11.30am. Sawed off the top of the pumpkin to get inside. 11.45am. Scooping out the flesh in the pumpkin to make soup later. 12.00pm. Drawing the face and carving the pumpkin. 6.00pm. Pumpkin sitting at the entrance of our house, attracting some...

The first time I went to R’s house was in summer 2007, when I came to the UK to attend my graduation ceremony. We had broken up for two months just before that. Then that afternoon, when we saw each other again, we both realised how much we didn’t want...

On my first night at Hanoi’s Intercontinental I slept very poorly. I woke up in the middle of the night and started worrying about… terrorists. I remembered having an exceptionally clear logical train of thoughts despite that time of the night. I...

I was with Luca the first time I tried eating the intestines of a newborn lamb. This is a Roman specialty. Food-wise, Rome is actually a pretty rough town, know for its coarse traditional fare like guts and togues – all the parts of the animal rich...

A few people have been asking me, “So how does it feel like to be married?”I have been replying, “Not much different from before, really, except I suppose if I want to have a baby, I now CAN!” Well to be honest it was strange the first couple of days....