One of my New Year’s resolutions is to have an outing at least once a week: in my first months here I was too shellshocked by the new job to get to grips with the city, but this year, I am going to start exploring. My first expedition, today, was just a stroll around my some of the more interesting-looking streets in my Chinatown neighbourhood, with my camera on “antique” setting. Some gorgeous colonial architecture, and I was hoping for boutiques, bookshops, little art galleries, but nearly every building houses a bar or restaurant. Round here, Friday nights, the streets are buzzing with expats out on the razz; they even close some of the streets to traffic to facilitate the debauchery.