This Is So Predictable...

When I first read the story about Sufiah Yusof, a non-Malaysian child prodigy under Malaysian Government scholarship doing a math degree at 13 years old, decided to be a prostitute for a change, I had no reaction whatsoever. Ok, maybe it is a back of the mind thought, "Haha... Good one Sufiah, please slap our over-zealous little Napoleons more for forcing you into something you never wanted to be."

Source: http://mrod.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/new-york-governor-spitzer-loves-them-hookers/

Seriously, in the first place, why did our government even bother to pay for a non-Malaysian further education when Malaysia is not:

i) Developed,
ii) Rich,
iii) Known to be a centre of education excellence on par with the rest of the world, and

iii) Able to support all its own deserving students to further their education.

Well according to Wikipedia, the reason she got the scholarship is due to:

...lionized as a model Islamic prodigy by the Malaysian public due to her mother's national origins...

Hmm...

Anyway, last Wednesday, whatalulu commented on a MSM news on the Federal Government efforts to initiate a "Save Suffiah Programme" and reasoned that the Malaysian government should take care of its own backyard first. The first thing that came to mind is, did anyone ask Sufiah what she wants for herself? Perhaps, she hates office work?

Afterall at 13 years old, lacking the full faculty of an adult, she might make choices very much influenced by her parents. Is she happy to be a child prodigy? Well, I don't really know and speculated it... until I read this today from the Star online who extracted the news from News Of The World:

“People think escorting is sleazy and terrible but I don’t see it like that,” she said in a no-holds-barred interview that was published with pictures of her in skimpy attire and sexy poses.

“I hate this stereotype society has of escorts as being exploited. It is so far from the truth. My clients treat me like a princess. One guy took me shopping on Bond Street. He bought me a beautiful black Gucci dress for £300 (RM1,920) and then took me to Selfridges, where I could pick a handbag I liked.”

Sufiah chose a £600 (RM3,840) Gucci clutch and later that night, she repaid him for his generosity.

Is it all about money? I guess so since it is also because of money she got into it.

She was working as an administrative assistant earning £16,000 (RM102,400) a year in Manchester when, about four months ago in a bar, she was asked by an “immaculate lady in a designer suit” to become an escort.

She found the offer appealing because she was running up debts of about £3,500 (RM22,400) in rent and credit card expenses.

“I have studied so intensely for so many years, I wanted to have some fun,” said Sufiah, whose Pakistani father Farooq Yusof forced her to study day and night.

But I wonder is she enjoying it? Unsurprisingly, she is apparently...

"I'd read Belle De Jour's Diary of a London Call Girl and was fascinated," she said. "When this immaculate lady in a designer suit asked if I had ever considered escorting, I found it appealing.

"I went home, researched agencies on the internet and found one I thought looked professional. I sent them photographs and they put me on their site." A couple of days later Sufiah was offered her first client. She recalls: "I felt quite nervous but excited too. I slipped on some black lace underwear and stockings and suspenders and a dress, and just though, ‘Wow, this is thrilling.'

“Now, I wonder if I could go back to a normal relationship, where you watch EastEnders and have boring sex. I’ve gotten used to being treated like a princess,” she said.

So kaki.ayam, my instinct is right. And yes, I did tell you so...:P


P.S. Btw, I don't condone prostitution. But since she chose (and enjoyed) this profession and lifestyle (it is also legal in UK), what can we do? Arrest and bring her here to be tried for khalwat? I wish our Government the best of luck in attempting to reach out to her. They will need to bring something to the bargaining table to better what she is getting i.e. £1,000 per night, exciting sex and princess treatment. Yup, for once, rather than banging people, they can try negotiating. I suggest leaving the keris at home though...