Betting money with your honey? That is "Betting is like not betting". Unless you are like TaPrum with three faces, his money is hers and her money is still hers. Compulsive Gambler didn't die. Somehow, I had the feeling this book was translated to khmer language in 1974, The only part that I think I can still remember is the chapter with title "Valley of Evil".
--- On Fri, 10/24/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Just Do It ! Go To Vote ! To: "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 3:25 PM I bet MONEY -;) Anyway, I read this story on the net. I think you're the one who sent the link to this forum, thanks again. If my memory serves me correcly, at the end I think the compulsive gambler killed himself. He bet his life with somebody... On Oct 24, 2:59 pm, Hong Chi Kong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, what is really you are betting with? 10 times eating out or your honey will cook for you > 10 meals? > Here is short story about gambling. It is hilarious. > > The Legendary Siblings Chapter 112 > > Xuanyuan San Guang was glowing and he rubbed his hands in glee, “How > much are Misses betting this time?” The young lady in purple said with > a smile, “You may trust us, but we do not wish to break the rules of > your gambling den. Besides, there’s not much fun in betting verbally. > We may have lost our money, but we have not lost our people.” > > Xuanyuan San Guang was stunned, “People!” > > The young lady in purple smiled, “People, can sometimes be used as bets > as well. If a gambler were to get a good set of cards, he would even > want to lie on the betting table and use himself as a bet. You have > gambled for fifty years, don’t you understand even this?” > > “Excellent, excellent, I have gambled across the world, and only today > have I finally found my match. How does Miss want to bet, just speak > freely, I will surely oblige.” > > The young lady in purple said, “Our bet is very simple as well, betting > one for one.” Xuanyuan San Guang took a look at the three of them and > laughed loudly, “But for someone like Misses, I really cannot afford > the loss.” > > The lady in purple said, “If we win, either one of you will just have to leave with us.” > > Xuanyuan San Guang’s eyes grew bigger, “What if Misses were to lose?” > > The lady in purple smiled slightly, “If we lose, naturally one of us sisters will have to leave with you.” > > Once these words were spoken, a commotion erupted in the gambling den > again. Everyone felt that with a bet like that, Xuanyuan San Guang will > be having the upperhand. If they can win such a dainty beauty, > naturally they will get to enjoy her beauty, even if they lost, to > leave with three people like that, is akin to walking into a bevy of > beauties. > > Bai Kai Xin stared and asked, “Have these three taken a liking to this > Compulsive Gambler? Or else why would they want such a bet?” > > Du Jiao Jiao furrowed her brows and said, “Now even I am getting more > and more confused, I really cannot figure out what they are here for.” > > Xuanyuan San Guang laughed aloud without stopping, “Of course, of > course, it is but of course…” The lady in purple waited for him to > finish laughing before asking calmly, “So this means that, you have > agreed to our bet?” > > Xuanyuan San Guang replied with a laugh, “What is there for me not to agree?” > > The lady in purple asked, “What about your partner then? Does he > agree?” Although she was asking Xuanyuan San Guang, but her eyes have > flitted over to that quiet, unpredictable and mysterious skinny, tanned > man. Only when the dice was being revealed, his face would show some > excitement, his eyes will give heated looks, but at other times, he > will always sit there in a daze, expressionless, like he is detached > not only from the people in this noisy gambling den, but totally > detached from this world. > > Xuanyuan San Guang laughed, “This brother of mine has the same problem > as me, he doesn’t like anything else but gambling, as long as gambling > is involved, he will agree to anything.” > > The young lady in purple rolled her eyes and said, “But I still want to hear it from himself.” > > Xuanyuan San Guang tapped him on the shoulder and said, “All right, you > tell them yourself. If we lose, are you willing to go with them?” > > The skinny dark man replied without a thought, “Fine.” > > The young lady in purple immediately pressed her question, “No matter where, you are willing to go?” > > The dark skinny man heaved a long sigh and replied, “It doesn’t matter where, to me, everywhere is the