My observations are based upon years of experience living in Asia

You sound like a genuine poster. What I mean is I believe you actually exist. I read your long and interesting post throughout; and something occurred to me. I thought what a waste of all that knowledge and experience if you have just turned your back on it all. Do you know what I mean? if I had all your knowledge and experience of Asian women under my belt; often gleaned the hard way; I believe I'd somehow want to use it to my advantage. The same can be said for ESL; you know the score and all the angles. You should now be in a position to avoid all the pitfalls. Funny time to turn your back on it? I am not having a go in any way; your post was really good.