Memories of Old Macau

Tales of Macau

This is not a story about turning your life around.

A Nan once believed that beneath Macau's lights, opportunity was waiting. But from the moment he first sat down to gamble, he sold his car, mortgaged his home, and borrowed from every friend and relative he had. He sent his business funds, the trust people placed in him, and his dignity tumbling into a pit, piece by piece. What he lost was not just money, but the sight of his father bowing his head for him, the trust behind a friend's offer of the deed to his home, and the life his family could have had.

Only when the debts were bearing down on him did he understand that gambling never solves anyone's problems. It only returns the things people most want to escape, with interest.

Tales of Macau is not about getting rich overnight. It follows a man consumed by gambling as he sees the cost of his lies, his debts, and his loss of control, then learns to stop, to repay what he owes, and to pull himself and those around him out of the cycle of “just one more time.”

Macau is still there, and the lights are still on. But this time, A Nan doesn't look back.