First time carved a pumpkin! It’s easier than I thought and not that messy 
Here’s the step-by-step:
1. cut off the top
2. remove the inside stuff and seeds.
it’s quite hollow inside actually.
3. check internet for easy patterns and draw with a pencil on the flattest and smoothes surface.Then use a knife and cut straight down, slowly following the lines drawn. Warning: not easy to cut corners or round corners, need to becareful. Stronger arm helps 
Tip : If accidentally cut off smaller parts, stick it back to the pumpkin using toothpicks!
The results
My pumpkin : a bat pattern
Trinh’s pumpkin is the classic Jack-O-Lantern. She did a great job!
jack-o-lantern closeup
batman closeup
me and jack and the bat
looks fun there … by the way, did u cook pumpkin soup after that? hehe …
damn nowadays ppl come up with a lot of pumpkin designs..
yeah yeah what did u do with the fillings of the pumpkin??
the insides of the pumpkin are thrown away lah… if got a lot of seeds, Aunt Vivian wants to roast them to make kuaci but not enough seeds so buang lor… the content is very little actually.
This is very impressive! Great Job! Don’t throw away the insides of the pumpkin .. you can make delicious pumpkin pies!