same.” > > Xuanyuan San Guang laughed, “Don’t think that this brother of mine > looks a little stupid, actually he’s a true man, as long as he has said > it, he will never go back on his words!” > > The lady in purple beamed, “I definitely believe that.” > > Xuanyuan San Guang laughed loudly, “Since that is the case, Misses > please place your bet.” He swept up the broken bowl, stared at the lady > in purple and asked, “Are you betting on odd or even this time?” > > The young lady in purple replied, “Even!” She is still betting on even, as if she is not afraid of losing. > > The crowd can’t help but sigh, everyone seems to have decided that this time she will definitely lose again. > > There was a ‘bang’, and Xuanyuan San Guang has put the bowl down, but > his large hands is still covering the bowl, not opening it yet. > > When he was shaking the dice, he was not anxious at all, because once a > gambler hears the crisp sound of the dice moving, he will immediately > forget everything. But now, the dice have stopped moving, he can’t help > but feel a little nervous, no matter how he sees it, this bet is really > big. > > But these three beautiful young ladies looked calm, with a hint of a > smile, as if they do not care about the outcome of this bet. Even > Xuanyuan San Guang can’t help but feel a little admiration for them. > Others were all holding their breath, the whole gambling den was so > quiet that one can hear a pin drop. > > Suddenly there was a loud shout, “Open!” > > The dice that was revealed, were all red again, it’s a pair of four, the young ladies finally won this time! > > Some people in the crowd can’t help but cheer. Gamblers are humans > after all, and humans will always pity the weak, and gamblers will > mostly pity the losers, as long as the winners are not themselves. > Xuanyuan San Guang stopped being nervous instead, and laughed instead. > If he can’t afford to lose, how can he still be considered a gambler! > > He laughed loudly and said, “Good, good, good, the God of Gamblers is > now accepting disciples, so he must let you win once. If you keep > losing, you will never have fun gambling in future.” > > The young lady in purple smiled. “So it seems that we have won this round, then the banker should pay!” > > Her finger is already pointing at that skinny dark man, and continued with a smile, “Would you please come with us then.” > > The dark skinny man was silent for a moment, and suddenly stood up and took a huge step forward. > > Xuanyuan San Guang grabbed him and asked, “You… you’re really leaving? The money here, half of them is yours.” > > The skinny dark man replied, “You can have it all.” He does not even care about his own life, much less material goods! > > Xuanyuan San Guang sighed, the skinny dark man walked around the > gambling table and stood straight in front of the young ladies. The > young lady in purple smiled, “Don’t worry, you will not be > disadvantaged if you follow us.” The skinny dark man seemed to be > already in a daze, unable to hear anything at all. > > Xuanyuan San Guang kept staring at them, and suddenly called out, > “Please hold!” As he shouted, his huge body was already flying up, like > a large bird. He flew to the door and blocked the path of the three > young ladies. > > Xuanyuan San Guang smiled coldly, “Only now did I realize that you > three are here because of my Brother Hei, what do you want with him? > Where are you bringing him?” > > The young lady in purple smiled icily as well, “This, is none of your > business. You said so yourself that one ‘can gamble shrewdly, gamble > slyly but not cheat’, now that you have lost, are you trying to cheat > your way out?” > > Compulsive Gambler’s face seemed to have turned a little red, and > suddenly asked, “If you lost, would you really have come with me?” > > The young lady in purple said nonchalantly, “If we sisters were to > lose, naturally someone will follow you, anyway we have lots of sisters > at home…” > > Xuanyuan San Guang’s eyes suddenly formed into a straight line and > looked up and down this young lady a few times, asking, “You really > have a lot of sisters? Are there nine?” > > The young lady in purple was silent for a moment before replying slowly, “No more, no less, exactly nine.” > > Once these words were spoken, Xuanyuan San Guang’s eyes shot open > suddenly, and his stare was as large as copper bells. That zombie > looking skinny dark man’s body shook, his face suddenly turned red, as > if all the blood in his body had rushed up to his head. He also stared > at the young lady and said, “You.. you are