She lounged desultorily on the deck behind her Brentwood home in Los Angeles, waiting for the arrival of the pool man, and idly thought back on what had brought her here.... As a co-ed at Southern Methodist in Dallas, she ran in "all the right circles", a reach for a Big Thicket country girl from East Texas - but she was smart, smart enough to get a full-bo...
Sara likes to run. I prefer bicycling, running hurts my knees. Cycling covers more ground in less time, and the only thing that ends up hurting is my butt. Runners have loose-fitting suplex outfits. Bikers get padded spandex shorts and gloves. I'll concede air cushioned shoes, but that doesn't compare to Gel seats and 18 gear ratios. I'm considerably faster...
I had heard many times that the sleeper from Penang to Bangkok was well worth the trip, so I decided to give it a try. As the train departed Butterworth, I settled in for my 20 hour journey. There weren't many passengers and I had the berth to myself, allowing me to stretch out and relax. The trip throughout the afternoon was relaxed and uneventful, broken...
How the story came about, how it all started is an integral part of the tale. Let me tell you, this part does not have much sex, but is the one that builds up the characters that play a major role in the ensuing two parts. It happens that from time to time people are thrown in together, diverse people, who otherwise might never have met. Enemies - feudal or...
Perthian Casil Island, off the coast of Malaysia has beaches that are snow white and warm crystal clear blue water. There are twenty or so thatch roofed and ornate huts on the islands like the ones in Tahiti resorts. Each of the huts has an outside shower and very clean inside bathrooms...with running water. All of the furniture is made of very stylish teak...
Cultural relativity is a difficult concept for most people to understand. Men consider women to be strange. Well, women consider themselves normal and see men as the strange ones. Men everywhere laugh when hearing this because they see themselves as truly uncomplicated. The same goes for people of different religious, races and ethnicities. To the Westerner,...
I was riding the subway across Seoul when I noticed this strait-laced older woman across the train sitting upright with her back arched and chin up. She was middle-aged and prim. Her blouse collar went all the way to the neck, like she was a 1660 Puritan. Her mind had to be all hopped up on Confucianism. She sat upright even as the subway car shook. Me? I wa...
John Leston was a little bewildered. Two years ago his company had dispatched him out to the Far East to take charge of a department within their Malaysian office. Life had been good back then and not in the least confusing. He had worked hard and played hard. At twenty-eight years old he had found a lot to amuse him and full his spare time. The many bars,...
I was looking for sunscreen at the supermarket in town. I was on vacation, and had to travel a half hour by bus to get to a decent sized store to buy things. The sun on the beach had proved to be much stronger than I had expected it, and my sun-burnt skin was in desperate need of protection. A girl shop assistant appeared to help me. She looked Japanese, al...
1988, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia THERE was another family fight going on in the Wong residence, the neighbors tittered. Suzie could feel their pitying glances as she opened the iron-gate to let herself in. Her mother was screaming at her father in Chinese. Soon, shouts escalated into things being thrown, she could hear pots and pans clanging as they bounced of...