lots of beading and a quick trip to France, but it has mainly been me lying in bed feeling ill so let's just fast-forward as though none of it ever happened.

Today I got out of my sick bed to meet up for lunch with some friends. Any normal person would have trod their way back into the world of eating and leaving the house gently, but I am not one of those, so spicy Malaysian food at Sedap it was.

The food was fabulous as was the company. I ate sambal aubergine which was within a few spice molecules of being too hot to enjoy but firmly in the camp of extremely tasty, followed by tofu in a peanut sauce.

We finished the meal with some Kuih and I had Teh Tarik which was sweet and warm and just what I needed.

How joyous it was to be in the land of the awake for a while.