Chubby Chick Running

I spent three weeks in a Korean hospital. I had acute pneumonia and was admitted very suddenly.

Cape Town has always been the city of my dreams. We lived here for 6 months when I was just a little girl and I loved it. When I started going to university, I came to the Western Cape at least once a year and I always said that this would be the place I settled down in.

A few of my friends and I used to have this ritual on Friday nights: We ’ d go to The Frypan  for some fried chicken followed by Sun Mart for some wine, market-O brownies and popcorn, and then on to Take 5 DVD-bang.

We were out having a drink at our friends ’ bar (Jazz bar at the time), when one of the staff gave us a fried egg on a plate and said: “ Suh-bis-uh ” .

2010 was one of my worst years ever. At the end of January 2011, some of my closest friends left Korea. I was heartbroken and in need of some peace, quiet and serious soul searching. Luckily there was a long weekend (Lunar New Year) at the beginning of February, so I set about trying to find a quiet and inexpensive place to go.

For the past 25 years, I have been starting my mornings with a cup of coffee. I'm pretty much addicted to my first cup in the morning and a few more during the day. I also like the socialness that comes with it. Many a new friendship / relationship has started with the words: "Let's have coffee sometime".