Murong…” The young lady in > purple smiled and said, “I am Qi Niang (7th Lady), this is my 6th > sister… this is 8th sister.” > > The two young ladies next to her smiled as well, and the slightly older > one said, “You may not have met us, but we have known about you long > ago.” The skinny dark man’s face suddenly paled, and took a few steps > back. > > Murong Qi Niang smiled and said, “We also know that you are a man of > your words, and will never renege, since you have lost, you will > certainly follow us.” > > Xuanyuan San Guang suddenly lifted his head and laughed heartily, > “Rumors in the martial arts realm says that not only did the nine > Murong sisters find the best husbands, but the nine sisters all have > some skills. Those in the martial arts realm also know that the best in > martial arts among the Murong sisters is the 2nd sister Murong Shuang, > the most capable is Qi Niang, but the smartest and prettiest is the > youngest sister Murong Jiu.” > > Once he heard the name ‘Murong Jiu’, the skinny dark man’s face flushed red suddenly again. > > --- On Fri, 10/24/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Just Do It ! Go To Vote ! > To: "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) -www.cambodia.org" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 2:40 PM > > Dear TaChassKumnitKmeng<---TaPro(m), KaiYee<--HongChiKong, > KmengChunKroch<--KourkChheng<--KhoarChev (maybe KrouchChean next?): > I bet with my honey 10 to 1. I go for Obama. > > Have a good weekend. > > On Oct 24, 1:16 pm, Hong Chi Kong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> No, that still won't work. One of her elderly friend lived with her > > daughter. The old lady voted> for Bush and the daughter vote for the Democrat. The mother teased her > daughter that the > > Democrat won't stand a chance against her candidate. Sure, enough Bush > won. A few days > > later, the daughter teased her mother bay saying "Mom, since your > > candidate(Bush) win, now you are homeless". Because the daughter own the > house. In my case, if I win, I am afraid> I won't have food on the table and sleep on the couch. > > > --- On Fri, 10/24/08, Khoar Chev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Khoar Chev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Just Do It ! Go To Vote ! > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 12:46 PM > > > Bong Eng, to play a safe game, you and your wife should opposite from one > > another, if you voted for A, let her vote for B, so you vote but have no effect > on either candidate. > > > Khoar Chev ( Made in Cambodia ) > > > --- On Fri, 10/24/08, Hong Chi Kong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > From: Hong Chi Kong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Just Do It ! Go To Vote ! > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 12:40 PM > > > A few decades(two?) ago when I could not vote, a fellow engineer ask me > > which candidate did> I vote for. I told him that I don't want to vote because I had a bad > experience back in > > Cambodia. I told him that I cast one vote and destroy a country. So, from > that year on, > > he beg me not to vote. That was a joke. > > > --- On Fri, 10/24/08, Perom Uch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > From: Perom Uch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Just Do It ! Go To Vote ! > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 12:05 PM > > > Hello KC, > > > I have Khor Chev (=Thne Pram) and Ao Yornn..not Ao Yai:-} > > > Finally, some reminders for voters in California: 1) You may vote early > > by going to the Voter Registrar's Office (San Jose for Santa Clara County > residents, San Mateo for San Mateo County residents). These offices will be open > from 9 A.M. to 3 on Saturdays and Sundays, and also during the week. 2) Your > application for an absentee ballot must be in the Registrar's Office by > October 28. 3) Your completed absentee ballot must be received in the Voter > Registrar's Office by Election Day. (It requires 59 cents in stamps.) It > also can be dropped off on Election Day at any precinct location within the > county in which you live. > > > Just Do It ! Go To Vote ! > > Happy Friday ! > > > Cheers, > > > Ta Prum, Nonpartisan Register's Voter Family. > > > . > > > --- On Fri, 10/24/08, Khoar Chev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Khoar Chev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: Friday Songs (10-24-08) > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 11:44 AM > > > . > > > --. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
