Peter, an Englishman, lives in Singapore, where he teaches English. His interests are literature, cinema, and boating. He is married and has two sons.
Alice Soh, a young Chinese kindergarten teacher with dreams of someday finding marital happiness, shares her life with her English boyfriend, Dave. He is a former computer programmer whose life now spirals through a haze of alcohol and drugs. Their lives take a drastic turn when Dave is caught with ...