Solicited.

Travelling along Boon Lay Way after exiting from Toh Guan Road and heading towards Clementi, just past Chevron building, I was flagged down by a young Chinese lady standing by the side of the road at about 11.30pm last night. She opened my front passenger door, sat in but did not shut the door and spoke in Mandarin. She asked me quickly if I could just spare her a minute and said I must be quite tired and that she could help me relax a bit by providing me with a good massage which I will surely appreciate. I was taken aback, momentarily surprised, she looked to be in her early thirties, well dressed and pretty enough. I told her no, I was not tired and I don't need a massage thank you, to which she said in a pleading manner that she needed some monetary help and would even sleep with me and also provide other extra sexual favours. She told me she was not a foreigner and I believed she was not through her mandarin accent. I asked if she spoke English, "Yes, a little" she said. "Miss, I don't have much money and I need to carry on working for now so if you please excuse me, I have to work". She said "Sorry, sorry trouble you" smiled, got out and shut the door. I looked at her walking away as I drove off and it suddenly dawned on me that she must have really needed some money very urgently to even offer and sell herself like that. Then again I thought, she could also be a smart 'hooker' with good marketing skills, very presentable and yet looked to be in a sorry plight.