Much better day today - it is interesting how one knows in the first seconds of waking what sort of day it is going to be. Had lunch in a noodle cafe on Amhurst Road with Simon - it has a great atmosphere, it is the kind of place that will never get into the Time Out Guide due to the fact that the people in it were there for lunch, not for some poncy gourmet kick. Bought ingredients for 'garlic chick peas with cumin-fried fish' - Donna Hay's Off the Shelf. Felt like making a special effort for me tonight. Drank half a bottle of something white and cold - and had enough food for two. Now isn't that ironic. How nice not to have to be self developing. That's right, I am not self developing tonight, tonight, Malcolm, I am me.