Afternoon billiards and the Koreans
Last week we were in a pool hall in Manila playing 9-ball with our favourite old salt. At a table next to ours were a Korean couple in their 20s. The sight of them suddenly reminded us of how affluent South Korea has become, so affluent that its young citizens can go on pleasure trips to the Philippines. You see them shopping at the local malls and boarding flights at the domestic airport for some R&R on the beaches of Boracay or Bohol. The hot-blooded males, of course, come for sex. (more…)
