I was a rather cute and shy kid as far as I can remember. I was the darling of my aunties and cousins. I had grown up away from my parents; they had jobs abroad and hence I was put in boarding school. My dad was a big shot scientist and my mom wanted to follow his success, so my upbringing was with my uncles and aunties, and for my holidays I was invariability sent to my relatives, where there were kids my age and I had a...