Two key themes of my life are Anomaly and Synthesis. Since i was born of Chinese parents in Jamaica and grew up there, i'm culturally black which did not sit well with my family, and gay, which is anathema to the majority of my fellow Jamaicans, resulting in my being granted asylum in the US. I've known 30 gay men who've been killed in Jamaica, so my fear of persecution is a tad more than just academic. I now live in Lisbon, Portugal where i still don't fit, not least because i don't speak the language.