This morning - when it was already 33C inside - the electricity went off.  I did wonder for a while if being without a fan was almost preferable to having the fan on and blowing warm air but I think the fan does still win out!  Thankfully, it was hot enough to make the cold water bearable (yes, I am very nesh when it comes to cold showers, even in the heat) although I couldn't bring myself to wash my hair in the cold water.
It did finally come back on, 10 minutes before I was due to leave the house!  Still, I was thankful as I didn't want a fridge and freezer full of spoiled food.  I had to go up to the hospital to obtain a medical certificate for our insurance claim.  It took me over an hour and a half, plus phone call from our broker to the records office to get it done.  I had an inkling I might be there for a while so I did take my newspaper, but I think I've mentioned before that bureaucracy is a bit of an art form here.
As it had taken me so long I decided to leave shopping until after going home for lunch.  There are crews of workers tidying up the multitude of election posters stuck everywhere. One guy was taking down a set that had been strung across the road and had reached the middle of the road as I was bowling along (it is not unusual for people to be in the middle of the road while cars are passing) and my roof-rack caught the string the posters were hanging off so I ended up with a tail of Congressman Robbie Puno posters hanging from my car. When I stopped at the traffic lights the car behind rolled onto the end of the tail and snapped a few off for me. Lots of pedestrians helpfully pointed it out to me (like I wasn't aware of it!) but I was pretty embarrassed so I waited till I reached the supermarket to remove them.
All in all, a culturally eventful day!