Kesian last time our great grandpa eat sushi. Now we can only eat popiah.

Hence, peranakan

Chinese Malaysian

Not sure which school the writer is trained.
My only opinion after reading a few minutes into it is that the writer overglorified prostitution.

I mean, prostitution is not all bad, "prime evil" that sort.
But it is also not what the writer glorified.
It is something in between, the struggle between survival and evil falling.
This I think the writer failed to appreciate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandakan_No._8

Ala, now not so much different from then oso.
Now they are just using technology/internet to move prostitution from the back alley to the bedroom.