Sometimes I sits and thinks

And sometimes I just sits.

Or in Mujukuu's case, waits. Her baby is due any time now, and she doesn't look very happy about it.

It was such a lovely, sunny autumn day, and the outlook for the week so uncertain, that I decided to go to the zoo. So did just about every family in the capital, whether residents or visitors - it's a long time since I saw such queues.

Lumpur the Sumatran tiger was beating the bounds, with a groan at each turn that you can almost hear over the noise of the crowds.