This adobo dish is perfect because it uses three of the most important ingredients for replenishment: black sesame oil, ginger and black chicken. It not only recharges the qi but also satisfies the appetite as it is very delicious. That's why we always ask our maternal grandmother Guama Susanna to make it for us even if nobody in the family has given birth. And whenever she does, I go on a rice binge. Yes, it is that tasty.

… I had forgotten about Pepito with all that flesh around — and shouted for somebody called Mireya, a name which has remained in my ears as very whoresome.

One day my dreams were surely dying, dying, dying baby Just like a flower without rain

...in snooker a 'Chinese snooker' is the action of leaving the cue-ball, not behind a coloured ball as with a normal snooker, but in front of one and almost touching it...