why wy?

Played tourist today, with my 78-year-old aunt the tour guide. She walks faster than me. Everyone is talking about vivio city, the new shopping centre - as in so new than the cinema in it hasn't opened yet. Will try and check it out later in the week.

Had to update the photo on my identity card - in a sense I turned 30 again. The registration centre is crowded but they send me to the front of the queue, perhaps they think I don't have time to lose. An hour and two blackened thumbs later, I've got a new card. The last photo was taken when I was 17 or 18. My eyebags have doubled since then, and I'm pretty sure I'll look back 10 years from now and moan about my unfashionable haircut now.

It has been raining every afternoon, which makes the heat bearable. This is tropical drenching rain, not pissy weak damp rain. Have taken to carrying a brolly around.