Michele Yu Is Missing

[Kilgore Trout]

This incident reminds me a bit about the story of Evelyn Lau.
She was a straight A Chinese high school student in Vancouver who rebelled against her smothering, controlling parents by quitting school and becoming a hooker/ drug addict.
She later got herself straightened out and became a poet/ author.

She was featured 10 years ago in one of those Lunch with Jan Wong articles in the Globe and I think a movie was made of her life.
Interestingly her parents have refused to see her or acknowledge her in any way since she got out of being a teen hooker over 20 years ago.
She caused the family to lose face by becoming a hooker and openly talking about all aspects of her life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Lau

 

[escortphotoshoots]

This incident reminds me a bit about the story of Evelyn Lau.
She was a straight A Chinese high school student in Vancouver who rebelled against her smothering, controlling parents by quitting school and becoming a hooker/ drug addict.
She later got herself straightened out and became a poet/ author.

She was featured 10 years ago in one of those Lunch with Jan Wong articles in the Globe and I think a movie was made of her life.
Interestingly her parents have refused to see her or acknowledge her in any way since she got out of being a teen hooker over 20 years ago.
She caused the family to lose face by becoming a hooker and openly talking about all aspects of her life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Lau

I think I actually saw this movie! If I'm not mistaken is starred Sandra Oh. Decent flick if I remember correctly (saw it several years ago) *nods*.

 

[gcostanza]

Michelle Yu has contacted her family.


http://www.thestar.com/news/article...to-teen-michelle-yu-makes-contact-with-family

 

[fuji]

a stern lecture is all she is going to get? yeah some of you people have never dealt with some Chinese parents, she will be wishing for that, not that I am stereotyping or saying that beating your kid is alright.

Although... given that they probably thought she was dead or worse for the past few days, it may not quite go down like that.

 

[eldoguy]

She has called from BC is ok, spokened to her family tonight.

 

[Rockslinger]

Her parents and friends must have died a thousand deaths thinking of what happened to that Mariam girl.

 

[oil&gas]

Her parents might have duped the police and the media being unwilling to reveal
that tension had been running high in the family.

 

[Rockslinger]

Her parents might have duped the police and the media being unwilling to reveal
that tension had been running high in the family.

Tension runs high in every normal family with a teenage daughter.

 

[Mod100]

I hope she is going to pay the cost of the search.

 

[fuji]

I hope she is going to pay the cost of the search.

To be quite honest, if she was my relative, I wouldn't give a damn whether she did or not. I would just be glad that she is safe and sound. Sometimes teenagers do stupid things. It's better to have a few false alarms like this than do nothing.

 

[healer677]

After using the media, social media and all her concerned friends - now they want privacy?

No, no -I wanna hear the story.

She's not paying for the cost of this massive search, I wanna hear why she ran. Tiger mom? I don't know. Found in BC? with a BBC? Don't know. What's the story here.