Originally Posted by
wasabi
The Brit propped up the bar from time to time,I've found people like him all over the Blighty;men ready to pour out their life stories for the price of a bottle of beer. Once they where young and full of drive and ambition,convinced they could plunder Asia and return home to plaudits and the hand of an impressionable bride. But poor business deal here,a failed relationship there,and they end up sour of breath and mind.They will tell you it is all Asia's fault.But they leave her shores and back home,where they have to shave again,looking into the mirror,they see failure staring back at them.So they stay in dream Asia.She is like a tolerant mistress,slow to rebuke and blind to their faults.