Outbreak

I don’t know what it is, a contagion or something, all these people who’re getting married, having children, having a few children… oh yeah, as my mum likes to tell me, I’m at that age where everyone’s doing it. That’s not true. I’m still young. In fact, people keep asking me what school I go to. Even in Xiamen they make that assumption. Neil also looks quite youthful, otherwise people would think he’s a paedophile, which, you know, is generally not a good thing.

• 26 May 2005