Operating from a cyber cafe near you.


In times like these I often think of those people who take the most shattering of downfalls and turn it into something noble. People who survive terrible accidents and become an inspiration to others like them. People who have cancer and still win marathons. People who have lost loved ones, careers, homes and have gone on to become some of the biggest names in the world today.

I am so not one of those people.

I have gone through this crisis asking God why? at every point. I have devoured everything bad for me by the kilo. I have felt self pity in huge, steaming, fragrant tankloads. I have been through the most terrible of times and I'll be damned if I will take it gracefully.

However, floating around Thailand with the in-laws in tow had its moments. Father A has been most supportive and I am almost not guilty about buying almost all of Thailand's tamarind production simply because none of the clothes available there would stretch across my newly acquired bulk. In fact someone asked what I was doing out of Ocean World.

I haven't a clue about what to do next. Not that I've been idle for a minute. I have spent lots of time crying on my friends' shoulders. And coming up with pithy truths like "the thoughts of divorce are most likely to hit you when you're staying in a hotel room with one bathroom.'


But now that I have so much more time than I actually know what to do with, perhaps finally stopping to check that the salt in the curry is right is a good place to start.