Comments on: Required Reading: The Wanchai Chronicles http://fewl.net/2008/05/19/required-reading-the-wanchai-chronicles/ Just another Navy guy living in Japan... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:18:52 +0000 By: Meh. http://fewl.net/2008/05/19/required-reading-the-wanchai-chronicles/#comment-261046 Meh. Wed, 21 May 2008 23:53:39 +0000 http://fewl.net/?p=269#comment-261046 I read this last night, while waiting for the POTS line to open up so that i may call some other faceless government contracted tech support. Working late on some other nameless server, the first few chapters sent a shiver down my spine and gave me a small feeling of familiarity. I've seen similar stories play out while in Japan, surprisingly enough. It's a strange thing to see the underlying tones of this tale, fictitious or not, come up constantly when visiting questionable ports such as Thailand, Hong Kong, and the Philippines. Some of us are damned with a moral compass that no longer works. A sick obsession with the painful games the women and alcohol play on our hearts. Ah well, that's the curse and bitter sweet fate of many fellow sailors I imagine. I read this last night, while waiting for the POTS line to open up so that i may call some other faceless government contracted tech support. Working late on some other nameless server, the first few chapters sent a shiver down my spine and gave me a small feeling of familiarity. I’ve seen similar stories play out while in Japan, surprisingly enough. It’s a strange thing to see the underlying tones of this tale, fictitious or not, come up constantly when visiting questionable ports such as Thailand, Hong Kong, and the Philippines.

Some of us are damned with a moral compass that no longer works. A sick obsession with the painful games the women and alcohol play on our hearts.

Ah well, that’s the curse and bitter sweet fate of many fellow sailors I imagine.

]]> By: The Dude http://fewl.net/2008/05/19/required-reading-the-wanchai-chronicles/#comment-259781 The Dude Tue, 20 May 2008 22:02:48 +0000 http://fewl.net/?p=269#comment-259781 Jim, So true! The Wanchai Chronicles... excellent read and so true. I have been to Hong Kong 20 plus times and I have seen the same sad story played out so many times. Jim,

So true! The Wanchai Chronicles… excellent read and so true. I have been to Hong Kong 20 plus times and I have seen the same sad story played out so many times.

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