Hey Ade, if it works for you fine. There are plenty of others who recommend taking no prophylaxis and treating the disease when you get it. Lets face it, there are as many opinions on how to deal with malaria as there are doctors working in the tropics.
For the most part, it's no worse than flu - and as you say - you can sort it out with a treatment locally. But, there are exceptions and no strategy for dealing with malaria is risk free.
The only sure rule with malaria is always to carry a treatment with you when you come back to Europe or North America. Doctors around here are so slow to spot it and need all sorts of blood tests and stuff, that you go through hell before you get a drip in your arm.