We are two travellers trying to make sense of each other and the world around us. The Uncommon Male has quite unusual points of view and the Uncommon Female does her best to dissuade him of these. Or is it the other way around?

The Uncommon Male was: born in Vietnam; moved to Australia at age 5; got educated; did some refugee work in the Philippines where he met the Uncommon Female and decided to marry her; relocated to New York; got some more education; and switched careers. He’s got an Australian-Vietnamese perspective on things.

The Uncommon Female was: born in Vietnam; moved to the US at age 8; got educated; did some refugee work in the Philippines where she met the Uncommon Male and decided to marry him; got some more education; relocated to New York; and switched careers. She’s got an American perspective on things.